I didn't want to ruin Claymore's holiday, so I reserved this post until today. He worked so hard for us, bring us a lot of nice moments (a friend of mine came yesterday home only for trying the Fw 190 Pack - this is what joy you bring to people and oppurtunities for socializing...
)that I thought I should let it go for yesterday.
Ouf...what is left:
- In A-3 1.32 ata, A-3 1.42 ata and A-5/U14 have double loadouts.
- F-8 has no belly droptank. Sorry, this is my mistake, I should mentioned it in an earlier post.
- The desert skins for the A-4, A-5, F-1, F-2, F-3, G-1, G-2 & G-3 have the wrong, old style A-3 exchaust stacks. (Most of them are based on a historical A-3/U3/Trop skin that is around for quite some time)
- The summer skins for the A-3 1.42 ata (more of it later), A-6/R8, A-8/R11, F-8. F-8 late, F-8/U1 and G-8 have the wrong, old style A-3 exchaust stacks.
- The Hakencross is not there for some reason in G-1.
- The F-8 (since there is now a F-8 late) should really have the old style canopy. Late canopies from July-August 1944, F-8 introduction March 1944.
- D-9/R5 should have the ETC 501 rack, instead of the ETC 504. A newer style canopy would have been more typical. ETC 504 could carry only a droptank.
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This was all I could find about claymore's work, I tried to dig out as much as I could, we all know how perfectionist claymore is, trying to have everything right in every detail.
Now the important talk about FMs...I tried and tested as much my time permitted yesterday:
BMW 801D-2, 1.32 ata with B4 fuel, 1.42 ata with C3 fuel, "A-4" style exchausts and MANUALLY activated Erhohte L (= ultra rich mix of fuel, used as WEP)
- A-3 1.42 ata : Retrofitted with the Erhohte L, with the "A-4" style exchausts.
- A-5 1.58 ata: I have no idea of the mods that allowed more boost.
- A-5 1.65 ata: some A-5s tested the MW50, I don't know if it was ever operational.
- A-6/7 used the same engines with A-4/5 (always C3 fuel).
- A-8: As we have it in UP 3.0/DBW, it should use the same power settings as before, but with an extra 118lt of fuel. Of course heavier than the A-6/7, rare but historical. The FM we have seems to match (but I have no idea if indeed there is extra fuel).
- A-8 1.65 ata, WITH MW50. As we have it is underpowered and generally wrong.
- A-8 with MW50 and B4 fuel: Possibly the worst combination, but historical when C3 was not available.
- A-9: Same comments as in A-8.
- D-9 Early: with 1.42 ata, I think is not historical and should be removed.
- FW_190D9orig: with 1.5 ata and no MW50, a typical early production (but should have the old style canopy) FM seems ok.
- Fw-190D-9: with 1.7 ata, a typical D-9 with B4 fuel (as most D-9s). FM ok.
- FW_190D-9L_orig: with 1.8 ata, C3 fuel. FM ok.
- Fw-190D-9_Late: too much power I believe, it makes sense as a seperate variant with the Ta 152 tail and the EZ 42 gunsight.
- FW-190D-9R5: should have the same power settings as the FW_190D-9L_orig.
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Ta 152 - all of them are generally underpowered, especially the -H models. Try the D-9 late and then jump into them, the difference is too obvious.
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And a few more things ....
Late style canopy standard in A-8 from January 1945 (I found that in an old magazine, please verify).
F-8/9 & G-8, usually no MW50 but the extra 118lt fuel tank.
Trop versions: A-3/4/5 & F-2.
A-5 were used in battle with a 2 stage supercharger (BMW 801TU engine?) and a scoop in the place of the bulge (in fact they were no A-5 anymore). H. Graf flew one of these. Why this didn't go further, is a mystery.
GM1 on A-8/9 & G-8 models. In G-8 was rare, but I was surprised that it even existed. But in -A models it was not, of course more rare than MW50, but many defence reich units seem to have it.
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What is missed:
The only version I can think of is the A-8/R8 (sturmbock), in preference with GM1.
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Wing drop tanks:
A lot of confusion and many arrangements, different tanks & racks in the F-8/9 & -8 models that the ones we are offered by Claymore (the ones called Westerflug) but I don't think is worth the effort to work on them.
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Question: What we have a D-13 in other sources is described as D-12. What do you know about that? Can you give me timeframes about the late D-11 to 15 variants?
Ouf...that's all that came from my research.