Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4

by Randy Lutz

Here is my 1/48 ProModeler Messerschmitt Bf-110G-4 finished in Hungarian markings.

It represents an aircraft of 5/101 Night Fighter Squadron, while based at Weiner-Neustadt, Austria in March of 1945.

The model was built per the instructions aside from the minor enhancements listed below:

Fuselage

• Waldron rudder pedals installed

• MG 81Z replaced with Aries resin gun

• Eduard photo-etched seatbelts added

• all gun barrels and shell ejection ports drilled out

• FuG25a IFF antenna made from piano wire

• FuB12F blind landing antenna made from piano wire

• antenna wires made from stretched sprue

Wings and Landing Gear

• landing gear modified to sit at proper angle

• exhaust pipes drilled out

• pitot tube replaced with hypodermic needle

• FuG16ZY Morane antenna made from surgical wire

• FuG101 altimeter antenna replaced with wire

The airframe was painted with Xtracolor X208 Lichtblau RLM 76 and X207 Grauviolet RLM 75.

I weathered the model with chalk pastels.

Markings are from Cutting Edge 48046

• Famous Airplanes of the World No. 41, Messerschmitt Bf110, Bunrin-Do

• Aero Detail No. 21, Messerschmitt Bf 110

• Walk Around No. 22, Bf-110G, Squadron Signal Publications

• Hungarian Air Force, Squadron Signal Publications

• Monogram Close-up No. 18 Bf-110G, Monogram Technical Publications
   

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Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 110 (Osprey Modelling 2) Author: Brett Green US Price: $17.99 UK Price: £12.99 Publisher: Osprey Publishing Publish Date:  September 25, 2003 Details: Paperback; 80 pages; ISBN: 1841767042 Shop Buy it from Osprey Publishing

Model, Images and Text Copyright © 2004 by Randy Lutz
Page Created 31 May, 2004
Last Updated 24 December, 2007

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