This review will be mostly about the accuracy and details of the kit. I have never built this kit or any other Fujimi kit for that matter. I have had a few people now ask me about building a 109G-6/AS. I too have wanted to do one for sometime. Well I can tell you right now this is kit you want.
Fujimi kit #48003 listed as Messerschlitt bf109G-14/AS. I got this off of ebay for 18 US dollars. I must say I am very impressed by the amount of additional parts, detail, and the dry fit of most of the major componets. This kit gives you everything you need to build a late G-6, G-5/AS, G-6/AS, G-14, G-14/AS, or a mitt reg built AS powered G-10. There are parts, scribed lines and even a correct right side cockpit wall for the K-4. but due to the lack of any D engine details you could not hope to get an accurate K-4 from this kit. What I was expecting was something like a hobbycraft/academy kit. To my suprise it seems to be more along the lines of a hasegawa kit. The fujimi will be more difficult to build, but seems to be the only choice for a good AS powered G.
Sprue's and parts
As you can see fuel filler and hatches for both G and K are present.
Note the extra cockpit side wall.
Some oft he parts are off becasue a buddy and me were giving it a look over during dinner. As you can see fujimi gives you a ton of options here.
full set of underwing Rustsaze heavy fighter stores.
Extended-range fighter 300 liter drop tank.
12087 (605A) and 12159 (605AS) props.
660X160 and 660X190 wheels and matching buldges.
605A and 605AS superchanger intakes.
fo 870 and fo 987 oil coolers.
long and short tabed tails.
standered and tall (late) wooden rudder.
standered and extended tail wheel.
This kit is a 109 fan's dream when it comes to giving you every option you could think of. A 109 nut could do alot with this kit. On the other hand if you don't know 109's that well, this could really confuse the life out of you. The problem is you have to fill alot of surface details, there's some tricky construction steps and vauge instructions. Couple this with the amount of options and add on's and I would say this kit is more for experienced 109 nuts than your occasional 109 builder. A modeler could easily build up a frankinstein 109 and not even know it.
Now on to some cool details.
Check out the two cowling's here. The first cowling is actually very close to the correct G-6/14AS agglomerations cowling which also get lumped in with "the asymmetrical cowling". It has an accurate buldged shape, scribed lines, hatches are for the most part in the correct locations. Even the gun reliefs look correct. It also would not be hard to modify this to the refined cuff rivited style cowling (again generally lumped under the same "asymmetrical cowling" name) seen on many G-10's and all K-4's.
What fujimi has actually given you here if you know what to add and delete is a accturate G5,6,14 AS with no need to cut up 2 or 3 kits and rescribe half the model. By adding AM cockpit detail along with a few scratchbuilt extras and you could easily have a highly accurate and unusual 109AS. This kit has alot of potential for a good modeler.
Due to the kits large variety of details and add on's I did not go into the exact breakdown on how to build a G-6/AS here. This would require a list like I did for the guy converting that G-10 to a K-4. If you have an interest in building a G-6/AS or G-14/AS from this kit and feel you need help I'll go ahead a basically make an accurate instruction sheet for such. I don't know how many of you actually would be interested in such a thing and require help. So instead of possibably wasting my time I though I'd do it this way. You must be strong with the dark side of the force to attempt this.![Evil [}:)]](/emoticons/icon_smile_evil.gif)