Airfix - QuickBuilt - Messerschmitt 109

Easy-to-build model.

No glue or paint required!

The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is a German single-engine, single-seat fighter designed in the 1930s by German engineer Willy Messerschmitt in response to a tender from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM) to design a modern fighter to equip the nascent Luftwaffe. Using the most powerful engine available, a Junkers Jumo 210 with 12 inverted-V cylinders, Messerschmitt designed the slimmest possible airframe, based on highly innovative techniques he had developed for the Bf 108 light aircraft. The Bf 109 prototype, superior to its competitors, was finally chosen, despite Air Minister Erhard Milch's enmity with Messerschmitt.