Jasta 58 machine with red,
black and white stripes and
an elaborate heraldic crest
- pilot unknown. The parts-
count is low, consisting of
92 components spread over
four runners. Of these, three
runners are moulded in grey
plastic whilst that containing
the struts and cockpit parts
is in sand-coloured styrene - reminding this modeller
of the old multi-coloured
Matchbox kits. A colour-printed
photo-etched fret contains
cockpit details including clock
faces, wood-grain control
panel, harness, rows of small
triangular brackets and
optional perforated jackets for
the machine guns; the latter
items needing to be rolled
into shape, of course. Lastly,
there is a generous masking
sheet that includes wheel
and marking masks for one
of the schemes supplied. In
short, this is a great package.
WHAT SCHEME?
As is often the case, even when
presented with a handful of
interesting schemes provided
by Eduard, I will still seek
alternatives to add a personal
touch to my models. I irst
saw a colour proile of Alfred
Lindenberger’s Fokker when
reading Osprey Books Aircraft
of the Aces, Volume 53, some
years ago, and I earmarkedit then as a prospective
future build project. Upon
reacquainting myself with
the book prior to beginning
this build I was once again
taken by the hansom, black
and pale-yellow striped
machine. Once I discovered
that the twelve-victory ace
had survived the Great War to
later ly in Hitler’s Luftwafe,
where he claimed a further four
victories, I felt compelled tomark this extraordinary pilots’
achievements. Beginning his
military lying career, as did so
many of his contemporaries, as
a back-seat gunner lying with
Jasta 2, Lindenberger scored
his irst victory on 29 May 1917.
He shot two more Spads down
from his back seat in October,
before commencing pilot
training in May 1918. Posted to
Jagdstafel 2 at the end of that
month, he scored a further ninevictories before wars end whilst
lying his striped Fokker D.VII
and upon occasion piloting a
similarly marked Fokker E.V.
It was in the desperate days
of June 1944, that the then
Major Lindenberger took
to the air once again, lying
defence of the Reich missions
with JG3 and JG300. On 28
September 1944 he claimed a
B17 and a P51 before himself
being shot down and wounded
by Mustangs. Having been
made Gruppenkommandeur
of II./JG300 in October 1944,
in December he shot down
two B-24 Liberators during
a raid over Poland, taking
his lifetime tally of downed
enemy aircraft to sixteen.Even when presented with the interesting
schemes provided by Eduard, I will still
seek alternatives to add a personal touch
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