Swiss Messerschmitt 109 E-3

Price: 195.00 plus postage and packing (Please note: border is for viewing purposes only).

Bf-109, or Me-109 if you're that way inclined, in Swiss service with late-war 'Neutrality Stripes'. (A4 drawing on heavy-weight Bristol paper) - original available for purchase. Email Me

I've never really worked with German warbirds in depth, but recently decided to research the 109.

I began studying the 'Emil' to begin with, purely from the aesthetics of its design, and soon decided this aircraft was pretty damn awesome! When researching warbirds of this era, to me it almost seems as though designers were using 'form over function' as their philosophy, especially when the aircraft look as good as the 109!

Of course, this warbird is just that - a 'warbird', and it's function was proved in combat throughout World War II, as many unlucky allied aircrew discovered.

I chose do depict a Swiss version, because during the course of my novel writing, I 'met' these very birds wearing the same striking insignia. For the viewer's info, the bands on the fuselage, upper and lower surfaces of the wings, were bright red and white. The fuselage itself was a dark green and the engine cowling white. The Swiss 109s also had different armament, thus the lacking of the bulge aft of the cowl mounted machine guns.