WIP Werner Mölders

[Ernest]

Here some pictures of the leather jacket work, it is almost ready

Hope you like it
ER

 

[Ernest]

First head finshed

 

[T50]

Shiiiet! I'm digging that blue!!! You nailed the LW blue.

And the leather jacket... Looks damn cool I want one of that for myself.
XL please!

 

[Ernest]

Shiiiet! I'm digging that blue!!! You nailed the LW blue.

And the leather jacket... Looks damn cool I want one of that for myself.
XL please!

On the way XD

LOL

 

[T50]

On the way XD

LOL

Via FedEx, please!

 

[marius'mules]

The leather jacket is looking excellent!

How did you paint this?

 

[gordy]

Shiiiet! I'm digging that blue!!! You nailed the LW blue.

And the leather jacket... Looks damn cool I want one of that for myself.
XL please!

Couldn't say it better!

Nice work Ernesto, great stuff

 

[kiwi45]

Ernesto, absolutely fantastic! The leather jacket is superb and the head also. Just pre-ordered this kit with SK. Mike will surely be most impressed with thw painting thus far. Les

 

[stu]

You have nailed that leather coat mate and as already noted the luftwaffe blue is superb

Superb job ernesto

Stu

 

[tissibzh]

pfuiiii!!! what a job, I like and re like a lot.

 

[housecarl]

The leather is exquisite.
Carl.

 

[grenadier]

I agree with the comments abut the jacket, the leather is superb.
Just one thing, if I may suggest that the Waffenfarbe on the luftwaffe officers cap should be silver,not yellow.
Hope you dont mind me pointing that out. I dont mean to sound like a know-it-all a---hole.

 

[Ernest]

I agree with the comments abut the jacket, the leather is superb.
Just one thing, if I may suggest that the Waffenfarbe on the luftwaffe officers cap should be silver,not yellow.
Hope you dont mind me pointing that out. I dont mean to sound like a know-it-all a---hole.

It is yellow, also some was in silver, but for Werner was yellow

http://www.worldwar2-militaria.com/images/FJ-Officer-Hat_A.jpg

Thanks for your comments

 

[housecarl]

Found this out of curiosity,so you both could be right.
carl.

 

[T50]

I think the color portrait was a B/W and colored in.
Great job on the blue uniform, though.

I thought the waffenfarbe for flight crew should be in golden yellow.
I don't think there were silver waffenfarbe in Luftwaffe...
White was for general staff and ground infantry units such as HG Div.

Any thoughts?

 

[bonehead]

I think the color portrait was a B/W and colored in.
Great job on the blue uniform, though.

I thought the waffenfarbe for flight crew should be in golden yellow.
I don't think there were silver waffenfarbe in Luftwaffe...
White was for general staff and ground infantry units such as HG Div.

Any thoughts?

I agree with Taesung that the 'colored' photo (probably a tinted black and white pic) is not a very good source for color reference. My understanding - going back many years - is that, just like in the Army and SS, colored piping on Luftwaffe hats was a feature of OR and NCO ranks. Officer's hats were piped with silver and for generals, gold. The photo supplied by Ernesto is a repro hat and not a genuine item.

The silver boullion cord chin strap and silver piping are officer cap distinctions. Here is a google search page for officer's caps:

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1282&bih=903&q=Luftwaffe+officer+cap&gbv=2&oq=Luftwaffe+officer+cap&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2113l11367l0l21l21l0l14l14l0l222l1237l0.4.3l7


Please notice: tons of Luftwaffe caps with silver piping! The presence of a few caps with yellow piping and a silver boullion chin strap is difficult to explain except that these may simply be incorrect "reconstructions" or wartime NCO hats fitted with an Officer's boullion chin strap.

The NCO or other ranks hat should have yellow piping (for flying branch) and a black leather chin strap. Here is a search page for NCO caps:

http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&hl=en&source=hp&biw=1282&bih=903&q=Luftwaffe+officer+cap&gbv=2&oq=Luftwaffe+officer+cap&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=2113l11367l0l21l21l0l14l14l0l222l1237l0.4.3l7#hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Luftwaffe+NCO+cap&oq=Luftwaffe+NCO+cap&aq=f&aqi=&aql=undefined&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=319138l322368l0l10l10l0l0l0l2l222l1384l1.8.1l10&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=3e1f7bfa9a4fd53a&biw=1282&bih=903

This is my understanding going back many years. My personal opinion is that the yellow piping (and backing for the hat eagle) are incorrect for Molders. The great majority of the photos from my google image searches seem to bear me out on this. Good solid evidence to the contrary will be welcomed.

I hope this helps!

Mike

 

[T50]

Good piece of info, Mike. So the waffenfarbe color was not
applied to officer caps...
What about the waffenfarge piping on the shoulder board?

I'm sort nervous about the correctness of boxart since
I received a healthy dose of flaks with my Wittmann's
trousers color. ;P

 

[bonehead]

Good piece of info, Mike. So the waffenfarbe color was not
applied to officer caps...
What about the waffenfarge piping on the shoulder board?

I'm sort nervous about the correctness of boxart since
I received a healthy dose of flaks with my Wittmann's
trousers color. ;P

Taesung,

The backing for Officer's shoulder straps was the same as for other ranks: waffenfarbe color (yellow for flying branch). If I am not mistaken, the shoulder strap backing and collar tabs would be the only visible indication of waffenfarbe coloring seen on an officer's uniform.

Any "experts" out the feel free to pipe in!

Mike

 

[Diegoff]

This is a picture from an original uniform, published on Eurouniformes nº26:

Hope that it helps.

 

[Ernest]

Thanks fot the picture Diego, as far I can see then the officer waffenfarbe color for the hat is silver and the shoulder board with golden yellow.