Talk:Macchi-Messerschmitt/@comment-67.167.143.99-20181009222653/@comment-4762474-20181010005740

I suggest talking to the artist you might see his art on DeviantArt here https://www.deviantart.com/loupy59/art/Macchi-Messerschmitt-MMe-109D-w-Meatball-692086665 and have a discussion in the comments. PS he is ex air-force aircraft mechanic and has forgotten more about aircraft than I know.

Here is his blurb on the pic: First off, I have to say every aircraft design I do referring to the Destroyermen saga is derived, at least in part, from descriptions or drawings by the author, Taylor Anderson. Kudos to an inventive mind. I then bend, fold, spindle & mutilate them to my own depraved ends. This is my interpretation of the League of Tripoli’s Macchi Messerschmitt fighter introduced in Devil’s Due. Lt. (jg) Saansa-Belkaa’s hasty description on page 143 stated they were liquid cooled, had no gear, the pilot was “way back” & a Jap meatball was painted over something else. Feidler’s notes on pages 149 & 150 say it was probably a joint venture between the CES nations using the best points of the Bf 109 as a starting point. They are powered by Hispano-Suiza engines for the Italians & maybe others & the German’s having Daimler-Benzes in theirs. Performance to be similar in speed & range to the P-40, but more maneuverable due to the lighter weight. Armament is two .50 caliber machine guns firing through the propeller & two 7.7mm, one in each wing. As Lt. Saansa described the pilot being way back & comments in Feidler’s notes, the fighter does not appear to be a direct Bf 109 copy, so I looked at the 109 & a similar Italian design, the Macchi C202 & went all Viktor Frankenstein with them. Cue mad laughter, lightning strikes & “Igor, throw the switch!” & voila! The fuselage is mostly the C202 & the wings, tail & back half of the cockpit (with modifications to each) are from the 109. The landing gear is similar to the C202, giving it better ground handling than the 109. I also put it in something close to what was Libyan dessert camouflage. I also put a 150 Gruppo Autonomo badge on it (since a pic on the DD Wiki had it on it) & covered that with the Japanese symbol.