rieser Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 At best a wild approximation. Apparently when displayed at Farnborough in 1945, W.Nr. 415601 / VD358 had the armament and cockpit armour removed, and an open tailwheel bay. The markings are no doubt incorrectly sized as they were gestimated from profile artwork - a dangerous kitchen... No real idea how grubby she was, so erred on the cleaner side of "freshly painted in RAF colours..." Big thanks to Mal Mayfield from Miracle Paint Masks - Cheers, Mal: very much appreciated. Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. WIP http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/1465-132-hasegawa-bf109-g-14-farnborough/ 2
Wumm Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Ooh, just lovely Ralph. So very different to see a '109 in the British camoflage scheme. Will we be seeing her in the flesh at QMHE in a month's time? S
BevanBrooks Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Great to see this one finished, would've been hard to hold back on the weathering I bet. I think a very realistic result and a unique scheme to boot..... well done! I don't think I'll be up there when the show is on doh! Bevan
Wingco57 Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 I second that, a 109 with invasion stripes. What a combination. Cees
Dave J Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Fantastic! Great to see it in a different scheme too!
Matt_ Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 I often find Luftwaffe aircraft in RAF schemes look a bit 'tamed', but the D-Day stripes make this 109 look even more aggressive than in Luft camo... Great work... Matt
Spitfire Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 It's amazing what the change in colours and markings make, it looks completely different from a 109 in standard Luftwaffe scheme and markings Cheers Dennis
Cpt_Farrel Posted August 9, 2014 Posted August 9, 2014 Great work as usual Ralph! I really like it. I'm glad you picked it up and finished it as I recall that it was quite some time since you started it. I know the Wnr is given as 415601 in a lot of sources but such a number did not exist. RAF had another G-14 at Farnborough that was 413601 but it was never repainted in RAF colors so that's not it either . A 465xxx range aircraft seems more likely IMHO. The number isn't repeated on the model so I guess it doesn't matter much. :-) Cheers / Anders
Members Mikester Posted August 9, 2014 Members Posted August 9, 2014 Beautiful, Ralph! The Hasegawa 109 still looks every bit as good to me as the Revell kit (and goes together easier to boot).
Miracle Paint Masks Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 That really does look special Ralph
youngtiger1 Posted August 13, 2014 Posted August 13, 2014 Now this is totally cool. Even though you have doubt about accuracy of your markings I think they are great. I love it.
happy1 Posted August 31, 2014 Posted August 31, 2014 Boy that would have really pissed Hitler off. Paul
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