Wow, what a great looking model.
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Wow, what a great looking model.
I got a BBI 18th scale BF-109 today from a forum member, and I am really impressed with the model. It went together well, and it really captures the graceful lines of the 109. What a beauty!
Fred, really looking forward to the JSI 1/18th scale Grumman F-14 Tomcat.
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The BBI Bf-109G is certainly a great model and offers fantastic detail, a lot of functionality, and BBI's usual quality of construction. However, I do share the above concerns with the choice of paint scheme. I would have prefered an Eastern Front scheme over the tan. In That sort of scheme would have allowed me to display the model better with most of my other 1:18 WWII planes. This is not to say the paint work is terrible as BBI did their DAK tan scheme quite well in the end.
I think that BBI made some of the decisions that they did with their BF-109 in order to distinguish it from the 21c planes. 21c had obviously already saturated the market with their several schemes for the Bf-109G-6, all of which were quite similar in overall appearance and which were also great models. BBI, however, gives us an earlier G-2 variant, adds a few unique details and also gives it the DAK tan paint. All of that seperates the plane from the 21c aircraft. Thus, BBI avoided making duplicate aircraft as they did with the P-51D and Corsair. A collector can slide the BBI Bf-109G2 right in alongside their 21c ME-109Es and Bf-109G6s without having duplicate aircraft types
I think that BBI made some of the decisions that they did with their BF-109 in order to distinguish it from the 21c planes. 21c had obviously already saturated the market with their several schemes for the Bf-109G-6, all of which were quite similar in overall appearance and which were also great models. BBI, however, gives us an earlier G-2 variant, adds a few unique details and also gives it the DAK tan paint. All of that seperates the plane from the 21c aircraft. Thus, BBI avoided making duplicate aircraft as they did with the P-51D and Corsair. A collector can slide the BBI Bf-109G2 right in alongside their 21c ME-109Es and Bf-109G6s without having duplicate aircraft types
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The black tulip would be nice.Killerf6 wrote:I like the desert tan 109G as well. It fits right in with my snake stuka, and RAF P40.
Of course I would like an eastern front paint scheme too. Hopefuly a black tulip something like this
hint hint
Now you have me wondering if they'll rerelease the snake stuka. For a couple of years one sat and sat in the East Bay community of Richmond, and I passed on it.
Didn't need another 109G
Yea, this was just never a must have, even during these slow times. The 21C 109G is still one of their finest models, and I know that bbi likes to improve on 21C's releases but this one just didn't put distance between the two versions like the Mustang or Corsair did.aferguson wrote:that reminds me, i still need to pick one of those up...
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I would agree with Cornbreadfed on this one as well. I do think that the 21c Bf-109G was one of their finest models, but the BBI version does exceed it in quality - the engine, cockpit detail, radio antenna & wire, landing gear and so on.
Where the BBI plane lags behind the 21c aircraft is in terms of the figure, that paint scheme variety, and additional aircraft parts (the holes are there for the wing cannon pods, but they were not included).
Both are great planes and as I noted above, at least BBI went with an earlier G-2 version so it is not exactly a remake of the 21c G-6 variant
Where the BBI plane lags behind the 21c aircraft is in terms of the figure, that paint scheme variety, and additional aircraft parts (the holes are there for the wing cannon pods, but they were not included).
Both are great planes and as I noted above, at least BBI went with an earlier G-2 version so it is not exactly a remake of the 21c G-6 variant
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109G
It is really nice - overall it's just not sell through your first paint scheme (in a year?) popular. It's more "the mod of this board has resorted to 1/21 scale RC planes before buying it" kind of popular.