1/32 scale Bf 109G/K Extended Strut & Tail Wheel

Cutting Edge Modelworks

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Hasegawa's 1/32 scale Bf 109G-10 and K-4 kits come equipped with the long tail wheel strut typical for these variants, but the strut is moulded with the wheel as a single part. With careful painting this area does not look too bad, but Cutting Edge has an alternate solution.

Cutting Edge has released a 1/32 scale resin tail wheel with separate white metal extended strut. The resin wheel is very well detailed, and is also subtly bulged and flattened. The hole for the axle is well defined with an indentation on each side of the wheel. I would suggest drilling this hole through prior to assembly. The white metal strut is pretty much ready to use straight out of the bag. Positioning the wheel between the flexible metal forks will be a simple exercise.

This accessory will also be welcomed by modellers who want to build a 1/32 scale Bf 109G-6 or G-14 that was fitted with the long tail wheel strut, as Hasegawa does not include the long tailwheel part in these kits. Similarly, anyone using the G-14 kit for the Cutting Edge 1/32 scale Bf 109G-10 Type 110 cowl conversion will find this a useful addition to their project (but check your references as some of these G-10s retained the old, short tail wheel strut.

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