The kit:
Eduard 1/48 Dual Combo #11140 Wilde Sau Episode one: Ring of Fire
The kit has the option to build a Bf 109G-5 or a G-6 the kit only comes with one marking option for a G-5, I already built one as a G-6 and I will be building this one also as a G-6.
Here is the first one finished
I'm a sucker for Night Fighters and most of my Aircraft kits are Night fighters
The box art
I was going to use the HGW belts pictured for this one too but have decided to build this one canopy closed and will just use the PE belts that come with the kit and save these for another open canopy build.
Also in the box it comes with a unit badge
It's a bit smaller than I thought it was going to be.
The Sprues:
The panel lines and rivets all look excellent but the surface of some parts look like they have something on them. I first thought it was mold release but it's a flaw in the plastic. As I found with the first build a few swipes with some sand paper was enough to even out the surface.
The Resin:
Of course it comes with two sets of resin tires but also exhaust stack "whistles" {Pfeife in German} produced by Eberspacher. They was used to help identify the wilde sau fighter to the flak batteries on the ground. Requests for the flak to cease firing when the fighters were operating over particularly sensitive areas had been refused from the outset.
The Markings:
The first kit is going to be in marking option "D" I'm going to go for marking option "B" for this one
Bf 109 G-6/R6, Flown by Fw. Horst John, 3./JG 300, Bonn-Hangelar, Germany September 1943
Some aircraft serving with JG 300 were equipped with a system from Eberspacher. This was essentially and acoustic pipe that was installed in the location of the first exhaust stub on both sides of the engine. The system gave off a tone that could be heard on the ground. It was intended to alert Flak crews to the presence of friendly aircraft and to prevent friendly fire instances. One so-equipped aircraft was Yellow 12 Fw. Horst John, he claimed seven kills and he was shot down on the night of November 18 1943. The standard camouflage of his aircraft was darkened through the application of a squiggle pattern of RLM22, 70, 74 and 75. The lower surfaces were oversprayed with RLM22 black along with the national markings and the JG 300 identifiers.
