Wick's Bf 109s

Njaco · Feb 1, 2010

From the library and internet, some pics of Helmut Wick's bf109s.

Njaco · Feb 1, 2010

some profiles and artwork.

lesofprimus · Feb 2, 2010

That is the same model Im gonna be doing for the BoB Build Chris.... Dont think Im doin Wick's crate tho, but great stuff nonetheless.....

Wayne Little · Feb 2, 2010

lesofprimus said:
That is the same model Im gonna be doing for the BoB Build Chris.... Dont think Im doin Wick's crate tho, but great stuff nonetheless.....

Think I will be tackling Wick's machine....want to try that dappled camo....

Njaco · Feb 2, 2010

I was thinking the same Wayne. I've always admired Wick.

rochie · Feb 2, 2010

i bought the Tamiya E-4 kit for the BoB build so i could do Wicks mount, got a 1/72 die cast of his E-4 as well

Njaco · Feb 3, 2010

bookcover

rochie · Feb 3, 2010

yep thats the one i'm gonna do for the BoB build, want to do the spitfire that shot him down as well

Lucky13 · Feb 3, 2010

Always wondered what his final scored might have been, had he survived the war.....the same with Molders.

mudpuppy · Feb 3, 2010

Interesting that 2 of the photos and one of the color profiles has a small bluebird(?) just in front of the double chevrons. I've seen pics and profiles of Wick's planes before but I had never noticed this element. Thanks for posting these njaco.
Derek

Lucky13 · Feb 4, 2010

Yeah, great stuff! Forgot that.....

Maximowitz · Feb 4, 2010

Alleged by some researchers to be something of an overclaimer. Not my particular area of interest though.

Thorlifter · Feb 4, 2010

interesting how the first few pics the tail was "photoshopped" to take out the swastika.

Micdrow · Feb 4, 2010

Thorlifter said:
interesting how the first few pics the tail was "photoshopped" to take out the swastika.

Usually you find this with pictures for sale on EBay, I beleive some coutnies have a rule that you cant post something for sale that shows the swastika. Not for sure though.

Njaco · Feb 4, 2010

Just found out that pic #9 is NOT Wick but rather von Bulow-Bothkamp, despite what the caption said.

Njaco · Feb 10, 2010

and some more........

Njaco · Sep 14, 2010

found some more including 2 from Wurger and some expanded views of previous pics. Some profiles and book cover thrown in.

Airframes · Sep 14, 2010

Good stuff Chris. I hadn't seen that second pic before. Interesting that the profile (as most others) show the nose in yellow, but the book cover has the ID paint as white, which, I believe, is the correct interpretation for JG2. Most sources state yellow nose / wing tips, but i recently saw something about it being white, born out by the tones on a B&W photo.

Maximowitz · Sep 14, 2010

As a matter of interest, the man who was Wick's 18th victory posts over on the Twelve O' Clock High forum...

Wayne Little · Sep 15, 2010

The White nose was first, then Yellow was applied later, I'm still wanting to confirm the white wingtips....that second pic is a bit better in the book that Chris posted and it looks like the lower side of the outer wing just may be white?....maybe?? If white was used it was very short lived....

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