Spanish Civil War GB.

Dave,  Thanks for the comments.  Alclad is a great product & easier to use than some seem to think.

Scott,  I got the block off the cowl without any problem, but it's a bit of a white knuckle task.  Do not remove the back part of the Pit insert, it kinda locates the pit in the fuselage & is one of the major attachment surfaces.  It won't be visible after you button up the fuselage.

Regards,  Rick

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Do not remove the back part of the Pit insert, it kinda locates the pit in the fuselage & is one of the major attachment surfaces.  It won't be visible after you button up the fuselage.

 Hahaha. Besides taking the parts of the sprues and cleaning them up, that is the only thing I did on that kit. I'm going to take a trip to my dad's house on saturday and borrow a camera to take some pictures of my progress on the Ar-68E and Ar-95L.

Looking forward to the pics quailane.

regards,  Rick

WTG Scott.  Good luck with your first cuts.

More progress on mine.  The decals are now on & the rudder added.

Next step is detail painting & then final assembly. Around the turn & into the home stretch .

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Scott.

Regards,  Rick

I'm not actually part of this build but I thought I might check up on the builds.

Rick your 109 is looking simply superb.

Scott, be sure you use a dust mask when cutting resin as resin dust is not a great thing to be breathing in.

Cheers

Thanks Darren.

Regards,  Rick

Rick, stunning job on the 109.

The NMF looks perfect, how do you manage it?  

Scott post some pics soon. 

Jay, looking good on the little 109. 

Well seeing as everyone else is building a 109, I guess I might as well join the party, in my case it will be Hasa's Spanish Civil War E.

Saw it in the LHS earlier in the week, and would have bought had I not gone to work with without my wallet!

Karl 

Thanks Karl.

Regards,  Rick

I finished my Panther for the Italeri build, working on the seams on my P-40E, and once I get it primered I'm going to start cutting the resin bits of my Bf109D for this build. I hope to have some pics worth posting no later than tomorrow afternoon. 

Now it's time to go outside and try to make some good pics of the Panther. 

Man, this X-Acto razor saw set is very nice.  It works fantastic for removing those resin blocks!  I should be able to make short work of the resin goodies and get some painting going soon. 

Just test fitted the engine cowling (kit came with two.... for a 109B and a 109D).  The fit is "interesting".  I can tell already that glueing the fuselage halves together and attaching the cowling are going to be a bit tricky.... good thing I just got lots of seam fixing experience on my P-40E! 

I may change the scheme I'm doing on my Bf109.  I bought a nice Cutting Edge decal set a long time ago for this kit that included a single color scheme for Werner Molders Bf 109D-1 "Luchs" 6 ' 79, with the Mickey Mouse emblem and I had planned on doing my Classic Airframes Bf109D in that scheme. 

I started on the resin parts last night and I guess I had always known but didn't really put two and two together, but the kit also includes a resin nose for a Bf109B.  My decal set has a great scheme for a Bf 109B-2 flown by Uffz. Wilhelm Staege 6 ' 30, with a gorgeous splinter scheme of RLM 62/RLM 63 topside and RLM 65 on the underside with the cool black "top hat" emblem on the side.   

The more I think about it, the more I want to make the Bf109B with the splinter scheme. 

I'm also going to try and do my Cr. 32 at the same time I work on the 109, but won't start on the Fiat until my P-40E is in the final stages.

Scott, looking forward to seeing some pics.

The splinter camo sounds cool.

You know how I said was going to pick up Hasa's 109E in Civil war markings.......

......well I went to the LHS, and it was there, sitting on the shelf, when I saw.....

......ICM's Polikapov I-15 in 1/72.

Before I knew it, I'd bought it and was out of the shop.

This is my first stab at a limited run kit, and I must admit I'm quite impressed. Detail is all recessed, and very fine. Of the 53 parts in the box, 19 of them go into the cockpit!

It's not Tamigawa, having plenty of flash, and somewhat vague instructions, but nothing scary.

Oh, and it's tiny, all of 3 inches long!

Karl 

Man, I really want to do the Bf109B-2 scheme of Staege's, but just realized that to do so would require me to either replace the wings and slats, or make some major modifications to the slats and wings.  The Bf109B had much longer slats than the D model. 

Hmmm, how to play this.

1. Go for the cool fun factor and do the scheme I want anyway (Staege's Bf109B-2).... slats and "Accuracy Police" be damned.
2. Be the "Accuracy Police" and either go with building the Bf109D-1 in Molders scheme or dive into some major wing/slat surgery to make it into Staege's 109B-2 with the awesome splinter scheme.  

How am I ever going to be able to sleep tonight... tee hee 

Scott, sounds like a real conundrum!!!  Personally I always go for the fun factor and just try my best to avoid being busted by the "AP"!!

Karl, I've always wondered what those kits were like so I look forward to your build.  The short run kits always look great on the sprues.

Stuck a fork in this one & decided it's as done as it's gonna get .

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Scott.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Dave.

Regards,  Rick

Bf109D to B conversion update.....

Well, since I've been really trying to improve my modeling skills the past couple of months by trying at least one or two new things on each build (as if all the resin and PE in this kit isn't challenging enough... heh heh) I think I'm going to try to do some surgery on the wings and lengthen the slats. 

I have an excellent book put out by Osprey "Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 109B/C/D/E" and in one chapter they kitbash a couple of early 109's to make an "accurate" Bf 109B and did exactly what I'm going to try to do.  I'm going to try the same technique to perform the necessary modifications, but not until I thouroughly study the existing wing and slats before cutting to make sure I can pull it off.

Wish me luck boys, I'm going in! 

Good Luck Scott!!

Regards,  Rick

Thanks guys. 

In a bit of luck, a mistake that Classic Airframes made with the cockpit of the D-1 is they put the oxygen system too far forward, however that's exactly where it belongs on a B-2. 

Rick, great looking build.

The NMF looks stunning, it really suits the little 109.

You've done an amazing job.

Scott, looking forward to seeing your progress.

Dave, I know what you mean about the short run kits. My LHS has an extensive selection which I keep eyeing up. Must admit very tempted by Specialhobby's 1/32 I-16. Didn't help they also had an early Stuka in full Spanish Civil War markings in 1/72!

Progress Update

Pit is together, just needs painting.

Having test fitted all the major components, fit is excellent, which I wsn't expecting at all.

Also built the engine, which was less than great, as the inlet pipes to each cylinder are molded short on about half of them. Still, nothing a little CA hasn't sorted out.

Overall, I'm impressed so far.

Karl 

Thanks Karl.

Looking forward to seeing your build.

Regards,  Rick