HELP ! ... Flight Sim skins ? Me.109 racers

[tsrjoe]

Flight Sim skins ? Me.109 racers ...

Help sought ... does anyone out there have such a thing as the flight simulation game 'European Air War' by Microprose ? im after some decent screen grabs of the Utti racer Me.109's downloadable from http://www.sandbagger.uk.com/deanH109.html for modelling reference (or even just a grab of the skin itself for aircraft 'A' !) 

many many thanks, Joe

[Vuk]

I don't have what You're asking, but will these be of any help?

 

[tsrjoe]

hmm, just musing in 'whatif' vein, i wonder how the Vampire FB.6's would have looked painted thus if the airshow had taken place 10 years later ? (or 20 years later, their 'hotrod' MiG.21F's, or even later yet Hawk trainers ?) 

ps. 'C' Is noted to have been 'green' but no photos have as yet come to light as to any patterning applied ? possibly horizontal stripes ?  or waves ? or zig zags ? or ...

[tsrjoe]

whilst researching the Finnish 'Utti racers' from 1950, i came across these profiles of 'B' by Jan Mace, Pentti Manninen (x2) and an unknown artist ...

[tsrjoe]

more of the Finnish 'Utti racers' from 1950, a profile of 'D' by Pentti Manninen ...

[Logan Hartke]

Obviously, these were the inspiration for my racer RF-61.

Part 5 of the Finnish Reporter Chronicles, 'A Day at the Races'. As always, click on the image below to see the picture at 100% or view it at my DeviantArt page.



Cheers,

Logan

[tsrjoe]

beautiful 'RP.61' Reporter artwork Logan, a really detailed and plausible backstory too, 'whatiffing' at its best, it certainly would have been a sight to see tearing round the air racing pylons :)

whilst checking through various Finnish references, i have found yet another participant to the 'Midsummer Air Races' at Utti, this one a VL. Pyry trainer (artwork by Pentti Manninen), with orange and white added to the standard scheme for the type.

I am unsure wither the aircraft depicted took part in the actual races themselves, one possibility being an entry from each squadron ? (eg. Me.109G (MT-508) coded 'B' was from HLeLV.31, whilst Me.109G (MT-402) coded 'D' was from HLeLV.33 !) or the possibility it was used as a 'pacer' or 'umpire' aircraft (the Pyry seemingly carrying added markings overall whilst the Messerschmitt's appear to have their 'racing colours' on the port side and corresponding upper wing ! presumably implying an anti clockwise course route ?)

cheers, Joe

[tsrjoe]

some 'colouring in' whilst neice sitting (not all my own work I hasten to add !)  ...

[tsrjoe]

some more 'colouring in' whilst neice sitting  ...

[tsrjoe]

many many thanks indeed Sandy, the screen grabs are perfect, iv passed same over to a colleague to draw up the decal sheets