Spanish Civil War GB.

Almost missed this one.  Nicely done Jay .

Regards,  Rick

Jay, nice job on the 109.

Think that about wraps up this GB.

Thanks to everyone who has taken part. 

Karl 

Okay this is the last time I beat this very dead horse.  I totally appologize for being so late but I really ahd full intentions of finishing no matter what.  So I give you Heller's 1:72 Spanish Civil War Legion Condor Bf-109 B1.  Totally oob and the decals worked pretty good for being so old except the rudder.  What you see is black decal strips on a painted white rudder, good enough for me I say!  So have at'er and let me know what you think.

Better late than never Jay .

Regards,  Rick

I just can't let it die!  a little hunk of plastic and paint will not defeat me!

My Bf-109b is 99% complete,  I finally got some time this last week and I now only have the flat coat and canopy to add and I am done,  I'll post pics asap!

Other than the decal problem, looks real good Jay.  Hope you come up with a fix.

Regards,  Rick

jboutin wrote:

I guess I'm not the only one NOT going out doors on a beautiful day (+26 c and sunny here! in Calgary).  Besides, it is nice to be in the cool basement doing my models on a hot day!

Well its hot and 34C here today and I was silly enough to be out working in the yard today for a little while.  whew... thank goodness for central air! 

The 109 is looking good Jay, too bad about the decal though and I don't know of any fix for that.   Looks like you might have to paint it.

Well, time to go watch the Senators lose a hockey game. 

As promised, here are some pics of the decals.  As you can see the rudder decal is curling and it seems no amount of setting solution will help.  I may resign myself to masking and painiting. 

razordws wrote:

Keep at it Jay, almost there!   (and really... such language )

you would have heard some of that language in my den last night too! 

Looking forward to the finished build Jay.

Regards,  Rick

just... can't... let it...DIE! 

I feel like some mad scientist keeping this thing alive way longer than naturally possible. 

Anyway, I am ready for decals!!! the future is on and hopefully sometimein the next few days I can slap them on.  I am going to attempt to use the original decals!! please pray for me!!

I'm not going to do much weathering to this one so I am actually fairly close to being done but we'll see after the decals.  They look good on the paper but seeing as they are the original decals, that may be decieving.  I did put them in the sun for a while which helped with the yellowing of the film but I think I'll be cutting as much of that off, especially around the fuselage lettering. 

Thanks Karl, I'm just about done with the write up, I hope to be able to post it (and my write up on my P-40E) within the next day or two.  They're both pretty much finished, just want to proof them and tweak some wording here and there. 

One of these days I'll get around to the Cr.32, but I want to work on some other projects for a while.  Plus I need to figure out a way to build up the lip of the lower resin cowling. 

Scott, great job on the CA 109, it looks really great.

Looking forward to reading your write up. 

Jay, the little 109 looks to be comig along nicely. Certainly doesn't look 1/72.

Karl 

Better late than never Jay .  Nice work so far .

Regards,  Rick

Looking good Jay, that's the Hobbycraft kit right?  I have that in the stash waiting to be built along with a huge pile of other 109s for my big 109 project. 

What do you think of the kit?

I got some time the last few days to work on my 109b.  I just gotten some more painting done.  The 109b needs a coat of future and then decals!  Getting closer. but still very late.

Thanks Jay, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out, in spite of a few little glitches.  It was a tough kit to build, but it forced me to learn a lot of modelling skills, and that's a good thing.  The next one will be 10 times better as now I know all the "gotchas" with that kit. 

Looking forward to seeing your 109B 

Wow! Scott, that looks fabulous! 

Well gang, I am happy to report I Am back in the game!  I finally cleaned off the desk and last night worked on my bf-109b a little.  Pics later in the week!

Scott, I don't recall any problem with the landing gear that was out of the ordinary.  It's been a while, but I usually scrape the mounting lugs down with a #10 XActo until the fit is fairly loose.  Then I attach the LG using Quick-Set Epoxy, which gives me time to get everything square before the Epoxy sets up, about 2 minutes.

Regards,  Rick