Hasegawa 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6

By Thierry Laurent

MOLD CREATION DATE:

KIT DATABASE ENTRY:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/kitdb/details.php?kit=962

TWEAK LIST VERSION 1.0 (publication date: September 2005)

Reviewed & updated by Mike Maben & Charles Metz.

The following list is intended to help modelers in improving scale accuracy of an airplane model replica. In no way is it intended to support or be offensive towards a scale model company.

As such, it is only the result of a progressive process and is in no way intended to be absolute or even comprehensive. Hence, it is intended to focus on commonly admitted discrepancies and will probably not cover some errors. It is up to the modeler to decide whether correcting the listed issues is worth the time and money he will have to invest in the quest for accuracy process.

No aftermarket correction or detail set is mentioned in this document as the availability of such items may be very variable. Hence, refer to other LSP sections to find relevant information. Moreover, aftermarket sets do not necessarily correct all listed issues. Please refer accordingly to relevant documentation.

NOTICEABLE FUSELAGE ISSUES (from front to rear)

NOTICEABLE WING/WEAPONS ISSUES

NOTICEABLE COCKPIT ISSUES

The kit instructions give two options regarding front instrument part: either paint engraved details or sand them off and then apply the decal on a flattened surface. However, another option will give better result if you use kit part. Cut the nice decal in parts before applying it on engraved instruments.

NOTICEABLE CANOPY ISSUES

NOTICEABLE LANDING GEAR ISSUES

OTHER NOTICEABLE ISSUES & MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS

KIT MARKINGS:

Up to now, kit has already been released three times with different markings options:

The accuracy of the decals will not be assessed here as many interpretations are possible and there are a lot of aftermarket options.

REFERENCES

The list of references about the Messerschmitt 109 is an endless one. The list author focused on sources that are more oriented towards plane components rather than plane colors. Many excellent books have been printed about the later topic but this is out of the limited scope of such a list. As such, sources dedicated to Luftwaffe paints and camouflage, 109 colors or 109's used by Germany allies have not been used here.

Accordingly, the following sources were used to build this list:

Modelling essentials:

Other References:

© Thierry Laurent (reviewed & updated by Mike Maben & Charles Metz) 2005

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