The Junkers CL.I was a ground-attack aircraft developed in Germany during World War I. Its construction was undertaken by Junkers as proof of Hugo Junkers’ belief in the monoplane, after his firm had been required by the Idflieg to submit a biplane as its entry in a competition to select a new ground-attack aircraft.
The design took the J7 fighter as its starting point, but had a longer fuselage to accommodate a tail gunner, and larger wings. The prototype flew in late 1917 and was followed over the next few months by three more development aircraft. The Idflieg was sufficiently impressed to want to order the type, but had misgivings about Junkers’ ability to manufacture the aircraft in quantity.
The example pictured below is a little bit of a fraud but it has its place. Its basically a totally different aircraft remodelled to look like the CL.1. In reality its only about 70% scale. So it works for flying over trenches or as background set dressing for example. You might see the cracks if you need to shoot it close. But maybe I’m going too geeky on you. Regardless we took two of them to Upper Hayford in deepest darkest February to act as Set Dec for “Wonder Woman”.
If you think it might work for you then give us a call to discuss.
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The show is on the road, a location change for all of our lovely Messerschmitts! #ukfilm #messerschmitt #me108 #me109 #busyweekend https://t.co/d7Iv1jv0XQ
10th April 2021
The show is on the road, a location change for all of our lovely Messerschmitts! #ukfilm #messerschmitt #me108 #me109 #busyweekend https://t.co/1bzIEAMlaD
10th April 2021
When you leave your tow truck in the company of aircraft painters... https://t.co/qYbRbFFJ9X
7th April 2021
Getting there now. This is just one paint shop by the way. There is another. Might be the largest gathering of Messerschmitts in a single colour since BofB? #messerschmitt #ukfilm #filmproduction #me108 #me109 https://t.co/Q0AgDVnWvA
6th April 2021
So today has been paint a Messerschmitt day.. #messerschmitt #me108 #me109 #ukfilm #filmproduction #warfilm #stillmoretodo https://t.co/TUBv7wJZ4P
5th April 2021
The first time G-OTME has been fully assembled in the U.K. Need to get rid of the terrible paint and get a permit put on her! #me108 #bf108 #messerschmitt https://t.co/XizTCA9Zc4
3rd April 2021
Starting to get a bit luftwaffery around here.. #messerschmitt #me108 #me109 #ukfilm #more? https://t.co/3p0MfUnS2i
3rd April 2021
This one has come out of hiding... G-OTME.. #messerschmitt #bf108 #me108 #warfilm #ukfilm #filmpoduction https://t.co/F3DjQELiWM
3rd April 2021
Our C47 studio set is now up on its motion base. There’ll be some rocking and rolling next week.. #ukfilm #warfilm #filmproduction #c47filming https://t.co/7V9DmSg7fB
2nd April 2021Filming on Airliners and Commercial Aircraft
Filming on/in/around Airliners. The most common request we receive is that of a production wishing to film inside an airliner. Be that…
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Applying Temporary Paint to Aircraft for Filming.
It's often the case that a production will wish to change the appearance of an aircraft to be used in…
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