1/48 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109F2

by Steve Hewitt

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Here is my Hasegawa Bf109F-2. I fitted the Aires cockpit set which adds a lot to the interior detailing and actually goes into the Hasegawa kit without too much trouble.  I separated the elevators to drop them slightly, drilled out the exhausts and added some etched brass exhaust shields. The kit allows dropped flaps and radiator doors and I decided to deploy these as you can see from the photo below.

I finished the model with Polyscale acrylics over pre-shading, and applied the kit decals over a light coat of Johnson's clear. The model represents Werner Molders' F-2 on the Russian front, and carries his 100+ kill scoreboard on the rudder. The decals worked very well out of the box and reacted well to my usual Microset and sol.

The Hasegawa 109 series goes together really well and provided a quick project which looks great in my collection. The Aires cockpit is a relatively cheap add on which enhances the model alot. Have a go and see what you think.

Steve

Photos and text © by Steve Hewitt