Review of Camouflage Decals #5
Includes Decals for 6 Aircraft in
1/48th & 1/72nd Scale &
Messerschmitt Bf 109F book
Author: Robert Michulec
ISBN: 978-83-85281-14-2
Inside Loose Paper Jacket is
Messerschmitt Bf 109F book
White Series No. 6133
ISBN: 978-83-61421-75-7
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $35.00
Inside Loose Paper Jacket is
Messerschmitt Bf 109F book
White Series No. 6133
ISBN: 978-83-61421-75-7
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $35.00
HISTORY:
The second major redesign of the Bf-109 during 1939–40 gave birth to the F series. The "Friedrich" saw a complete redesign of the wings, the cooling system and fuselage aerodynamics, and was powered by the 1,175 PS (1,159 HP) DB 601N (F-1, F-2) or the 1,350 PS (1,332 HP) DB 601E (F-3, F-4).
Considered by many as the high-water mark of Bf 109 development, the F series abandoned the wing cannon and concentrated all armament in the forward fuselage with a pair of synchronized machine guns above and a single 15 or 20 mm Motorkanone-mount cannon behind the engine, the latter firing between the cylinder banks and through the propeller hub.
This configuration was used by all subsequent variants. A handful of Bf 109Fs were used late in the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the variant only came into wide use in the first half of 1941
This is a combination package of model decals and a book. Both are inside a loose paper jacket.
The cover art of this jacket shows a color top view of a Bf-109 and a list of the decals that are on the decal sheet that is sandwiched into the book inside:
A Bf 109F-4 "Yellow 1", Lt. Hermann Graff, 9/JG 52, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4/Z/Trop, "Yellow 14", Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille, 3/JG27, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4, "Black 1", Obrlt. Max Ostermann, 8/JG 54, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4/R8, fuselage code F6+TH, 1.(F)/122.
A Bf 109F-4/Z, in captured British markings ?-AX, No. 1 Squadron SAAF, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4 in captured American markings, 1942.
All these markings are on the two decal sheets inside in 1/72nd & 1/48th scale. The decals are in a sealed cello bag and sandwiched loose in the book inside the paper jacket.
The second major redesign of the Bf-109 during 1939–40 gave birth to the F series. The "Friedrich" saw a complete redesign of the wings, the cooling system and fuselage aerodynamics, and was powered by the 1,175 PS (1,159 HP) DB 601N (F-1, F-2) or the 1,350 PS (1,332 HP) DB 601E (F-3, F-4).
Considered by many as the high-water mark of Bf 109 development, the F series abandoned the wing cannon and concentrated all armament in the forward fuselage with a pair of synchronized machine guns above and a single 15 or 20 mm Motorkanone-mount cannon behind the engine, the latter firing between the cylinder banks and through the propeller hub.
This configuration was used by all subsequent variants. A handful of Bf 109Fs were used late in the Battle of Britain in 1940, but the variant only came into wide use in the first half of 1941
This is a combination package of model decals and a book. Both are inside a loose paper jacket.
The cover art of this jacket shows a color top view of a Bf-109 and a list of the decals that are on the decal sheet that is sandwiched into the book inside:
A Bf 109F-4 "Yellow 1", Lt. Hermann Graff, 9/JG 52, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4/Z/Trop, "Yellow 14", Lt. Hans-Joachim Marseille, 3/JG27, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4, "Black 1", Obrlt. Max Ostermann, 8/JG 54, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4/R8, fuselage code F6+TH, 1.(F)/122.
A Bf 109F-4/Z, in captured British markings ?-AX, No. 1 Squadron SAAF, 1942.
A Bf 109F-4 in captured American markings, 1942.
All these markings are on the two decal sheets inside in 1/72nd & 1/48th scale. The decals are in a sealed cello bag and sandwiched loose in the book inside the paper jacket.
The jacket shows the covers of two other decal sets that MMP publishes: No's. 3 & 4. No 3 is for the Brewster 239, the Fokker D-XXI, the Gloster Gladiator, the Fiat G50 & the Morane Saulnier MS 406.
No. 4 is for the Hawker Hurricane 1, the Curtiss Hawk 75A-2, the Me-109G-2 & the G-6.
No. 4 is for the Hawker Hurricane 1, the Curtiss Hawk 75A-2, the Me-109G-2 & the G-6.
The book is soft-cover of 128 pages in 6 1/2" x 9" page format.
The cover shows a Bf-109F facing away from you on a dirt airfield with a crewman walking beside it. It is overall Afrika Korps sand color with a yellow nose, white fuselage band and a white 2 on the fuselage sides. There is a round squadron logo on the side of the nose, but you cannot make out what it is.
This book contains 99 black and white wartime photos.
There are 14 profile line drawings, 3 bottom line drawings, a head-on line drawing and a rear view one.
A color profile of a Bf-109F-2 is across a 4 page wide fold out sheet.
There are 3 different nose variants illustrated, a color illustration of the cockpit interior, an illustration of the tropical air filter and illustrations of propeller blades.
Several of the wartime black and white photos show ace Adolf Galland.
There are 62 tech manual illustrations, including ones of the engines, cockpit interiors and armament of 109F variants.
There are 2 data lists.
Color illustrations are of:
F-2 = 8 profiles & one 3-view
F-2/U1 = 2 profiles
F-4 = 10 profiles
F-4 = 2 4-views
F4/2 trop = 2 4-views
F4/2 trop + 2 profiles
F4/B = 1 profile
F4/B = 1 2-view
F4/ trop/R8 = 1 profile
F4/ trop/R8 = 1 4-view
Included are 41 color walk-around type photos of restored F-4/2 version in the Canadian Air Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
There is one lone wartime color photo.
The dashboard is illustrated in color along with illustrations of SC500 and SC250 bombs.
The back cover has color illustrations of the cover arts of 2 other MMP books:
Fieseler Fi-156 Storch 1938-1945 with 1/35th, 1/48th & 1/72nd scale plans, Yellow Series no. 6131.
Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun, with 1/48th & 1/72nd scale plans, Yellow Series no. 6132.
This is a neat little PACKAGE, with the decals and the book together. I look forward to get others in this series.
I want to thank Dr. Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-chief of MMP books and the folks at Casemate Publishing who sent me this great book.
This book and 2 other were sent me in a heavily padded envelope.
All MMP book titles can be seen on their web site at:
The cover shows a Bf-109F facing away from you on a dirt airfield with a crewman walking beside it. It is overall Afrika Korps sand color with a yellow nose, white fuselage band and a white 2 on the fuselage sides. There is a round squadron logo on the side of the nose, but you cannot make out what it is.
This book contains 99 black and white wartime photos.
There are 14 profile line drawings, 3 bottom line drawings, a head-on line drawing and a rear view one.
A color profile of a Bf-109F-2 is across a 4 page wide fold out sheet.
There are 3 different nose variants illustrated, a color illustration of the cockpit interior, an illustration of the tropical air filter and illustrations of propeller blades.
Several of the wartime black and white photos show ace Adolf Galland.
There are 62 tech manual illustrations, including ones of the engines, cockpit interiors and armament of 109F variants.
There are 2 data lists.
Color illustrations are of:
F-2 = 8 profiles & one 3-view
F-2/U1 = 2 profiles
F-4 = 10 profiles
F-4 = 2 4-views
F4/2 trop = 2 4-views
F4/2 trop + 2 profiles
F4/B = 1 profile
F4/B = 1 2-view
F4/ trop/R8 = 1 profile
F4/ trop/R8 = 1 4-view
Included are 41 color walk-around type photos of restored F-4/2 version in the Canadian Air Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
There is one lone wartime color photo.
The dashboard is illustrated in color along with illustrations of SC500 and SC250 bombs.
The back cover has color illustrations of the cover arts of 2 other MMP books:
Fieseler Fi-156 Storch 1938-1945 with 1/35th, 1/48th & 1/72nd scale plans, Yellow Series no. 6131.
Messerschmitt Bf-108 Taifun, with 1/48th & 1/72nd scale plans, Yellow Series no. 6132.
This is a neat little PACKAGE, with the decals and the book together. I look forward to get others in this series.
I want to thank Dr. Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-chief of MMP books and the folks at Casemate Publishing who sent me this great book.
This book and 2 other were sent me in a heavily padded envelope.
All MMP book titles can be seen on their web site at: