7./JG53 109G-6 White 3

[Larry]

For the upcoming Battle for Pantelleria scenario.


Bf109G-6 "White 3" of 7./JG53 flown by Ofw. Günter Seger, Comiso, Italy summer 1943.

[Vraciu]

Very nice. 

[Devil 505]

Overall it's very good.

I do have a couple of issues.

1. The whites of the tail band and "3" do not match the other white areas.
2. The mottleing pattern on the fuselage is incorrect. This aircraft had it's mottling in bands. See the image bellow:


This plane was a Regensburg built 109, and the other aspects of the pattern you represented very well.

Check out the following link for the basic 109G patterns based on the build factory:
http://theprofilepaintshop.blogspot.com/2013/10/chosing-correct-wingpattern-for-bf109g-6.html

I'll try to gig up some good photos of real 109G-6s from the Regensburg plant.



Not related to your work, but I already have a skin on the G-6 from 7./Jg 53. Mine is White 9 "Seenann"
With only 5 available open slots for the G-6, I do not think it is wise to have redundant coverage of squadrons. Maybe a plane from a different squadron in Jg 53 would be better?

[lyric1]

 

[Devil 505]

Regensburg G-6's

[Guppy35]

Funny how that works

[Devil 505]

Funny how that works

 

Yeah, I was like "I just had this conversation with Guppy last week. Wish I saved copies of those PM's." 

[Larry]

You're right.  I didn't realize there were only five slots open. I'll scrap this one and see if there are any up for adoption.

[Greebo]

Mottling issues aside its a great looking skin Larry.

[Bruv119]

looks pretty sweet to me, 

will enjoy shooting it down.     

[Larry]

I have scraped White 3 and instead have adopted "Yellow 1" of 6./JG53 flown by Alfred Hammer originally skinned by fencer. I only have two pictures of it but Im looking for opinions about the molting, the area around the 1, and the nose. Because I can see it has sawtooth on the wings I based it off of an Erla scheme, but it seems to have a either paint on the side of the nose or its just the quality of the photos. (Note: this is still a work in progress so I havent weathered any of the markings yet.)

[Devil 505]

Good choice.

The cowling looks to me to have denser than usual mottling, making the whole thing look dark.

Also,the paint under the "1" looks to be RLM 75. Note how it matches the color above the cross. It also should be wider.

[lyric1]

Nice. 
Only thing I see is a little off is the horizontal yellow line at the rear of the fuselage seems to be protruding a little to much into the white band compared to the photo.

[Vraciu]

I'm no 109 experten but that's really nice work, Larry.

[Larry]

Changed the molting under the 1 to 75, added some additional molting to the nose, and shortened the horizontal bar. How do you all think it looks now.