Me. 109 G-6/R3/R6 "Erla
Built"
Nucleo Comando, II° Gr.
Caccia,
Cascina Vaga (PV), Giugno
1944,
Pilota Cap. Massimino
Mancini.
I was inspired to built
this model after seeing a color profile in the book by D'Amico & Valentini "Camouflage and Markings of Aeronautica
Nazionale Repubblicana". they introduce a Messerschmitt 109
G-6/R3/R6s of construction Erla with the insignias of German nationality
completely removed probably with varnish of German origin it and replace
with the Italian insignias, black chevron and vertical bar of "nucleo
comando".
To realize this model I
inspired me to a color profile with relative photo in the book of
D'Amico & Valentini " Camouflage and Markings of Aeronautica
Nazionale Repubblicana" They had a Messerschmitt 109
G-6/R3/R6s of construction Erla with the German national markings
completely removed probably with paint of German origin and replaced
with the Italian insignias, black chevron and vertical bar of "nucleo
comando".
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The
particularity of this sample is the photographs with the two 20
mm underwing cannons, not very pleasant for the pilots of the ANR when you
consider how
much they jeopardized the maneuverability of the aircraft, and that they
were usually gotten off to the first occasion.
I have
tried to also reproduce the "saw tooth" camo edges on the
upper surfaces, supported by other images of airplanes built in the
same period by the same factory.
These
airplanes didn't have a very long operational life and following the
photographic evidence and I had the opportunity to realize such model hypothesizing a mimetic type "Erla"
aircraft with it's clean look.
Massimo
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