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I want to reproduce the ME109 crashed in n Stalingrad. There are several good photos of the same aircraft.
My question is, what colour is it most likely to be? There is clearly a straight edge two tone pattern on the wings, but the fuselage appears to be one dark colour - including the belly which is unusual. It's also unusual that it bears no numbers or markings other than the cross.
I can't find any other reference for a 109 that has no camo pattern on the fuselage.
Yes, I have the colourised image, but obviously that can't be trusted for colour.Here a couple shots more .. your third pic but of better quality and colourized second one. And one shot similar to your fourth image.
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The source:
the colourized pic ... Messerschmitt Bf 109 in Stalingrad | Мессершмитт Bf 109, Сталинград
the B&W pics ... СТАЛИНГРАД. ЧАСТЬ 7. БЕССЛАВНЫЙ ФИНАЛ. БИТАЯ ТЕХНИКА (ПРОДОЛЖЕНИЕ)
Thanks. The absence of any kind of number or chevron on the side is also strange. But it has been suggested that this plane may have been altered.Dear eBob,
I must admit that it is quite difficult to guess the right colours with certainty but, according to the period, I would say that the upper wings surfaces are painted with RLM 74 and 75, probably covered with the remains of the white washable paint used for winter conversion. That's why the scheme looks so faded and irregular.
Talking about the fuselage, I agree with Wurger: it might be a faded green (such as RLM 70 or 71), or a grey. However it is really unusual an overall monocromatic coat, as you said.
I will make some research and if I worked something out I will be happy to share it!
I hope to be of some help.
I had assumed that damage was from the rubble as it came in before tipping onto its nose. The rear wheel on the tail is also missing as far as I css as n tell.To be honest I'm not sure if the plane was altered. IMHO she was just repainted for some reason. The question is who did that? Germans or Russians? If you have a close up look at the second pic posted by you , you may notice many of scratches and damages at the bottom of the fuselage. It indicates that the fuselage not only was dragged but also it happened after the fuselage had been painted. So we can assume that these damages were done by Russians who pulled the fuselage onto a lorry for transportation. The scratches and crushing reach to the German Cross only and it may suggest that the fuselage was pulled onto the truck with the rear part only while its front part was protruding from and supported with its own legs/wheels of the main landing gear while being transporting . To sum up ... the colour had been applied before the damages at the bottom of the fuselage appeared, So we can say that the coat was sprayed by Germans rather than by Russians. If it is correct it means the fuselage coat was done with the German paints. Because almost all known pics of the Bf 109 compilation were taken with a filter , the fuselage coat may seem to be lighter than it was in reality.
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That aircraft has been dis-assembled. look at the rear wing spar - no damage to the fitting, so the bolts have been removed. And as someone else said - the gear is down.There must have been downed aircraft to take pictures of. I'm not really convinced someone would go to the effort of assembling a downed aircraft from parts of downed aircraft.