Well, I have had this kit planned for a long time, and seeing the poll go up in favour of the 109, I have taken it out to be built.
This is the base kit- Trumpeter's 1/32 Bf 109G-2. It is generally an excellent kit with the most accurate dimensions of a 1/32 109G apart from it's spinner which no manufacturer seems to get right. However, it's engine is too short and small inside but that will be fixed up by some aftermarket.
Next up is a Zoom set by eduard. It is for a G-6, but eduard doesn't do G-2 sets, so I will stick with this and use by referencing to omit G-6 only parts.
I then got an engine for it, but no available G-2 engines are around, so I got the eduard brassin Bf 109G-6 one. This one has stacks of detail on it. The idea is to omit the MG 131s in favour of the kit MG 17s and redo the firing leads.
Last up are some cowl latches from Yahu which are necessary as I am doing a full cowl open except for the lower one, as the Brassin engine doesn't have the lower part and the kit engine is undersized, prohibiting me from kit bashing them together.
I will be beginning this build in a week
Cheers, John
This is the base kit- Trumpeter's 1/32 Bf 109G-2. It is generally an excellent kit with the most accurate dimensions of a 1/32 109G apart from it's spinner which no manufacturer seems to get right. However, it's engine is too short and small inside but that will be fixed up by some aftermarket.
Next up is a Zoom set by eduard. It is for a G-6, but eduard doesn't do G-2 sets, so I will stick with this and use by referencing to omit G-6 only parts.
I then got an engine for it, but no available G-2 engines are around, so I got the eduard brassin Bf 109G-6 one. This one has stacks of detail on it. The idea is to omit the MG 131s in favour of the kit MG 17s and redo the firing leads.
Last up are some cowl latches from Yahu which are necessary as I am doing a full cowl open except for the lower one, as the Brassin engine doesn't have the lower part and the kit engine is undersized, prohibiting me from kit bashing them together.
I will be beginning this build in a week
Cheers, John
Guess that will set me back by another week until it arrives from Japan.....
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