This latest release
from Lifelike
Decals
features four different Me 109's. This is Part 5 of a series dealing
with the Me 109 in Luftwaffe markings from the May of 1940 in Belgium to May of
1945 in Finland.
The
4 aircraft include everything from an E-3 with the rounded canopy to a
G-14/AS aircraft with ETO camo. All the planes on this sheet are ETO
aircraft.
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Messerschmitt
Me 109E-3 flown by Maj. Ernst Freiherr von Berg, Kdr
III/JG26, probably May 1940 at Chievres AB/Belgium.
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Messerschmitt
Me 109E-4 Kdr III/JG26, period and location unknown.
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Messerschmitt
Me 109G-6 (W. Nr. 411960) flown by Hpt. Franz Dorr, Kdr. III/JG5,
middle of May 1945 Gossen AB/Finland.
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Messerschmitt
Me 109G-14/AS, flown by Uffz. Maj. Wolfgang "Lumpi"
Hudsdorfer of 2/JG300 in September 1944 at Esperstedt AB/Germany.
Each
plane has some sort of artwork either on the tail...nose of the side of
the fuselage near the cockpit. The artwork varies, but one of them
has a Duchshund dog with a B-17 in it's mouth. Two of the planes
have spirals on the prop hubs and these are included as decals.
Click on
images below to see larger images
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The quality of these decals is of
very good quality. The decals themselves are clearly printed and in
perfect register. Some decals come in 2 layers to ensure perfect
registration.
This decal sheet has
a very pleasing variety of aircraft camo and artwork. The selection of
artwork is a hoot to see.
You can purchase these decals
either directly from Lifelike
Decals at fax number is
+81-3-5680-6733, and e-mail is lifelike@eos.ocn.ne.jp.
or from HobbyLink Japan.
Other shops that stock Life like
Decals are *Hannants/UK, *Mister Kit/Italy, *Revi (publisher)/Czech Republic, *SkyGrid/Canada,
*Roll Models/USA, *Great Models Webstore/USA, *FlightDecs/Canada,
*Victory Models/USA
*M & Models/USA, *Zed
Hobbies/Australia, *AB
&S Enterprise/Australia, *Desert Miniature/USA
I would like to
thank Lifelike
Decals for
providing me with this product sample.
Steve
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