Bf 109 G-10 profile project

[fritzie101]

Simon it's one of the best 109's I've seen and I'm very particular about 109s especially late model gustavs and ks. how about a 109G14AS or G6AS I would also like to see a correct rendition of Horst Carganico's G-6 ( I think he even flew a G6AS with Mickey Maus on it. both would be really cool) .Danke Sehr fuer die ganz schoene Flugzeuge ! By the way Otter in my opinion your drawing nailed the shape. There are a lot of 109 profiles out there that suffer from inaccurate drawings you guys got it right!

[Otterkins2]

It's been a 40 year odyssy Fritzie. A ton of money on books and the help of some great people helped me get this far....including Simon. It's not at 100%, but it's about as close as anyone has ever got. As well too, it's important to remember that I have a significant advantage over those who drew them 20, 15 or even ten years ago. New information is constantly surfacing though it's several years before it trickles down to us mere mortals.

Although it is my intention to do the AS variants at some point, that's a bomb just waiting to explode in my face. I want to finish the drawings I've already started of the E and F series first, though they are well on the way to completion. Also, a certain John Smith who shall remain nameless here has been ragging my butt to do the BCD series, so it'll be I while before I get to the AS's which I haven't even touched yet.

[fritzie101]

Otter what's next? after the 109?

[JMSmith]

[Otterkins2]

After that? I figger the whole series (from B to K) will take another year anyways. Might be a bit less because a previously unmentionable unmentioned person has a shotgun loaded with rock salt pointed at my butt. After that I'll be perfecting the 190 series which is already complete but could use some tweaking. We'll see what takes my fancy. I did promise to do a Komet for Gammy, but that'll be a brief side excursion. We all need a break occasionally. Sorry Simon....we've hijacked your thread. Take it up elsewhere guys!

[gamary]

Might be a bit less because a previously unmentionable unmentioned person has a shotgun loaded with rock salt pointed at my butt.

Has John made a new friend? Sounds like it.

Don't worry about the 163, it's on hold for the moment. Once I'm done with the 177 (almost there!), we might be doing a/c flown by the Dambusters instead...

Sorry for adding to the hijack, Simon!

[Baron]

Hi folks!

Thank you fritzie101. It wouldn't be possible without the great lineart Otter did!

At the moment I just will finish the different 109 G-10 and K-4. Maybe sometime in future I will do some colour profiles of the other late war G versions. Personally these are moste interesting for me.

Here the first step of the starboard side.



Cheers,

[BLOWHARD]

Hey Simon, I noticed something you might want to look at while I was replying on the Zero thread.
You've got what looks like a hard edged step under your wing. On the 109 the wing, with the exception of the most forward part of the leading edge, is a smooth contour all the way from wing tip to fuselage center to the opposite wing tip. Even the forward leading edge is smoothly fared in.



Maybe I misinterpreted what you are showing, or don't understand, but I though it was worth pointing out.
Now I feel like I've got to look at the other 109s here and see what they show under the wing.

BTW, a friend of mine picked up Mushroom Modeling's Ju 87 book with your profiles. I pointed to your name and said "I know that guy!"
Nice stuff Simon!

[Baron]

Hi BH!

Yes you are right! attached a larger part of my profile. Maybe it's not 100% accurate, but I'm quite happy with it! I have reduced the shadow from the wing to the fuselage, so I think it looks better.



played a little bit with other colours and made some corrections.



Cheers,

BTW: thank you regarding the Ju 87 book. Was a short time and low budget project. So detail work is not amazing, but more than enough for so small profiles.

[BLOWHARD]

YES, much better! That's a nice one too!