This is my 1:32 Hasegawa
Bf109G-10 in Yugoslavian colors. The Plane has a strange story, in the begining
it was used by the Luftwaffe, then given to Croatian Air Forces, then in April
1945, Warrant Officer Tatarevic flew it from Zagrep to Mostar. (today
Mostar is a part of Bosnia, it is famous with its old bridge which was
built in 1466 by Turks but destroyed by a Croat tank in civil war,
in the early 90s. The Mostar bridge was re-built by a Turkish company a few years ago)
The plane has RLM 76/82/83
colors, with the nose and rudder partially painted Gelb RLM 04 like we used to see
on many Luftwaffe planes.
Well, there is not much to say about
Hasegawa's 32nd scale Bf109. I guess all we know something!? But I must
admit I had built a G-4 before, it was slightly better fitting.
On the G-10
I used just a bit Mr.surfacer for the wing-fuselage connection.
Click on
images below to see larger images
As for aftermarket I used Ventura
decals VA3252 set which disappointed me.....very thin fragile and glossy
decals gave me a hard time. That explains why it was cheap.
Beside that I
added Eduard's Bf-109G type colored seatbelts to cockpit.
Overall, it was a nice experience, while I
built this kit I searched about Balkan region a lot where my roots are.
Now I have a nice Bf-109 on my shelf and I imagine myself drinking caj (tea) beside Neretva
river, watching young
Bosnians jumping from bridge to river! :)
Happy Modelling
Zafer
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