WiP +++ 1:72 AGO Ao 175 A-1 "Flamingo", 'H7+BA', Stab/NAGr 11, Northern Italy, 1941

[Gondor]

"Never again" is practice for the next time. It's looking good Dizzy, definitely a different use for a Ju 87 fuselage.

[Dizzyfugu]

definitely a different use for a Ju 87 fuselage.

W/o the original wings the Ju 87 is a really elegant aircraft! The new parasol layout makes it visible, now, the whole thing looks surprisingly sleek and "balanced"! 

[NARSES2]

W/o the original wings the Ju 87 is a really elegant aircraft! The new parasol layout makes it visible, now, the whole thing looks surprisingly sleek and "balanced"! 

It does indeed 

[Old Wombat]

Things start to look very good, though!

Yes .... Yes, they do! 

[Dizzyfugu]

Late addition, from the painting phase. Putting the Ao 175 into MTO service was a good excuse to apply a German North Africa paint scheme, brought to Northern Italy with withdrawing units from the South and maybe even Africa. The plan was to create an aircraft with field camouflage over a standard paint scheme, and to this end the painting process became a bit more complex than usual.
The core scheme is a simple, uniform RLM 78/79 (Himmelblau and Sandgelb) livery with a low and straight waterline, plus white MTO markings on fuselage and wing tips. For the Sandgelb I used Modelmaster 4789, which is a nice brownish tone that is not too bright and yellow-ish, and Tamiya XF-23 for Himmelblau, which is a tad darker and more greyish than RLM65. At this stage the white wingtip undersides were painted, too.


1:72 AGO Ao 175 A-1 'Flamingo'; "H7+BA" of the Stab/Nahaufklärergruppe (NAGr) 11 under Fliegerführer 2/Koluft 8, Deutsche Luftwaffe; Udine, Northern Italy, early 1944 (What-if/kitbashing) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr


1:72 AGO Ao 175 A-1 'Flamingo'; "H7+BA" of the Stab/Nahaufklärergruppe (NAGr) 11 under Fliegerführer 2/Koluft 8, Deutsche Luftwaffe; Udine, Northern Italy, early 1944 (What-if/kitbashing) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr

For the post-camouflage look the markings were added now – puzzled together from various sources. The tactical code is a mix of the Academy Storch's individual "BA" code, which is a staff code with an unusual green letter, with a smaller unit code. The underwing "Bs" came from the Storch, as well as the fuselage Iron Crosses. The national markings above and under the wing came from a TL Modellbau aftermarket sheet, the Iron Crosses on the upper side lack black edges, so that there is no stark contrast with the Sandgelb around them. The unit badge under the windscreen is fictional, IIRC from a late German Bf 109, though. A light black ink washing was used to emphasize some seams, esp. for the flaps, and a light post-shading was done to add surface structure.


1:72 AGO Ao 175 A-1 'Flamingo'; "H7+BA" of the Stab/Nahaufklärergruppe (NAGr) 11 under Fliegerführer 2/Koluft 8, Deutsche Luftwaffe; Udine, Northern Italy, early 1944 (What-if/kitbashing) - WiP by Dizzyfugu, on Flickr