$59 1/18 BF109E at SprueBrothers

[RadBaron]

https://spruebrothers.com/hbs81809-1-18-hobby-boss-messerschmitt-bf109e-september-1940/

 

 

 

A bit too big for me, but it sure could be the basis for a spectacular build 

[ringleheim]

Does anyone know the story on this?  I'm guessing this was a "toy" before it became a model.  Is that correct?

 

I would LOVE to play around with an Emil in THAT SIZE!  But I'm afraid it's all junk.

 

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by ringleheim

[ringleheim]

Can't find it at scalemates, but I found this which others may find helpful.

 

 

Edited October 10, 2022 by ringleheim

[RadBaron]

 

20 minutes ago, ringleheim said:

Does anyone know the story on this?  I'm guessing this was a "toy" before it became a model.  Is that correct?

 

I would LOVE to play around with an Emil in THAT SIZE!  But I'm afraid it's all junk.

 

 

 They seem to be unbuilt versions of large pre-made display models. Shapes seem to be there, details are chunky. Definitely blank-canvas builds to go all out, or just a really impressively large canvas on which to paint and weather. 

[ringleheim]

In that video, he mentions that it is an ex "21st century toys" airplane.  It's all about the size!  What it lacks in some areas it makes up in size!

 

 

[LSP_K2]

Did he have some sort of time restriction on making this video? It was like watching the Keystone Cops movies.

[chrish]

1 minute ago, LSP_K2 said:

Did he have some sort of time restriction on making this video? It was like watching the Keystone Cops movies.

When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go….

been there, too much coffee

[pvanroy]

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this one. It's indeed a kit version of one of 21st Century Toys very first offerings from some 20 years ago. Describing it as 'crude' is charitable. Detail is mostly absent, the panel lines put Matchbox' trenches to shame, and most importantly: it has severe shape issues. The nose is too heavy and wrong in shape, the canopy only bears a passing resemblance to the real thing (it tapers towards the rear...), the shape of the rear fuselage is off... Some of the later 21st Century Toys offerings have potential as a good basis for a stunning model (the Me 262 comes to mind, but it would still require a lot of work), but not this one. HpH does a 1/18 scale Bf 109 E-4, but that will set you back 475 EUR... :

 

HpH 1/18 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4

[coogrfan]

2 hours ago, pvanroy said:

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this one. It's indeed a kit version of one of 21st Century Toys very first offerings from some 20 years ago. Describing it as 'crude' is charitable. Detail is mostly absent, the panel lines put Matchbox' trenches to shame, and most importantly: it has severe shape issues. The nose is too heavy and wrong in shape, the canopy only bears a passing resemblance to the real thing (it tapers towards the rear...), the shape of the rear fuselage is off... Some of the later 21st Century Toys offerings have potential as a good basis for a stunning model (the Me 262 comes to mind, but it would still require a lot of work), but not this one. HpH does a 1/18 scale Bf 109 E-4, but that will set you back 475 EUR... :

 

HpH 1/18 Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-4

 

Agreed on all points, except that this release includes much improved clear parts. 

[Violator1991]

Tempted for a brief moment. All the comments and remarks here saved me. Thanks!

[pvanroy]

19 hours ago, coogrfan said:

 

Agreed on all points, except that this release includes much improved clear parts. 

 

That canopy indeed looks like a major improvement over the original, which was a two-piece affair that tapered towards the rear. Still, if that's the only thing they changed, it's the proverbial lipstick on a pig. While some later 21st Century offerings sit in the uncanny valley between a toy and a model, this one firmly falls on the toy side.