My first entry for the group is based on the old Hasegawa 109 F kit in 1/48

Although Zvezda and Eduard newest kits are both far superior, I have had this kit in the stash for quite some time and fill it with a lot of AM goodies, such as resin hollow exhaust stacks, new decals (a great Xtradecals sheet focusing recon planes from the Luftwaffe), Aires resin cockpit and also a new spinner and paddles to replace the inaccurate plastic part, which is imo the only let down of all Hasegawa 109F/G kits.

For this specific machine I also added a camera port from Owl

This machine was produced by Erla factory and is one if the first batches that sports their typical zigzag camo pattern on the upper wings and heavy mottling on the fuselage sides

Splendid choice @holzhamer! I do have the parasol-kit 🙂

Nice entry Pedro , really unique .

You have to be very careful in choosing the aircraft that you will build, because in reality there were only two of these aircrafts , those used by Adolf Galland. The F-6 version existed only as prototype with the exception of two machines equiped with extra wing cannons and camera for two Galland's "special F" airplanes that coded as F-6 . (My opinion is) the airplane that showed in Xtradecal sheet , probably is a G-2/R2 that looks very simillar to F-4 , which inadvertently ended up being referred to as F-6 possibly also due to call numbers on fuselage (F6+TH) .

In any case , an interesting theme , I will follow close !

Great entry, Pedro.
For sure it will be in good hands with you.

Pedro, @holzhamer
You definitely have my attention with this build. I have never seen a 109 built like this one that was used by a reconnaissance unit before. This is going to be a good one...

Thanks for posting ! 🙂

Really nice choice, Pedro. I hope you do it in a diorama complete with sunshade - it would give it an air of spontaneity and humor, I think. I am impressed with your encyclopedic knowledge of 109 variants! I myself don't get too worried about precise details, as long as I have some well-sourced references - especially period pics - for the aircraft I want to do. I am sure this one will be splendid.

This should be a cool build, Michael (@holzhamer). I am looking forward to you incorporating all of the extra goodies into this kit, along with the interesting paint scheme.

Hasegawa’s 109 F is a very straightforward, simple kit to build, so let’s complicate things a bit 🙂

Owl camera set is also simple to add, you get the fairing for the camera opening, clear plastic to replicate the lens and a tiny addition to the IP, that gives the control box that allowed the pilot to operate the camera

As you can see the box has already been painted RLM 66.

The rather basic interior is best replaced by some AM set should you want to display an open canopy [3]

This one is the Aires set, which has been painted for years.

I’m seriously considering putting a pilot and have the plane inflight position

but the figure seems a tad bigger than the resin cockpit so let’s see how it goes