Bf 109 E-4 (Airfix 1/48)

[Steven000]

Thanks Peter & Joe :thumb2:

I did some more paintwork on the 109 :

Started with a black and grey primer...


The color-scheme included in the kit was very dark, almost black, so I tried lighten it up a bit.
I first sprayed on a dark green...


Then I masked the plane for the second camo color, another dark green with a bit of black added.
The color-scheme showed some RLM02 mottling on the fuselage, I had a hard time getting it to look good,
so in the end I got carried away and sprayed something based on other schemes from books...


Here I'm masking the plane before spraying the blue underside...


The yellow is always a bit tricky, I had to mask quite a bit and sprayed a white base-coat before adding the yellow...


The airplane was masked before spraying the yellow bits...


Spraying the yellow...


At the moment I have this :


It turned out a bit different then I had planned, but after the decals and weathering I hope it will still look interesting...


Next a few small touch-ups and then a gloss coat before adding decals...
Thanks for reading & kind regards!
Steven

[boatman]

Thanks Peter & Joe :thumb2:

I did some more paintwork on the 109 :

Started with a black and grey primer...
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The color-scheme included in the kit was very dark, almost black, so I tried lighten it up a bit.
I first sprayed on a dark green...
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Then I masked the plane for the second camo color, another dark green with a bit of black added.
The color-scheme showed some RLM02 mottling on the fuselage, I had a hard time getting it to look good,
so in the end I got carried away and sprayed something based on other schemes from books...
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Here I'm masking the plane before spraying the blue underside...
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The yellow is always a bit tricky, I had to mask quite a bit and sprayed a white base-coat before adding the yellow...
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The airplane was masked before spraying the yellow bits...
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Spraying the yellow...
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At the moment I have this :
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It turned out a bit different then I had planned, but after the decals and weathering I hope it will still look interesting...
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Next a few small touch-ups and then a gloss coat before adding decals...
Thanks for reading & kind regards!
Steven

Really lovely work Steven yes I like the camo an the bright yellow nose an wing tips an flaps down well thought out there sir should look nice when the decals go on top work sir
chris
chris

[Guest]

A great paint job Steven. Spot-on.

[scottie3158]

Steven,
Great paintwork nicely done.

[papa 695]

Cracking work

[Steven000]

Thanks guys! :thumb2:

This morning I finished the decals, still need to do some touch-ups and then seal them in with a second gloss coat.
I used a swastika on the tail from a swastika-decal-sheet (the kit-instructions suggests to put it on the rudder).

The decals were good quality, I used Micro Set & Sol...


HAPPY EASTER !!!

Kind regards,
Steven

[Guest]

Happy Easter Steven. That is a superb paint and decal job.

[Guest]

Looking great Steven, and lovely clear photos as always.

[Si Benson]

Morning Steven and Happy Easter to you to.

Very nice paintwork indeed :thumb2:

[boatman]

YEA Happy Easter steven an nice 109 :thumb2:
chris

[dave]

Happy Easter, great looking paint job

[Jim R]

Hi Steven
I'm rather late in - sorry. Just had a catch up and very impressed with your neat, careful work. Moving the stick to the side shows great attention to detail. The instrument painting shows real skill. Love the paint job and the decals really bring this to life.
Happy Easter
Jim

[Steven000]

Thanks for the comments everyone! :thumb2:

Some more slowly progress on loose parts,
The Airfix-kit comes with 3 types of bombs :
SC50 = (4x) 55 kg (121 lb)
SC250 = 250 kg (550 lb)
SC500 = 500 kg (1,100 lb)

I went for the SC250, this seemed to be used quite a lot.
In this reference picture you can see they wrote some text on it, I think it says something like "the rest on the commander" ?


I made the small fin-connections with some stretched-sprue (see left).
Then added some words with a small brush, I ran out of space :smiling5: but with the landing gear etc you won't be noticing much I think...


Some more painted parts...



Yesterday I added a second gloss-coat, so now I'm going to start on the panel-wash :thumb2:
Thanks for reading and keep safe!
Steven

[The Smythe Meister]

A`noon Steven,
I`m not usually a wingy builder,but i`ll stop dead for a 109 Sir-one of my favourite WWII planes ,in fact i have a 1/32nd one in the stash!
I like your painting style,very effective that is.Panel wash next eh?........ not easy to get right IMHO.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Cheers,
Andy
(P.S. Is it BF 109 or ME 109............... ?!)

[Steven000]

Thanks for dropping by Andy,
Yes the 109 is very popular indeed, I really like all the different camouflage-schemes they used.

... (P.S. Is it BF 109 or ME 109............... ?!)

Well I prefer BF but ME is generally accepted too oop: , I couldn't explain it better then with this quote :
[COLOR=rgb(61, 142, 185)]Originally the aircraft was designated as Bf 109 by the RLM, since the design was submitted by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (literally "Bavarian Aircraft Works", meaning "Bavarian Aircraft Factory" ... It was called the Me 109 by Allied aircrew and some German aces, even though this was not the official German designation.[/COLOR]

Cheers,
Steven