The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum

PropWash wrote:That's really nice, Allan. Really nice. Shall I send you my old IXO He-219 for you to do a Code-3 on it?

FAAMAN wrote:You are a brave man building this Uhu I can remember several being binned by disheartened mates when I was a lot younger, couldn't understand why as it's a bit better than the Revell H-160 (1966) offering and quit a bit better than the Frog F-177 kit of the same year.
Great work on this, nicely finished
Thanks. Not sure if bravery was involved or just plain insanity. I like doing difficult paint schemes like this. I have the Revell kit waiting to be done.

The reverse blotch camo (not sure of its correct name) is accurate, the colours of the Uhu were revealed when the Smithsonian removed the wing fillets revealing the camo as shown in your pic. At present they are working on the wings and soon the only surviving Uhu will be completed!!
I built the Revell Uhu way back (1980's) came out OK.

I used the pictures in this thread as a guide. My colors may be off, but I'm not that fussy when it comes to being 100% historically accurate. For me, close enough is generally close enough. When I build my Revell Uhu, I plan on using a more traditional mottled scheme.

There are accuracy issues with the Dragon Uhu's also, so we're left waiting for an 'accurate' 1/72 Uhu

Is there truly a 100% accurate model out there? Again, if it looks close to the real thing, I'm happy. All the small, minute details that may or may not be 100% correct are things I generally don't get too excited about. Thank you for taking the time to share your insights - they are appreciated.

pmmaker