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

Better late than never, right?  Well, I got busy and finished the 2nd 109.

This is Tamiya's 1/48 Bf-109E-4.  This was Oberleutnant Werner Machold's aircraft that he flew out of Le Havre, France, around September 1940.  He was the eight german pilot to get 20 air kills during the Battle of Britain.  After accumulating 32 air victories, Machold was captured after damage to his, then, Bf-109E-7 by a British destroyer forced him to land in June 1941.  

Thanks for the comments guys.  I only have to finish the canopy and make the antennea wire for the 1/48 Bf-109E-4 and I'll post some pictures of that one also.

Dave Nice work on the 109 it looks great.

Cheers

Bear

Better late than never Dave .  Nicely done Emil, looks good.

Regards,  Rick

I know this GB has been over for a while, but I finally got one of my Bf109s built, so I figured I would post it anyway. 

This is Tamiya's 1/72 Bf-109E-3.  Not the best build in the world, but at least I finally finished.  My 1/48 Bf-109E-4 just needs weathering and a flat coat.   We'll see how long that takes, lol.

Glad you like it.

The camo is RLM 02/71 on the upper surfaces, but it does look rather brown in the pics.

Hope you get your F-18 sorted.

Karl 

Hey, Karl, good job! I know I'll probably never build one that looks half that good, but I'll keep trying! Good choice on the colors, also; I've never seen an "E" with a brown paint job, just the standard grey and/or green. The underside looks especially well-done; too bad it's on the bottom!

And I can't tell you how many models I've accidentally destroyed! Just the other day I accidentally dropped a small, metal C-clamp on my nearly-completed F-18C, and broke both horizontal stabilizers off! Oops!

Knowing my luck, the light from the stars aligning would blind me, and I'd trip a drop it!

Karl 

KJ200 wrote:

Dave, I know exactly what you mean. I'm building Revell's 1/72 Horton G0 229 at the moment, and having read the instructions, removed the nose wheel mount from the wheel bay. Just like it says to....... .........only I missed that little question mark symbol! Turns out you only need to remove it if building it wheels up!   See, even reading the instructions isn't enough.

  I feel your pain Karl!  One Day I hope all the stars align and I get to build the perfect model... but with my luck the Cat will knock it off the shelf before I get to take a picture of it!!! 

Dave, I know exactly what you mean.

I'm building Revell's 1/72 Horton G0 229 at the moment, and having read the instructions, removed the nose wheel mount from the wheel bay. Just like it says to.......

.........only I missed that little question mark symbol!

Turns out you only need to remove it if building it wheels up!  

See, even reading the instructions isn't enough.

Tanky, keep up. I left the IP out remember?

Karl 

razordws wrote:

Ooo...  I have some wheel axles from my Br 20 if anyone needs em'.    One should really read the instructions before they start gluing things together.  Outstanding work Karl even without the IP.

Yeah, I just discovered that funny little symbol in the Hasegawa instructions means "hole drilled here PRIOR TO ASSEMBLY" after assembly.... anybody need some spare holes...got a whole box full....

Ooo...  I have some wheel axles from my Br 20 if anyone needs em'.    One should really read the instructions before they start gluing things together.

 Outstanding work Karl even without the IP.

KJ200 wrote:

Guys, thanks for the kind words. Anyone need a spare Bf 109E IP? Karl

remind us again exactly, why you have one lying around?

Outstanding build karl.  

KJ200 wrote:

Guys, thanks for the kind words. Anyone need a spare Bf 109E IP? Karl

  Good one Karl.

Regards,  Rick

Guys, thanks for the kind words.

Anyone need a spare Bf 109E IP?

Karl 

Karl She looks great, the shading is perfect

Cheers

Bear

She is a real beauty... even without the IP. 

(Fritz looks out the canopy to his wingman Hans and radios...Fritz does have a radio, doesn't he?..."How fast are we going?  How high are we? What's your oil pressure in case it is the same as mine? Where's your artificial horizon...are we in a slight dive?  That dial on the far left... I never really knew what is was for, but what does yours say anyway?"

Nice one Karl.  Very well done.

Regards,  Rick

tho9900 wrote:

Tankmaster7 wrote:  KJ200 wrote: Thanks Guys It really doesn't help that the vac form canopy is oh so clear! Put the prop and under cart on this evening. Almost complete. Karl    almost complete, except for the IP :)   sorry I couldn't resist.     wow so rough....

It's quite scary how fast they lose the innocense of youth these days!

Any here are some pics of the Emil sans IP!

Great little kit, would have been built much faster, had I not cocked up the canopy.

Definitely one I would do again.

Karl 

Tankmaster7 wrote:

KJ200 wrote: Thanks Guys It really doesn't help that the vac form canopy is oh so clear! Put the prop and under cart on this evening. Almost complete. Karl    almost complete, except for the IP :)   sorry I couldn't resist.

wow so rough....

KJ200 wrote:

Tanky, it's amazing how quickly you can go off some people! Karl

eh? not quite sure i get what you mean...

 anyway, I'm looking forward to the finished pics. It was looking excellent from the progress.

I have that kit as well, along with a couple of detail items, which should serve to ruin the fit very nicely...