Sheet:

Superscale 72-262 for Bf-110C/E/F

Units: See review

Price

$

Reviewer:

Scott Van Aken

 

This is another really old sheet from Microscale/Superscale. It is for the Bf-110 and contains the C/E/F variants. Kits for this are not that difficult to find, but none of them are particularly cutting edge. I may have missed one or two, but the only ones I'm aware of in 1/72 are from Monogram, Airfix, Fujimi, and Matchbox. Probably the best of the lot is the Fujimi kit, but none of them are really that bad and there are aftermarket brass sets for some of them so that you can fix one up. All of the markings on this sheet came from 'Bf-110 in Action'. Oddly, the sheet does not identify the subtypes and though FS numbers are provided, there are no RLM numbers identified, which for today would be inexcusable. No unit information is provided on the sheet either, but all of that info has been taken from the book for this review.

First is a Bf-110C-1 from I./LG 1. It is in the RLM 70/71/65 scheme that was normal during the early war period and the upper colors come far down the fuselage side.

Next is an F-1 variant, also in RLM 70/71/65, though the RLM 65 goes up most of the fuselage side and is on the tail. THis II./ZG 26 bird has rather heavy mottling on the fuselage.

A similarly marked Bf-110C-4B is next from 2./EGR 210. It is also possible that this and the previous plane were in RLM 71/02/65. A check of reference photos is recommended before using this scheme.

Finally, a Bf-110E-2 from 9./ZG 26 in desert colors of RLM 79/78 with yellow rudders and engine cowlings. The fuselage band is white and the sides heavily mottled.

The sheet also supplies main instrument panels and all the insignia you need for all four examples.

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