Messerschmitt Bf 109G-10 WNF/Diana 'ProfiPACK'
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Kit Review
Having done the Mtt Regensburg version a while back, Eduard has have now released this version, built by WNF or the Diana facility.
Inside the box you will find one clear and four dark grey-coloured sprues, both pre-coloured and standard photo-etched frets and a set of self-adhesive masks. Many of the parts are not required in this particular version, so you get a lot of very useful bits to add to your spares box. The full-colour instructions take you though assembly over nine pages and colours are highlighted throughout via the Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Hobby Color and Mr Color ranges. Breakdown is traditional for all their Bf 109F and Gs, so you have a nice cockpit floor/bulkhead into which goes the trim wheel (plastic and etched), control column, seat pan, rudder pedals (either plastic or etched), cannon breech cover (two styles included), fuel flow sight glass (clear plastic) and seat belts. The starboard sidewall has a separate electrical distribution panel and the instrument panel is a combination of plastic and etched, or plastic and decal. No engine is included, so the exhaust stacks are held in place within the cowls and you have the option of these with or without the anti-dazzle guard in two styles (photo-etched). The gun troughs in the upper cowl comes as a separate insert, with backing plates for the partial gun barrels to sit into; obviously to allow the Brassin engine and gun mounts set to fit. The air vents in the upper cowl ahead of the windscreen are not engraved in the parts, so an etched template is included so that you can engrave them yourself. The supercharger intake is multi-part and the refined bulges are built into both fuselage and engine cowling halves. The upper portion of the vertical fin is separate to depict the later (wooden) version and you have two styles of rudder. The tailplanes are also separate as are the elevators. The wheel wells have multi-part linings and the ailerons, flaps and leading edge slats are all separate, while the radiators have separate flaps and the option of plastic or etched for the matrices (as does the oil cooler under the chin). The undercarriage features wheels with separate hubs although bronze legs with resin doors and new wheels are already available in the Brassin range for extra detail. The canopy is multi-part, so can be posed open and the armoured glass headrest is a separate clear component. The D/F loop comes as either plastic or etched, the choice is yours and there is an etched FuG 25a dipole for the underside of the rear fuselage (this is better replaced with rod or wire). No ordnance is supplied in the kits, although you will see various unused parts on the sprues, but there is a 300lt drop tank under the centreline.
Colour Options
The kit offers five decal options:
• G-10/U4, 'White 11', II./JG52, Brno, Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren, April 1945
• G-10/U4, W/Nr.612769, 'Yellow 10', 101. vadászezred, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, 8th May 1945
• G-10/U4, W/Nr.611048, 'White 5', II./JG52, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, 8th May 1945
• G-10/U4, 'White 15', Jasta 5 der ROA, Nemecky Brod, Protektorat Böhman und Mähren, May 1945
The decal sheets, which are printed by Eduard, are excellent and have perfect register and colour density. The swastikas are placed on the edge of the main sheet so that they can be clipped off in those countries where the symbol is banned, with split versions also in the main sheet. There is also a separate sheet containing a complete set of airframe stencils.
Conclusion
This is an excellent kit, packed with detail and THE choice for the type nowadays in 1/48th. If you don't fancy the complexity of the 'ProfiPACK' version it can't be long before the Weekend Edition will be released. For everyone else though, this version is highly recommended to all Luftwaffe modellers.
Our thanks to Eduard (www.eduard.com) for the review sample, UK modellers can obtain this kit from Hannants here.
Having done the Mtt Regensburg version a while back, Eduard has have now released this version, built by WNF or the Diana facility.
Inside the box you will find one clear and four dark grey-coloured sprues, both pre-coloured and standard photo-etched frets and a set of self-adhesive masks. Many of the parts are not required in this particular version, so you get a lot of very useful bits to add to your spares box. The full-colour instructions take you though assembly over nine pages and colours are highlighted throughout via the Gunze-Sangyo Mr Aqueous Hobby Color and Mr Color ranges. Breakdown is traditional for all their Bf 109F and Gs, so you have a nice cockpit floor/bulkhead into which goes the trim wheel (plastic and etched), control column, seat pan, rudder pedals (either plastic or etched), cannon breech cover (two styles included), fuel flow sight glass (clear plastic) and seat belts. The starboard sidewall has a separate electrical distribution panel and the instrument panel is a combination of plastic and etched, or plastic and decal. No engine is included, so the exhaust stacks are held in place within the cowls and you have the option of these with or without the anti-dazzle guard in two styles (photo-etched). The gun troughs in the upper cowl comes as a separate insert, with backing plates for the partial gun barrels to sit into; obviously to allow the Brassin engine and gun mounts set to fit. The air vents in the upper cowl ahead of the windscreen are not engraved in the parts, so an etched template is included so that you can engrave them yourself. The supercharger intake is multi-part and the refined bulges are built into both fuselage and engine cowling halves. The upper portion of the vertical fin is separate to depict the later (wooden) version and you have two styles of rudder. The tailplanes are also separate as are the elevators. The wheel wells have multi-part linings and the ailerons, flaps and leading edge slats are all separate, while the radiators have separate flaps and the option of plastic or etched for the matrices (as does the oil cooler under the chin). The undercarriage features wheels with separate hubs although bronze legs with resin doors and new wheels are already available in the Brassin range for extra detail. The canopy is multi-part, so can be posed open and the armoured glass headrest is a separate clear component. The D/F loop comes as either plastic or etched, the choice is yours and there is an etched FuG 25a dipole for the underside of the rear fuselage (this is better replaced with rod or wire). No ordnance is supplied in the kits, although you will see various unused parts on the sprues, but there is a 300lt drop tank under the centreline.
Colour Options
The kit offers five decal options:
• G-10/U4, 'White 11', II./JG52, Brno, Protektorat Böhmen und Mähren, April 1945
• G-10/U4, W/Nr.612769, 'Yellow 10', 101. vadászezred, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, 8th May 1945
• G-10/U4, W/Nr.611048, 'White 5', II./JG52, Neubiberg airfield, Germany, 8th May 1945
• G-10/U4, 'White 15', Jasta 5 der ROA, Nemecky Brod, Protektorat Böhman und Mähren, May 1945
The decal sheets, which are printed by Eduard, are excellent and have perfect register and colour density. The swastikas are placed on the edge of the main sheet so that they can be clipped off in those countries where the symbol is banned, with split versions also in the main sheet. There is also a separate sheet containing a complete set of airframe stencils.
Conclusion
This is an excellent kit, packed with detail and THE choice for the type nowadays in 1/48th. If you don't fancy the complexity of the 'ProfiPACK' version it can't be long before the Weekend Edition will be released. For everyone else though, this version is highly recommended to all Luftwaffe modellers.
Our thanks to Eduard (www.eduard.com) for the review sample, UK modellers can obtain this kit from Hannants here.
