This is a new decal
sheet from Cutting
Edge Modelworks. The sheet includes markings for 3 different Bf-109G's
in 1/48 scale......including a very famous Gustav flown by famous Luftwaffe Ace
Lt. Erich Hartmann
The first plane
on this sheet is a Bf-109G6 flown by famous high scoring Ace Lt. Erich
Hartman of 9./JG 52 while flying out of Novosaporovyi, Russia in Oct 1943.
Hartman had a total of 352 kills to his credit by the end of the war.
By Oct 1943 he had 121 kills to his credit. This plane is painted
RLM 74/75 on the top surfaces and RLM 76 on the sides and underside.
There was mottling on the side of the fuselage. For artwork
there is a red heart with a yellow arrow through it and text that reads
"Dicker Max Karaya". Things that are of interest are the
fact the yellow cowl panel under the engine only covers the half of the
panel. This plane is missing the DF loop but it still has the base
and this plane also has the early style headrest.
The second
plane is
a Bf-109G6 flown by Ace Hptm. Anton Hackl of Stab III./JG 11 while
flying out of Oldenburg, Germany in February 1944. By Feb 1944
he had 132 kills to his credit. This plane is painted RLM
74/75 on the top surfaces and RLM 76 on the sides and underside.
There was large mottling on the side of the fuselage. This
plane has a yellow fuselage band and yellow cowl under the engine
and the rudder and part of the tail is white, which shows off the
kill markings very well. The spinner is black and white.
This aircraft was fitted with the underwing cannon gondolas.
The third plane
on this sheet is a
Bf-109G6 flown by famous high scoring Ace Major Herman Graf of JGr. 50
from Wiesbaden-Eberheim, Germany in 1943. Graf had a total of 212 kills
to his credit. This plane is his famous Bf-109G-6 with the red Tulip
on the nose. This plane is "Green
1" and has a RLM 74/75 paint scheme on the upper surfaces and RLM 76
in the fuselage sides
and underside. There was mottling on the side of
the fuselage. The spinner is red to match the red Tulip covering the
engine cowl. This red Tulip is created with 3 decals that apply one
layer after another to create the red Tulip.
Go slow and it
shouldn't be a problem.....the instructions are very clear how to properly
position and install the 3 layers of Tulip decals. The underside of
the engine cowl is RLM 04 yellow and the tail/rudder is white.....which
shows off the kill markings artwork very well.
For artwork on Graf's
aircraft, there is the picture
of a traditional Germany hunter with an old style rifle on the side of the
fuselage....see picture at the top of this review. It is not 100%
certain is this is Graf particular aircraft that had the Huntsman artwork,
but it is included anyway, so you have a choice of whether to include it or
not. This plane has no DF loop or base. This aircraft has weapon
tubes under the wings.
There is a question
as to whether the number "1" on the side of the fuselage is green or
red in Graf's plane.....so Cutting Edge included both colours.
The instructions do include a top view of all 3 aircraft.....the top camo
of Graf's aircraft
is painted in a very interesting stepped fashion. The instructions
are clear and an extra page of text instruction is included with a small bit of info
about this plane as well as B&W line drawings showing stencil
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The decals were flawlessly printed
on 1decal sheet and the clear
carrier film is trimmed very close to the crisply printed colored areas, which
is always good to see. This decal sheet includes all the stencils etc to
complete one of these 3 aircraft....with more stencils you should be
able to create all 3 aircraft.
A very nice product
and highly recommended.
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I would like to
thank Cutting Edge
Modelworks for providing me with this review sample.
Steve
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