Another gem from the folks at Hasegawa, but not entirely what I was expecting...
I guess what I was expecting was the G-14 kit with a few new bumps and a new upper cowling...from what I can tell, this is also a completely new tooling of the fuselage parts. For one, the empanage split is just aft of the cockpit - not at the tailplane like the previous 109 kits. As for the forward fuselage, aside from the obvious cowling changes, the small scoops on the sides of the forward cowling seem to be more in line, but not quite level with each other.
I was also hoping for a kit with the smooth, wooden rudder (when I was thinking it would be tooled on the G-14 mold), but the same metal rudder is there. The trim tabs look right, but I'm not certain that the metal rudder is appropriate for a K - it can be easily "corrected" with some sandpaper, though. And the tailwheel doors are molded into the fuselage halves (save me, Eduard...).
The same sprues of cockpit and external stores parts from the G-14 kit are there, with the G-14 fuselage parts simply missing - come on, Eduard!.. The wing parts are unchanged too - you'll still need to "square out" the wheel well openings to bring them to proper shape and attach the outer gear doors.
Be careful, as there are a number of greyed out areas os "parts not for use" in the sprue diagrams on the instruction sheet - for example; there are two sets of prop blades...don't grab the wrong ones!
Kit decals are for two schemes from JG 52, with a red "tulip" on the nose. The most substantial difference being that one bears a Werknummer and a blue "4" fighter number, and the other does not. Makes me wonder...I'd recommend some research and consulting the aftermarket for decals.
I just "happen" to have an "extra" set of Moskit 1/32 109 exhausts. I was hoping to capture a 1/32 K someday and build it as a G-14AS...but I hear there's yet another 1/32 109 kit on the way from Hasegawa...so I think I'll build my K, and order another set of exhausts...