Dragon 1:32 Bf110D-3

[Guest]

I did the Dragon Bf 110D-3 1:32 last year, but I never got to complete it due to it being destroyed (accidentally) . Now I am doing a new one with the full eduard interior PE set and I will be starting it tonight. Hopefully, I will finish it by the end of December as I am leaving for the Smithsonian in January to see various aircraft (especially the He 219 and the horten 229 parts that is in restoration) as a He 219 will be my next build. Now I am off to the hobby shop to restock on paints before I can start.....

John

[Guest]

Here is the latest update of what I have done. The PE parts are extremely fiddly, but the results look fantastic. Quite a few throttle levers got lost, but thankfully, eduard had supplied extra spare parts in case that happened. I scratchbuilt some wires coming out of the radio as well

John

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[Guest]

Great start this will be impressive.

[flyjoe180]

Nice work so far John

[Guest]

Sorry for the late update. It has been a hectic week.

The PE construction was enjoyable and I used a PE bending tool by master tools-Trumpeter (Highly recommended due to it's value and not so expensive cost [$40 AUSD]). The only reason why I invested in aftermarket is because I will enter this in a competition in 2015. The PE throttles were really well detailed and additionally they were bonded with extra thin cyanoacrylate. The RLM colors for the inside was 10% flat black and 90% field grey (Gunze aqueous). Fit was generally good, but it was problematic around the nose and extensive filling was needed here as well. Thankfully, I managed to fix that up with thinned Tamiya filler. The detail in the cockpit however, was really great. Fit around the fuselage was excellent with the only filling needed was due to my oversanding which causing annoying gaps which was entirely my fault. It was bonded using Tamiya extra thin (excellent stuff). This is definitely the most detailed 'pit' I have done so far.

Cheers, John

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[BarryW]

Excellent work - particularly with the pe. I really do not get on with pe myself, it is always a struggle and I just don't get on with it but you certainly seem to have the knack...

[Dave W]

Looking really good.Those Eduard PE instruments are superb.

[Vaughan]

John, a great build so far looking forward to the next installment.

[papa 695]

Looking very good John

[AlanG]

Loving this build so far. Looking forward to more updates

[Guest]

Looking really good.Those Eduard PE instruments are superb.

Yep. I always find the Eduard PE products the best in the aftermarket products available.

John

[Guest]

Excellent work, looks really good

Cheers

[monica]

Looking really good.that PE work superb.look forward to seeing more,

[Guest]

Looking really good.that PE work superb.look forward to seeing more,

I could not had done it without the bending tool-the pieces were microscopic!!

John

[Steve Brodie]

excellent, going to hang around on this one, looking forward to next photos