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Since I have quite limited scratch building skill, I have resorted to adapting and combining available items in order to come up with a better looking replacement for some dodgy parts. In my opinion, the propeller blades, propeller hub and spinner are all quite poor on the big Airfix 109. As I looked at reference pictures of the propeller hub, I knew that I was not up to the task of making one myself. After checking out some of the 1:24 offerings on the Model Monkey website, I ordered a spinner/prop hub designed to be used with the Trumpeter 1:24 Bf 109 kits, link below: https://www.model-monkey.com/product-page/1-24-messerschmitt-bf-109-f-g-and-k-spinner I was curious to see if I could use the propeller hub to cobble together a better looking unit that I could attach re profiled kit blades to. Is it super accurate? Of course not but I think this is a path to a much better end result (given my abilities) than what is provided in the box. See what you think and add your two cents! Lets take a look a my experiment... Below, kit parts fresh off the runners: The modified Model Monkey hub next to the original. In order to fit the spinner over the hub, the cannon barrel had to be removed. A little trim brings the MM replacement to the same size as the kit part. Test fit of the new hub and spinner (hub still un-trimmed, original size). Not a bad start! Reworking the spinner a little and re profiling the propeller blades, should yield a much improved result. I hope this little side venture is helpful to others building this kit. Thoughts/comments? Greg