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Messerschmitt Bf.110E Tropical (A03081A) 1:72 Airfix A German Heavy Fighter, Destroyer, or Zerstörer in native German, the Bf.110 was conceived before WWII in the mid-30s, but due to successive upgrades it limped on to the end of the war, despite being largely outclassed by wartime developments of the Allies, which sometimes resulted in heavy losses. The initial A and B variants were underpowered and made do with stop-gap Junker Jumo engines while waiting for the DB601 power plants that had been promised but were late in arriving. As heavy fighters from the Battle of Britain onwards, they would often require fighter cover of their own in the shape of Bf.109s or later Fw.190s to keep the superior Spitfires and Hurricanes from decimating their forces. It wasn't until the C variant arrived that the promised new engines came on-stream, leading to an improvement in performance and a revision of the cowling and radiator enclosures to accommodate the different motors. The D series were upgraded with the capability of carrying long-range fuel tanks that was useful in their service in Norway, sometimes using the so-called ‘dachshund's belly’ semi-conformal belly tank to extend its range further. The E model was a fighter bomber (Zerstörer Jabo) that standardised the extended fuselage of the D, and was fitted with bomb racks that could take up to 1,200kg of bombs slung under the aircraft, and flew with a pair of upgraded Daimler Benz DB 601B engines. It was also employed as a night fighter, for reconnaissance and with additional filters was sent to tropical combat zones with a camouflage scheme appropriate to the environs in which it was deployed. It was replaced by the more capable F, and later the G versions that were used until the end of the war. The Kit The origin of this tooling stems from 2010, with additional parts made to depict the tropicalised E variant, and now with new decals, it is back again. The kit arrives in a rectangular red-themed box, and inside are four sprues in darker grey styrene, a clear sprue, decal sheet and instruction booklet in spot colour with full-colour profiles in the rear and stencil diagrams on the back page. Detail is good, although some might consider the panel lines a little deep, but primer and paint will no doubt reduce their appearance on the finished model. Construction begins with the two crew figures, who have separate arms for a change, a feature that has sadly disappeared from Airfix’s more recent toolings, reverting to the hands-on-laps figures that I complain about occasionally. The cockpit tub is surprisingly bare, but is then detailed with a divider that has a curved fairing to separate the two crew members, adding the instrument panel with decal into the front compartment along with his control column and seat, while the rear seat on its pedestal is joined by a small cowling and a trio of large drum magazines on the floor forward of the rear-facing gunner’s seat that feeds the belly-mounted cannons. The crew can be inserted in their seats if you wish to use them, and the fuselage is then closed around it after painting the inside, which is otherwise bereft of any detail. Adding the figures will help to hide the relatively spartan cockpit on this kit, and with their separate arms there is an opportunity to pose them more realistically. The lower wing is full-span and is offered up under the fuselage, drilling out four flashed-over holes under each wing, and two more at the trailing edge under the fuselage before mating them. There are detail inserts in the gear bays creating the roof, and the lower wing has ribs moulded into the walls to add additional interest, then the upper wings are glued either side of the fuselage. Under the wings, the radiator cores are slotted into holes outboard of the gear bays, and these are covered over by the box-like fairings, painting the details as you go. There is a choice of two styles of tail fairing for this boxing, one having a longer boxy form, the other a shorter pen-nib style fairing, both of which are first added to the underside of the full-span elevator before fixing to the rear of the fuselage. The rudder panels are fitted to the ends, taking care to align them perpendicular to the elevators. The nose carried a quartet of machine guns, which are all moulded on a horseshoe shaped carrier so they can be pushed through the holes as one, setting the length of the barrels that project through the nose, as they differ in length. If you are posing your model in flight, the twin bay doors should be glued over the bays, otherwise the asymmetric Y-shaped gear legs are inserted into the bay and backed up by a pair of retraction jacks, gluing the same bay doors to each side of the bay in a near-vertical position, adding the scissor-links and C-shaped tube to the oleos, finishing each one with a wheel that has circumferential tread moulded in. The twin DB601B engines have a two-part cowling split horizontally, and the three-bladed prop is sandwiched between the spinner and its back plate before it is pinned to the front of the cowling by a short axle. The six exhaust stacks per side are made from two halves that are joined together then slotted as one into the rear of the cowling, which is then joined to the nacelle fairings on each wing, adding a bulge under the chin for this variant. Under the fuselage the tail wheel with integrated strut is glued in, and a D/F loop is inserted around half way to the front, then the model is placed on its wheels to add more detail to the upper side. This includes a choice of intakes on the starboard engine nacelle, another in the leading edge next to the port nacelle, and a landing light in the leading edge outboard that slides into position on a long peg. Before installing the single canopy part, the rear gunner’s machine gun is locked in a slot under the back of the cockpit, and once the canopy is in place the prominent aerial mast is fitted into a hole in the top. You have a choice of three configurations for munitions and fuel under the aircraft, one having a pair of two-part fuel tank under each wing using a bench-like pylon that fits into the holes drilled earlier, the second having larger tanks with fins under the wings, and another smaller tank under the fuselage level with the trailing edge of the wing. The final option is a weapons platform under the cockpit, which has a choice of two sizes of bomb, each one made from two halves with moulded-in fins. Markings There are two options on the decal sheet, one tropical, the other probably best described as cold-weather. They wear very different camouflage schemes, and from the box you can build one of the following: Bf.110E Trop. 7./Zerstörergeschwader 26, Derna, Libya, 1942 Bf.110E flown by Felix Maria Brandis, 13.(Z) Jagdgeschwader 5, Norway, 1941 Decals are by Cartograf, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin satin carrier film cut close to the printed areas. To avoid over-complicated profiles and confusion over placement, the stencils are dealt with on a separate page to the rest of the markings, and there are a surprising number, especially given the scale. Conclusion A welcome reboxing of the Tropicalised Bf.110E, a popular subject that just keeps on selling. Detail is good, and the decal options varied enough to please many. Does the Dachshund chewing on the plane remind anyone else of the Red Bull logo? Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Bf.110C ProfiPACK (8209) 1:48 Eduard The Bf.110 was twin engine heavy fighter of mid-30s design that was approaching obsolescence by the beginning of WWII, but with successive upgrades it soldiered on right to the end of the war, although hopelessly outclassed by that time, and easy prey to later war Allied fighter designs if it strayed too close to the front lines. The C variant was the first production variant made in significant quantities, and ran with more powerful Daimler Benz 601 engines with the familiar upwards sweeping exhaust stacks. There were many sub-variants of this variant, one of which had an experimental installation of a 30mm Mk./101 cannon in a blister under the nose of a dozen airframes, firing along a trough cut in the nose to give clearance for the short barrel and exiting shells. The more mainstream variants were generally used as Zerstörer destroyers/heavy fighters, for reconnaissance, as a fighter-bomber, or night fighter, with bomb racks installed when needed, improvements to crew armour, and uprated variants of the DB601 engines to give it more power. The D series that replaced it on the production lines was a longer-range version that could be stationed as far away as Norway and still loiter over Britain for a reasonable period. They were based upon the C, and used the same engines throughout production until they were replaced by the Emil, which standardised the fuselage extension introduced in the D. The Kit Arriving in gold-themed top-opening ProfiPACK box with an attractive painting of the subject engaged in a dogfight that it seems destined to lose to the faster, more agile Spitfires. Inside the box are six sprues of grey styrene, two of clear parts, two sheets of Photo-Etch (PE), one of which is nickel-plated and pre-painted, a long sheet of yellow kabuki tape masks, two decal sheets, one of which is very tall and narrow, the other containing all the stencils for the model, which are dealt with on a separate page of the instructions for clarity. The instruction booklet is printed in colour on glossy paper, and has colour profiles of the decal options on the rear pages, shown from four angles, and with additional drawings that show areas that wouldn’t otherwise be visible. This boxing is based upon their 2007 release that is regarded by many as the definitive 110 in this scale, although additional parts and sprues have been added along the way. The detail is excellent, with many smaller parts contributing to the finished article. Construction begins with the cockpit, which is well detailed with a mix of styrene and PE parts, with a choice of PE or plastic instrument panels and side consoles, plus a set of PE seatbelts, all of which are pre-painted, adding PE rudder pedals instead of the plastic parts. The radio gear in the rear area of the cockpit is assembled with PE faces replacing the moulded-in detail of all the boxes, which must be sanded off before proceeding. The cockpit sidewalls are given a similar treatment, and it is all brought together to form a tub that encloses the radio operator and rear-gunner's stations, to which the pilot's separate section is attached at the front, with the belly cannon pack seen in the centre of the finished cockpit. The pilot's sidewalls are detailed with more parts, and the fuselage is closed with a mini-instrument panel added to the bracing between pilot and radio operator's stations, and shell ejection inserts fixed under the cockpit during closure. The gun-pack in the upper nose is built up and installed with ammo feeds, the upper cowling having two strengthening arches glued inside, and then added over the guns, the finished assembly mated to the front of the fuselage. The rear gun and fairing are made up and installed at the rear of the cockpit, adding a PE trigger guard, ring sight, and a pair of styrene drum magazines fixed over the top of the breech. The wings are mid-mounted, so are made in halves, making up the engine nacelles from two halves with a pair of bulkheads trapped within, and the roof is moulded into the wing lowers, with some structure and smaller details added before the nacelles are mated. Two sidewall parts add extra detail, and two-part intakes in the underside are created and installed, taking care with alignment. The radiators are attached under the wings, just outboard of the engine nacelles, and have PE radiator faces and splitters added to the styrene bay, one under each wing, then are covered over by the cowlings. The completed wings and elevators with vertical rudders at each end are added to slots on the sides of the fuselage, and the ailerons are separate parts that you can pose deflected if you wish, while the elevators and H-tails have all their flying surfaces moulded-in. A choice of tail wheel is included, one with separate yoke to hold the one-part wheel in place, or an all-in-one strut and wheel if you prefer. The main gear is nicely detailed and made up from eight parts including separate scissor-links, plus a two-part wheel with radial tread. Scrap diagrams show the correct positioning of the wheels and the retraction mechanism for the landing gear to assist with construction. Bay doors are added to each nacelle, adding mast, towel-rail and circular D/F antennae to the underside of the fuselage, mass-balances to the ailerons, plus PE mesh protected intakes and landing lights to the leading edges of the wings before the exhaust stacks are added to the nacelle sides. Made up from separate stacks of varying sizes and orientations, six sets of stacks assemble on each of four back-plates to be installed in the slots on the sides of the nacelles. The exhausts are not hollow lipped, but this shouldn't show too much on the finished items. The props are single parts with a spinner and backplate, attaching to the nacelles on a short peg. Glazing on Old Ironsides is extensive, but Eduard have included a full set of masks for this and the wheels, so rest easy. It is a complex arrangement, cherry-picking parts from two sprues, and adding some detail parts inside, which would be best glued with either PVA, GS-Hypo cement or even with clear gloss varnish. Separate parts are included to allow you to pose the canopy open or closed and the gun deployed with its glazing tipped back, so choose your parts carefully here. There are is an antenna and PE hand-holds on the sills and frames, with an armoured windscreen on some variants, as well as a the two-part hinged and sliding panel around the gunner's position, which is shown with two steps to obtain the correct look. Markings There are five varied decal options in this release, three wearing a relatively standard splinter camouflage, while two are a little bit out of the ordinary. From the box you can build one of the following: Bf.110C-2, Wnr.3578, 9./ZG26, Barly, France, August 1940 Bf.110C-4, Wnr.2095, 4./ZG1, Trier-Euren, Germany, June 1940 Bf.110C-2, Wnr.3257, Hptm. Heinz Wagner/Stfw. Adolf Schmidt, CO of 4./ZG76, Abbeville, France, August 1940 Bf.110C-2, Wnr.3026, Lt.K Koch, 1./ZG77, Kirkenes, Norway, October 1941 Bf.110C, 1./NJG3, Benghazi, Libya, May 1941 The decals are printed by Eduard and are in good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin gloss carrier film cut close to the printed areas. The stencils are on a separate sheet, and are marked on a page of the booklet, separate from the rest of the markings to avoid confusion from trying to read overly busy diagrams. Don’t forget that as of 2021, the carrier film from Eduard decals can be coaxed away from the printed part of the decal after they have been applied, effectively rendering them carrier-free, making the decals much thinner and more realistic, and obviating the need to apply successive coats of clear varnish to hide the edges of the film. It’s a great step further in realism from my point of view. Conclusion Another great Bf.110C boxing with the new removable carrier-film decals, and plenty of detail that is augmented by the inclusion of two sheets of PE. The Eduard 110 is now generally recognised as the definitive in this scale, and makes for a nice package. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Westland Whirlwind in WWII (Photo Archive #19) Wingleader Publications The Whirlwind came about due to the Air Ministry’s concerns about fighters armed with rifle-calibre machine guns not being able to inflict enough damage on enemy aircraft as airspeed increased, leaving only fractions of a second to put enough rounds downrange before they were past the target. A number of designs were proposed, some based upon development of existing airframes, but Westland had put a great deal of work into what was to become the Whirlwind already, and with twin engines, excellent all-round vision for the pilot and the concentration of four 20mm cannons in the nose, it soon became a favourite, and an initial order of 400 was made. Unfortunately, it was to use the Rolls-Royce Peregrine engine, which was subject to protracted problems that led to serious delays bringing it into service that kept the initial batch from the front until it had become less of an impressive aircraft when compared to its contemporaries such as the cannon-armed Spitfires and Beaufighter. There were conflicting opinions of the type from various parties, some calling it disappointing, others finding it to be a highly capable aircraft. The pilots that flew Whirlwinds regularly were generally impressed, and appreciated its ruggedness, the “spare” engine that made it more likely you’d get home if one was damaged, and the heavy firepower it possessed without the need for setting convergence as with many other aircraft with wing mounted armament. Emergency landings were also relatively safe (as far as they go), thanks to the low wing mounting and the fact that the engine nacelles acted as skids, preventing the nose from digging in and going over. Because of the delays only three squadrons flew the type, and it remained in service until 1943 in a relatively unmodified form, apart from the wiring closed of the leading-edge slats that weren’t much use and became a liability if they malfunctioned. It was mostly used for “Rhubarb” forays into occupied Europe and as a ground-attack fighter, where it performed well in terms of destructive capabilities, and thanks to the low-level capabilities of the Peregrine engines it could hold its own against the Bf.109s of the time, but once the Peregrine was cancelled it was decided to end development, as retro-fitting Merlins was considered to be too difficult, and the wings also had their own issues that would need to be resolved in a hypothetical future version. The Book This nineteenth volume in the series covers the Whirlwind from start to finish, beginning with the prototypes and showing how these developed into in-service airframes, how they were used in pursuit of the British war effort, and the issues that arose that eventually led to their being withdrawn from active service after it was decided that the Merlin engine wasn’t the panacea that it was to many other aircraft. On its way through the war it provided its crews with a powerful weapon, adding bombs to its repertoire in due course that improved its destructive capabilities against ground targets. Interleaved between the pages of photos are sheets devoted to a particular example of the type, pointing out parts and colours specific to that individual airframe that will assist the modeller, as well as points of conjecture where appropriate. The photo pages are filled with large crisp pictures within the constraints of the original medium, and as usual there are interesting captions that are sometimes accompanied by arrows or letters to help the reader identify the subject in question, whether it is a peculiar blister on the top of the fuselage, or the photo-camera under the belly. Some of the photos are staged of course, but there are also a large number of candid shots, a few of which are in colour, and some are of battle-damaged and weather-beaten aircraft, one lying flopped halfway into a ditch on the edge of the airfield after a less-than-successful landing, showing that its nose-cone was indeed easily removed, held on with only one bolt. The photos of the pilots who flew these aircraft and were subsequently lost in later sorties is particularly poignant, as is the tangled mess of Whirlwind parts on the airfield, although this has a happier ending, the pilot escaping almost unharmed after his aircraft was flipped by a sudden vicious cross-wind. A visually impressive book with plenty of reading material into the bargain that will have you coming back to it again and again, especially if you have more than one kit in your stash. I can see myself becoming a firm adherent to this series of photo books, waiting patiently(ish) as they are published. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Junkers Ju.88C-6 (48238) 1:48 ICM The Ju-88 was designed as a schnellbomber in the mid 30s, and at the time it was faster than current fighter designs, so it was projected that it could infiltrate, bomb and escape without being intercepted. That was the theory anyway. By the time WWII began in the west, fighters had caught up with the previously untouchable speed of the 88, and it needed escorts to protect it from its Merlin equipped opponents. It turned out to be a jack of all trades however, and was as competent as a night fighter, dive bomber or doing reconnaissance as it was bombing Britain. They even popped a big gun on the nose and sent it against tanks and bombers, with variable success. The C series aircraft were supposed to be primarily heavily armed fighters or ground attack, fitted with a collection of extra guns in a metal nose. Once Allied bombers started popping up over Germany however, they were quickly retasked with nightfighter duties, in which they found their ultimate role. The specification retained the gondola under the nose, but this was often removed in the field to reduce weight and increase top speed, all of which gave them an edge over an unmodified airframe. After design was completed, the C-4 was the first to enter production, with 120 made, split between new builds and conversions of the A-5 on which they were based. With the solid nose the C-6 took over from the C-4, and 900 were made until it too was superseded. The Kit This is another minor retool of ICM's new line of Ju.88s, and they seem intent on providing us with all the variants we could ever need, which has got to be good news. This one uses the earlier Ju.88A-11 as a base, which we reviewed here, using seven of its sprues plus the main clear sprue, and adding two new sprues, with an additional canopy sprue to give us the C-6 Nightfighter. In case you don't feel like doing the calculations for yourself that's nine sprues of grey styrene, two of clear, a sheet of decals and a glossy instruction booklet. As you can probably imagine, there will be a number of parts left in the box after you have completed your model, and these are marked out in red on the map inside the front cover. New Sprues The major differences centre around the solid nose, exhaust flame hiders, and inside there is a difference in the seating layout due to it not having a bomb aimer, and there is a gunsight mounted on the instrument panel for obvious reasons (those pointy things that go bang!). In the nose are a set of ammo boxes to feed the guns, while the wings and tail are identical for our purposes, as is the landing gear. The gondola under the cockpit is repurposed as a gun pack in the C-6, with slight changes to the housing parts, and an insert for the two guns, while the glazing is still used. The rear of the gondola has a zwilling (twin) mount machine gun, with the glazing in the front present as well. ICM provide two inline Jumo 211J engines, which have plenty of detail moulded in and just need a bit of wiring to complete them if you plan to show them off. They are installed in the nacelles against a firewall, with separate cowling panels to allow you to display the engine and pose the cooling flaps open or closed. A set of optional flame hiders are provided to cover up the exhaust stubs, which are used on one of the decal options (the winter distemper covered example). Now we get to the nose. There are three solid nose cones on the new sprues, so take care when selecting which one to use, as the other two have mounts for the "whiskers" carried by nightfighter marks. There are four guns in the nose, but only the bottom one is depicted fully, which has a breech cut from the provided parts glued inside the nose. All the muzzles are separate sections that are glued from the outside, and they don't have hollow muzzles, partly due to their small size. The new canopy has no mounting for the forward firing machine gun of previous versions, and this is then joined with the two part aft glazing, which has a pair of bulged mounts for more machine guns, so is moulded in two parts. Using a non-melting glue such as GS-Hypo cement will save you from any canopy fogging due to glue being absorbed into the clear parts. Markings There are four decal options in the box, and a separate page deals with the stencils common to them all. The decals have good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin gloss carrier film cut close to the printed areas, and instrument panel decals in the middle of the sheet. From the box you can build one of the following: Junkers Ju-88C-6, 11./ZG 26, Mediterranean, Summer 1943 Junkers Ju-88C-6, 11./ZG 26, Mediterranean, Summer 1943 Junkers Ju-88C-6, 13./KG 40, Lorient, France, Nov 1943 Junkers Ju-88C-6, 4./KG 76, Taganrog, Russia, Autumn 1942 Conclusion Another smashing boxing of this long-lived and successful aircraft that was a true multi-role aircraft. Detail and ease of construction is there, along with a selection of different markings that should please a lot of people. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Messerschmitt Bf.110F Profipak 1:48 Eduard A German Heavy Fighter, Destroyer or in native German Zerstörer, the Bf.110 was conceived before WWII in the mid-30s, but due to successive upgrades it limped on to the end of the war, despite being largely outclassed by wartime developments by the Allies, which sometimes resulted in horrific losses. By the time the F variant came into being, much had changed and the airframe was reaching its limits. It benefitted from a number of airframe improvements passed down from previous variants, plus a more powerful pair of DB601F engines and armour that improved the types survivability somewhat. Its duties ranged from long-range reconnaissance or bombing to heavy fighter and finally a task that the F and G variants excelled at, the Nightfighter role. After the slow and cumbersome E variant it was hailed as possibly the best 110 produced, because of its performance and handling characteristics by comparison to the older model. Over 500 were built before the G variant superseded it with more power and improved aerodynamics. A further H model was planned at the end of the war, but this was never built and most of the records of its specification were lost in the confusion as defeat of the Reich loomed. The Kit Eduard's initial Bf.110C was released a staggering 10 years ago now, but still holds up well to inspection, although many have expressed some reservations regarding fit of the engine nacelles, but from memory simple care and attention to fit will help immensely during construction. Successive boxings have seen D, E and G variants, but until now there has only been one boxing of the F, which was a Nightfighter in Weekend boxing. This Profipak has new parts, and includes the niceties that we have come to expect from the more up-market Profipak boxings. The boxart shows the famous Wespe scheme that is included in the decals, and inside the heavily laden box are a surprising ten sprues in a blue-grey styrene, two of clear, two sheets of Photo-Etch (PE), a sheet of pre-cut masks, a large decal sheet and (would you believe?) a resin Dachshund, or sausage dog as they're sometimes called. That's not a case of someone at Eduard losing the plot, but a little extra connected to one of the decal options as you'll see later. There are probably a lot of you with the basics of this kit in their stashes in other boxings, but to those that haven't yet experienced the Eduard Bf.110, it was quite a treat when it arrived, consigning the old and inaccurate Revell kit to the back of the stash in one fell swoop. Construction starts with the cockpit, which is long and highly visible under the greenhouse, so it by necessity well-detailed. A mixture of pre-painted and bare brass PE is mated with finely moulded styrene parts to create the detailed instrument panel (with plastic & decal option also included), side consoles, PE rudder pedals, seatbelts for all and throttle quadrant levers. The radio gear is also given PE fronts, and the belly-mounted gun pack with its big magazines fits in front of the wireless bulkhead, with the barrels under the pilot's compartment. The sidewalls are detailed with small parts and along with the rear bulkhead they form a "tub" that slips between the fuselage, with only the pilot's section of the inner fuselage requiring paint. Inserts in the floor and across the top of the cockpit aperture are fitted as the fuselage halves are mated, then the optional single or Zwilling machine gun mount for the rear are added to the rear, while the nose cone with its gun pack are fitted to the front. If you decide to mount the nose guns with the bay open, you can do so, as all the gun breaches and interior detail is supplied, as well as some neat internal struts for the bay cover. Moving to the wings, these are provided as top and bottom halves, and oddly enough, there's one on each side! First you will need to decide whether to open up the flashed-over holes in the underwing, then the nacelles are built up from two halves with a separate oil-cooler bath and two small bulkheads to form the gear bay. They are attached to the lower wing, and have two sidewall parts added to complete the formation of the bay. The radiator is a separate assembly outboard of the nacelle, with PE mesh grilles front and back. The wings are added to the fuselage using the usual slot and tab system, with separate ailerons but captive rudders and elevators on the H-tail. With the airframe ostensibly complete, the landing gear parts are assembled, starting with the two main struts, which fit in the roof of the bays, with retraction jacks and a two-part wheel with radial tread fitted to the bottom axel stub. Two bay doors are fixed to the lip of the bay, one on each side, with a single piece tail wheel and two-part fixed yoke at the rear. Antennae, intake grilles, landing lights and mass-balances are added around the airframe, followed by a choice of exhaust stubs for night fighter and day use, depending on your chosen decal option. The large greenhouse canopy varies in fitment depending on your decal choice too, with a wide variety of choices, even down to the instruments that are fitted within the main part. Check carefully before you commit yourself, as there really are quite a few parts to go at. Prop choice isn't an issue, with only one used for all markings options, made up of a spinner back and front with the one-piece prop sandwiched between. The choice of weapons is for the day fighters/bombers and consists of a pair of small bombs and their racks under each wing and/or a bomb "sled" under the fuselage. For the night fighter variants a set of PE whiskers are included for the antennae, which fit to the framework on the nose. Markings There are five decal options available on the decal sheets, with stencils and national markings on the same sheet. Bf 110F-2 flown by Oblt. G. Tonne, CO of II./ZG 1, Belgorod, Soviet Union, June 1942 Bf 110F-2 flown by Ofw. T. Weissenberger, 6.(Z)/JG 5, Kirkenes, Norway, June 1942 - this is the chap with the thing about Dachshunds! Bf 110F-2 W. Nr. 5080, flown by W. Frost, 13.(Z)/JG 5, Kemijärvi, Finland, Winter 1942/ 1943 Bf 110F-4 flown by Ofw. R. Kollak, 7./NJG 4, Juvincourt, France, June 1943 Bf 110F-4 flown by Oblt. M. Bauer, CO of 11./NJG 6, Zilistea, Romania, June 1944 Decals are by Cartograf, which is a guarantee of good registration, sharpness and colour density, with a thin gloss carrier film cut close to the printed areas. A separate page to the rear of the instructions gives locations for the stencils on an all-grey drawing to remove all the clutter from the process, which is a technique that all companies should employ. Conclusion This is a pretty comprehensive boxing of the pilots' favourite 110, with ample choice of markings and periods during which is was prevalent for most palettes. There's even a scheme for the mottle-phobic such as Julien, who we'll call Mr.X to protect his identity. Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of