New profiles of Ju 88 A-4 ready to print

Renewed 7 profiles of Ju 88 are ready to print. They will be post to Thailand:

Ju 88 Vol. II

Ladies and gents! My newest project: Ju 88 vol II by Art Medcalf, thanks to my friends Robert, Janusz, Simon:

Now in my hands!

Junkers Ju 88 Volume One by Wiliam A. Medcalf

Here's photo of brand new book with my scale plans. You can find here scale plans of various Ju 88's (from prototypes till late night versions). Ju 188 (two variants). Ju 288 V 103 (plans made thanks of courtesy of Mr Peter Achs - very thanks again). Ju 388.

Have notice that here are excellent colour profiles made by my friends: Simon Schatz and Janusz Światłoń.

I would like to thanks Robert Forsyth and Eddie J. Creek.

Ju 88 A-4 KG-51 "Edelweiss"

Here's part of Ju 88 of KG-51 "Edelweiss" coded 9K-FB.

And here's link to full profile:
http://aviation-profiles.blogspot.com/2013/02/ju-88-4-kg-51.html

Few steps to finish

Another aircraft almost finished. This time section of Ju 88 A-4 trop. I've decided to add more shadow/lights effect than normally. And add perspective "fog". For few days it will be finished. 

Cross section of the wing is like real aircraft. Ventral engine's gondola is slighty saturated to add much more 3d effect.

My work at Dorking Museum

Thanks to Nick my hypothetical color reconstruction of Ju 88 A-4 is at Dorking Museum:
http://www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/the-blackbrook-bomber/

Here's exact link:
http://www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk/junkers-ju-88/

Below some photos courtesy to Nick - thanks a lot ;)

Ju 88 A-4 4D+FP 6./KG 30 next episode:

Here's photo of small exibition. At crash place. Soon there will be my color profile:
(I've got photo thanks to coordinator of this project: Nick Yeomans - many thanks Nick :)

Ju 88 A-4 4D+FP 6./KG 30 final view

Here's final of my reconstruction. Thanks to forum guests and Nick who ordered that profile.

Of course if there would be any new informations about that Junkers, I'll come back to this.

Ju 88 found at Baltic Sea

Very interesting news of today. 
At polish territorial waters the crew of ORP Arctowski have found wreck of aircraft.The most probably it is Ju 88:

Here's link to photos:
http://www.hydrografpolski.pl/aktualnosci/155-ciekawostka-pomiarowa-samolot-bombowy-z-okresu-ii-wojny-swiatowej

Ju 88 A-4 VI./KG 30

This time I'm starting with new Ju 88 A-4 of KG 30. 

What is the most interesting, that we don't have any photographs. Only few parts of aircraft: 

Ju88A-4 Werke Nr. 140099 which crashed in the UK on 13/14 March 1944. The aircraft was from 6/KG30 and was coded 4D+FP. 

"The camouflage of the upper surfaces was a light blue-grey mottled dark green. The undersurfaces were spray painted black, whilst the engine cowlings were yellow with wavy lines of black."

And that's all. Maybe someone could help with it.

This profiles will be printed and exposed near to relicts of described Ju 88 A-4, so I would like to reconstruct this the most perfect I can. 

My idea of painting:

1. Bottom parts painted black RLM 22
2. Upper surfaces RLM 76 - a litlle bit darker variant
3. Mottled green - RLM 70
4. Cross - RLM 66

Any comments?

Junkers Ju88A-4

6 Sfaffel/Kampfgeschwader 30

Werke Nr. 140099

Code : 4D + FP

Crashed : 23.05 hours 14 March 1944

Location : Blackbrook, North Holmwood, Surrey, England

Pilot : Unteroffizier Gerhard Straube

Observer : Unteroffizier Alfred Schiffmann

Radio Operator : Unteroffizier Hans Sing

Gunner : Gefreiter Heinz Wende

All the crew were sadly killed. Only Straube's body could be identified.

The aircraft was shot down by a Mosquito NFXIII from 96 Squadron : pilot - F/O Norman Head, navigator F/O Arthur Andrews.

Another corelation:

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Ju 88 A-4 KG 51

Ju 88 A-4; W.Nr. 1050, coded 9K+FB of Stab I./KG 51, flown by Hptm. Heinrich Hahn, Kommandeur of I./KG 54, Romania, autumn 1941.

Junkers Ju 88 A-4 trop. 2./NJG 2

Junkers Ju 88 A-4 trop; coded R4+DK of 2./NJG 2, Catania, Sicily, spring 1942.

Junkers Ju 88 A-4. KG 3.

Junkers Ju 88 A-4; W.Nr. 2240, coded 5K+CA of StabSt./KG 3, flown by Obst. Heinrich Conrady, Kommodore of KG 3, Dno, Russia, spring 1942.

Junkers Ju 88 A-4 trop.

Junkers Ju 88 A-4 trop; W.Nr. 550396, coded B3+MH of 1./KG 54, crew: Uffz. Drago Karl Verhove (pilot), Uffz. Heinrich Schürmann (Bombenschütze), Uffz. Robert Schneider (radio operator), Ogefr. Georg Fellner (Bordschütze); Dübendorf, Switzerland, 21 October 1943.

Ju 88 A/D AIRDOC

Almost all Ju 88 A versions - scale plans at 1/72

Sized A4, softcover, 48 pages, English/German text, bilingual captions, about 100 previously unreleased b/w photographs, with coloured illustrations and four-view drawings.
Author: Henry Hoppe
ISBN: 978-3-935687-41-9

Princes of Darkness

Base drawings made by me. Simon Schatz made his color profiles.

Princes of Darkness

The lives of Luftwaffe night fighter aces Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein and Egmont Prinz zu Lippe-Weissenfeld

Claire Rose Knott

Classic Publication

ISBN 978-1-903223-95-6

Top Drawings

Another two titles:

Captured Eagles pt. I

Thanks to author Roger Gaemperle and friend Simon Schatz my drawings were based layer for color profiles in book Vintage Eagle publishing – Captured Eagles Vol. I.

Ju 88 by Art Medcalf

Junkers Ju 88, Vol. 1: Schnellbomber: Development, Production and Technical History. Amazon announcement:

As at Ju 87's book, here will be publish my scale plans.

Ju 88 A-4 first post.

It's time to start with blog :) So my first post will be profile of Ju 88 A-4. One of the most popular Luftwaffe aircraft. Two were belonged to KG 77, another one to LG 1.