Can you number this plane?

[NARSES2]

Leigh that's looking so good

Chris

[Hobbes]

Wow, that looks awesome.

[Leigh]

I have two criticisms as regards the model.  One is minor, in that the braunviolet doesn't look solid enough, which is easy enough to solve.

The other is more fundamental - the engines.  I'm assuming this is a post 1942 design?  In which case it's unlikely that the design would use the older 109E style engine cowlings - the 109F used a much cleaner smoother and symetrical cowling and the later 109G used the same cowling with minor differences such as the tiny scoops at the front and later the bulges to house the 13mm gun breeches.  I also think that the type would have a fairly high wing load due to the small amount of wing area.

Bloody hell counting rivets on a fictitious plane you you you JMN you!
Knew I shoulda painted it white and made it a sci-fi model.
Nah yer absolutely right. I was rushing and did the splinter with the detail brush saved on switching to the Badger 150 and having to wait for the mottle to dry then mask everything off. I do my airbrushing outside and was trying to get it done before the sun went down. As to fixing it well the decals are on so I'll just have to live with it, weathering and dullcote usually helps fix those things though.
As to the design I concede that plausability is a key factor in these things and I didn't do my research, my knowledge about alot of  things really is miniscule but I am grateful that I get to learn here thanks. I went with the Academy 109E purely because that was what was on the shelf at the store at a price I was willing to pay for two. I really know bugger all about the Luftwaffe and never bothered to crack a book. Wooksta yer right and I wish I'd gone with the "F" much sleeker looking. On the other hand  the Emil profile is so recognisable it adds to the effect of a full scale plane cobbled together from leftover bits.
Wing load? Christ who knows if this design could ever get off the ground I'm being a bit arrogant fancying myself as an engineer and a designer, but there have been some way bizarre designs that looked like the should fall out of the sky.
I'm thinking it looks very German like the VW Beetle or the current Porsche Boxster in so much as it's hard to tell which end is supposed to be the front
Thank you all for the kind words don't think I'm quite JHM class yet I think smaller scales are harder to work with, any blemish stand out way more and it's much harder for to get thefiles and the like in.
Thank you for the criticism 'cos it gives me a chance to learn.

[proditor]

The design looks hot as all get out.  Very nice work Leigh.  

[Tophe]

I have two criticisms as regards the model.
fundamental - the engines.  I'm assuming this is a post 1942 design?  In which case it's unlikely that the design would use the older 109E style engine cowlings - the 109F used a much cleaner smoother and symetrical cowling and the later 109G used the same cowling with minor differences
I also think that the type would have a fairly high wing load due to the small amount of wing area.

Bloody hell counting rivets on a fictitious plane you you you JMN you!
Nah yer absolutely right. Thank you for the criticism 'cos it gives me a chance to learn.

As Leigh's twin-boom barrister, let me present the defence of the poor prosecuted:
- As the 109E was out-of-date with many available copies in stock, while the rare 109G was very required as first-line fighter, the available pieces for (Mistel or) Composite like the MesserLeigh were 109E rather than 109G, in 1944-45, yes...
- For safety straffing over the front line, a maximum speed at low altitude was required, thus a maximum wing load; as Reno racers with truncated wings, the MesserLeigh was adapted for its main goal; of course, landing at high speed was unsafe, but you know: this war was not safe at all for pilots...

[Leigh]

Finished, now I know why alot of my models never get finished 'cos that's when the disasters occur. After the Sharpie nightmare , which i managed to fix by dabbing some paint on with a dry Q-tip then the whole plane seemed to lighten up. It was if the mottle was dissapearing before my eyes leaving the base grey. The amazing chameleon plane.
Then of course there's the crap stuck to the inside of the canopy, dodgy framing lines, silvered decals and other stuff.  

[Leigh]

Anyway twas a learning experience and I'm still pleased with the way she turned out.

[Leigh]

Had to take the piccies indoors 'cos it  was raining today I prefer them with natural light.

[Leigh]

And again

[Allan]

Leigh,

Lovely model-a real tour de force.

Allan in Canberra

[Hobbes]

Wow, that looks great. It's a nicely unusual conversion, too.

silvered decals

That should be easy enough to solve with a decalsetting agent. That was the simplest improvement to my modeling skills I've made in years.

[elmayerle]

Gorgeous work my friend; truly gorgeous.

[Tophe]

Great result!
Just: could you tell us the tail origin (kits/parts for the fins, for the tailplane), thanks.  

[nev]

Dude, are you sure you didn't get Matrixone to build that thing for you?

Awesome      

[Martin H]

Great bit of work there.  I like the idea