Tamiya 61050 - 1/48 Messerschmitt Bf109 E3 WWII  [61050]

Produced by the brilliant designer Willi Messerschmitt, it had the smallest feasible airframe built around the absolute most powerful engine available. Also boasted most then innovative features such as for example an all metal stressed epidermis construction, retractable primary landing gear, automatic Handley-Page industry leading slats, etc. The Bf109 saw first combat through the Spanish Civil War and completely demonstrated its excellent maneuverability, inherited from precedent Bf108 Taifun (Typhoon) multi-purpose recreations airplane. The Bf109 underwent many enhancement throughout its career, and mass manufacturing the E variation started later in 1939.

Within year, about 2,000 "E" aircraft were rolled away. Its excellent performance greatly included inside active solution of German pilots during the Western Front and through the "Battle of Britain". The E-3 variation utilized an improved Daimler-Benz DB601Aa motor capable of 1,100 h.p. output. This motor had provision for mounting a 20mm MG FF cannon in the crankcase and firing through propeller hub. The Messerschmitt Bf109E have been one of the better fighters for the very early WW2 duration, on a par with all the current British Spitfire.