Luftwaffe and Allied Air Forces Discussion Forum - Question about Erla cowling for late Me 109

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Originally Posted by harrison987 (Post 112861)

When the K-4 had the chin bulges missing, it was because the entire cowling was made larger and streamlined (as opposed to manually adding chin bulges), to compensate for the coolant lines. The difference is so minor, it is not noticeable in photos.

I guess that in this paragraph, "K-4" should be read as G-10...

There was only one chance that the K-4 was "chin-less", and this occurred with those very few produced by Erla (W.Nr. 570xxx batch), which retained the same external characteristics of the G-10s produced by that firm.

And, IMHO, the lack of the chin bulges is very noticeable on photographs.