Painting German ME109 – Jack Lee Art

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1. Tina says:

   Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 7:45 pm

   Your best effort yet in this category, Jack! I’ll let RHT447 critique the plane…pilot looks great.

   Good job on the waves…like the lighthouse in the background.

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   • Post Scripts says:

     Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 1:52 pm

     thank you Tina, this one is going into the Butte County Fair.

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2. RHT447 says:

   Wednesday, July 12, 2017 at 8:02 pm

   Tina, thanks for the vote of confidence.

   Jack, nicely done 109E (Emil). One 7.9mm MG in each wing, two in the cowling over the engine, and one 20mm cannon firing through the propeller spinner. This last was possible because the engine was mounted inverted. That is why the exhaust stacks are positioned down low.

   My only nit pick would be the pilot. He is too small. I would also move him forward just a bit. The 109 was not a large plane. Your pilot is scaled more to flying the P-47, which by comparison was huge. It weighed 14,000 pounds empty. A couple of suggested additions—1) smudge marks on the fuselage trailing the exhaust stacks, 2) while our pilots tallied victories below the canopy, the Germans used hash marks on the trailing edge of the rudder.

   Here is some interesting history to go with—

   “Bf 109 or Me 109 ?

   What is right: Bf 109, Bf-109, BF-109, Bf109, Me 109, Me-109, ME 109, or ME109?

   In 1938, during the production of the C version, Messerschmitt’s global reputation has grown to the point where the Air Ministry suggested changing his company’s name from Bayerische Flugzeugwerke to Messerschmitt A.G.. Subsequent aircraft would be identified with the “Me” prefix; those already in production, the 109, would retain the “Bf” designator. Nonetheless, many people began referring to the “Me 109,” including the USAAF; contemporary air combat reports are filled with references to the “Me 109.”

   In German usage at the time, “Bf 109” was correct. No dash, lower case “f,” not “Me 109,” and including a space between “Bf” and “109.” But confusion persists to this day. Try a web search on “Messerschmitt Me 109.” You’ll get almost as many hits as with the proper abbreviation. ”

   From here—

   http://acepilots.com/german/bf109.html

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