1/32 Bf109K4 WIP (COMPLETED)

This will be fun. Thank you for doing a wip.  

Engine is finally assembled, all 52 parts.

knox

This will be fun. Thank you for doing a wip.  

 

Thanks for looking.

Following this one. Cool scheme. looking good so far. 

I'm always up for a good 109 WIP!

Got the DB motor painted up. Once mounted in the fuselage, plan to add plumbing and wires to busy things up.

Looking good! 

plasticjunkie

Engine is finally assembled, all 52 parts.

That made me both thrilled, and very old at the same time.

I can remember when a 1/48 kit having 52 parts would have been amazing.  And cost some outstanding sum, like $2.95 or some such unbelievable figure.

At the same time, it's a wonderous marvel of our modern times to have such detail available.

And to only consider it a "starting point" for detailing.

Thanks guys for checking out and commenting on my build.

the pit has lots of parts making it very well detailed

Most of the office is done. I went with the pe seat option since it’s more scale like in thickness. All the cannon breech detailed is hidden under the cover and unfortunately not visible but it is very well detailed.

The IP is made out of several parts and will look very realistic once painted and assembled

Nice little "mini kits". Amazing amount of detail on the engine and cockpit.

The K pit is shaping up.   Still lots more stuff to add but it’s moving along.

Next will be some corrections on the side walls for the correct K configuration.

So I’m working on the pit sidewalls and something just didn’t look right. Did a lot of net surfing for the K pit and seems Trumpeter included the G series parts as the K, no surprise here as I well know that companies often goof details. 

Here is the pit with the included parts

After some corrections on both sidewalls. The right side sidewall panel is the wrong shape and was unable to undue the Tamiya glue securing it so I left it as is. Added some scratch built thingies and now looks like the Kurfürst office.

The cockpit is done. Time to move on to the engine compartment.

The gun sight glass will be added once the fuselage is closed.

Very nice PJ. I'm loving all the provided detail. 

Mopar Madness

Very nice PJ. I'm loving all the provided detail. 

 

Thanks for checking out things.

Floki

Very nice looking cockpit!

 

Thanks. I wish Trumpeter had included the correct pit for this variant but they like most model manufacturers like to take shortcuts.

Got the fuselage taped up to see how things are fitting. Some plumbing will be next to busy things under the hood.

Short update. Got the fuselage closed up and the DB605 wired.

Got the wings attached but ended up with nasty gaps filled with stretched spruce and Plast I Weld.

Then taped up the gap edges and applied PPP and a few minutes later used a damp QTip to wipe the area smooth

Then removed the tape  and ran the damp QTip again to clean up things

That's flawless technique on the wing root gaps. Dayum nice work!

M. Brindos

That's flawless technique on the wing root gaps. Dayum nice work!

 

Thanks.

So I was looking at the ammo shell ejection ports and there is nothing there except two open cavities. I fashioned a jig out of wood coffee stirrers to get the correct dimensions to fabricate the chutes leading to the ejection ports made from wine foil.

I wrapped the wood jig with wine foil and then cut them to size and painted them flat steel.

They were slipped into position and super glued in place.

Once in place the chutes fill in the empty space that was there before.

The detail work on that "boat" is seeping in here!

jeaton01

The detail work on that "boat" is seeping in here!

 

Awsome stuff PJ. The 109 is my favourite wingy thingy and I have a number of kits. I'm just too scared to build any of them because I don't think I will do them justice.

Dodgy

Awsome stuff PJ. The 109 is my favourite wingy thingy and I have a number of kits. I'm just too scared to build any of them because I don't think I will do them justice.

 

Thanks. Hey just pull one out of the stash and start working on it. You will never learn till you try. Give it a shot.