Messerschultz Me 109-Q7 Libelle: Finished pics Pg 5.

[Old Wombat]

Yeah, tanks. Looks too early for wing-tip missile rails.

[zenrat]

hahahah   
Jim Burns  beyond the farthest star
https://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&biw=1936&bih=1072&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=Jim+Burns++beyond+the+farthest+star&oq=Jim+Burns++beyond+the+farthest+star&gs_l=psy-ab.3...419876.421646.0.422665.1.1.0.0.0.0.86.86.1.1.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0.0IjxWl9AvLk

its crashed in the pic, but its the nose that says it to me. 

Hmmmm.  I have seen the picture before in a book of sci fi pics loosely tied together with a narrative that a friend had years ago.  Maybe it wormed its way into my head.
I was pondering a T Tail today as well but took the easy way out.
I also have a vague memory of something similar but more dieselpunky with corrugated exhaust hoses.  And in landscape format.

It's amazing how just putting that spinner onto a Bf 109 changes the look.  Maybe i'll do something similar on the long winged AZ kit.  Contra prop maybe.

DFZ & Womby - You may be right.  The wings are actually slightly forward swept which would point missiles inwards.  Not enough to affect their use but I suspect the eye would pick it up and the brain would think it was wrong.  As it's Sci Fi though, I reject any arguments based on when munitions were developed in OTL.
After all, the back story will put it in world of the anime My Sky the Free Wind (Studio zenrat - release date TBA) along with this.
Babs 007 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr
http://www.whatifmodellers.com/index.php/topic,41084.msg698355.html#msg698355

[DogfighterZen]

DFZ & Womby - You may be right.  The wings are actually slightly forward swept which would point missiles inwards.  Not enough to affect their use but I suspect the eye would pick it up and the brain would think it was wrong.  As it's Sci Fi though, I reject any arguments based on when munitions were developed in OTL.
After all, the back story will put it in world of the anime My Sky the Free Wind (Studio zenrat - release date TBA) along with this.

My opinion is just based on looks, and i'm a wingtip missile fan but on straight wings, i prefer tanks, P-80 like.

[nighthunter]

I also think tanks are the best choice

[Old Wombat]

Every time I see this picture (& I've seen it many times over the years) I keep asking myself "Why is that pilot making the big pussy-cat thing angry by shooting at it?"

[zenrat]

I'm thinking why doesn't the front seater get a canopy or even a windscreen?

I know I said no more pics until primer, but here's one anyway.
2017-09-11_06-32-16 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[Old Wombat]

Bi-ig wings & tail-plane, teeny little rudder.

[zenrat]

The lady's not for turning...

The wings are actually slightly less in span than the stock Bf 109G.  The stabs are bigger though.
I'm glad I went for the tanks.

Keen eyed viewers will notice that the spinner I have glued on isn't the one I had on in the earlier pic.  This is because I had drilled 6 accurate holes in that one for blades and this one is going to be smoothed over and in (it's already full of filler, drying as I type).

[Old Wombat]

The wings are actually slightly less in span than the stock Bf 109G.

Really?

They look bigger.

[zenrat]

Maybe not now with the tanks on, but yes.  I have tricked you with perspective and camera angle.

[Old Wombat]

Who said "photographs never lie"?

'Coz they were lying!

[nighthunter]

Welp, Kit will get a kick out of this, lol!

[zenrat]

Who said "photographs never lie"?

'Coz they were lying!

Proof.
Libelle - Wingspan by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

And here she is with the nasal filler rubbed back and a lick of primer.
Libelle WIP 12-9-17 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[nighthunter]

Now she's starting to look sexy

[DogfighterZen]

Now she's starting to look sexy

Second that!