The Bf109's strengths included its good climb performance and its acceleration in a dive.
The Bf109 G models produced from summer 1942 onwards had some striking changes compared to the predecessor variant Bf109 F. The G-5/G-6 was equipped with a new design.
The G-5/G-6 had a MK 151/20 mm gun firing through the engine.
Two MG 131 were installed above the engine.
The belt feed of the reinforced armament necessitated an aerodynamic revision of the engine cover, which gave the aircraft its characteristic bumps.
The G-6 saw extensive service on all fronts from March 1943 until the end of the war.
Later production lots of the Bf109 G-6 received the fixed rear cabin glazing in a one-piece design, which improved rear visibility many times over.
The rudder was further revised with its increase in height and the use of a higher and larger rudder.
The G-6 was the most produced type of the Bf109 with 13,000 units.
Plastic model kit
- New moulds
- Option to build in early or late version
- Detailed surfaces, recessed sheet metal joints
- Detailed cockpit with instrument panel
- Many cockpit interior details
- Separate tail wheel
- Workable propeller
- Detailed landing gear bay with side walls
- Detailed running gear
- Optional 2 different wheels / rims
- 2 different upper engine cowlings
- Separate rudders and flaps
- Separate slats
- Split canopy with back armouring
- Choice of early or late rudder
- Choice of standard canopy or later version to be built
- Auxiliary tank
- Captain Franz Dörr, Bf 109 G-6, W.No. 411960, Staff III/JG 5, Gossen, May 1945.
- Captain Karl Rammelt, Bf 109 G-6, serial no. 160717, Staff II./JG 51, Romania, April 1944
unbuilt / unpainted
Colours: 5, 15, 47, 49, 79, 364
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