Messerschmitt Bf109 G-4
Bf.109G-4/R6. W.Nr. 19566 flown by Tenente Giuseppe Gianelli. CO of 365a Squadriglia, 150o Gruppo Aut., Sciacca (Italy), July 1943.
This machine was found and documented by the Allies when Sciacca fell. This aircraft saw much action lasting the entire tour of duty of 150o between May-July 1943. It is also reputed to be the mount often. Fausto Filippi. This G-4/R6 exhibits a fixed tail wheel with external stiffener added to the tail wheel opening. The G-4 introduced larger main wheels and tires as well as a larger tail wheel and tire. A bulge was added to the top of the wings to accommodate the increased main wheel tire size seen on subsequent variants up to early production G-14. Radio equipment was improved necessitating a change in the antenna wire array with the aerial attachment located further astern on panel number 7. This plane is armed with MG 151/20 cannons in R6 gun pods.
Kit details- Kit: Eduard R0009
- Scale: 1:48
Using Stormo Decals "The Messerschmitt Bf.109 in Italian Service Regia Aeronautica", scheme V
PAINTING REFERENCE
AV 71.021 BLACK GREEN RLM70 propeller blades, white spinner and backplate, 600mm wide fuselage band, unit and individual aircraft number and cross of Savoy in white. Polychromatic unit badge "Gigi Tre Osei" in white border overlapping panels 1, 2, 3 rear of the cockpit and just above the circular compass inspection hatch.
Top and underwing German markings overpainted in AV 71.298 M495 LIGHT GRAY (FS36307). Fuselage Balkenkreuz painted with a dense spray of AV 71.298 M495 LIGHT GRAY and possibly lower fuselage area in AV 71.013 YELLOW OLIVE. White wing tips. Spoke cast wheels AV 71.055 BLACK GREY RLM66.
Messerschmitts of 364a and 365a Squadriglie exhibited wing fasci that were close to the official pattern as set out in Foglio d'Ordini del 9.7.1936 with elongated fasci reaching the outer circular black border. The wing fasci are complete with no traces of stencilling or bridging and are present on the upper and lower wing surfaces.
AV 71.257 LIGHT BLUE RLM76/AV 71.258 GREY GREEN RLM74/AV 71.259 GREY VIOLET RLM75 upper and lower surtaces. AV 71.044 GREY RLM02 interior surfaces. AV 71.078 YELLOW RLM04 undercowl. Irregular pattern of AV 71.258 GREY GREEN RLM74/AV 71.259 GREY VIOLET RLM75 on leading edges extending under the wing lip.
Full stenciling, WNf built machine.
This model appears in
- Monograph: Bf-109, at the Museum of Flight in Seattle WA, from Oct 2 2025 to Feb 5 2026 (event managed by Ken Murphy)