Messerschmitt Bf 109G

The fifth in my aeroplane series. Again, I'm using Polychromos pencils.


A move away from trying to render highly reflective surfaces - a camouflaged Bf109G returns from a sortie. The scan gives the impression that the plane is emerging from a dust cloud or a rain squall, so I might modify the background accordingly.

From the spring of 1943, the Bf 109G saw the appearance of bulges in the cowling when the 7.92 mm MG 17 was replaced with the 13 mm MG 131 machine guns. Erich Hartmann, the World's top scoring fighter ace, claimed 352 victories flying only the Bf 109G