Kotare teaser - it's a Bf 109K!

[CRAZY IVAN5]

54 minutes ago, thierry laurent said:

Fully logical as they first need to run the money machine! However I'm a little bit surprised they did not first intend to release a G6/G14AS.

Frankly I'm surprised about the whole thing , them doing a K. IIRC the Ks all had the MK 108 30mm motor canon, curious to see if they got the correct breech cover, but that's getting ahead of things. Maybe they wanted to stay well away of the G series  AS and otherwise, thinking Z-M will go after those, just a thought.  

[Andreas Beck]

Without knowing anything due to classification I am rather sure that the same dedicated designer hands that were on the ZM 109 are also on this project. This product decision makes waiting for a P-51A/B/C less painful.

[rafju]

48 minutes ago, Andreas Beck said:

Without knowing anything due to classification I am rather sure that the same dedicated designer hands that were on the ZM 109 are also on this project. This product decision makes waiting for a P-51A/B/C less painful.

I agree, 

From my point of view, it's a good thing if the best on the planet come together.

[Shoggz]

Intriguingly, the e-mail also has the line:

 

"Additionally, work is well underway on various other all-new subjects which we will announce in due course.."

 

So, the speculation can continue!

[mozart]

Few if any saw this coming……..

 

 

 

…..speculation is futile! 

Edited January 18 by mozart

[Pup7309]

25 minutes ago, Shoggz said:

Intriguingly, the e-mail also has the line:

 

"Additionally, work is well underway on various other all-new subjects which we will announce in due course.."

 

So, the speculation can continue!

Of course they did! It will spawn another 50 page speculation thread that will end in dog fart jokes or get shut down once someone mentions WNW

Edited January 18 by Pup7309

[dennismcc]

A lot of people will be really pleased by this choice of subject, I am pleased as it saves me money as I will not be buying it.

I am not a Luftwaffe fan I just do not find the subjects attractive at all, I will build one now and again just for a relaxing no stress build as with them I do not worry about accuracy too much.

But I am happy for you Lufwaffe fans and hope it is a success for Kotare as they might just go on to make kits of subjects that I would like.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[mozart]

21 minutes ago, dennismcc said:

A lot of people will be really pleased by this choice of subject, I am pleased as it saves me money as I will not be buying it.

I am not a Luftwaffe fan I just do not find the subjects attractive at all, I will build one now and again just for a relaxing no stress build as with them I do not worry about accuracy too much.

But I am happy for you Lufwaffe fans and hope it is a success for Kotare as they might just go on to make kits of subjects that I would like.

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

Yep…..100%! 

[Tissue and Dope]

I’m not too interested in having more than one variant of each base ‘plane;

one Spitfire, one Hurricane, one ME 109, one Lancaster etc.

 

Of course that falls down because I buy something ( which goes into the stash ) 

and then a ‘better’ kit of that base subject comes out, and so I buy that new one with a view

to sell the first one - but strangely I have an inability to get around to selling anything :D

 

As I’m not the most skilled modeller and so my intention is to buy this Kotare 109 and then sell the

rather more complex to build Z M Hartmann ……..

 

But who knows what will happen by early 2025.

They say “A week is a long time in politics.” ………….

[Tony T]

Noxie night-fighter and Wild Sow subjects interest me (in a technological way, as a student of electronic warfare) but, unlike the Gustav, the K was a standardised day machine built mostly by slave labour, so I'll pass. 

 

Waiting for a Beaufighter VI.f once they're in their stride. So, I'll buy a Spitfire "to do my bit".

 

Tony  

[Borsos]

Oh wow, a Bf-109… need to google that plane, never heard of…

Well, hopefully it will fill Kotare‘s pockets. Then they can spend the money on something not yet kitted.

[Dave Williams]

Interesting flex going from the earliest Spitfire version to the last 109 version.

[Rick Griewski]

I am pleased!  The Hasegawa kit is long in the tooth. 

 

This new kit brings along Hundreds of interesting schemes, and of course it is chocked full of color speculation.

 

 I will need to up my game with the airbrush.  I have plenty of Luftwaffe subjects to mess with. 

[John1]

Crushed that they didn’t take the smart route and release a P-51K, the outrage on social media about this blunder is deafening.    That said, I love late war Luftwaffe subjects. The aftermarket decal folks should have fun with this one (although since the K was built on standardized production lines, you don’t see quite as many wild schemes as you would with rebuilt G-14’s and G-10’s).  

[Christa]

9 minutes ago, Dave Williams said:

Interesting flex going from the earliest Spitfire version to the last 109 version.

I see a link between the Spitfire Mk 1s and the Bf 109 K-4s.

 

In 1940 Luftwaffe medium bombers bombed my family in London and a few million other Londoners. Spitfire Mk 1s fought those medium bombers and their fighter escorts during daylight raids on London that late summer and fall of 1940.

 

Four years later, USAAF heavy bombers bombed Berlin. Bf 109 K-4s fought those heavy bombers and their fighter escorts during daylight raids on Berlin that late summer and fall of 1944.

 

Civilian casualties vastly outnumbered military casualties in both cases.