1/24 messerschmitt bf 109 e 3 or 4

[Guest]

hahahahaha and errrm let me think about that!!!!!! no thanks,lol,will be starting to put an idea together which includes 6 tanks artillery mortar teams one jeep and around 20 figures axis and allies,for a battle of the bulge type senario,so i watch all the armour and figure painters for techniques,all in 1/35 scale hopefully

mobear

ps so im looking for the easiest builders not screamers lol

[Guest]

lol stick with Tamiya stuff then Ole, they're usually 'shake n make' & you'll be fine.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

thnx for the tip patrick,me thinks i will lol

mobear

[aaron]

6 Tanks! 20 figs! Awesome ill look forward to that one buddy.

[Guest]

sorry not alot of progress i`m afraid,left arm not playing ball at the moment,though i have found the messie i want to portray its gerhard schopfel jag 26 small pic of his plane here[ATTACH]44194.vB[/ATTACH] but i keep on looking on here which is fantastic,the ideas i get are amazing.aaron the ardennes is calling but in 1/72 size now lol

mobear

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[stona]

Hi Steve, How did you manage to get to sit inside a Bf109 then? Must of been an experience.

Atb, Colin.

I was visiting a museum/warbird restoration facility in Florida,about tenty years ago,and got chatting with a couple of the staff who shared my interest in the Luftwaffe. I just asked if I could sit in their Bf109 and they said yes. I then spent an afternoon looking at their various rstoration projects and other artefacts which was all good fun.

Cheers

Steve

[stona]

sorry not alot of progress i`m afraid,left arm not playing ball at the moment,though i have found the messie i want to portray its gerhard schopfel jag 26 small pic of his plane here[ATTACH=CONFIG]44194[/ATTACH] but i keep on looking on here which is fantastic,the ideas i get are amazing.aaron the ardennes is calling but in 1/72 size now lolmobear

Good choice. Schopfel often gets overlooked amongst all the other experten from JG 26 but he was a very proficient fighter pilot and an outstanding officer. All his 45 claims were in the West and the majority of them can be confirmed from allied sources. This is by no means always the case for Luftwaffe aces.

He survived the war,unlike many of his contemporaries,and died in 2003 at the ripe old age of 90.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

steve i was only reading of his exploits and thought wel well my plane will be his,what i read as well was that he adhered to the unwritten rule of the fighter pilot,never attack an enemy flier once he was dispatched from his plane,and the colours of his plane were quite unique as the bottom colour goes most of the way up the fuse

mobear

[aaron]

sorry not alot of progress i`m afraid,left arm not playing ball at the moment,aaron the ardennes is calling but in 1/72 size now lolmobear

Sorry to hear about your arm mate. hope you get it sorted.

1:72 is a great scale theres some good dragon kits in that scale

[Guest]

keep it goin buddy 1/72 is too small for me have enough trouble with 1/48

Keep it up

Martin

[stona]

the colours of his plane were quite unique as the bottom colour goes most of the way up the fusemobear

The camouflage scheme is not unique but it does make for an attractive scheme. It was a relatively short lived phase in the evolution of Luftwaffe fighter camouflage. The blue colour (RLM 65) on the sides running up to a very high demarcation line was thought to make the aircraft too visible,particularly on the ground, and it wasn't long before all sorts of mottles,stipples and squiggles were applied to tone it down. The mottle later became part of the factory schemes.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

thnx for the cool info definately learning alot of things from here lol

mobear

[Guest]

splinter camo done only 4 days in the doing lol [ATTACH]44232.vB[/ATTACH]looks okay to me.

mobear

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[Guest]

Looks good Ole, this is coming along nicely.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

you are just jealous of my model making skills lol,nearly as good as you NOT!!!!!!!!!! but thnx anyway lol

mobear