Spanish Civil War...1/48 Henschel Hs123A-1, Legion Condor
10/2025
Next one finished. The wonderful Gaspatch Hs123 in Condor Legion markings. Molding, fit and detail are great, although some of the PE parts are veeeery tiny. Regarding the decals, don´t know if (like with the recently posted Thai Ki27) they weren´t that good or the paint surface. Of all decals, only the prominent devil noseart on both fuselage sides silver when you look at from another angle than 90 degree...
Used the same AK RC (old ones) paints like with the also recently posted Hs126, but this time used Tamiya XF-20 Medium Grey for the RLM63. My dad considered the AK one as too dark and yellowish.
Build thread here
https://imodeler.com/groups/serving-under-another-flag/forum/topic/spanish-civil-war-1-48-henschel-hs123a-1-legion-condor/
In early 1937, Germany deployed five Hs123 as part of Legion Condor in Spain, intended to be used as tactical bombers. They fulfilled that role not so good, but proved to be useful for close air support. Further eleven Hs123 found their way to the Spanish Nationalists and at least one was used by Spain after the civil war.
Absolutely gorgeous colour schemes, especially that 3-tone splinter on the Henschel. I wonder why they never did a scheme like that on the Bf109?
Thanks a lot Jaco!
That´s a good question...maybe the considered it as not that effective...
Excellent Hs-123, Reinhard!
Thank you Spiros!
Well done, nice SCW collection.
Thanks Chas!
Love it - and what a nice collection of Spanish Civil War subjects.
Thanks Greg!
Excellent result from your dad, Reinhard @grimreaper
The splinter camouflage turned out really nice.
Thank you John!
The Henschel is hard as nails! Rustic as h#ll.
The collection you have made is oozing evil like I have not seen for a while. Will you add He 111, Ju 87 and Do 17 to the line up?
90 years since the bombing of Guernica in April 2027. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Guernica
Only doing 1/48 stuff and there´s no early Pedro or Flying Pencil injection molded kit available. Would wait for a modern kit "A" Stuka. Still have a Roden He51, a AZ Model He70 and a LF Models He112 in the stash for the Legion Condor group. Maybe gonna do a further Republican subject, so far only an I-16, the recently posted MS.230 and a captured 109. There´s an I-15bis or I-152 somewhere buried in the stash.
Isn´t Hobbycraft´s Do 17 availble in 1/48?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lf-models-c48193-dornier-do-17e-1-over-spain-part-iii--1314934
And maybe you can get your hands on a conversion kit from Cutting Edge in 1/48?
https://modelingmadness.com/scott/detailsets/ce/ce48499.htm
both hard to find...
maybe ICM is gonna add the early versions to their H111 and Do17 families
Well done, Reinhard (@grimreaper). It was fun watching this build come together.
Thanks George!
Another excellent Condor Legion build to add to your impressive scale aircraft collection Reinhard (@grimreaper)
Thank you!
Very nice work and a great result. This project inspired me to buy one of these kits.
Thanks Tom!
Beautifully built model. Congratulations, a great inspiration for me.
Thank you Milan!