Hartmann Bf109 Finished...and a disaster!

[stona]

Furst the good news,I finally got this one done.

Here's wahat I was going for.

Here's mine in B+W.

And colour.

Unfortunately that was the only photograph I took before the backboard fell onto the model and crushed it! Once my stiff upper lip had stopped quivering I started to fix it.

I've drilled,pinned and reattached the undercarriage,with other bits of the bottom like elevator mass balances and antennae.

I've reattached a propeller blade that broke off at the spinner and have started the process of rebuilding the tip of another broken blade with Milliput.

I've made another fin antenna post from two triangles of plastic card which sandwich the antenna wire,I've still got too sort out the antenna mast on the canopy (I'll nick one off an old model) and another down wire to the fuselage.

I've temporarily lost the will to live! When I get everything fixed I'll add a few more pictures.

Cheers

Steve

[AlanG]

Looked great before hand Steve. I'm sure you'll do a cracking job of the rebuild too

[Ian M]

I know that this is a family forum but how you held back a humungus swearing fit is beyond me.

What can I say? Total bummer! It does look exceptionally good in the one photo you got before it got squished. I am sure that after the repairs are made it will look equally as good.

Ian M

[Guest]

Steve what a heart breaker! I know you'll get it looking top notch again but damn what a kick in the dangly bits.

[stona]

Thanks chaps. It was entirely my own fault as I went outdoors and it was quite breezy. The sun in the early morning doesn't reach the area where I normally take my photos indoors but it was a lovely morning here in Brum. Next time I'll bl**dy well wait until it does!

Everything is fairly straight forward apart from that propeller blade. If the worse comes to the worse I've got some spares somewhere but obviously I'd have to change all three. We won't mention the tailwheel which will never turn again now that it's superglued

Cheers

Steve

[spanner570]

That is really bad luck Steve.

I've lost count of the number of times I've had the back board decide to fall over when taking photos....Luckily I've always managed to catch it before any damage was done!

The photo of a photo is superb. Quality and no mistake.

As the others have posted, I'm sure you will do wonders to restore the aircraft to it's original condition.

Cheers,

Ron

[stona]

Right then with the exception of the propeller assembly everything is dry enough for a photoshoot!It's only taken six hours. I've 'borrowed' a propeller assembly from another model. It's a teensy-weensy bit wider but it works for our purposes here.

I made damned sure the back board was secure before I started this time!

Here's a quick spin around the model.

And for all you bottom lovers

Trumpeter get a lot of stick for their kits and this one has a couple shape of issues that might bug the purists but it builds into a nice model and looks like a 109 to me.

Cheers

Steve

[saguy]

i never get bored of looking a very nicely built and painted 109 .... super looking aeroplane ....

[spanner570]

I had the utmost faith in you Steve, and here are the pictures to prove my confidence in your ability was not misguided!

Cracking job, well done.

Ron

[papa 695]

A great build there Steve but an even better rescue a BIG 5 from me

[Guest]

Great recovery Steve , not gonna big you up to much but as usual another big 5 stars from me even after repairs , I`m getting more and more tempted to add a few wingy things to my stash with all these aircraft builds going on .

Richy

[jspitza]

As always, beautiful job there Steve! I actually started the Trumpy F-4 and am really disappointed with the kit, especialy when the sprues say "G". Can't get the lower cowling to fit. Take care, Jeff

[Vaughan]

Hi Steve

Great recovery the photos look great.

Vaughan

[stona]

As always, beautiful job there Steve! I actually started the Trumpy F-4 and am really disappointed with the kit, especialy when the sprues say "G". Can't get the lower cowling to fit. Take care, Jeff

Thanks Jeff and everyone for being so nice. That Trumpy F-4 is really an early G,at least you'd be better off building a G from the kit!

I didn't have any fit problems with the kit here,the only possible issue would be that it is possible to make the fuselage too narrow for the wing fit when joining the two halves around the cockpit tub. Thankfully I always dry fit several times before I get the glue out!

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

when i looked at the first post i thought the second picture was the original that had the bloke and scenery photoshopped out for an instant to be honest, took a "second take" for it to sink in.

A really impressive build (as per usual) and the rebuild/repair show no sign of the disaster happening at all ... most impressed

The thing i'm actually most impressed with is the fact that you seemed so calm about it all (apart from the top lip)

If that had been me the missus would have returned home to find the camera deposited neatly through the TV screen, the floor strewn with dummies (teddybears and rattles) and me huddled in a corner blubbering cradling the pieces.