Green Brett. How to Build... Revell's 1- 32 Messerschmitt BF 109 G-6

Bedfordshire: ADH Publishing Ltd, 2013. — 84 p.The installation of the Daimler-Benz DB 605 A engine in the Messerschmitt Bf 109 G increased power, but an upgrade in armament, armour and options resulted in a corresponding increase in weight. The once nimble fighter was becoming overloaded as more missions were demanded of it. Even so, the Gustav remained the workhorse of the Luftwaffe, with more than 12,000 of the G-6 variant alone being produced.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 was immediately recognisable thanks to the two prominent bulges on
the engine cowling. These were required to clear the ammunition feeds of the larger 13mm MG 131 machine guns with 300 rounds per gun.
During the course of production, a number of significant changes and improvements were made to the Bf 109 G-6. These included the fitting of a simplified clear-vision canopy, pilot’s head armour from armoured glass to improve rear vision, a new tall tail fitted with several styles of rudder, and more. Armament could vary widely too, with fighter-bomber versions, “gunboats” equipped with
20mm cannon gondolas under each wing and photo-reconnaissance aircraft just to name a few.
This book covers the new 1:32 scale Revell Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 in detail. This model may be
built to depict many of the variations of the Bf 109 G-6 from the earliest versions up to late-war variants with the tall tail and Erla clear-vision hood.