Done : Bf109G-6 Yellow 9 of JG54 Gruppe Build

[lesofprimus]

The detail didnt say which tail was which, but I cut off the one that had the aerial post and added the one with the twin tabs on the end of the rudder...

 

[Amsel]

Nice project.

 

[Airframes]

OK Dan, I understand. You've then cut off the 'standard' tail, and added the tall 'wooden' tail, making it a late G6 or G14. No probs, I think I've got schemes that will fit both, including the ones from JG300 that were with the decals for my 1/32nd scale Gustav. I'll dig out what I can find, and post sometime tomorrow. BTW, the JG300 decals are available in 1/48th, but let's see what I've got that might match.

 

[Wayne Little]

Hey Dan, here's a G-6 tall tail option from JG300....that I gave to Terry for his 1/32 build before he settled on Yellow 13....more to come!

profile credit: JG 300 Vol 1 Eagle Editions.....now you should check your Vol 1 book for the pics and profile and consider it, not a bad one to try with your new brush?

 

[Wurger]

Oh... interesting suggestion.

 

[Lucky13]

I like it!

 

[muller]

Cool scheme! 8)

 

[lesofprimus]

Hmmmm.... Gerd Stamps' crate...... Very nice selection....

But I thought the model is a G-14 with the tall tail now.... I'm not sure if we can fake this model into a G-6....

Can we??

 

[Wurger]

All is possible Dan.Look at these drawings please.

 

[lesofprimus]

Right, thanks for the pics Wojtek.... As u posted, my 109 now has the tall wooden tail with the 2 tabs on the rudder... Did the G-6 late have the tall tail like the very bottom pic shows???

If so, we can probably get away with it.... If not, we need a G-14 gimmick....

 

[lesofprimus]

Duh, my bad... Waynes profile says G-6 with tall tail.... I think the 2 detailed profiles u posted Wojtek look almost identical... I think we can fake it....

 

[Lucky13]

Then you also have Hartmann's "Black Tulip" G-14......

 

[Airframes]

No problem Dan. That's one of the profiles I was going to suggest, the other being 'Yellow 13', which I did on my Gustav. Both are late G6's, and my kit was a G14 - the differences can't be noticed externally. I think I might have some spare Winkel decals that would match; if not, the decal sheet is available in 1/48th from Eagle Cals.
If you were able to put the original tail back on, there's also a JG300 bird, with 'Erla' hood, 'Red 8', in bare metal (!), with white wing tips and spiral spinner.

 

[Wurger]

These tabs aren't any problem.You can always sand them off.
It seems that the wooden tall fin and rudder was used with G-6/AS machines mostly.But I have found the profile.

 

[Lucky13]

This one....G-14AM

 

[Wurger]

I have notice one more problem.Upper surfaces of wings.These for G-14 had big bulges for main landning gears.Those of G-6s rather no.So if in the kit these are with big long bulges there can be a problem.

 

[Wayne Little]

The kit will have the small bulges, remove the rudder tabs and you are on the right track.

the larger wing bulges would have mostly been on the machines with the different broader cowl arrangement, that is, the AS aircraft.

 

[Lucky13]

What does the "AM" stand for in this case?

 

[Lucky13]

These are G14, G-14 Late, G-6AS and a G-10....

 

[Wurger]

So if there are these small bulges on wings there is no problem.
And an additional profile I found.