Under new Management...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109G-4/trop, 1 Sqn SAAF
Built in 2019. Hasegawa kit with Rising Decals, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wires. Once again shortened the Hasegawa main legs for about 2mm.
Gunze and Tamiya acrylics used, AML masks for the Erla zig-zag pattern.
The aircraft was originally assigned to 2.(H)/14, Aufklärungsgruppe 14. Looking at pics of the aircraft, couldn´t tell if it was fitted with a camera or not, my dad built it without one.
The plane was captured in July 1943 on Sicily by 1 Sqn SAAF, tested and later most probably scrapped.
Always amazed to see, yet another one of your excellent builds, Reinhard!
Such unusual scheme!
Thanks a lot Spiros!
Reinhard, can't you take a hint, please don't post so many models in one day, you're just keeping others from the front page...
I love the work displayed, but you are right.
I understood your hint 😉 Others post more than one model too in a day and my articles also move on to the next page, sometimes fast. Usually I post an article once in a couple of days or weeks but at the moment I´m in the progress of taking new and final pics of the more interesting/rare/unusual schemes and aircraft before they get stored away or scrapped some day. So the pace is a bit higher. I know that many forum visitors only look at the first page and don´t make one click to get to the next page to see all the new stuff.
Gonna leave it to one model a day now 😉
Thanks for your understanding, Reinhard, iModeler is a great community.
https://samilhistory.com/2015/09/26/captured-german-bf-109f-in-south-african-markings/
Another captured Me 109 under SAAF management.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
gonna post that in the coming days 😉
Another very nice and original buid, Reinhard.
Well done.
thanks John!
I love the contrasting and bright colors on this plane that you don't normally see on 109s, Reinhard (@grimreaper). Nice looking paint job.
thanks George! yes, pops in your eye 😀
🙂 ... Greetings ... 🙂 :
Nice build Reinhard, outstanding coloring.
thanks a lot!