1/48 Hasegawa Bf109E-3

[TJ]

[TJ]

[TJ]

[stikpusher]

Very nice! I like how some German units went all out with the yellow ID color during the Battle of Britain.

[deafpanzer]

I love it! BUT no way I will let them paint yellow on my Me-109 if I was the pilot. LOL

[Steve Zuleski]

Excellent work, looks great!

[TJ]

Jun 19, 2023 11:09:28 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I love it! BUT no way I will let them paint yellow on my Me-109 if I was the pilot. LOL

And this one was way over the top

[TJ]

Jun 19, 2023 11:18:29 GMT -5 Steve Zuleski said:

Excellent work, looks great!

Thank you

[TJ]

Jun 17, 2023 23:32:23 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Very nice! I like how some German units went all out with the yellow ID color during the Battle of Britain.

Not sure on the pilot for this one but he definitely liked his yellow

[406 Silverado]

That's a good looking 109. I've always liked the yellow on the nose of these 109's. Gives 'em a little different look. Excellent work on this beauty of an aircraft. 109's and 190's are my all time faves Johnny.

[handiabled]

The Emil is my favorite 109 variant. The color scheme you put on this is wonderful and looks perfect

[tcoat]

Jun 19, 2023 11:09:28 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

I love it! BUT no way I will let them paint yellow on my Me-109 if I was the pilot. LOL

You would if you had to fly back over a bunch of nervous German AA crews along the coast of France with almost no fuel left!

[TJ]

Jun 19, 2023 12:27:26 GMT -5 406 Silverado said:

That's a good looking 109. I've always liked the yellow on the nose of these 109's. Gives 'em a little different look. Excellent work on this beauty of an aircraft. 109's and 190's are my all time faves Johnny.

Thanks. The only thing I have more of then 109's is Mustangs

[TJ]

Jun 20, 2023 6:13:58 GMT -5 handiabled said:

The Emil is my favorite 109 variant. The color scheme you put on this is wonderful and looks perfect

thanks. Just wish I could find the name of the pilot for this one

[tcoat]

Jun 21, 2023 5:52:15 GMT -5 TJ said:

Jun 20, 2023 6:13:58 GMT -5 handiabled said:

The Emil is my favorite 109 variant. The color scheme you put on this is wonderful and looks perfect

thanks. Just wish I could find the name of the pilot for this one

Are they the kit markings? Do they give any info on the aircraft itself? I have a buddy that can actually search in German which really increases the odd's of finding such info. 

[Joe Rix]

That is a really sharp looking 109 TJ. Your paint and weathering are quite excellent. Include me also as to being partial to the yellow paint on the Emils. Makes them very distinctive and cool to boot.

[mrt51]

Looking good!

[stikpusher]

Jun 21, 2023 5:52:15 GMT -5 TJ said:

Jun 20, 2023 6:13:58 GMT -5 handiabled said:

The Emil is my favorite 109 variant. The color scheme you put on this is wonderful and looks perfect

thanks. Just wish I could find the name of the pilot for this one

Well, your aircraft has the badge of JG 52 and the chevron markings for the I Gruppen Kommodore. It shouldn’t be too hard to track down who held that position in summer/fall 1940.

[tcoat]

Jun 21, 2023 8:39:06 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

Jun 21, 2023 5:52:15 GMT -5 TJ said:

thanks. Just wish I could find the name of the pilot for this one

Well, your aircraft has the badge of JG 52 and the chevron markings for the I Gruppen Kommodore. It shouldn’t be too hard to track down who held that position in summer/fall 1940.

That helps.

I would go with this even though paint is slightly different but that would not be unusual as paint changed often.

www.cieldegloire.fr/lg_002.php


Hauptmann Bernhard Mielke

He was captured very quickly.

ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/hauptmann-bernhard-mielke-3-j-lg2-wo2-john-brown-koyli.27271/ 

[TJ]

Excellent. Thank uou

[tcoat]

Jun 21, 2023 13:47:54 GMT -5 TJ said:

Excellent. Thank uou

I loves me some research!

[stikpusher]

The WW2 Talk thread link doesn’t work properly… 🤨

[tcoat]

Jun 21, 2023 14:26:57 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

The WW2 Talk thread link doesn’t work properly… 🤨

Odd. Doesn't say much anyway. The the guy lasted about a month before being shot down and captured. Not much more about him.

[stikpusher]

The aircraft might be of his replacement, as from what I read, I.LG-2 came under the operational command of JG-52 in late 1940, which would explain the JG-52 badge under the cockpit. That’s the stumper here. There was a similarly marked aircraft from I/JG-52, but they also carried the I/JG-52 emblem aft of the fuselage cross. I’ve been doing a bit of reading to ID this aircraft as well.

[keavdog]

Nice finish John. Interesting markings.

[TJ]

Jun 21, 2023 16:38:35 GMT -5 stikpusher said:

The aircraft might be of his replacement, as from what I read, I.LG-2 came under the operational command of JG-52 in late 1940, which would explain the JG-52 badge under the cockpit. That’s the stumper here. There was a similarly marked aircraft from I/JG-52, but they also carried the I/JG-52 emblem aft of the fuselage cross. I’ve been doing a bit of reading to ID this aircraft as well.

The sheet the markings came from was Eagle Strike 48123 Balkans. Says nothing about unit. I figured out the JG52 and that's it www.ultracast.ca/product-p/es48123.htm

[TJ]

Jun 21, 2023 17:05:29 GMT -5 keavdog said:

Nice finish John. Interesting markings.

Thanks. Alot of yellow

[TJ]

Stik I think I got it

www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/LG2-Stab/pages/Messerschmitt-Bf-109E3-Stab-I.LG2-Kommandeur-Herbert-Ihlefeld-WNr-5057-Hungary-1941-0A.html

[tcoat]

Jun 21, 2023 19:09:01 GMT -5 TJ said:

Stik I think I got it

www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/LG2-Stab/pages/Messerschmitt-Bf-109E3-Stab-I.LG2-Kommandeur-Herbert-Ihlefeld-WNr-5057-Hungary-1941-0A.html

That is almost the same picture I posted earlier. It was Bernhardt’s plane. 

[TJ]

Jun 21, 2023 19:45:56 GMT -5 tcoat said:

Jun 21, 2023 19:09:01 GMT -5 TJ said:

Stik I think I got it

www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/LG2-Stab/pages/Messerschmitt-Bf-109E3-Stab-I.LG2-Kommandeur-Herbert-Ihlefeld-WNr-5057-Hungary-1941-0A.html

That is almost the same picture I posted earlier. It was Bernhardt’s plane. 

Your pic is just a little different. There is no paint on the ailerons and flaps. Also the horizontal stabs are all yellow. This one has the just the elevators painted. And the spinners are different.  I want to thank you for getting me going in the right direction.