Eduard's 109 G-6

[Manny1943]

I'm with you Manny. I can live with the minor stuff but not the gear leg issue......just unacceptable. I'll pass on this one as well. As I said before, I would rather they concentrate on giving us subjects that are truly needed, like a "stare of the art" P-40 B and/or the F/L Merlin versions. I'll keep saying this until they listen

Just curious, how is Zveda better than the Hasegawa version? I may have to check that one out.

Joe

Well the Zvezda G-6 isn't out YET but is rumored to be out soon...if you know anything about their F-2 and F-4 offerings you'll know what I mean...they are considered state of the art for the F series...

[lawdog114]

I'm going to have to check them out now. Thank you...

Joe

[Manny1943]

I just received an answer from Eduard about the bronze struts you can shell out extra money on for the new 109 kit...I asked them if these had the correct "rake" or were they just copies of the inaccurate plastic ones in the kit...???

They said they were the same as the kit ones but that they could be corrected with "surgery" the same way the kit ones could be...So then I asked them if they knew of any aftermarket companies that might be coming out with corrected struts for their inaccurate kit...boy, the irony is thick on this one...

[LyleW]

Somehow this strikes as stupidly funny!

[lawdog114]

I'll say... How about just fixing it...

[Manny1943]

Somehow this strikes as stupidly funny!

Here is their exact words:

"These bronze legs were designed with the same shape as original plastic parts. So they have very similar figure. This also mean that the easy "cutting" correction (as described on several modeling forums) is possible on bronze legs by the same way like on the original plastic part.
JanZ"

[mostrich]

So we have to wait for the "Eduard Brassin Bronze Cutting Tool" with collectible multi-coloured grips.

[Manny1943]

It's brilliant really.

Be aftermarket company.

Release poor kit.

Make aftermarket to correct poor kit.

Sleep in piles of money a la Scrooge McDuck.

Yeah, except they are apparently NOT gonna be the AM company to correct this one...maybe Aires will do it and give Eduard a cut? Here's the whole exchange so far...

ME: "Are the new Eduard Bf109G landing Bronze gear undercarriage legs "corrected" from the original, plastic kit parts or do they have the same lack of forward rake? I Want to save my money if they are just copies of the plastic kit parts, which DO NOT sit at the correct angle properly unless you perform major surgery on them..."

EDUARD: "These bronze legs were designed with the same shape as original plastic parts. So they have very similar figure. This also mean that the easy "cutting" correction (as described on several modeling forums) is possible on bronze legs by the same way like on the original plastic part.
JanZ"

ME: "Do you know of any aftermarket companies who might be releasing a "corrected" version of the legs for your kit?"

PS - did you get my PM?