My dad and I took a trip up to the Evergreen Air Museum this past weekend and something struck me. I never realized how small the Bf-109 really was compared to the vast majority of Allied aircraft.
It's rather difficult to compare aircraft size when the dissimilar airframes are generally in your crosshairs. It also dawned on me that IL-2 rarely puts different airframes close to each other, so I thought I'd see how well the game models dimensions. So I slapped down the planes in the same arrangement as in the museum...it all looked about right.
I think the 2nd image really shows just how short the 109 is compared to the American birds. The spitfire is remarkably similar in dimension until you look at both from above...that elliptical wing on the Spit really makes the 109 look like it's gliding on little chicken wings.
Of course, next to the Spruce Goose...everything there seemed a bit tiny.
Hmph, pics were in the wrong format...argh
It's rather difficult to compare aircraft size when the dissimilar airframes are generally in your crosshairs. It also dawned on me that IL-2 rarely puts different airframes close to each other, so I thought I'd see how well the game models dimensions. So I slapped down the planes in the same arrangement as in the museum...it all looked about right.
I think the 2nd image really shows just how short the 109 is compared to the American birds. The spitfire is remarkably similar in dimension until you look at both from above...that elliptical wing on the Spit really makes the 109 look like it's gliding on little chicken wings.
Of course, next to the Spruce Goose...everything there seemed a bit tiny.
Hmph, pics were in the wrong format...argh
