I am quite Bf109 confused

[LSP_Ron]

These walk around pics I took of it are about 5 years old now. No exhaust stains now.  I saw it again last fall, it looks great but will never fly again.

 

Ron

[Radub]

 

Great angle to show the stains.  Didn't know about the black painted areas in the pic Radu showed. 

 

Cheers Matty

The black painted areas on the wings was not a "stadard". I know of one other plane with such black areas, a Romanian plane flown by ace Alexandru Serbanescu, included on my Bf 109 G sheet http://www.radubstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_65&products_id=463

It seems to be a feature of certain engines/airframes, some engines ran "dirtier" and leaked more oil than others.

Radu

Edited March 3, 2015 by Radub

[DB605]

Well, stain on the fuselage: check.

But here it looks like there is more on the Wings than the fuselage.

 

Every flying 109 had exhaust stain on wings, visible in pictures or not. Sometimes b&w pictures and usual gray/gray paintschemes could mask it quite well  but they're there.

 

 

 

Edited March 3, 2015 by DB605

[Hardcore]

Thanks for those photos! It seems it also got dirty under the rear fuselage.

I have found it hard to confirm that because of the shadow.

Edited March 3, 2015 by Hardcore

[DB605]

Thanks for those photos! It seems it also got dirty under the rear fuselage.

I have found it hard to confirm that because of the shadow.

 

Yes, exhaust stains go all the way back in the fuselage in planes that saw lot's of action. Undesides were also oily as heck, check these pics of black six and imagine how it would look after 50-100 flying hours without cleaning:

 

 

[skiner]

Interesting pictures! Thanks

[BiggTim]

Made me chuckle

 Me too!!