From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "David & Natasja Johnson" References: <4C160448.7040501@xtra.co.nz> Subject: Re: 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf.110G-4 Nacthjager - HLJ Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 12:19:37 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00A6_01CB0BBB.DEA50E20" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00A6_01CB0BBB.DEA50E20 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David & Natasja Johnson=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:28 AM Subject: 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf.110G-4 Nacthjager - HLJ Eduard 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf.110G-4 Nacthjager Weekend Kit Product # 8404 (http://www.hlj.com/product/EDU08404) from HobbyLink = Japan (www.hlj.com) Product Article by Dave Johnson on the June 2010 The Messerschmitt Bf 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter = (Zerst=F6rer - German for Destroyer") during the Second World War. The = Bf 110 served with success in the early campaigns. The Bf 110's lack of = agility in the air was its primary weakness. This flaw was exposed = during the Battle of Britian, when some Bf 110 equipped units were = withdrawn from the battle after very heavy losses and redeployed as = night fighters, a role to which the aircraft was well suited. The Bf 110 = enjoyed a successful period following the Battle of Britain as an air = superiority fighter and strike aircraft in other theatres. Later in the = war, it was developed into a formidable night fighter, becoming the = major night-fighting aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Most of the German night = fighter aces flew the Bf 110 at some point during their combat careers, = and the top night fighter ace of all time, Major Heinz-Wolfgang = Schnaufer, flew it exclusively, and claimed 121 victories in 164 combat = missions. 413 pale olive parts and 13 clear parts, comprise of this Bf110 G-4 = version from Eduard in their Weekend Edition boxing. Some of these parts = on the sprues are not require as they are for the earlier DB 601 engine = versions, so it's a bit deceptive. Eduard's Weekend Edition kits are the basic reissues of their = Profipak range. So with the Weekend kits you lose all the extra goodies = that are supplied in the Profipak, like the Photo Etch, canopy masks, = resin if there is some included and your knocked down to only one. yes = one option of markings. Life is so hard sometimes! Looking at the kit = you could afford to lose the Photo Etch with the detail Eduard has = supplied straight out of the box. maybe you will miss the seat harnesses = thou. The good thing is the price is a lot less than the Profipak, so if = your on a budget, that's great news! There is only a couple of small changes from the earlier G-2 Kit = that has been released. There is a new sprue that contains the FuG = 202/220 Lichtenstein Radar, a new nose and the upward-firing Schr=E4ge = Musik mounted 20mm cannons. Also there are flame-damping exhausts and = rudders.=20 Fuselage detail is beautifully done with finely engraved panel lines = and strikingly embossed rivets lines. Wing detail is also excellently = done, the ailerons are molded separately but unfortunately with the = elevators, rudders and flaps are molded in position. On the supplied = sample of the nose part, I found there were a couple of small sink = marks that will require a small amount of filling. The transparent parts are crystal clear and Eduard have designed the = canopies to molded so you can have the option of displaying the front = and rear cockpits closed up, or open, and there are two different styles = of rear canopy, one for the upward-firing Schr=E4ge Musik cannons and = the other if its not. The only downside to it being a Weekend kit is the = exclusion of the canopy masks, so you will have a small task masking up = the glazing. The instructions are not like the glossy colour printed in the = Profipak, these are printed in black and white A-5 sheets that are = folded into a booklet form. So, another downgrade for the Weekend = Edition. The decals are still printed to the high Eduard standard, crisp and = in perfect register. So there are no short cuts there. The one marking = option that is included is a Bf110-G4 Wr.Nr. 110087, 4./NJG3, Kjevik, = Norway, 1945.=20 So if you can handle the cost cutting that Eduard has supplied in = the form of the Weekend Edition kit without all the extra goodies that = are in the Profipak. You should have a winner in this kit. The task = building this kit could a bit difficult for a beginner modeler, so you = should have a few builds under your belt before tackling this fantastic = model of the famous Luftwaffe nightfighter. 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Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC = today. =20 Thanks again for sending it in.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been=20 hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 David = & Natasja=20 Johnson
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 = 3:28 AM
Subject: 1/48 Messerschmitt = Bf.110G-4=20 Nacthjager - HLJ

Eduard

1/48=20 Messerschmitt Bf.110G-4=20 Nacthjager

Weekend=20 Kit

Product # 8404=20 (http://www.hlj.com/product/EDU08404) from=20 HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com)

Product Article=20 by Dave Johnson on the June 2010

The = Messerschmitt Bf 110,=20 was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerst=F6rer - German for = Destroyer") during=20 the Second World War. The Bf 110 served with success in the early = campaigns.=20 The Bf 110's lack of agility in the air was its primary weakness. = This flaw=20 was exposed during the Battle of Britian, when some Bf 110 equipped = units=20 were withdrawn from the battle after very heavy losses and = redeployed as=20 night fighters, a role to which the aircraft was well suited. The Bf = 110=20 enjoyed a successful period following the Battle of Britain as an = air=20 superiority fighter and strike aircraft in other theatres. Later in = the war,=20 it was developed into a formidable night fighter, becoming the major = night-fighting aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Most of the German night = fighter=20 aces flew the Bf 110 at some point during their combat careers, and = the top=20 night fighter ace of all time, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew = it=20 exclusively, and claimed 121 victories in 164 combat missions.

413 pale olive parts = and 13=20 clear parts, comprise of this Bf110 G-4 version from Eduard in their = Weekend=20 Edition boxing. Some of these parts on the sprues are not require as = they=20 are for the earlier DB 601 engine versions, so it=92s a bit=20 deceptive.

Eduard's Weekend = Edition kits=20 are the basic reissues of their Profipak range. So with the Weekend = kits you=20 lose all the extra goodies that are supplied in the Profipak, like = the Photo=20 Etch, canopy masks, resin if there is some included and your knocked = down to=20 only one=85 yes one option of markings. Life is so hard sometimes! = Looking at=20 the kit you could afford to lose the Photo Etch with the detail = Eduard has=20 supplied straight out of the box=85 maybe you will miss the seat = harnesses=20 thou. The good thing is the price is a lot less than the Profipak, = so if=20 your on a budget, that=92s great news!

There is only a couple = of small=20 changes from the earlier G-2 Kit that has been released. There is a = new=20 sprue that contains the FuG 202/220 Lichtenstein Radar, a new nose = and the=20 upward-firing Schr=E4ge Musik mounted 20mm cannons. Also there are=20 flame-damping exhausts and rudders.

Fuselage detail is = beautifully=20 done with finely engraved panel lines and strikingly embossed rivets = lines.=20 Wing detail is also excellently done, the ailerons are molded = separately but=20 unfortunately with the elevators, rudders and flaps are molded in=20 position. On the supplied = sample of the=20 nose part, I found  there = were a=20 couple of small sink marks that will require a small amount of=20 filling.

The transparent parts = are=20 crystal clear and Eduard have designed the canopies to molded so you = can=20 have the option of displaying the front and rear cockpits closed up, = or=20 open, and there are two different styles of rear canopy, one for the = upward-firing Schr=E4ge Musik cannons and the other if its not. The = only=20 downside to it being a Weekend kit is the exclusion of the canopy = masks, so=20 you will have a small task masking up the = glazing.

The instructions are = not like=20 the glossy colour printed in the Profipak, these are printed in = black and=20 white A-5 sheets that are folded into a booklet form. So, another = downgrade=20 for the Weekend Edition.

The decals are still = printed to=20 the high Eduard standard, crisp and in perfect register. So there = are no=20 short cuts there. The one marking option that is included is a = Bf110-G4=20 Wr.Nr. 110087, 4./NJG3, Kjevik, Norway, 1945.

So if you can handle = the cost=20 cutting that Eduard has supplied in the form of the Weekend Edition = kit=20 without all the extra goodies that are in the Profipak. You should = have a=20 winner in this kit. The task building this kit could a bit difficult = for a=20 beginner modeler, so you should have a few builds under your belt = before=20 tackling this fantastic model of the famous Luftwaffe=20 nightfighter.

I would = like to=20 thank HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com) for providing this=20 sample.

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