Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Attack of the 109s Pt. 7: The Avia S-199 1/32 conversion of Hasegawa kit
The Czechs called it "Melec" (the mule), the Israelis called it the "Shakeen," (knife). It was nearly the last of the line.
As bad a fighter as it might have been, its arrival in Israel changed history. Here's an [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 6 1/32 Bf-109G-6
The Hasegawa Bf-109G-6 "kannonen boot", with Eagle Cals decals to do Heinrich Bartels' airplane from late 1943, flown in the eastern Mediterranean. Among the pilots assigned to IV Gruppe when it was activated in Greece in May [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 5: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109G-12
Here's the only kit of the 1/32 Bf-109G-12. Back in 2006, my good friend the late Dave Thompson, retired President of the Erie, PA Hell's Angels, all around nice guy, and lifelong modeler (you should have seen his scratchbuilt 1/32 Ju-87C [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3
Having admired some hundreds of spectacular models here at iModeler, I feel compelled to provide some sort of evidence that Yours Truly also builds some models on his own -- well at least occasionally.
This is Tamiya’s Messerschmitt Bf [...]
Camouflage and Markings of the Messerschmitt Me 109
A reprint from my editorial archives is this camouflage feature by Mr Rick Kent, originally posted at the pages of IPMS Stockholm - Ed.
I believe some readers will raise their eyebrows seeing that I have captioned the most popular German [...]
1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109G4 Trop
A small addition to the "Attack of 109's" .This is 1/32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109 G4 in the markings of “Black 1 “ from JG 53 in Sicily .This machine was flown by Oblt. Franz Schiess in 1943.
The cockpit modified by MDC [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 4: Hannes Trautloft (Hasegawa 1/32 Bf-109F-2)
The Hasegawa limited-run Bf-109F-2 (released as Galland Bf-109F-2Z), with Eagle Cals decals to do Hannes Trautloft's Bf-109F-2. I love the many varied unofficial camouflage schemes applied to JG 54 109s and 190s.
To me, the Bf-109F is the [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 3: Hans Joachim Marseille (Hasegawa 1/32 Bf-109F-4)
Two years ago, Hasegawa finally made good on their threat to do a Bf-109F, with a new (corrected) fuselage and corrected spinner. To my mind, the best of the Hasegawa 1/32 109s. Lifelike Decals to do Marseille's second 109F, with Eduard [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 2: Galland's Bf-109E-4 (Eduard 1/32)
In 1984 I had the privilege of attending the annual convention of the American Fighter Aces Association. Among the attendees were Adolf Galland, Gunther Rall (at the time the commander of the West German Air Force, though he seemed just [...]
Attack of the 109s, Pt. 1: 1/32 Bf-109B-2
Eduard Weekend Bf-109E-1 kit, mated to Alley Cat's Bf-109B-2 conversion, using the Alley Cat decals. Lots of folks (thanks to the "experts" - as my father with 150 independent patents once described an "expert": a drip [...]
