Eduard 1/48 Bf 110E

[Andy T]

Thanks Mick & Andrew.

I normally prefer easy builds so I can get straight on with the painting and decorating, but it's good to try something different now & again.

[Andy T]

A bit of an up & down session this afternoon.

Part 58 is some kind of magazine. For the rear MG I'm guessing. On the sprue there's a bit of mould misalignment and a good dollop of flash:



This made cleaning them up nicely way beyond my capabilities, so by the time I added the etch piece they were looking comically bad. It's not like they're highly visible in the top of the rear cockpit or anything... :rolling:



But thankfully the IP went better. In total 6 pieces of etch are folded and/or layered onto the plastic part to make this. I'm still struggling to get good shots with my phone camera, it just won't do decent macro like my old Huawei, so this is the best of several attempts :

[Allen Dewire]

Ok Andy, I'm still trying to ketchup with the other 15 builds you've been doing and here you go starting another one...And a really cool wing thingy one too!!! I'm having trouble doing etch in 1/35, for my Kübelwagen and you're knocking it out like nothing, in 1/48!!! Respect Sir!!! That IP also came out really, really nice.....

Prost
Allen

[Guest]

Part 58 is some kind of magazine. For the rear MG I'm guessing.

Yep, they’re “saddle” magazines (double drums, one on each side of the gun):

If you play this video, it starts where he shows the magazine. This is a gun adapted for ground use, but that just means it has a butt stock, bipod, etc. The functional bits are exactly the same as in the aircraft gun.

As for taking sharp photos of small things, if you want to upload them to a forum like here, you can take the photo from a bit further away so it’s in focus, then crop it in the camera app or photo viewer app on your phone (or tablet) before uploading it. This works fine because the forum will resize the photos to 1200 pixels along the long side anyway.

[JR]

Hells Bells mate I couldn't even see it that well with my one good eye. Starting to look great .

[Guest]

Welcome aboard Andrew.

I think the largest "stash" I've ever had was 4 kits lol, I tend to buy & build on a whim.

I've got more part-finished diorama than that :tears-of-joy:

You obviously have a lot more self control than myself. My bedroom used to be massive now I just enough room for my bed Lol

[Guest]

A lot of this will be bread & butter to many of you guys but for someone at my level it's been very fiddly so far, so I'm going to make a big deal out of it :smiling5:

Cockpit went together well but the individual control levers were a wrestle. I also lost one part after it went supersonic from my tweezers, so scratched something similar. Some form of canister with a hose coming out of it.

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Then I folded up a couple of small boxes for the IP and side wall, to have painted etch pieces added later.

Not great but the best I could manage.

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The ammo drums needed some etch adding too. Some are a bit wonky but I amazed myself by actually managing to fit them all!

The kit does provide plastic parts & decals as an alternative to most of them, so that's a fallback plan.

I was admiring the well weathered tank tracks lol

[Guest]

That’s a shame. It’s really unusual for Eduard to have that kind of problem. I’m sure they would be willing to post you out some trees for compensation

[Andy T]

Ok Andy, I'm still trying to ketchup with the other 15 builds you've been doing and here you go starting another one...And a really cool wing thingy one too!!! I'm having trouble doing etch in 1/35, for my Kübelwagen and you're knocking it out like nothing, in 1/48!!! Respect Sir!!! That IP also came out really, really nice.....

Prost
Allen

Thanks Allen. Most of the etch isn't as well executed as I'd like but I hope to get better with practice, and there's plenty more to go at in the box.

Hells Bells mate I couldn't even see it that well with my one good eye. Starting to look great .

Ha, I was struggling with two John, and it was pinging all over the desk at the slightest touch :smiling5:

[Andy T]

Wrestled some of the etch dials into the sides of the fuselage:



And some more above the gunners area. The decals for the radio gear etc looked cartoon-ish so I removed them and did a bit of painting / dry brushing instead:



IP and twiddly stick were added in the office and the seat belts were constructed & fitted:



I'll throw some muck & dust around then this can be closed up and hope it still fits in the fuselage.

[The Smythe Meister]

Wrestled some of the etch dials into the sides of the fuselage:

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And some more above the gunners area. The decals for the radio gear etc looked cartoon-ish so I removed them and did a bit of painting / dry brushing instead:

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IP and twiddly stick were added in the office and the seat belts were constructed & fitted:

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I'll throw some muck & dust around then this can be closed up and hope it still fits in the fuselage.

That's looking excellent Andy,nice one :thumb2:

[Andy T]

Cheers Andy.

Seat belts were fun :tears-of-joy:

I'd much prefer some nice, easy Quinta ones next time rather than trying to bend & glue up to 4 pieces for each strap lol

[Guest]

That’s a shame. It’s really unusual for Eduard to have that kind of problem. I’m sure they would be willing to post you out some trees for compensation

And maybe even a Christmas tree

[Andy T]

Probably the best view you'll get of the cockpit tub in place. It all fits together very nicely indeed:



For those that may build this kit in the future there seems to be a mounting point for another magazine under the radio gear, very visible here. However there's no mention in the instructions nor is there a spare one on the sprue, so the more conscientious of you may want to fill it before painting. Part C18.

I might hide it with the pilots lunchbox and flask of tea or something lol

And here it is all closed up:



It'll definitely need some filler around the back of the cockpit, near the rear MG mount, but with any luck some sanding & rescribing might suffice for the main seams. I chamfered the mating surfaces ever so slightly to ensure the outer, visible part met first, squishing out a bit of molten plastic as the halves were pressed together. Seems to have helped but we'll see once it's dry. I've brought it into the house as it was 9°C in the shed and set to drop overnight.

[Tim Marlow]

Cockpit looks superb Andy. Really nicely executed :thumb2: