Cutting Edge Modelworks

1/32 Bf-109G-10/Bf-109K-4 wheel wells Conversion

Product # CEC32147 for $22.99 for Hasegawa kit

Product Article by Steve Bamford on Aug 10 2006

 

 

 

These new resin items from Cutting Edge Modelworks will permit you to upgrade the wheel wells on all 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109s with large tires which required large overwing bulges.  In this set you get the inboard lower kit wing with that contains a wheel well of the proper depth plus all the lovely wheel well detail you need to really dress up this kit. 

The conversion is very straight forward but it will require you to cut the lower inner kit wing along panel lines and use the resin parts in it's place.  Pretty straight forward....but make sure your X-Acto knife has a sharp blade.  

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This combination gives you 

  • a wheel well of the proper depth, 

  • a detailed well "cap" (in reality it was the underside of the top wing skin, including the stiffeners), and 

  • true three-dimensional effect of the wheel well, cap, and you can see the underside of the wheel well bulge though the kidney shaped hole in the wheel well cover.

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Resin casting is of a very high quality and all the detail is very well done with no air bubbles.  This new resin set from Cutting Edge Modelworks really is an excellent set and is much needed for anyone wanting to build a Bf-109 with the wider tires and upper wing bulges.....not to memntion the lovely wheel well detail.

I would like to thank Cutting Edge Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Bamford