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Hasegawa Kit Number 09147 (JT-47) 1/48 Bf-109G-6 |
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Reviewed By Floyd S. Werner, Jr., #26266 |
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After seeing the model by Andrew Dextras on Hyperscale in
November 2003 (http://hsgalleries.com/bf109g6ad_1.htm),
I really wanted to do Horst Carganico’s aircraft. The interesting thing
about this aircraft is obviously the oversized Mickey Mouse character on
the side of his aircraft. The Mickey Mouse had two shoes which
represented the two times that Carganico was forced down behind Soviet
lines and walked back to the German side. There are very few photos of this airplane. As far as I know there are just two photos of the aircraft in the summer and two in the winter. The winter scheme was the one I wanted to depict so I used the EagleCals sheet, which included one of the photos of the winter paint scheme. Horst Carganico A reprint from http://www.luftwaffe.cz/carganico.html |
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Horst Carganico was born on 27 September 1917 at Breslau.
He was the son of General der Flieger, Victor Carganico. Horst
joined the Luftwaffe in 1937 as a Fahnenjunker. He learned to fly at
pilot school at Berlin-Johannisthal. At the outbreak of World War 2,
Carganico was serving as Technical Officer on the staff of JG 1.
From spring 1940, he served as Adjutant of II./JG 77. He served in
Norway with this unit arriving there on 11 April 1940. He gained his
first victory on 21 June 1940 when he claimed a RAF Hereford near Bergen.
He had, in fact, shot down a RAF Beaufort attempting to bomb the German
battlecruiser Scharnhorst near Bergen. Several victories followed
before II./JG 77 was transferred to the Channel Coast on 9 November 1940.
He claimed his fifth victory on 30 November, when he shot down a RAF
Blenheim bomber. A promotion to Oberleutnant occurred around this
time. Carganico was appointed Staffelkapitän of 1./JG 77 on 1
January 1941 and joined the unit operating from Sola, Norway. He
transferred with the unit to Kirkenes in May 1941. He then served as
Staffelkapitän with JG zbV which was formed from 1., 14. and 15./JG 77.
On 25 July, he claimed a Russian flying boat shot down. Carganico
was awarded the Ritterkreuz on 25 September for achieving 27 victories:
only the second fighter pilot in the north to do so (first was
Hugo Dahmer). In January 1942 I./JG zbV was incorporated into JG
5 as I./JG 5. 1./JG 5 was renamed 6./JG 5 in March 1942. Carganico
retained leadership of the Staffel through these changes. In spring
1942, he claimed 23 victories in the six weeks to the end of June.
Hauptmann Carganico was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of II./JG 5 in April
1942. Carganico suffered engine failure in Bf 109 F-4 (W.Nr. 10 256)
on 22 July necessitating a forced landing at Murovskij. He returned
to his unit the next day. On 12 August, Carganico was part of a
Schwarm escorting a reconnaissance Fw 189 over the Liza front and Murmansk.
The formation was intercepted by Russian fighters and in the ensuing
combat Carganico’s aircraft received hits. The damage was sufficient
to force an emergency landing in Bf 109 F-4 (W.Nr. 10 132) near Motovsk.
He evaded capture and returned safely to his unit the next day. On
26 March 1944 Hauptmann Carganico was appointed Gruppenkommandeur of I./JG
5 participating in the Reichsverteidigung. Following aerial combat
with USAAF B-17 four-engined bombers on 27 May 1944, he was killed when Bf
109 G-5 (W.Nr. 110 087) crashed into the ground after hitting high tension
cables while Carganico was attempting to make a forced landing near Chevry,
France. Horst Carganico shot down 60 enemy aircraft in about 600
missions. He recorded six victories over the
Western front. The model The kit is just the Hasegawa kit with a Cooper Detail interior upgraded with the Eduard Color Etch seatbelts. Nothing out of the ordinary with the build. Everything fit exceptionally well and everything worked as advertised. I did really like the spiral masks as they made that job so easy it isn’t funny. I haven’t got the pre-fade/post-shade that Andrew has mastered I still like the results of my model. I painted it with Tamiya Dark Grey which when lightened looked great. By accident I discovered that the white with a little bit of the gray gave me the look I was looking for. I used a lot of weathering on this model as the real thing was operating in the snow and mud. The exhaust was a mix of Tamiya Red Brown and Flat Black used liberally. Mud splatters were done with a toothbrush and some thinned Tamiya Dark Earth. The bristles were loaded with the thinned paint and flicked behind the wheels. I got a concentrated but random splatter pattern. Aftermarket Stuff Used
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