Nachtjaeger Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Hey guys, its been a long time since Ive posted, life and work have kept me busy. OK I am about to drop some money on a 1/32 BF 109 G6 Late model. My question is which one in your opinion is a better kit. Revells BF109 G6 Late or Trumpeters New BF109 G6 Late kit. Thank you I would appreciate any input or experience you gentlemen might have on these model kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 None is fully accurate but the Trumpeter is a little bit easier to build. If you want more details, have a look at the tweak lists I made years ago. nmayhew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John1 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Nachtjaeger said: Hey guys, its been a long time since Ive posted, life and work have kept me busy. OK I am about to drop some money on a 1/32 BF 109 G6 Late model. My question is which one in your opinion is a better kit. Revells BF109 G6 Late or Trumpeters New BF109 G6 Late kit. Thank you I would appreciate any input or experience you gentlemen might have on these model kits. My vote is for Revell but they missed some obvious stuff. To do it right, you need to address the mg bulges, control surfaces and oil cooler. Then you have silly stuff like the deart with moulded on seatbelts. Hoping at some point Tamiya does this very important aircraft. I second looking at Thierry’s tweak list. It’s very helpful. Edited June 28, 2020 by John1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 At least some of the Trumpy kits have canopies that get wider at the rear of the cockpit, i.e., the top of the canopy glass gets wider, as the rails are wider. Should be parallel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oyoy5 Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 I vote Hasegawa if that was an option, best 1/32 G-6 with less corrections than the Trumpeter or Revell kit. D Bellis and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 28, 2020 Share Posted June 28, 2020 Why not the Hasegawa kit? D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachtjaeger Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 5 hours ago, LSP_Mike said: Why not the Hasegawa kit? The Hasegawa is also on the table, as ALL the Hasegawa 1/32 kitsthat I have are great in my opinion. LSP_K2 and Rick Griewski 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 (edited) The Revell G-6 kit is very accurate in its basic proportions but the cowl gun troughs are about 2mm too close together, the cowl beule are noticeably undersized and the oil cooler is a poor representation. But there is after market resin that address all three issues. The Hasegawa is very good in it basic dimensions, the exception being the forward fuselage which is about 4 mm too short. This is located aft of the cowl and forward of the cockpit. Although 4mm does not sound like much it puts the buele noticeably too close to the cockpit. The Trumpeter kit has an odd look to it , largely because of errors in the fuselage, forward of the canopy. Edited June 29, 2020 by RBrown MikeMaben, Andreas Beck and D Bellis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Howie Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Yep the vertical sides of the cowl below the exhausts are far to rounded on the Trumpeter kit. It gives the nose a far to pointed look because the lower cowl lacks depth because they rounded its side off to much. if your building it to show the engine it wont be an issue. Closed cowl you cant miss this issue its visually very obvious. Personally Hasegawa is easily the best out of box not requiring any replacement parts due to errors. Revell G-6 needs new gun bulges. Trump needs a new lower cowling and rudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I’ve only ever built one Bf109, that was the Revell G6. Enjoyable kit, taking into consideration the point raised above, but the biggest “weakness” in every respect is the undercarriage. Mine gradually collapsed, the Brassin replacement fixed it. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Griewski Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I like the Revell kit and the Hasegawa. The Revell kit has a nice OOB cockpit and but the gun bumps need an upgrade. The Hasegawa begs for a better spinner. Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBrown Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) It has been rumored that the Revell design also incorporated plans for an early G model. Maybe some day... Or perhaps ... Edited June 30, 2020 by RBrown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreas Beck Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 The molds are done for the early Gs. They consist of cowling (this time with correct spacing for the guns) spoked main wheels and the early landing gear legs small tailwheel and fork inner top wing w/o bulge Not done are the tropical filter and the underwing gondolas (still do not know why this had happened). This sincerely limits the color options. It surely will be released. Nighthawk Calling 1, Fanes, MikeMaben and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Which leads me back to the Hase G4 trop. Some issues, but trop filter, gun boats, and external fuel tank. You could build quite a bit of those, and not duplicate 2 planes. D Bellis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 8 hours ago, Andreas Beck said: The molds are done for the early Gs. Not far from an F ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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