This is my first time building a kit by this company. I started it at the same time as my Bf 109 but doe to a more varied paint scheme, it has fallen sligtly behind. The kit includes resin and a small PE set. There are 2 complete kits in the box, the second of which i will build as a D-12 when the time comes.
For this kit, i will be building the subject on the box art, an aircraft of the protection flight of JV 44.
The PE for the pit is limited, certainly not as much detail as in some other kits, but its sufficent for such a small cockpit.
And the fuselage went together and the wings on. Afraid i forgot to get pics of the underside. It does have a nice resin wheel well. This made the fit of the wing tops and bottoms tricky, needed some sanding, but it got there. There are no location tabs, so i had to be careful lining everything up.
Then with the final parts added, time for some primer and painting. It was primed and the RLM 76 blue added at the same time as the 109. But of course i had some more colours to add.
The top was done with RLM 82/83.
On the underside, i did over all white, then used a set of P masks before adding the red. The mask strips came in 4 sizes, but you have to work out for yourself which one to use. After looking at a couple of pics, i went for the smallest ones, 1mm.
There are 8 sets of markings for this, but 2 of those are for the same aircraft. Before it was Red 4, this aircraft was marked as White 58. This was over sprayed with RLM 76 but still slightly visible under the new markings. So i added those decals, over sprayed with blue then did the mottling. The marking is only just visible on the left side. You can just make out the chevron beind the wing.
Its less visible on the right and does not show at all on the photo.
Then the rest of the decals are added. The decals are numbered on the instructions but not on the decal sheet. So a few of them you have to guess which ones to use.
I have just given it a coat of clear gloss, so should be able to get a flory wash on tonight.