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

That was the Desert Scheme, Dark Earth/Midstone, but that wasn't used in the BoB.

Regards,  Rick

Well I opened, just opened mind you, my "stuff" for this.  The Tamiya 1/72 Bf109E3, Aires DB601 and Eagle Strike decals.  Oh wow will there be some work with the Aires DB!  Plenty of cutting to get it to fit. 

Well...lets make a deal...I need some reference photos of the Bf, specifically the engine mounts and details like guns.  If some one out there has ref. material I would be willing to do a trade; for example a 1/72 scale Academy Hellcat or some decals, like a 1/48 Tally Ho sheet for a 262.  Any takers?

I hate to ask for something and not have something to offer back.

Joe I have some fairly decent reference shots of the 109 Emil’s engine and mounts and if you want them then they are yours.  Send me an email with your address and I'll burn what I have on CD for you and mail it off.

Thanks for the trade offer but it's not necessary.

Cheers

Well there's only one day left before we can start building, but given we've got six months for this build I don't think there's any hurry.  Personally I have a couple of other GB's I'm committed to before I can make any serious progress on the Hurricane.

Joe, I'm building up your CD this weekend and I'll have it mailed off to you Monday or Tuesday.

Cheers

Thanks a ton Darren.

I am in the same boat as you, a Mustang and a Vampire have my attention right now...when I start my Emil I will need the bench totally clear.

I also have a couple of builds to polish off before I can start my Emil.  Looking through my stash of AM, I can't find the Ultracast seat that I was sure I had.  I'll do another sweep, but may have to place an order.

Regards,  Rick 

to all of the above!  Especially that part about quitting my job to get caught up!   Let me know how that goes Bob!!!

I've got my Ju 290 for the Atlantic and a Ar 234C that I'm working on (and maybe one or two others)before I start this one so it will be awhile.  Looking forward to it though.

ok I might be going crazy, or getting normal... I'm not sure which.  But since there is a veritable drought on bombers this year I'll be doing a He-111H... I'll have to scrounge for decals as I have yet to find any good ones for this BoB units.  Most of the aftermarket ones are for generic time periods from what I see... they just say "KG26" etc.. on them.. 

It looks like the decals I have already have appropriate unit insignia for KG27 and KGr100 at the time of the BoB (re: www.BattleofBritain.com...) I'll just have to make sure about the letter codes and such...

FeldMarSchall Model wrote:

Hi there,      Im buliding a 1/48 Messersmitt Bf 109 E3,  I've only gotten some cock pit work down and the interar done,  my model is one of two that can be done.  Im going with the Autumn 1940 France.  This past week up at the Dayton USAF Museum, I toke some pictures of a ME 109.  I think its from the BoB fight. I can post come pictures if you like.

I believe the 109 at Dayton is an Bf 109G-10 which began service several years after the Battle of Britain, but I'd still like to see the pictures though. 

espins1 wrote:

FeldMarSchall Model wrote: Hi there,      Im buliding a 1/48 Messersmitt Bf 109 E3,  I've only gotten some cock pit work down and the interar done,  my model is one of two that can be done.  Im going with the Autumn 1940 France.  This past week up at the Dayton USAF Museum, I toke some pictures of a ME 109.  I think its from the BoB fight. I can post come pictures if you like. I believe the 109 at Dayton is an Bf 109G-10 which began service several years after the Battle of Britain, but I'd still like to see the pictures though.

Tom I've just sent you an email with some reference shots of an He111 bomb bay, they are not much but they are the best I could come up with.  I'll keep my eyes peeled for some decals for you as well but from the quick search that I made pickings seem to be fairly slim.

Daniel (FeldMarSchall Model) welcome to the build and thanks for the offer of posting your 109 pics.

Cheers

Darren thanks!  I had found some but yours were interestingbecause of the 1000kg bombs being loaded for a raid over England.. I might try to pick up the (I think Tamiya makes it) Luftwaffe ground kit which I think has a variety of bombs among other things and model that setup...

FeldMarSchall Model wrote:

I can post my 109 pictures, but one question how do you post your pictures stright on the page instead of linking them to a website?  I got many pictures of the 109.

Unfortunately, you have to host them on a pic hosting site such as photobucket (free) and then link to them.

espins1 wrote:

FeldMarSchall Model wrote: I can post my 109 pictures, but one question how do you post your pictures stright on the page instead of linking them to a website?  I got many pictures of the 109. Unfortunately, you have to host them on a pic hosting site such as photobucket (free) and then link to them.

Well heres my Me 109 pictures that I shot at the Dayton Air Force Museum, enjoy.

Nice pics.  Thanks for posting.

Regards,  Rick

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Nice pics.  Thanks for posting. Regards,  Rick