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Here is an interesting shot:
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If I saw shot this before, I suppose I didn't take notice of it. I knew they made the Bf 109T for the never-finished aircraft carrier, but was not really aware of a Bf 109 floatplane or where it might be used or why.
Maybe they couldn't resist the beaches in the Med. One thing is for certain, you surely weren't going to refuel a U-Boat with a Bf 109 or deliver much cargo with it, and I've never seen pics of one of these shot from a merchant ship catapult.
The model
This 1/72 model was produced using an old Matchbox Me-109 E-4. The floats come from a ARII Cessna 172 floatplane kit as does the extra tail fin. The trolley was scratchbuilt.
Never seen or heard of one, but if it did get built, I'll bet it handled like a bag of sh*te !!
Yes Steve, I'm aware of the Spitfire floatplanes. But an 'Emil', or any '109 come to that, with those bl**dy big floats, using that wing, and with the HP slats, I'm guessing would be a nightmare !
Of course, I could be wrong, and there's sure to be someone who would praise it to all comers, citing how it must be better than any allied type, and could out-climb, out-dive, out-turn, out-roll and out-accelerate anything it came up against, because it's a '109 ... and German !
Well I had never seen it and when I rana cross it, it seemed like a good one to post in here.
After looking agin, I'll have to go along with the guys who think it is a model.
Ah well, maybe something new about WWII will surface some day.
It was very late at night ... and I was about to shut down.
No excuse, pure and simple I overlooked the caption, but it DID look ... interesting to me.
If I found a pic of a floatplane P-51, I might post that one, too, but I'd probably read the caption this time ...
Of course, Terry, because the Balkan cross has magical properties that could even make a loaf of bread out perform a P-51D...much like anything the RAF roundel is applied to, instantly delivers a performance penalty.Yes Steve, I'm aware of the Spitfire floatplanes. But an 'Emil', or any '109 come to that, with those bl**dy big floats, using that wing, and with the HP slats, I'm guessing would be a nightmare !
Of course, I could be wrong, and there's sure to be someone who would praise it to all comers, citing how it must be better than any allied type, and could out-climb, out-dive, out-turn, out-roll and out-accelerate anything it came up against, because it's a '109 ... and German !
and I was about to shut down.