Werdna Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Hi all This is my take on 'Black 13' - thought to be from JG 27 - discovered belly-landed and abandoned in a field at the end of the war. Presumably the pilot walked away and went home Black 13 was an Erla-built G-10, one of a number of late-war Erla 109s finished in either 'all green' or 'two-tone green' camouflage with bare metal undersides, which makes them quite distinct from the more usual Luftwaffe camo schemes of the day, especially with camo applied to the undercarriage doors, which are evident in some photos and visible in one of the pics here. The reasons for this particular paint scheme are not clear - maybe paint shortages, maybe new RLM directives. Anyway, Eduard's kit went together pretty well, although I have to say not as well as the Hasegawa 109F-4 I built a few weeks ago. Painted with a combination of Vallejo and Mig colours (as usual) - and pretty awful pics (as usual). But I hope you like them anyway A few more 'natural light' pics added. I think these show the colours a bit better... 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Very nice work indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Interesting scheme, not often seen or described, and I have quite a litterature on the subject. Horrido! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackroadkill Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Superb, as usual! Cracking job again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Escudé Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 late war german schemes are so interesting !! and this one rarely seen on models, and so beautiful !! love it !! great job !!! by the way, your pictures look great for me 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted April 11, 2022 Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 Thanks all This might even be my favourite 109 scheme yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Judging from the photo you nailed it. Perfect work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Excellent work and easy on the weathering too well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 Thanks all for the comments.. Looking back at the pics, I'm not really happy with how the colours are being represented. The RLM82 (light green) in particular looks far too 'olive'. So I took a few more pics this morning in natural light, which I think show the true colours a bit better. Did I mention my lack of photo skills..? One pic added below. The rest are up in the original post... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jochen Barett Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Grrreat! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Very nice! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Fantastic work! And a very rarely seen cammo. It looks nice and is really something different . Very welcome! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Gorgeous Gustav, excellent build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Thanks all 18 hours ago, Andy Dyck said: Fantastic work! And a very rarely seen cammo. It looks nice and is really something different . Very welcome! Andy Rarely seen, indeed. I could only find 1 or 2 other examples on the internet of someone building in this scheme. Possibly because it is so different from the 'conventional' look of a 109...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milos Gazdic Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Awesome build & scheme a small suggestion: When you shoot your models find a mid tone neutral gray background and shoot them on it. That way your meter on the camera will not be 'tricked' to overexpose the shots & make the camo look brighter than it is (when you shoot on black background). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Beautiful build! As the other fellows said the camo looks great. The Luftwaffe really came around 360° since 1939. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Very nice work ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SafetyDad Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 Nice job there! Came out really well. SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark.au Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 That’s very nice. The colours look great in the natural light. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDriskill Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 (edited) Nice job on my favorite 109 variant! A very attractive model, and well-studied work on this unusual Erla color scheme. If I might make another photo suggestion (assuming you are using a phone?) - zoom out beyond the default wide-angle setting which the camera has when first turned on. This will give a more natural, less curved perspective (closer to what you see when looking at a full-size aircraft), and better depth-of-field on the focus. 1/72 model, shot with iPhone at default setting: Zoomed out about halfway: Edited April 14, 2022 by MDriskill 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 I love it Werdna! Looks great in that scheme! Just cant have enough Bf109's! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werdna Posted April 16, 2022 Author Share Posted April 16, 2022 On 14/04/2022 at 13:42, MDriskill said: If I might make another photo suggestion (assuming you are using a phone?) - zoom out beyond the default wide-angle setting which the camera has when first turned on. This will give a more natural, less curved perspective (closer to what you see when looking at a full-size aircraft), and better depth-of-field on the focus. That's a good tip, thanks. I'm using a Galaxy A52s which does have a 'zoom out' facility, so I'll give that a try. On 14/04/2022 at 16:58, Tokyo Raider said: I love it Werdna! Looks great in that scheme! Just cant have enough Bf109's! Thanks Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted April 16, 2022 Share Posted April 16, 2022 Very nice! I really like the "natural light" pics 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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