1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109 Tropical Part 2

Print Scale - 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf-109 Tropical Part 2

1. Bf 109G-6/Trop lll./JG 77 Vincenza, Italy, July 1943. This Bf 109G was flown to Italy for transfer to the Italian 150 Gr. Aut. Standard camouflage of Rlm 74/75/76 with the Jg 77 badge on the nose and the lll./ 77 badge behind the canopy.

2. Bf 109F-4/Trop Flown by Unteroffizer Franz Schwaiger, 6./JG 3 Castel Benito, Libya, February 1942. Schwaiger's personal marking 'Gisela' is on the nose and the aircraft is finished in standard Rlm 78/79. The unit badge of ll./JG 3 is seen under the canopy and the ll. Gruppe bar overlaps part of the rear fuselage white band.

3.Bf 109E-7/Trop 2./JG 27, Ain el-Gazala, Libya, 1941. Four kill markings are on the rudder of this desert Bf 109E painted in
RLM 79 over Rlm 78 with Rlm 80 spots. The black 8 is outlined in red and the 1. Gruppe unit badge appears on the nose.

4. Bf 109F-4 5./ Jg 27, Tmimi, early 1942. Another Bf 109F with a low fuselage demarcation line, this one has it's ll. Gruppe bar partially overpainted with the white Mediterranean theatre band. Standard Luftwaffe desert colours of Rlm 78/79.

5. Bf 109 F-4 trop Black Chevron, flown by Oberfeldwebel Karl-Heinz Bendert, Stab II./JG 27, Magrum/Libya, Late December 1941.

6. Bf 109G2Trop 3.JG53 Yellow 13 Wilhelm Crinius WNr 10804 Bizerta Tunisia 8th Jan 1943.

7. Bf 109 G-2 trop 'yellow 6' from 6/JG 53, El Aouina airfield, Tunisia, January 1943.