Battle of Britain GB 2006 - 1 May to 31 Oct 06

Looking good Dave.

Regards,  Rick

Nice pics Karl.  Thanks for posting.

Regards,  Rick

Karl, great pics, thanks for sharing them.  That first pic threw me off a bit because with the head on camera angle and the person in the background acting as a scalr reference it looked more like a 1500mm gun.  (could you imagine )  It took me awhile to realize that the muzzle was actually way out in front of the bunker .

Bob, hard to see and don't feel bad.  My 12 yr old son figures out all my gadgets too these days.

FeldMarSchall Model wrote:

Hay got around to working on my 109, had little time during the summer with work and all.

I dont mean to pick fault in anyones builds, but your cockpit is in the wrong position

The storage compartment behind the pilots seat is meant to sit in front of the small section you can see obscuring part of the storage compartments hatch.

Like this..............

Sorry to point this out, but maybe you can still save the kit by splitting the fuse.

Or you can leave it.................

Bob-I'm with Rick, can't really 'see', got any closer pics?

Personally I'm working on a mask so I can airbrush my stipple effect on.

The way I see it, if I can hold a mask a tad above the surface the fuzzy edges should bring it into scale.

It's taking time but I reckon it's gonna look alright.

After all the camo was applied with either rags or brushes 'stabbed' onto the aircraft surface.

Sorry Bob, I really can't see enough detail in the pics to offer an opinion.

Regards,  Rick

I did a little testing on an old 109g today trying to attempt sponge applied camo.  On the right side I used a large piece of Sea Elephant Ear sponge and around the engine I used a smaller piece.  I dipped the sponge in paint and then patted on a blotter a couple of times before applying:

On the left side, cockpit back, I used a 'spouncer' made by Stencil Decor.  Not sure if I got it at Walmart in the craft section or at my LHS.  It is a large pore synthic foam/sponge 'thingie'  Around the engine section, I used a piece of packing foam, with very small pores.  Same process to apply as above:

For some reason, the pics aren't turning out well, at least at my terminal.  For my build, I'll probably use the 'spouncer' although the small piece of sea elephant ear sponge might work if I blot out enough paint.  Anyway, here is a pic of the devices:

The 'spouncer' is the blue 'thingie'.

Looks like some good progress on the Emil.

Regards,  Rick

Yeah, I haven't had a holiday in 15 years

Nope, I tell a lie!, I went to Broome for 1 week 6 years ago

Have no idea why I dont feel refreshed..............................

Anyways it looks like my struts are ok.

The dry fitting looked all gammy and stuff, but I bit the bullet and glues the tail wings on, and low and behold the kit struts are only a poofteenth out!!

Easy to fix in no time flat.

Now most of this is outta the way, time to figure out the 'stipple' technique I plan to use.

Sean I know that I need a holiday feeling.

As for the tail struts I've had the same problems with one of my Tamiya builds.  In the end I just junked the kit struts and made a couple of replacements out of strip styrene.

Cheers

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Thanks Rick.

I thought that was the case but when I looked my other 109's they were at right angles to the tail, and I don't recall any fit problems.

Matter of fact I dont recall much at all these days, gotta take a holiday me thinks

Nope, the tail planes should be at 90degrees to the fin with no anhedral or dihedral.  The bracing struts are slightly too short in some Emil kits, notably Tamiya.

Regards,  Rick

Nice work bob

Quick question for you guys.

I should know this but I'm having a 'seniors moment' so forgive me

On the Emil, is there a slight 'droop' on the elevators/horizontal stabilizer?

I'm in the throws of attaching everything for painting and noticed that the stays for the tail section aren't long enough to get the tail planes horizontal, and they sit a tad off level.

I'm not sure if this is how they are supposed to be as they swing up and down in reality.

Could someone more knowledgable than me help me out please.

Thanks in advance.

Nice work Bob, can't wait to see some more.

Update:  Finished the camo paint on the upper surface (and I did not Screw it up) there is much rejoycing a few touch ups were the paint got in under the mask but not very serious.  Now I have the gears to install and lots of small fidly bits.  I can see light at the end of the tunnel I should post some pics soon.

Cheers

Bear 

Lookin good Bob and Karl!

I've been taking something of a break from modeling.  I always seem to have these points during a build where I just can't seem to get motivated.  I've got the decals put on the 1/72 Bf-109E-3, but I still have yet to future the 1/48 Bf-109E-4.  I'm almost at the home stretch, just gotta sit down and start up again.  Hopefully I'll get some progress pics for ya'll after I decal the 1/48.

Looking good Bob.

Regards,  Rick

Hey all-I made some progress this pm-got the fuselage buttoned up and the wings attached, with assorted bits of PE hidden from view (but I know that they're there!)

This is my first Hasegawa kit-I love the cockpit detail, along with the small PE set.  I'm not looking forward to dealing with the PE armour plate for the canopy though.  I'm finding that the fit could have been a little better.  Not terrible, just off enough to make me work.  Next weekend being a holiday weekend, I may find time to get the canopy masked & attached and start painting.