Eduard Bf-109E 1/48

[No.1]

Just let me know what sample machine you are working if you please

[draken35]

Excellent progress!!!

[Second Air Force]

Just let me know what sample machine you are working if you please

It's the III./ZG1 Wespen-Bomber on the Eduard sheet, No.1.

Thanks, Daniel, it's moving forward......slowly!

[Second Air Force]

Just let me know what sample machine you are working if you please

It's the III./ZG1 Wespen-Bomber on the Eduard sheet, No.1. (Ellen and I actually spent a good bit of time selecting the decals to use on this first sample. Her first pick was the desert camouflaged Schwarze 8 from JG27 and second was the bomber, mine was the other way around. So, she decided I could do the bomber first, then "her" Black 8.)

Thanks, Daniel, it's moving forward......slowly!

[Sall]

Look very nice!!

[Second Air Force]

RLM 02 topcolor:

Eduard Bf-109E 1/48

[No.1]

Wait... give me screen shoot of this instruction, I am not sure about use of RLM 02

[No.1]

I have some Internet images and this does not look at all as 71/02 combination, more look like 74/75 colors. Also note white triangle on nose.

[Second Air Force]

I think the white triangle is a cover for the supercharger inlet that has blown up onto the cowling. Here's the particular machine from the Eduard instruction sheet:

Eduard Bf-109E 1/48

[No.1]

This triangle are repean on few images and it have clear shape but lets wait some other to give suggestion

[Second Air Force]

Hmm....I see it more plainly with further study.  It terminates at the rear of the cowling and right down to the inlet cutout. I wonder????

[Jicehem]

Considering the the era of the campaign in the East, the camouflage colors of the Bf 109 E-7 must be RLM 74, 75 and 76.
The red triangles outlined in white are for oil tanks. We can see two small dots (in fact two red rings) under the one behind the air intake of the supercharger. This is the mark of "Rotring" a trade mark for oil. The triangle on the nose under the hatch cover is for the engine oil tank and the other near the air scoop is for lubricating oil of the supercharger gear.

Jicéhem 

[Second Air Force]

Thanks, Jicehem.

The white area in question is just above the supercharger intake and extends up to the left gun "bump" on the top of the cowl (just behind the wing of the Wasp).

A question about the color scheme--is it plausible that this airplane is a hand-me-down from other units that may have been in the 02/71/65 scheme?

Thanks for any advice in advance,
Scott

[No.1]

Mate- try to do triangle on cowling on both side, I guess that this is some kind of local unit insignia or attempt to brake up camouflage pattern to make harder target for AA.... who knows

[Jicehem]

Thanks, Jicehem.

The white area in question is just above the supercharger intake and extends up to the left gun "bump" on the top of the cowl (just behind the wing of the Wasp).
A question about the color scheme--is it plausible that this airplane is a hand-me-down from other units that may have been in the 02/71/65 scheme?
Thanks for any advice in advance,
Scott

Hi mate,   

Oh, I'm sorry but I didn't saw this triangle 
I've no idea about what it could be. Maybe a mark for servicing a different engine (DB 601 N ?) or maybe a temporary mark (assembly plane ?)
Concerning the camouflage colors, we must keep in mind that those colors appeared during the Battle of England (British reports) as soon as mid-August 1940. One of the first Bf 109 (if not the first) to receive the new colors 74, 75 and 76, was Bf 109 E-4, Skz CI+EJ which was photographed at Rechlin in September 1940. The Bf 109 E-7 were built from September 1940 through March 1943. That are the facts. All interpretations are possible...

Jicehem