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Revell 1:32 Bf 109G-10 "Erla"


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Wings and fuselage mated today. All cowling seams filled/sanded/rescribed (badly ;-) )Also notice I beefed up the supercharger intake lip a bit. Now I need to wait for my Barracuda small-bulge wing parts to arrive.

 

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That's a nice one! Certainly a striking scheme, it was a real surprise when the photo proving the tulip surfaced!

 

/Anders

Indeed. Too bad one can only guess if the underside was full RLM 76 or partially bare metal. And a view of the rudder would also have been nice. As far as I know, Revell's provided W.Nr. is only an educated guess.

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Yes, I've done a profile of the aircraft and one thing I can't decide on is the size of the fuselage cross. The earliest Erla G-10's had regular sized crosses while the later ones had a smaller version, around 800mm in size rather than 900mm. If the cross is the larger version then the under surfaces were most certainly all RLM 76. In my latest rendition I used a small fuselage cross but I'm having doubts again... Anyway, the top camouflage is likely RLM 74/75 rather than 75 and dark green.

 

Here's my take on it. http://theprofilepaintshop.blogspot.se/2011/09/erich-hartmanns-bf109g-10.html

 

Anders

 

EDIT: I've been staring at the fuselage cross so much that I failed to notice the wing crosses in standard size and position which certainly could be a hint at an early example with all RLM 76 under surfaces. Better update that profile again! :)

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Yes, I've done a profile of the aircraft...

 

If the cross is the larger version then the under surfaces were most certainly all RLM 76.

 

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Anyway, the top camouflage is likely RLM 74/75 rather than 75 and dark green.

 

Oh I have that profile bookmarked, I wasn't aware that was you!

 

Guess I might have to paint it 74/75/76 then though I find VMC's versions of the first two very very low contrast. Might have ro mix 75 a bit lighter.

 

I read some place that the plane might not be from the 491xxx but from the 490xxx batch. Did Erla have abandoned their zigzag camo by then already?

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There seems to be some large fuselage crosses spread out during the production time, but I've only seen large upper wing crosses on early ones which would make the 490 range likely. One should never say nerver when it comes to Luftwaffe stuff though.

 

The saw toothed camo was gone by the time the G-10 entered production but sometimes the flowing lines of the basic wing pattern was sprayed very angular which created a stepped demarcation line that somewhat resembled the saw tooth pattern although the steps were much larger. The same can sometimes be seen on the fuselages.

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