Bf 109 E-4 (Airfix 1/48)

[The Smythe Meister]

Interesting,i wondered why the two co existed,thanks for that :thumb2: ,
I agree with you Steven.......
....... I always think of it as a BF 109 :smiling: !!
Cheers,
Andy

[boatman]

HI Steven crackin work on this model looks real an the bomb you have made an painted an the writeing on it is makes it look very realistic indeed very well done sir but what were the yellow lines on the bomb fins for ?
chris

[Steven000]

... But what were the yellow lines on the bomb fins for ?

Thanks Chris!
Well, I had to look it up but found the answer ; ) :
[COLOR=rgb(61, 142, 185)]"The second most used category of bombs was the SD series which were high-explosive bombs but with thicker casings which meant their charge to weight ratio was only 30 to 40% of their total weight. At first glance, they were difficult to distinguish from the SC series of bombs, but the two series were color-coded the SC series having yellow tail stripes, while the SD series had red tail stripes."[/COLOR]
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This afternoon I will put all the pieces together, will post an update this evening :thumb2:
Steven[/COLOR]

[scottie3158]

Steven,
Lovely work.

[boatman]

Thanks Chris!
Well, I had to look it up but found the answer ; ) :
[COLOR=rgb(61, 142, 185)]"The second most used category of bombs was the SD series which were high-explosive bombs but with thicker casings which meant their charge to weight ratio was only 30 to 40% of their total weight. At first glance, they were difficult to distinguish from the SC series of bombs, but the two series were color-coded the SC series having yellow tail stripes, while the SD series had red tail stripes."[/COLOR]

[COLOR=rgb(0, 0, 0)]This afternoon I will put all the pieces together, will post an update this evening :thumb2:
Steven[/COLOR]

HI Steven many thanks for your answer on the bomb colour stripe something eles ive learnded today cheers
chris

[Guest]

In this reference picture you can see they wrote some text on it, I think it says something like "the rest on the commander" ?

Kommandatur means “command post” or “headquarters”. If I’m not mistaken, the text on the side of the bomb translates loosely as “The rest is on ‘HQ’”, so it probably means something like, “This one you get from us, the rest is by orders of HQ” — whatever they may have meant by that, exactly. Unfortunately that on the nose is hard to make out.

[Steven000]

Thanks Jakko, I misread the word 'Kommandatur' for 'Kommandant' indeed oop:, not really sure what they ment, perhaps it was information for the bomb-crews or something like that.

Unfortunately that on the nose is hard to make out.

Yes, I wrote 'für Fritz' (for Fritz!) on the nose :smiling5:...
Cheers, Steven

[topgazza]

Lovely stuff. I'm about to start on a Heinkel 111 but up next after that is a 109. The Airfix kit looks nice. But that is such a spledid job Steven

[adt70hk]

Steven

Looking very good indeed. Well done!!!

Andrew

[stona]

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

Here's a serious answer. I will preface it by saying it really doesn't matter as everyone understands both today.

The prefix Bf was assigned to all aircraft designed by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW). This prefix was assigned by the Reich Air Ministry, the RLM, and was the official prefix. It was supposed to be used in all correspondence between the manufacturer and the Ministry. BFW was reconstituted as a new company, Messerschmitt AG in July 1938. After this date any designs approved by the RLM and given a prefix were given the prefix Me (hence Me 210/410 or Me 262).

During the war the Allies almost invariably referred to the Bf 109 as the Messerschmitt fighter or 'Emee' 109. The Germans too called it the 'Emee' or 'null neun'.

So, today we can call it either, though the strictly correct and official prefix is Bf.

Simples

Cheers

Steve

[spanner570]

There you go.
I knew as soon as Steve was back with us, he'd be yer man to help with WW2 aircraft questions.

Top man Steve, thanks.

[BattleshipBob]

Excellent info Steven!!

[Steven000]

Thanks guys, I finished the 109 today! :thumb2:

First a panel-wash and Matt-finish was added...

I added some navigation lights too:
base color (1), Micro Kristal Klear added (2), more or less glossy effect (3)...


Then I unmasked the canopy and added the loose parts.
I had a bad moment and damaged the aerial-mast, exhaust, air-intake and one wheel oop::tongue-out3:...
But I was able to fix those things :thumb2:.


I made an antenna wire from thin 'sewing thread'.
I did an effort to simulate those ... detail 'things' left and right. These were made from layers of glue-drops...




And here the model is finished - I will add some more pictures in the Completed Section (link) ...




Thanks for reading and input!
Kind regards,
Steven

[Mini Me]

An exquisite example of an Emil, Well done Steven.

[Lee Drennen]

Steven. That’s Beautiful great job and fast I’ll go take a look