Me209 v4...frustrated wishes

Me109 or Bf109 was a very advanced machine mid 30's and became the backbone of the Luftwaffe fighter arm, but became obsolescent or not so competitive past the first years of the war. At this time, Focke-Wulf developed an advanced and extraordinary fighter plane -Fw190- using a radial engine with excellent aerodynamic profile that was quickly adopted by Luftwaffe as a complement of its fighter force mainly because Messerschmitt has no response at that time. 
Herr Messerschmitt, a notable aircraft designer and one of the preferred businessmen of the nazi regime, put all his wishes in the Me209 as the real replacement of Me109. Me209 was a very small and aerodynamic machine but designer specially as a racer plane. As a racer was a huge success, getting the absolute record of speed for piston engines up to recent times. But, transform a racer into a fighter was an impossible task because the penalty's derived of considering the necessary armament, armoring, fuel, sturdiness and others was never resolved. Me 209 never went into production but was redesigned many times until the end of the war...Willy Messerschmitt never accepted his failure with that project.

Thanks to HUMA, the little great German plastic aircratf kit maker company, we get one representation of this plane in 1/72 scale. HUMA brings two options into the package: the famous racer or version 1 and the version 4 of the fighter prototypes. This specific machine can be seen in a few pictures in internet and is beautifully represented by HUMA kit.