Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6.
Finnish Air Force Night Fighter, 1948.
This model was built according to IPMS/USA Basic Kit Build (BKB) criteria. (Hence the early canopy, not an Erla Haube canopy).
Decals from Fine Molds. I need to go [...]
Finished yesterday, my interpretation of a 109 G-14 AS that saw several distinct interpretations of its Reich verteidigung band.
Seems that white/red interpretation is more likely true than the white/green depicted by kit and decal [...]
This is a first rate kit. The parts fit and and molding quality are excellent. Additional details added by me were mostly in the cockpit area. I opened the port side sliding panel on the canopy hood while also adding knobs to the panels. [...]
It's been a while, but my build output has been very slow of late. I had heard many good things about the Eduard 109 series, and had the Delta One "American G-6s" decal sheet in my collection for a while now, so it seemed like a [...]
James Kelley posted his version of this scheme from a FineMolds kit ((link) ), and I loved the scheme. I've since discovered there is some controversy over what the colors really were on the 109s secured for evaluation by the IJAAF (see [...]
Tamiya 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109G-6
Bf 109 G-6, “White 12” of II./JG 51, Central Italy.
Flown by Hans Langer, this interesting G-6 had “NOT YOU” painted across the tailplane. This addition was not authorized by the pilot who [...]
Just completed. Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Me109G-14 from III/JG 6 , Bessel, Germany. Took part in Operation Bodenplatte January 1st 1945 and landed Twenthe with engine failure, where it was photographed in July 1945. JG6 usually carried [...]
And yet, another '109 completed. My plan is to finish as many of this kit as possible between when I started last month and the IPMS/USA National Convention. Then I will enter the 5 most "OK" ones in the "Collections" [...]
Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 J-374 Air Company / Squadron 6
Avenches Airfield 1941
Kit: Hasegawa 1:48, Eduard Wheels and Decals from Models.
Messerschmitt 109 E-3 J-374, serial number 2355, flight hours 2:10 a.m.,
Engine number 10901, [...]