spursn17 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Hi all, I need some help with a Bf109 G4 I'm building (1/48 Eduard). It has two rectangles in the centre of the fuselage between the undercarriage legs just in front of where the drop tank mount would be, does anyone know what they are? They are dark coloured in the pic below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tank152 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 They're they ejection chutes for the engine/fuselage mounted MGs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursn17 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thanks tank152, I should have worked that one out myself! 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) It is what they are, but I think that's a goof in the kit/instructions. The chute design changed when the MGs were upgraded, I blieve those big square holes are the later 13mm MG ejection ports. The G-4 has the original 7.7mm MGs and that panel should be flat with no holes. I'm actually not sure where the ejection ports should be on a G-4, but those shown are for G-6 and later only. Edited September 21, 2020 by Vlad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackG Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) See post #184 from an earlier Group Build chat thread on the 109: It agrees with what Vlad stated, up to the G-4 no chutes as the spent cartridges from the MG 17 are collected in box within the aircraft. So you will have to fill in those two holes and sand flush. Similar response from another forum: https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/72634-132-hasegawa-bf-109g-2-question/ regards, Jack Edited September 21, 2020 by JackG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursn17 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 Thanks for the quick replies, Milliput has been applied and the panel is now flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 What boxing of the Eduard kit do you have? I can't find that error (or that camouflage scheme) in the instructions for either their ProfiPack or Weekend Edition G-4. Also, as pointed out in one of those threads, Eduard supply a part to blank off the holes. However, the putty method is probably neater and more complete anyway. 2 hours ago, JackG said: up to the G-4 no chutes as the spent cartridges from the MG 17 are collected in box within the aircraft aha, makes sense Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursn17 Posted September 21, 2020 Author Share Posted September 21, 2020 It's the boxing with the Romanian 109 on the front. It had the blanking plate but it wouldn't go in far enough to be flush, I didn't want to force it in case the recess was supposed to be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 This one? https://www.eduard.com/out/media/82117.pdf I can't find the picture you posted in these PDF instructions, how odd. Anyway you sorted it and we both learned something 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursn17 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Vlad, that's the one. I used a different pic as that clearly showed the two rectangular holes, the doubt crept in because the blanking plate didn't fit flush and I questioned that there was a mistake in the kit instructions. It showed me that after all these years I still have gaps in my knowledge and can learn something new! 😁 Edited September 22, 2020 by spursn17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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