Andy's 1/48 Bf 109

[Mickc1440]

Nice looking kit Andy, good luck

[The Smythe Meister]

Looks like a lovely box of goodies there andy , scalemates says its a 2012 new tool so a bit newer than the bf110 andy had a bit of grief with .Should build up lovely , looking forward to seeing the progress, cheers tony

Thanks Tony,yep, it's certainly a nice box of goodies

Looks good Andy. I wonder if as many Bf109 plastic scale models have ever been made as were produced for the real thing?

HA!... I know what you mean Joe,I think there probably have been :tears-of-joy:

Nice looking kit Andy, good luck

Cheers Mick,wanted to do a 109 for years..... looking forward to it :thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Well guys, I've done a bit more..
Assembled the pilot..

Looks pretty good, only slight adjustments needed :smiling3: ..

Some etch put on there.. I must say that I do think in a lot of this it's "etch for etch sake", although it was there so I added it!! :flushed:..next..

.... This was the closed cockpit guns,to me it looked like one side was broken?!! Couldn't really find any info to back my thoughts up,but I went ahead anyway!!..
... More to follow.... ....

[Jim R]

I have built a couple of the Eduard ProfiPACK kits and they were good. That pilot looks very nice indeed. I didn't realise that CMK made pilots for specific kits. I'll enjoy seeing how you get on.

[The Smythe Meister]

I have built a couple of the Eduard ProfiPACK kits and they were good. That pilot looks very nice indeed. I didn't realise that CMK made pilots for specific kits. I'll enjoy seeing how you get on.

Cheers Jim, Indeed they do... and very nice they are too

[Guest]

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.... This was the closed cockpit guns,to me it looked like one side was broken?!! Couldn't really find any info to back my thoughts up,but I went ahead anyway!!..

That’s probably correct: one of the two guns was further back than the other, so they could both have a full-width ammo box:

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[The Smythe Meister]

.....
So,here be a bit of progress..

A bit of etch going on there... You may notice that this is a bit disjointed... But Rach wouldn't let me model upstairs over Christmas!!
Next...

That bit under primer now....

Tried to sort the gun muzzles...

The motor, obviously the closed up version....

.. and that's the bit that'll be added to some clever etch later.
... So then,I apologise for my Slothlike build of this,I can only blame Rach,and her insistance on me doing little in my "War Office" over the last few days!!
Unfortunately, due to being self employed,I have to work quite a lot over the next 3 days!!... Until then, have a great time chaps

[adt70hk]

Well guys, I've done a bit more..
Assembled the pilot..
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Looks pretty good, only slight adjustments needed :smiling3: ..
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Some etch put on there.. I must say that I do think in a lot of this it's "etch for etch sake", although it was there so I added it!! :flushed:..next..
[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1215408[/ATTACH]
.... This was the closed cockpit guns,to me it looked like one side was broken?!! Couldn't really find any info to back my thoughts up,but I went ahead anyway!!..
... More to follow.... ....

Pilot looks good Andy! Good job too....

[adt70hk]

Coming nicely Andy!

[Tworrs]

Some really nice and neat detail in there Andy.

[Mickc1440]

That's a great looking pilot figure as for those guns it does look odd

[The Smythe Meister]

Cheers guys :smiling3:... It's much appreciated
Anyway, been working all over for the last few days, but managed to get some time in now and then, I've concentrated on the pilot and panel..

He,and the panel,are far from finished,the pilot especially will get some more treatment... HOWEVER, I'm not a figure painter,(and especially not in 1/48!!! ), but at the moment I'm pleased how it's coming along... more to come in the next few days... for those that I've not bored to death already!!

[Andy T]

Pilot is looking great Andy.

[Mark1]

What he said:thumb2:

[The Smythe Meister]

Pilot is looking great Andy.

Cheers buddy, I'm starting to concentrate more on this type of thing now... it's something that I've suddenly woken up to,as in, how it's an important part of the overall build my figure painting ain't great,but I'm trying to improve