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Kevin is doing Yellow 1.....weight of evidence suggests the forementioned aircraft is the Erla mount W.Nr.464380 in the colours mentioned....have sent Kevin a PDF with some detail on this and Bellagambi's other Yellow 1 W.Nr 785749, which is more likely in 81/82 colours.
785749 is on the decal sheet but 464380 can be made up from the available W.Nr's....
464380 does not have baremetal lower surfaces, it was produced before this practice came into play.
Hi Wayne,
we are probably using same sources.
About wing undersurfaces you are probably right, but if I find anything different I will let you know.
Happy New Year
Alberto
We are using the same sources, the first 2 anyway, also referencing other luftwaffe books regarding 464XXX and 785XXX series aircraft!
1) It is still not confirmed if there was any sign on wing upper surfaces of the aircraft pictured above. What is known is that some of the BF 109 based in Osoppo (Udine) in early 1945 had ANR fasci other had nothing.
Thank Al for the input I will be going to both you and Wayne as it gets closer to the painting point>Right now the fuse is buttoned up and sanded and starting some of the other assemblies nothing really great to post we all haven't seen yet.Cheers Kevin
Al or Wayne do we know by these books about how many kills or missions performed in WK#749?While I would believe upon delivery no ANR's on the upper surfaces could it occur if left in the SQ for a longer period of time?
If you're going with 464380 that makes the camo much easier as 75/83 over 76 is pretty much the accepted colours for this series....
Ya Wayne the 81/83 on the tail intrigues me and the super tall tail wheel??Why do you think that came about?something with the terrain or something?Cheers Kevin
I might be wrong, but I seem to recall reading somewhere that the tail wheel height was also to improve angle of attack at take off, to help in short, or rough field conditions. Make sense, if the airflow can get to the tailplane easier/quicker, then the tail comes up earlier, and lift-off is sooner - given take-off speed can be achieved of course.