Hello all,
Here is the new Eduard's kit of the Bf 109 G in the high altitude version "G-5" with a pressurized cockpit.
Some days ago, in a reply to No. 1's post upon his "109 G-6" I wrote :
"The MG 131 bulges are too bulky espacially on the top. They must be reduced.
My kit is almost built (but not painted) in the G-5 version. The pressure and overpressure valves are lacking on the rear bulk head. As reproduced the cockpit is one for a G-1 or G-3 with the valves under the instrument panel on the left side."
I present you my work on the model but the kit is far from being completely finished and one of the reason is that I have to find decals for the markings...
I shortened the landing gear legs by about 1,5 mm.
I added the position lights which are surprisingly lacking on the kit although tinier parts than these lights are molded.
I added too the frame of the rear fixed part of the canopy that overlaps the fuselage to secure fixation of the total canopy. Belts made of "stuff" are applied onto the pilot seat (Thank you No. 1 !) :
I added too the tubing (drain) coming from the housing gear and going to the undersurface of the oil cooler fairing and passing just in front of the oil cooler. I marked also the location of the cap for oil tank emptying located in a small well on the lower part of oil tank cowlings.
Jicéhem
