Line drawings Heinkel He-51b

[Clint Mitchell]

That was my rather dry intention. Your welcome.

[Penio]

ТЕГЛО ПРАЗЕНЪ - 1474 кг. - LEERGEWICHT
ОБЩЪ ТОВАРЪ - 425 кг. - GESAMTLAST
ДОПУСТИМО
ТЕГЛО НА ЛЕТЕНЕ - 1900 кг. - HOCHSTZUL. FLUGGEWICHT
ГРУПА НА НАТОВАРВАНЕ - - GRUPPE
ПОСЛЕДЕН ПРЕГЛЕДЪ - 20.05.1939 г. - LETZTE PRUFG

Thanks for photo with letter. This is a text on bulgarian. A weight write with range, my be, for example 1470 - 1500 kg. Very big interest for me is a text - GRUPPE. What is this - GRUPPE?

[Clint Mitchell]

Hello Penio, the jigsaw pieces are coming together. Basically Gruppe in this sense means what type of class the aircraft is rated as being. It's the code for the type of aircraft. Difficult to explain but like on a driving licence you have different classes of vehicle your allowed to drive with a certain licence. Each type of vehicle has a code like motorcycle, car, or truck would each have a different code. On aircraft: single engine, multi engine, etc. I probably could have explained that better. Please if anyone can, do so....

[Jesters-Ink]

Massive thanks guys, the rabbit is out of the hat.
This is a big big help . . .
And the results so far----->

[Clint Mitchell]

Looking good, btw you spelt the second word wrong. Lol

[inkworm]

It's not the spelling it's the kerning that makes it look wrong, sorry to have to correct you Clint.

Nice work and shaping up very nicely. Not sure if you've got the fade out on the tail shadow quite right though as the rudder seems to lighten at the bottom but it's only a small niggle.

[Clint Mitchell]

Damn, the kerning. I just couldn't quite put my finger on what was wrong with it.

[Jesters-Ink]

Was looking at that myself Inky, but could I be bothered to sort it??? I will now for sure lol.

On the spelling Clint, its all wrong! lolol

[Supah]

Looks rather nice for a plane with a surplus set of wings! One thing that stood out to me is the part where the bulbous part of the upper engine cowling flows into the fuselage. the change seems a bit abrupt at the moment.

[Jesters-Ink]

Supah, I'm sorry to say the He-51 is like a flying cornflake packet, it really is a wall of metal. If anything, I think it looks too pretty in my profile.