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Best 109E? Eduard, Cyber Hobby/Dragon, or Trumpeter?


seiran01

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Out of curiosity, which of the various 1/32 bf109E kits on the market is generally the best?

I'm talking from an ease of building as well as general accuracy. I'm not concerned about accuracy to the extent of dimensions being off by a few millimeters.

 

Thanks for opinions and suggestions,

Mike

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For a more in-depth look, I wrote two articles, and a review:

109E Comparison, Part I

109E Comparison Part II

and CyberHobby 109E Review

I still need to add part 3 of the review (cockpits), but I can say the CyberHobby one is probably the best (all three are very decent cockpits compared to what we had before), although the seat might be a tad tall, but some pics show a similar seat for an early 109. Also, there are a couple parts the instructions aren't clear about. They also include parts for the Jabo version but arent clear about that, either.

The Trumpy cockpit isn't bad (actually all three are very decent cockpits compared to what we had before), but Trumpy's canopy has a problem: the planform of the sliding portion is a trapezoid, not a rectangle. In other words, the canopy tapers down as it goes aft, where the two sides should be parallel.

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