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Academy #12454 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 the Bf-109G-14 was Germany's attempt to standardize production of the 109, incorporating the variety of changes made to the Bf 109G-6. On paper, this seems to make sense, however, in practice, the G-14 series were added and built in the same production lines as the G-6, so in the end, it becomes very difficult to tell a G-6 from a G-14.
This is Academy's latest version of the Bf-109. This is an updated version of their 2001 release, so there aren't too many surprises with the new release. Academy continues to mold a separate tail section from the fuselage, and provides two different cowling covers, which makes it much easier for them to use similar molds to produce Emil's, along with their Gustav lines of kits. The molds are crisp, relatively flash free, and have some very fine panel line and rivet details. The kit provides an adequately detailed cockpit, but no gunsights or seat belts, and the canopy is provided in 3 clear parts for the front armored windscreen, and the head armor and Erla Haube-style canopy. The kit includes the aileron balances, two choices of antennae, and two choices of drop tanks. The decals provide marking and stencils for two planes: Erich Hartmann's famous winter camouflage from 1945, and a plane flying for JG11 in 1945. I choose to go with the plane featured on the box art, which is Hauptmann Hartmann's plane.
