Hasegawa1/48 Scale Messerschmidt Bf - 109 G - 2 - Bonus Resin Weighted Tyres
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Hasegawa 1/48 scale Bf-109 G-2
Classic German Fighter
Comes with bonus resin weighted tyres
Complete and unstarted.
A bit of history:The G-2, which started production in May 1942, lacked the cabin pressurization and GM-1 installation. Performance-wise it was identical to the G-1. The canopy reverted to one layer of glazing and incorporated the angled head armour used on the F-4, although several G-2 had the vertical type as fitted to the G-1. Several... Rüstsätze could be fitted, although installing these did not change the designation of the aircraft. Instead the "/R" suffix referred to the G-2's Rüstzustand or equipment condition of the airframe, which was assigned at the factory rather than in the field. There were two Rüstzustand planned for G-2s:G-2/R1: Long-range fighter-bomber. It carried a bomb up to 500 kg (1, 100 lb) under the fuselage and had a modified fuel system with underwing fittings for a 300 L (80 US gal) drop tank. As a standard Bf 109G had not enough ground clearance to carry a 500 kg bomb, a jettisonable auxiliary undercarriage was added just aft of the cockpit. The prototype was the FiSk 199. No production knownG-2/R2: a reconnaissance aircraft with GM-1 and camera equipment.The rack and internal fuel lines for carrying a 300 L (80 US gal) under-fuselage drop-tank were widely used on G-2s, as were the underwing 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon gondolas. Several G-2s were fitted with the ETC 500 bomb rack, capable of carrying one 250 kg (550 lb) bomb. The final G-2 production batches built by Erla and Messerschmitt Regensburg were equipped as tropical aircraft (often referred to as G-2 trop), equipped with a sand-filter on the front of the supercharger intake and two small, teardrop-shaped metal brackets on the left side of the fuselage, below the cockpit sill. These were used as mounts for specially designed sun umbrellas (called Sonderwerkzeug or Special tool), which were used to shade the cockpit.A total of 167 G-1s were built between February and June 1942, [67] 1, 586 G-2s between May 1942 and February 1943, and one further G-2 was built in Győr, Hungary, in 1943. Maximum speed of the G-2 was 537 km/h (334 mph) at sea level and 660 km/h (410 mph) at 7, 000 m (22, 970 ft) rated altitude with the initial reduced 1.3 atm rating. Performance of the G-1 was similar, but above rated altitude the GM-1 system it was equipped with could be used to provide an additional 350 horsepower.[69] With his G-1/R2, pilot R. Klein achieved 660 km/h (420 mph) at 12, 000 m (39, 370 ft), and a ceiling of 13, 800 m (45, 275 ft).The following variants of the G-1 and G-2 were produced:G-0 (Pre-production aircraft, powered by a DB 601E engine)G-1 (Pressurized fighter, powered by a DB 605A engine)G-1/R2 (Reconnaissance fighter)G-1/U2 (High-altitude fighter with GM-1)G-2 (Light fighter)G-2/R1 (Long-range Fighter-bomber or JaboRei, with 2 × 300 L/80 US gal underwing drop tanks, 500 kg/1, 100 lb bomb under fuselage, extended second tail wheel, only prototype)G-2/R2 (Reconnaissance fighter)G-2 trop (Tropicalized fighter)
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