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Messerschmitt Bf 109
Stab Pt.2

Xtradecal, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y :

Catalogue Numbers:

Xtradecal Item No. X72264 – Messerschmitt Bf 109 Stab Pt.2

Scale:

1/72

Contents & Media

Waterslide decals for 14 subjects with coloured placement guide.

Price:

GBP 6.66 (Export)

GBP 7.99 (EU price) plus shipping available online from Hannants

Review Type:

First Look

Advantages:

Excellent production quality, great value, swastikas and stencilling included.

Disadvantages:

None noted.

Conclusions:

These are superbly well produced decals, and represent excellent value. Highly recommended.


Reviewed by Mark Davies


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F i r s t L o o k

 

The Bf 109 is one of the most popular subjects for aircraft modellers, and therefore decal makers too, with numerous different schemes available. This release offers a bargain fourteen subjects covering a wide gambit of colour schemes; all are interesting and appealing in my opinion.

 

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The fourteen schemes offered are:

  • Bf-109E-4, JG 26 Adjutant, Oblt Walter Horten, 1940;

  • Bf-109E-4, JG 26 Adjutant, Oblt Adolph Summer, June 1940;

  • Bf-109E-4, III/JG77, Greece, 1941;

  • Bf-109E-4, I/JG3 CO, Hptm Hans Von Hahn, Late 1940, St Omer France;

  • Bf-109F-2, I/JG3 Technical Offizer, Hptm Detlev Rohwer, Ukraine 1941;

  • Bf-109F-2, II/JG53 Gruppenkommandeur, Hptm Heinz Bretnutz, St Omer 1941;

  • Bf-109F-4, JG54 Adjutant, Russia 1941/42;

  • Bf-109F-4, I/JG54, Hptm Hans Philipp, Oct 1942;

  • Bf-109G-2, Stab JG77, Maj Joachim Muncheberg, Egypt 1943;

  • Bf-109G-2, I/JG77, Libya, 1943;

  • Bf-109G-2, JG54 Kommodore, Maj Trautloft, Eastern Front 1941;

  • Bf-109G-6/R6, 1/JG27 CO, Maj Franzisketthe, Austria 1944;

  • Bf-109G-6/U3, NAG4 CO, Hptm Friedrich- Wilhelm Kahler, Russia, 1944; and

  • Bf-109K-4, III/JG53 Adjutant, Germany, 1945.

The coloured placement guide provides port and starboard profiles for each of the subjects, along with small upper and lower surface plan views. Many of the schemes include modeller’s notes providing useful information focused mainly on subtleties of the paint finish and markings, but also covering other features where applicable. 

 

The Decals

The decals are supplied in Xtradecal’s usual polythene zip-lock bag. They appear superbly well printed by Microscale Decals, with excellent colour density and registration.

Complete national insignia are provided including swastikas. 

 

 

A small and easily overlooked errata sheet is included, and this provides correctly sized green rings for the forward part of the spinner of the Bf-109F-2 flown by I/JG3’s Technical Offizer.

 

 

 

C o n c l u s i o n

 

These are superbly well produced decals, and represent excellent value.

Highly Recommended.

Thanks to Hannants for this sample.

Text and Images Copyright © 2017 by Mark Davies
This Page Created on 22 February, 2017
Last updated 24 February, 2017

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