16.03.2009, 07:47
It's a tricky one. I just had a quick sortie in this new machine and was thinking that it is visually different from any of the other 109s, thus nicely representing another of the multifarious incarnations of the machine. Unfortunately, I think it was visually the same as the 109G-6/AS, and just the performance was different.
However, we know that the G-14 was identical to late production G-6s, *but*, it could be produced with a classic or Erla hood, small or big tailfin, lengthened tailwheel, upper wing surfaces squared if wheels were bigger. So, I might guess, and it is only a guess in the absence of photographic evidence, that this may have also applied to the G-14/AS?
If we keep the 14/AS as is, it would be different from the G-6/AS and G-10 by the large wing bulges (LWB), different from the G-14 by the cowling, and different from the K-4 by the mainwheel covers, tailwheel and the antenna. So it's visually unique and most probably historic. I guess the counter argument is that the SWB are potentially more accurate by shorter odds.
I think my vote would go to keep as is, but if that is the case, then you would need to add the later wheels to the mod pack. At the moment they are the early/small ones.
However, we know that the G-14 was identical to late production G-6s, *but*, it could be produced with a classic or Erla hood, small or big tailfin, lengthened tailwheel, upper wing surfaces squared if wheels were bigger. So, I might guess, and it is only a guess in the absence of photographic evidence, that this may have also applied to the G-14/AS?
If we keep the 14/AS as is, it would be different from the G-6/AS and G-10 by the large wing bulges (LWB), different from the G-14 by the cowling, and different from the K-4 by the mainwheel covers, tailwheel and the antenna. So it's visually unique and most probably historic. I guess the counter argument is that the SWB are potentially more accurate by shorter odds.
I think my vote would go to keep as is, but if that is the case, then you would need to add the later wheels to the mod pack. At the moment they are the early/small ones.