The Eduard Bf-109G kit is a very nice model. It may not be 1/48th scale but it is still a nice kit as far as kits go. In keeping with the business model to provide aftermarket items for their kits in their Brassin range, Eduard provides brass landing gear in addition to their resin and photo etch sets.

Packaged in a typical plastic vacuform container are four parts, two resin landing gear doors and two brass landing gear legs. The resin is perfect and the best-looking landing gear doors in any scale. They are cast in light grey resin without any blemishes. The struts are perfectly cast miniatures of the real thing. There is no clean up required on them other than at the mount to square it off. The detail is exceptional. One thing that isn’t included on any other strut that I can remember is the tie down ring on the bottom of the strut. I could be wrong.

The instructions are really easy to understand, with paint callouts. The struts are designed to fit the Brassin wheel set or the kit ones. The entire set is a direct replacement for the kit parts.

The only thing I saw ‘wrong’ with the set is the brake hose on the landing gear door does not have the ‘loop’ that is on all wartime Bf-109s that I’ve seen. Still I think this set is an awesome addition to my Bf-109.

The detail is better than the kit struts and the landing gear doors are the best I’ve seen in any scale. The only drawback may be the lack of the loop in brake line. I think this set will add to the look of your Gustav like it added to mine.

Highly recommended

Thanks to Eduard and IPMS/USA for the review copy. You can obtain yours by contacting them directly at https://www.eduard.com or at your local hobby shop or online retailer.