under the 109 slats?

[Bozothenutter]

I have found a pic of the underside of the slats on 109Lair, but what does the area on the wing look like?
Pics of wing without slats anyone?

 

[Crimea_River]

Never been sure myself so would love to know. I've been doing them as 02 but it could very well be wrong.

 

[Wurger]

Just a strip of a flat riveted plate with two arms for the slat fitted to the shape of the moved piece giving the full shape of a wing airfoil at the wing leading edge while slat closed.

In the diagram at right, we see an overhead view of the port inboard slat arm, with the parts noted as follows:

a- mounting fork
b- washers
c- fastening bolts
d- castle nuts

The pic and info source: basepage

 

[Wurger]

And here another shot of the wing structure ...

the source: Horizontal Stab vs Compressibility

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes, but what colour is it? Was it painted 02 before the slat was installed then the camo colour painted with the slat installed and retracted? Bare metal?

 

[Bozothenutter]

thanks Wurger for making my life easier!

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

 

[Wurger]

Yes, but what colour is it? Was it painted 02 before the slat was installed then the camo colour painted with the slat installed and retracted? Bare metal?

Andy, it is quite difficult to state that. The pics below don't give the answer. However the RLM 02 seems to be very likely.

the source: Messerschmitt Bf 109 - Wikipedia

However a couple of shots showing Bf 109 assembling lines, reveal that the areas were of a primer used by the factory initially.

the source: Relic Plywood pieces from a BF-109 G10

Also it is very possible that the camo was applied with the slots installed but not retracted. In the case the leading edge under the slat would look like that one in the image below.

the source: Relic Plywood pieces from a BF-109 G10

 

[Crimea_River]

That makes sense for the G-10s when it was important to save production steps. Good info Wojtek. Painting that area 02 would seem to be an extra step that maybe could be afforded in early days.

 

[Wurger]

Yes. it looks like. Also here gathered a couple of clipped pics with the tops of the leading edges for Emil seen. Two of them are of the dark tone and one of lighter one. All pics taken in full sunlight. These shots show that the recess for the slat was of different colour though. But you are right that it could be afforded in early days.
Anyway it seems that the colour there could be the RLM 02 rather

But for the G-6 it also looks good.

 

[Crimea_River]

Most excellent kind sir!

 

[Wurger]

There is one more nice image of the slot area of an Emil. But I couldn't find the images via the net. It should be on my old HDD but unfortunately it is still in hardware service waiting for becoming an USB drive. If I find that I'll attache the shot there.

 

[GrauGeist]

Grant posted a great photo a while back in another thread, which shows the dark green beneath the slats.

The photo is in this post: Could the slats be the landing problem on the 109

 

[Wurger]

And here the next pioc showing the dark tone of the slat area..