Thomas Lund Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 An aircraft I've been wanting to do for a while. Unfortunately no D model is available in 32nd, but AlleyCat makes a superb conversion for the Eduard Bf109E-1. I wanted to do this bird because it is the plane of Hannes Gentzen, first ace of WWII. The original On the left with double white chevron's I've been trying to do some more modeling rather than fiddeling with my computer, so not that many construction pictures so far. Only these with the resin fitted. Some putty and Mr Surface was needed but not too much. And now I've thrown some paint on it. I was afraid that the contrast between the RLM 70 and 71 would be too small so I lightened the 71. I think i lightened it too much so I'll try to tone down the contrast. Not much in real life and I wanted to make it visible that it is a two tone scheme. In my experience the contrast is dampened with the clear coats but still I think it's too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted November 16, 2014 Author Share Posted November 16, 2014 Pulled myself together and toned it down - I think it looks much better now Kagemusha and Iain 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Great progress - I do like the early 109s - and those photo's are really useful! Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Great stuff. some day I will give mine another attempt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Great work, Thomas! Great to see more early 109s! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 Wow interesting subject, the Alley Cat set seems to be troublefree. The interface looks pretty smooth. How is the fit of the Eduard Emil? The 1/32 E-1 Profipack seems to be a gorgeous model. Thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 Thanks guys. Maurice - I think that if I said the AlleyCat set was trouble free then it would sound like Tamiya and it's not. You do need some fitting and filling, so I'd say: Effortless ? No, but what did you expect when you cut off a nose and graft on a new one. As good as it gets ? Certainly. I've got the B coversion to do a Spanish Civil War version (basically the same conversion plus a bit) and after doing this D I'm just as enthustiastic about the B so that really says it all. I will absolutely recommend AlleyCat The Eduard kit is fine. Not brilliant, but fine. As this one entered the painting phase I started the Dragon/Cyberhobby BF109E-3 and wow what a difference, that one is just superb. Not that I'll sell my Eduards (got 3 in the stash, on a bit of a 109 trip) and replace them with D/C kits, but future purchases will be D/C. I'm a bit torn with regards to Profipak versus Weekend edition as I dont like the color of the photoetch instrument panel and I dont use the decal sheet anyway. I have two weekend editions and looked at getting photoetch (despite the color) but it was just a few £ cheaper than an Aires cockpit that I like much more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Getting there - finally... Decals on and (semi)flat coated, now just for the last details such as the exhausts, mass balances, antenna etc. Hope you like it leoasman, Iain and Kagemusha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Looks great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Jackiewicz Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Looks great Thomas. How did you make the W.Nr.? Painted or decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Thomas Terrific work on the 109. Fit and finish is spot on :thumbsup: Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Lund Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 Well since this one seemed to pop up again, I thought I might as well finish it Strange what motivate me sometimes... I suppose it came up again because I mentioned that you Marek also was building it. So let me share a few photo's I found pretty late in the process of the real aircraft. I prefer to work from real photo's rather than color profiles, and perhaps you do too. Serial is decal from the spare box btw And so, finally, a picture of the finished model. I will be making a real RFP thread Kagemusha, Mal_Belford and Gazzas 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Jackiewicz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Well since this one seemed to pop up again, I thought I might as well finish it Strange what motivate me sometimes... I suppose it came up again because I mentioned that you Marek also was building it. So let me share a few photo's I found pretty late in the process of the real aircraft. I prefer to work from real photo's rather than color profiles, and perhaps you do too. Serial is decal from the spare box btw This bird looks good to me. Well done Thomas. The only thing I would add is the black chevron outline visible on the first photo in your thread. I prefer to work with photos of the subject as well. I'm building this bird as it looked like during the Polish campaign - with early balkenkreuzes, 2 kill markings and W.Nr. on the port side only (or without W.Nr.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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