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Title: Looking for a book
Post by: croduh on April 14, 2007, 04:32:14 AM

Can anyone recommend me a book about 109s in Mediterranean, kinda in the mood to skin something desertish. :)

I did try searching forums and google, but lots of unneeded stuff came up.

Title: Looking for a book
Post by: Fencer51 on April 14, 2007, 08:09:09 AM

Bf 109 Aces of North Africa and the Mediterranean (Aircraft of the Aces)
by Jerry Scutts

Amazon has them for $20.95

Title: Looking for a book
Post by: Guppy35 on April 15, 2007, 12:37:00 PM

What Fencer said.  It's a good resource.  Any particular unit or version you are looking for?

have scanner...and book...will travel :)

Title: Looking for a book
Post by: croduh on April 15, 2007, 12:42:42 PM

I'll be looking for some interesting schemes for 109g-2.

Btw, if i have only the side profile and no wings, what should i do(considering i don't find any kind of info or pic).Leave the default scheme on wings and just change colors?Or find another plane to skin.

Title: Looking for a book
Post by: Fencer51 on April 15, 2007, 03:08:03 PM

Upper 109 Wings are generally the two base colors of the upper fusalge.  So once you have those identified the painting of the wings is a matter of sectioning off at an angle portions of the wings and filling in the colors.

However you will find the Luftwaffe guys here on the board can never (well almost never) agree on the colors to use.  If they do, then they argue about the shade in degrees.

So, research your own colors, buy a book to look at and good luck.

Try HERE (http://ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2000/02/stuff_eng_profile_bf109.htm)  and HERE. (http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_germany.htm)

Title: Looking for a book
Post by: Krusty on April 15, 2007, 03:18:39 PM

Once you've got your colors, you can find the basic pattern they should follow. Most LW schemes (most) used the same basic camo guidelines. This doesn't count mottling or field-applied paints.