turbo Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Hi folks, here is my resurrection of an old partly-built Matchbox 1/32 Bf109E-3. The kit was given to me by a friend who had it left to him by a housemate way back when and had been sitting in storage for however many decades. It was just what I needed to get me going again after a nearly 2 year absence from the bench. This venerable old kit, first produced in 1977, is a piece of modelling history so I couldn't resist building it as is with no aftermarket parts and just a few tweaks to things I couldn't ignore (although nothing I couldn't have done in 1977). It has a lot of age-related shortcomings (don't we all!), but I think Matchbox did a wonderful job with the form and lines of the Emil given the technology at the time. The scheme I chose is the mount of Uffz Karl Wolff of 3./JG 52 based in Calais during 1940. He crash landed Yellow 15 on August 30 1940 and was later shot down and bailed out over Sussex on 30 September 1940 in Yellow 14, becoming a prisoner for the remainder of WWII. No aftermarket items were used apart from Montex masks for painting of markings. Paints were largely Gunze and Tamiya acrylics and weathering was with oils, enamels, and salt fading. The full build thread can be found here: So chuck on some ABBA, break out the fondue set and I hope you enjoy the trip back to 1977... Cheers, Kirby Anthony in NZ, fastterry, J.J. and 32 others 34 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadBaron Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Brilliant! Goes to show that in the right hands, you don't need the latest and greatest kit to turn out an excellent build! turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 That does look rather good. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 That's brilliant, came out top notch. Congrats turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 That's a stellar piece of work. Sincerely, Mark turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocat Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Well done, bravo! turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Impressive finish I must say. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Nice 109. Perfect weathering and surface turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SinuheH Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 Excellent job on a really ancient kit. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Oh my word, that is spectacular!!! Incredible paintwork to finish, well done mate! turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 German camo is hard to do- effectively. Anybody can make a wormy pattern, but it takes a certain skill set, no doubt through lots of practice, to make it look real. This paint job looks very real. Fantastic model! Cheers, Chuck Anthony in NZ and turbo 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Lovely efforts for this old girl. Well done mate. Cracking build. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 Really nice paint work. turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 5, 2020 Share Posted August 5, 2020 Very Well done!! turbo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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