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08-11-2009, 05:49 AM
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| Finnish AF 109G's with shark mouth... Dear All, I bumped to a model box art where three FAF 109G6's were flying with shark mouths painted under the noses. The one with decals, I believe is MT-422, making it G6. Now I have not seen ever this kind of paint job on a Finnish G6 - thus my question : has box artist used his imagination or did these planes with shark noses exist ? Please let me know, very curious about this. I think the box was an Airfix 1:72... BR Juha Luukka |
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08-11-2009, 07:02 AM
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| I can't recall myself a such kind of the art on the top box, especially by Airfix.According to a book about the Finnish Air Force the only known use of the shark mouth marking on Finnish WW2 plane was the Morane Soulnier MS.406 no.MS-311.
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08-11-2009, 09:31 AM
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| The shark mouth did indeed exist, i have one image showing the forward portion of a G-6 with trop filter carrying the Shark mouth, noted as MT422 but the code is not visible.
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08-11-2009, 09:53 AM
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| Ok, is it just me, or does that pic look ridiculous with the shark teeth. Another question about this.......do we know what was the first plane/squadron to use the shark teeth?
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08-11-2009, 10:35 AM
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08-11-2009, 11:52 AM
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08-12-2009, 07:05 AM
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| Shark mouth FAF G6 Hi again, I looked this up from Airfix.com and there is one in 1:72 (A02029) - and if this is real depiction I'm sure gonna get one... Rgds, Juha Luukka |
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08-12-2009, 07:52 AM
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| From wings palette...  Unit: Night Fighter Flight, HLeLv 31 Serial: MT-422 Utti, circa 1948. Quote:
So it looks like there were sharkmouth painted birds in WW1.
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08-12-2009, 08:54 AM
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| So it is the Bf109G with post-war camo scheme and markings like the one there Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 by James Kelly (Hasegawa 1/48 ) No wonder I couldn't find anything.
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08-12-2009, 09:20 AM
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08-12-2009, 09:35 AM
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| THX Wayne. Now all is clear. 
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08-13-2009, 03:46 AM
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| FAF G6 Sharkmouth Dear All, Thank You - I'm now clear about this "my mystery"... Best Regards, Juha Luukka |
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08-13-2009, 08:51 AM
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| Your welcome!
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08-13-2009, 10:25 PM
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The first plane that I know of that had a shark's mouth on it, was a Roland C.II (Walfisch) used by Imperial Germany during WWI. They used to paint various mouths & eyes on them, some had teeth and some didn't.
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10-21-2009, 01:43 PM
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| Bf-109 g6 with shark mouth now that is cool  i have a pic of a 109 with shark mouth but its a D1
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