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And now, let’s jump right back into our segmented review of the Kurfurst and see what conclusions we can draw from the adventure:Although the newest of Eduard’s Messerschmitt offerings is an amazing piece of work on almost every front, there are a couple of things to watch out for should you choose to model the airplane.First, they’ve omitted any reference at all to the small antenna that sprouts …

Now that we’ve kept you waiting for what can only be described as an inordinate amount of time, let’s resume our thrilling journey with the new Eduard Kurfurst!We know the parts are good, highly detailed and accurate within the limitations of the scale, so how is the model from a building standpoint? One word pretty much sums that one up: Superb. Keeping in mind that this is a kit from Eduard we’l …

It’s a legendary airplane among scale modelers and if you’ve ever built a scale model of a Second World War fighter, or maybe even if you haven’t, you know of the legendary Bf (or Me; you can pretty much take your pick on that one) 109K. It was the last of the 109s, and the fastest, and the highest performing; a rare bird that was capable of taking on any opposing airplane and winning the fight. I …

You would think, given all the plastic model kits that have been released of Willi Messerschmitt’s diminutive Me163 Komet over the years, that it was one of the more important German types to fly during the Second World War when in fact nothing could be further from the truth. An offshoot of investigation of rocket-powered flight that began in Nazi Germany during the late 1930s, the diminutive Me1 …