Dragon 1/32 Messerschmitt Bf110D-3 Zersto [3206]

Features:
- Newly tooled wing-mounted fuel tank for Bf110
- Option of extended end tip is newly tooled
- New larger-diameter tail wheel for Bf110D
- Highly detailed twin-engine heavy fighter-bomber w/accurate 1/32 scale appearance
- Length of fuselage 377mm, wingspan 506mm
- Three different depths of panel lines exhibit astonishing level of minute detail
- Detailed Bf110D fuselage w/sharp detail
- Fuselage possesses metal-skinned detail
- Detailed inspection covers with rivets
- Rudder represents the real one
- Wings represent laminar-flow airfoil shape
- Carefully reproduced oval-shaped tailfin specific to Bf-110
- Detailed wind gauges on underside of wing
- Engine cowling cover can be assembled open/closed
- Detailed slide-molded engine cowling cover has maximum detail
- Propeller blades with curved cross-section and true-to-scale thickness
- Moveable propeller blades
- Propellers can rotate
- Transparent cockpit canopy made from separate parts
- Option of displaying canopy side windows open/closed
- Cockpit canopy with realistic detail
- Cockpit canopy antenna finely detailed
- Cockpit canopy can be positioned open/closed
- Intricate MG ammo included double-drums for MG15 and round-drums for MG FF
- Realistically detailed gun barrels are slide molded with hollow ends
- Rear pilot's MG15 w/windproof cover for antiaircraft and rear defense
- Realistically reproduced DB601 engine has intricate detail
- DB601 engine represented by multiple parts
- Instrument panel authentically detailed
- Detailed under-wing air intakes and vents
- Air filter has fine detail
- Pilot's seatbelt upgraded by photo-etched parts
- Landing-gear compartment w/interior detail and struts delicately rendered
- Full cockpit interior details: pilot's seat, instrument panel, radio and MG ammo included
- Antenna devices located on underside of fuselage-loop antenna, antenna array and antenna mast
- Includes finely detailed mounting ladder
- Realistic radiator vents included
- Landing gear can be assembled in taxiing or folded position
- Strengthened landing gear realistically portrayed
- Tires have realistic tread detail
- Two ETC500 bombs and pylons precisely reproduced under the fuselage
- Two drum-fed MG FF cannons under the fuselage
- Four MG 17 weapons for interior of upper nose

The twin-engine Messerschmitt Bf110 heavy fighter served the Luftwaffe throughout WWII, despite pilots bemoaning its lack of agility in the air. Particularly at the start of the war it contributed greatly to the advance of ground forces, and later on it found a niche as a successful night fighter. The Bf110D Langstrecken Zersto"rer was a “long-range destroyer”. These heavy fighters or fighter bombers were based on the C series, and many were stationed in Norway in order to conduct attacks on Great Britain. Within the Bf110D family, the D-3 had a lengthened tail to enable carriage of a rescue dinghy in case the aircraft went down over water. This long-range aircraft could carry two wing-mounted 300-liter fuel tanks or 900-litre drop tanks. It could also carry a pair of 500kg ETC500 bombs on an under-belly rack.

Dragon previously released a 2-in-1 Bf110D/E night fighter in its 1/32 scale Wing Tech series, and the company’s next kit of the famous German aircraft is an identically scaled Bf110D-3. Based on highly acclaimed earlier releases, this new model is a stunner! It features all-new parts for elements such as the landing gear. The main undercarriage and tail wheel are brand new, and the tires even possess finely molded tread detail. The wing-mounted fuel tanks are also new to give this aircraft a longer strike reach. Combining these new parts with tried-and-tested components such as the DB601 engine (which is intricately detailed in multiple parts) from previous kits, modelers can be assured of the best quality and highest level of detail in their 1/32 scale Bf110D-3…as is the norm in Dragon’s Wing Tech series!