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Eduard 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 110G-4 Nightfighter

profiPACK by Huw Morgan

B

orn during Germany’s

re-armament (Aufrüstung)

following Hitler’s

1933 accession to power, the

Messerschmitt Bf 110 was a rather

misunderstood and probably

unfairly maligned aircraft. The

Bf 110 was designed in response

to an RLM specification which

sought to interpret the doctrine

that called for a heavy fighter,

fighter-bomber, and long-range

escort fighter capability.

The specification was

modified in 1934 to a simplified

specification for a Zerstorer

(destroyer) aircraft, which called

for a multi-engined, multi-seat

airframe with considerable

range. The early versions of the

Bf 110 met these criteria, but

its operational performance

in the early European war was

compromised by a lack of foresight

amongst Luftwaffe planners,

notably in failing to recognise the

likely performance gap to nimble,

single-seat lightweight fighters

like the Spitfire and Hurricane.

Re-invented as a heavy fighter

and fighter-bomber for the Eastern

and North African Fronts, the

Bf 110 would go on to confound

its critics, but it was as a late-

war nightfighter that the type

ultimately proved its worth.

Early nightfighter Bf 110s were

virtually unmodified from the

then-current -E version, their only

preparation being a coat of black

paint. Evolution of the type was

rapid, however, from the Bf 110F-

2/4 to the G-4 fitted with highly

sophisticated FuG 220 Lichtenstein

SN-2 and later, Neptun radar.

Nightfighting Bf 110s carried

KIT: MESSERSCHMITT BF 110G-

NIGHTFIGHTER PROFIPACK

MANUFACTURER: EDUARD

SCALE: 1/

PRODUCT CODE: 7094

PANEL LINES: RECESSED

NO OF PARTS: 240 PLASTIC (84 NOT FOR

USE), 13 CLEAR, PLUS PHOTO-ETCH AND

MASKS

TYPE: INJECTION MOULDED PLASTIC

STATUS: RE-ISSUE (ORIGINAL 2012)

DECAL OPTIONS: 4

NAC HTJÄGE R

Last-ditch

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BF 110G-4 NIGHTFIGHTER

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