Help, I need someone

[Glenn]

First, I know there are Dr. Who fans here, so what I'm after is a grip of the Cyber Space Ship from the Dr. Who story 10th Planet. I'm building a model of the ship, built the body shape then lost the reference photo I was using.
Second, what colour scheme was used by the Swiss A/F for their Me-109B/C's?
If you can help,
Glenn

[GTX]

Glenn,

Can't help you re Dr Who.

With regard to the Swiss Bf-109s though, I didn't think they had any B/C versions (unless of course this is a Whiff version).  I thought their earliest version was the Bf-109D.  Around a dozen of these were purchased in 1938 to provide familiarization for the 80 Bf-109Es that followed in 1939 and 1940. As far as colours go, I would think something similar to this would be the way to go:




Regards,

Greg

[Jennings]

The camouflage on early Swiss 109s is somewhat problematic.  They were delivered in a scheme of RLM 70/71/65, but *not* in the standard Luftwaffe splinter pattern.  The pattern was hard-edged, but with swooping curves rather than straight splinter edges.  The colors are such low contrast that it's often impossible to tell what's what in photos.  Even the two major works on Swiss 109s that have been published have not found adequate photos to document the entire pattern.

It was such a problem that the Swiss simply asked the Germans to start delivering their later E's with overall RLM 71 Dunkelgrün instead of the worthless low-contrast camo pattern.  Many D's and early E's were later oversprayed in overall RLM 71.

J

[Glenn]

As mentioned in "Warplanes of the Third Reich" (William Green) the Swiss received B/C's, as their first 109's. From what I've read, they were B's, with wing guns. Part B's and part C's.
For the camo info.....thanks! I searched the web, and every book I could find and nothing! So, 70/71 in a smooth two tone scheme, thanks for that! Not that any 'rivit counters' are ever going to comment on my model, as I don't know any, did in the past, but not any more!
Glenn