This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features four different Me-109's in 5 different paint schemes. This is Part
5 of a series dealing
with the Me-109 in Luftwaffe markings from August 1940 in France to the Autumn
of 1943 in Belarus.
The
4 aircraft include an E-3 from the Battle of Britain to the winter in Russia and
everything in-between in Europe.
The 109's included on this sheet include the following:
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Me 109 E-3,
W. Nr. 8508 flown by Fw. Arthur Haase 6/JG51 from Marquise-West France in
August 1940. This aircraft has 3 kill markings on it's tail.
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Me 109
F-4/R1, W. Nr. 13125 flown by Oblt. Max-Helmut Ostermann Sta. Cap. 8/JG54
from Siebelskaya/Russia May 10-12 1942. This pilot had 100 kills at
this time although 62 are shown on the tail. Wearing summer mottling.
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Me 109
F-4/R1, W. Nr. 13125 flown by Oblt. Max-Helmut Ostermann Sta. Cap. 8/JG54
from Siebelskaya/Russia May 10-12 1942. This pilot had 100 kills at
this time although 62 are shown on the tail. Wearing RLM 76 paint .
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Me 109
G-6/R-6, W. Nr. unknown flown by Major Adolt Dickfield, Kdr. II/JG11
from Jever Northern Germany at the end of May 1943. This aircraft has
100 kill markings on it's tail.
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Me 109
G-6/U-3, W. Nr. 15746 flown by Hptm. Friedrich-Wilhelm Kahler, Kdr.
NAG 4 in probably summer to autumn in 1943 Bojari, Belarus. This
aircraft has 100 kill markings on it's tail.
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The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration. You get one full sized decal sheet and one smaller insert
sheet. Four of the five planes has artwork. The instructions
contain the wonderful text telling about the finer details of each aircraft and
refers to the references used. You also get a full set of stencils and a
separate instruction sheet showing stencil placement with 4 view line drawings.
You can purchase these decals
either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
Other shops that stock Life like
Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada,
*Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed
Hobbies/Australia, *AB
&S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA
Yet another very
nice Me-109 sheet with an excellent variety of aircraft.
I would like to
thank Lifelike Decals for providing me with this review sample.
Steve
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this review sample.
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