Masking set for the Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 in Italian service, 1:48 scale. The cockpit glazing is covered from both faces and there is one insignia stencil in the box.
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The Gustav appeared over the Apennine peninsula in two different roles. First it was flown by the German fighter formations defending Sicily and southern Italy; after 1943 Italian units fighting on further north took it over as well. It is the second chapter that is tempting for a modeler, because a machine of a familiar shape carries entirely different insignia and different camouflage from the thousand-times-seen examples from the Eastern Front.
Why only one insignia stencil. The Italian insignia was single-colored, so it is sprayed in one go and a second layer of stencil is of no use. The smaller content is not a shortcoming but a consequence of what was actually painted on the aircraft.
The decision before buying. Anyone building the ordinary German form of the Gustav should reach for a set with a pair of insignia stencils, because a German cross needs both a light fill and a dark outline. Anyone aiming at the Italian scheme gets exactly the shapes needed.
The cockpit. The glazing is cut for the outside and the inside, so a model can have the canopy slid back. The work takes twenty minutes and the edges come out the same around the whole perimeter, which on the angular framing of a Gustav hardly ever works out freehand.
One peculiarity of the Gustav. Above the breeches of the machine guns this type carries a pair of prominent bulges on the engine cowling and the windscreen begins immediately behind them. In that place the film is laid across a curvature running in two directions at once, so press it down from the center toward the edges and let it settle for a moment before you reach for the airbrush.
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