Bf 109 e-7 111/zg1 Libya 1942 (the 1st sister!)

[Niknak]

Hi, this is the 1/48  hassegawa bf 109 e 4/7,

as most bf 109 e's that went to the med arrived in European colours and were painted in theater by the groundcrews using Italian colours,

I have painted her in the following colours rlm 76. Giallo mimetico 4, I have added a Resin cockpit and wheels and a prop and spinner by ultra cast, trop, master brass gun barrels, filter is borrowed from a  eduard bf 109 e trop,   Rlm colours by extracolor Italian colours are colourcoats.

Decals (unusual emails)  are by rising decals, national markings aeromaster & extadecals,

to be honest I'm not that happy with the exhaust stains. Thank you for looking, Comments are welcome, nick

Here is a photo of her 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2018 by Niknak

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Excellent looking 109 

[Steve27752]

Very nice, I think you are correct about the exhaust stains. They look like painted lines rather than smoky oil stains, but still nice work.

[JackG]

Looks very good, I like the colour.

 

I thought the myth of Italian paints on Luftwaffe aircraft was debunked last year (it was a topic here on Britmodeller), or has new information come to light?

 

regards,

Jack

[Niknak]

On 01/02/2018 at 16:36, JackG said:

Looks very good, I like the colour.

 

I thought the myth of Italian paints on Luftwaffe aircraft was debunked last year (it was a topic here on Britmodeller), or has new information come to light?

 

regards,

Jack

Hi Jack, not sure,  I was going of the book luftwaffe colours 1935 - 1945   by Micheal Ullman, he list the Italian colours used by the luftwaffe.nick

 

Edited February 4, 2018 by Niknak

[Michael51]

A fine piece of work there and an excellent interpretation from the photograph of the real thing.

 

Michael