End of War...1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109K-4, II/JG52

22/2023

Dad´s finished another one.
New Eduard kit oob. A good kit like their other late 109s but still some mnor corrections to be done. Relocated the lift up holes on the rear fuselage, opened the missing shell ejector opening for the engine mounted 30mm gun on the bottom, which by the way is on the right and not the left side. Some "grill" openings on the belly need to be filled too. a little hole needs to be driled on the underside of the nose after the prop. The K-4 usually had no footstep and handgrip on the right side whioch need to be filled and the hatch after the seat is wrong in size and shape, used a plastic sheet there.
EZ Line for the antenna wires, plastic rods instead of the kits PE parts for the upper wing landing gear indicators. Painted with MRP White Aluminium and RLM74/75/81/82/76. No swastika applied for legal reasons.

Build thread here
https://imodeler.com/groups/imperial-german-air-service-luftwaffe-group-build-may-1st-1910-to-present-day/forum/topic/1-48-messerschmitt-bf109k-4/

Aircraft of Major Wilhelm BATZ (1916-1988), CO of II. Gruppe JG52 with "affirmed" 237 victories. In the last days of the war, he was stationed in Zeltweg/Austria and on May 8th he and his remaining unit flew to Bad Aibling/Bavaria to surrender to US forces.
After the war he served in the German Bundesluftwaffe.

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