Description

The wait is finally over! Dragon is proud to announce its revolutionary 1/48 Bf109-E taking flight in December 2025. This kit introduces our groundbreaking Wing Tech 2 generation, a complete re-imagining of traditional design and engineering. It delivers a uniquely innovative building experience, packed with premium features:

• Multi-color injection parts
• Innovative one-piece fuselage
• Plug-in wing assembly
• Movable rudder and flaps
• Canopy frame pre-painted
• Highly detailed 3D-printed engine
• Hidden wing joints reduce puttying and sanding
• Authentic decal for camouflage scheme

Dragon is setting a new benchmark. Join the revolution and build the ultimate 1/48 Bf109-E!

Information about this kit.

Generally, painting the interior and exterior of an aircraft model can take a long time. It requires multiple processes of masking and airbrushing. Now, all the parts in this kit come pre-colored, greatly reducing painting time. This is the first ever offering of pre-colored parts by Dragon.

In addition to our pre-colored parts, the new Bf109 kit also includes a complete ser of camouflage decals, which can eliminate the need for painting if the modeler desires.

Included with this kit are two sets of decals for all the intricate details and markings on the aircraft that modeler will need to create a historically accurate and detailed representation of the Bf109.

Finally, in another first for a Dragon kit, the Bf109E-4 is packed in a completely transparent plastic box and an outer cardboard sleeve, which matches the innovativeness of our new series. It also allows for clear visibility of the contents inside.

Traditional warplane kits use solid gun barrels and usually require drilling to achieve the desired results. Dragon utilizes molding techniques created for our tank kits and applied them to our new plane kits, resulting in open muzzles for all the gun barrels to increase realism of the guns.

For many years, building an airplane kit have been both a rewarding and frustrating experience for modelers. While seeing a beautiful representation of your favorite warplane can be joyful and satisfying, the purpose of building it can be difficult and requires a lot of time and patience. The puttying, the sanding, and the assembly itself can take even the most enjoyable experience and turn it into a nightmare.

Many experienced modelers we’ve talked to over the years have expressed their frustrations at some point with building warplane kits, mentioning the extra work involved to achieve desired results. We at Dragon Models have taken these comments to heart, and over the past 10 years we have been working hard to bring the joy back to warplane builds.

Dragon Model’s latest revolutionary Neo Wing Tech series 1/48 Bf109E is the culmination of years of research, engineering, and consulting with experience modelers to solve the issues of building warplane kits. Let’s take a look at some key features of this game-changing new Bf109E.

Normally, the biggest challenge in building a warplane kit lies in attaching the left and right halves of the fuselage and attaching the upper and lower wings. It usually requires applying glue on both sides, and then sanding to achieve the desired result. However, this process can be messy and details on the wings could be sanded off if not careful.

With Dragon’s new one-piece fuselage and plug-in wing assembly design, these steps are simplified and hassle-free. With other models, the rudder and flaps are usually fixed in place. Our new engineering features them as separate parts with positioning pins, making them easy to assemble and fully movable.

In other offerings, the engine and cockpit usually lacked detail because these parts are not highly visible, so other manufacturers tend to cut corners and simplified these important parts. For modelers to achieve their desired detail, they would have to freestyle hand paint it themselves, which is a tedious and frustrating task. Dragon understands this, and have added all the lines and details of the engine and cockpit to help make the painting process easier and more enjoyable.

In past versions, the landing gear and other internal compartments lacked enough details. For our upgraded version, these parts are completely overhauled, and uses different materials to accurately reproduce these fine details in a360 degree view.

On of the biggest challenges that we hear from modelers is putting together and painting the canopy. As the piece is transparent, and excess glue or paint can leave a stain that would ruin the aesthetics and the whole plane. For Dragon’s new Bf109, the window frames are pre-painted and the assembly is simplified to eliminate the potential for unsightly “mistake”.

One-piece Fuselage

Traditionally, the fuselage is presented in two halves, which are glued together. Then additional puttying and sanding are needed to eliminate the gap lines. However, this process can be time consuming and can produce negative results such as sanding off the details on the fuselage. Dragon’s breakthrough engineering eliminates this problem by using multi-direction slide-molds to produce the fuselage in one single piece. This new mold technology is lased on over 10 years engineering research, development, and fine tuning before we can share it with the modelers.

Complete engine reproduced by 3D-printed parts

Wings plug directly into the one-piece fuselage for better stability during assembly. State of the art engineering ensures quick and simple assembly without compromising the detail and quality of the model kit Wing joints are cleverly hidden beneath the curved leading edge of the upper wing to reproduce the need for puttying and sanding. The result is a perfect- looking wing that can be built without additional time-consuming work.

Unrivalled detail on the engine and inside the cockpit.

Our latest series utilizes the industry’s most sophisticated molding techniques ever and simplifies the building process without compromising the details that Dragon is famous for. The result is a next generation model kit that has the highest level of details and accuracy, yet easier and less time consuming to build.