Eduard 1/48 Bf 110E

[yak face]

Stick with it andy , it might be putting up a fight but I reckon youre winning . I know the feeling of getting to a certain stage of a tricky build and just wanting to get it done , kind of saps the fun out of it . Luckily the next one usually gets the enthusiasm going again . Cheers tony

[Andy T]

Thanks Tony, and Jim (missed your earlier post sorry) I've started splashing paint around to break the cycle (update coming once I'm back from the pub) and will return to the tricky bits later.

Fun fact - the box art doesn't depict any of the schemes in the joke book, it's a mixture of the camo pattern from one and the markings from another :thinking:





The green nacelles on the lower image are the easiest thing to spot, but it has the wasp marking of the upper one.

Good job I never let accuracy get in the way of a paint job :tears-of-joy:

[The Smythe Meister]

Thanks Tony, and Jim (missed your earlier post sorry) I've started splashing paint around to break the cycle (update coming once I'm back from the pub) and will return to the tricky bits later.

Fun fact - the box art doesn't depict any of the schemes in the joke book, it's a mixture of the camo pattern from one and the markings from another :thinking:

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The green nacelles on the lower image are the easiest thing to spot, but it has the wasp marking of the upper one.

Good job I never let accuracy get in the way of a paint job :tears-of-joy:

Mate,looks like a nightmare.. I might sell mine on !!:sad:

[Andy T]

Mate,looks like a nightmare.. I might sell mine on !!:sad:

It's the worst aircraft I've ever built, apart from the Tamiya Harrier, but that's well known as their black sheep. Maybe you will have a better run at yours but I'd never buy another.

Progress from this afternoon. I masked off the yellow and reprimed the damaged areas, also covering any overspray from the previous colours:



Normally I use the black base technique but thought I'd have a go at some pre-shading on this. I'll never be happy with the final model so it might as well become a test bed to practise for future projects:



Then on with the colour. I always struggle to get a decent interpretation of the real thing but there's enough tonal variation to keep me happy and it's a good foundation for weathering:



I've also got the underside masked off ready for applying the splinter camo tomorrow. I would have made a start this evening but my local had Abbeydale Breweries Deception on draught tonight, so I don't think wielding an airbrush is a good idea!

[Andy T]

On with the grey. I started with MRP, applying in a mottled way as I often do, then finished off by adding some random blobs of S M S lacquer, which is much lighter than the MRP version so worked well as a highlight:



It was around 5°C in the shed so I helped it along with a hairdryer, then applied some masking tape:



Then I applied the green in a similar way, highlighting by adding a bit of S M S desert sand to the green:



After removing the masking (apart from the bit I missed!) we had this. A few edges of the grey weren't quite right so were subsequently masked and touched up. It might be a bit stylistic for some, but it's exactly the look I was aiming for :



Then on with the mottled sections. I went back & forth with the two colours, trying to be random in size, placement, shape and opacity but would welcome comments on it.

I know there was no set standard but aesthetically do you think there's enough? Too much? Not random enough?

Thanks

Oh, and it's always a worry that one might peel a bit of paint while removing the masking. I didn't, but pulled one side of the tailplane off instead! :smiling5:

[Tim Marlow]

Looks excellent to me Andy. Amazed that this one is still finding ways to hack you off though.

[The Smythe Meister]

Looks excellent to me Andy. Amazed that this one is still finding ways to hack you off though.

Couldn't agree more Tim, looks great to me!!:thumb2:

[Andy T]

Thank you both. Given your encouraging comments I've committed and given it a gloss coat ready for decals.

I don't normally bother but it's my first time with this new fangled type so a bit of extra protection can't hurt if I decide to try and remove the film.

[Tim Marlow]

Before you try and remove the film, check the dates Andy. As I said in my review of them, it’s only those after 2020 that do this. I would hate for them to be older ones that don’t strip. You’ve had enough hassle with this build. To be absolutely honest, the strippable ones respond well to decal fix and look good unstripped as well.

[Andy T]

I was going to start on the decals this afternoon but this happened:



I think I'll crack the heater on for a while first :surprised:

[The Smythe Meister]

I was going to start on the decals this afternoon but this happened:

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I think I'll crack the heater on for a while first :surprised:

Similar with me,was going to spray in the garage,but it was -2 this morning!

[scottie3158]

Andy,
Your paint work is always on another level mate, she is looking well tasty.

[Andy T]

Similar with me,was going to spray in the garage,but it was -2 this morning! :sad:

Apparently it was - 1 in there overnight, so practically tropical now :smiling5:

Andy,
Your paint work is always on another level mate, she is looking well tasty.

Thanks Paul, I'm hoping a dazzling paint job will distract people from the flaws :smiling3:

[Guest]

Is that ice on the screen of the thermometer?

[Andy T]

Is that ice on the screen of the thermometer? :smiling3:

I wouldn't be surprised :smiling5:

Most of the decals are on now. I ran out of time to get the big wasp one on but had always planned to do that last after practicing on the others.

A few of the tiny markings need adding too but on the whole they are going down quite nicely.

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