109 G-5

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Hi all. I am looking for a good quality Messerschmitt 109 G-5 in 1/72 scale.

Any suggestions?

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I don’t know about G-5s, but Revell/Germany has makes a nice G-10 in 1/72. I’d also check out Hasegawa.

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Thanks Allen109. As it happens I just came back from my LHS and found two Bf 1092 G-5 kits by Mastercraft Hobby Kits, Polish kit maker.

The detailing is fairly good but who’s complaining for 4.50 Euro a kit. Besides that, you get decals for building four versions per kit.

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I used to have a Hasegawa Bf-109G-6 in 1/72 that came with markings for Gerhard Barkhorn and Eric Hartmann,and traded it(stupid)! I have since moved on to the larger scales. I come back to 1/72 every once in a while, its refreshing to build a smaller kit,not to mention the kit availability.

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I’d like to build lager scale but I stick to 1/72 becuase of storage space. My house is amost full already and making larger scale models would only make the problem worse.

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The Finemolds family of Bf-109’s are the best available in 1 /72. They are head and shoulders above anything else on the market, they put the Hasegawa Gustav’s to shame.

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Basically a Bf109G-5 is the same as a Bf109G-6 except the G-5 is pressurized. The only real visible difference is the fresh air inlets on the G-6, which if they’re included on the G-6 kit they should be easy enough to sand and fill over and voila… you have a G-5. [8D]

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Hi epsin1. thanks for the info, what air inlet are you talking aboutb exactly?

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Compare any picture of a Bf 109G-6 with a Bf 109G-5. You’ll notice a fresh air inlet for the pilot in the non-presurized G-6. The G-5 doesn’t have them because it’s pressurized for high altitude so the cockpit is sealed. They are located slightly below and in front of the angled front windscreen on either side.

Here is a profile of a G-6 and which I have edited to point to the air inlet. Click on the image to zoom in to see the arrow and text pointing to the air inlet.

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Thanks again for the info.

One question arises though. G-5 seems to be a slightly earlier model as the G6. It does not really make sense to me that a later model again is without a presurized cockpit. Or am a completely off track here with my assumptions?

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Ya, you’re using logic that would make sense to most of us, but the Germans always had to make things complicated and far from logical. LOL

Remember that the Germans always had a million variations on everything. The G-6 was produced in huge numbers, but the G-5 in relatively small numbers. The G-5 was designed to have a pressurized cockpit, and the G-6 was the non-pressurized version. They decided (probably for cost reasons) to mass produce the G-6 and focus on the numerious (and confusing) conversion kits. It’s mind boggling how many there were.

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Thanks espins1, people like you sharing their knowledge is what makes this forum so good!

Well, you made my “mission to build a G-5” a lot easier. There are plenty of G-6 kits in 1/72 so I’ll concentrate on finding a high detailed kit of that one and “modifying” it myself.

Thanks again!