Fernando N's Revell 1/48 Bf 110 G-4

[Fernando N]

Hi everyone,

I’ll be building this twin engine night stalker (as a first one?) for the GB, nothing fancy planned in regards to AM stuff so just a simple OOB with some improvement here and there as required:smiling:.
Mostly chose it so it finally clears the shelf and the paint scheme of the box art one will be a neat challenge to complete, thanks to Alan for starting this GB :thumb2: .

For now here are the sprues and enough to clean up I see:




Decals and instructions, the good old Revell style:


Hopefully I can start on it later in the week.
Fernando

[Allen Dewire]

Fernando,

When you do, I will be following this as I have always loved a 110 and I know you will do a bang-up job on her! I will PM you in the morning buddy. I hope it has cooled off in Almere a bit. Here in Bamberg it is still in the 30°s daily and not much cooler at night....

Prost
Allen

PS, Killer concerts too my friend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AlanG]

Fernando i have this in my stash. It is a 2nd hand kit that someone started so i'm hoping it's all there. If you wanted to see some hints and corrections for this kit then there is a book with the build in it. It's called 'Modelling the Messerschmitt Bf 110 - Brett Green (Osprey)'. Good read

[papa 695]

Just pulled up a chair

[Fernando N]

Evening,
Sorry for the late update….progress wasn’t as fast as hoped, combine that with another build, concerts and a heatwave, this tread had fallen a bit to the wayside.
Allen, thanks mate hope I can meet your expectations :thumb2: .
Al, thanks for the info:thumb2: I’m keeping this one OOB with some scratch-building and that’s it:smiling:.
By chance do you happen to know a book that has the best photos of a BF 110 especially the interior?
I hope to get me a Eduard one or two after this one:thinking:.
Ian, welcome sir:thumb2:.

As I plan to keep the canopy closed, I just followed the instructions in building the office.
Deviated in the overall interior colour to VJ 71.097 Medium Gunship Grey, and added seatbelts for the pilots seat made from masking tape and thin copper wire.
All other colours were from the instructions and I used my creativity to paint the various side instruments and panels:smiling4::



Nice to see where the kit came from and how old the molds are:smiling5::

After joining the fuselage sides together with the nose cone added, I started on the tail since the less than stellar fit needed some time to dry…
Enough cleaned-up on just these parts and a couple of lumps replaced with 0.3mm brass wire to replicate the hinges and rods turned to this:


The fuselage seams required their fair share of sanding and filling, followed by re-scribing the panel lines as best I could:


Mr.Hobby putty is great stuff:hugging-face:.
As I started to tackle the engine nacelles and wings, more sanding and filling involved, the wheels and drop-tanks were built as a change of pace between all the sanding…:


Hopefully the rains can hit my place too soon:rolling:, so the heat can leave the house and I have more energy to moggel.
Thanks for looking in and have a great week.
Fernando

[Allen Dewire]

Wow Fernando,

It looks like the heat has left your house buddy. The IP is incredible as is the whole office. I see you have been using the 10/0 brushes again. It must be nice to have such a steady hand to make the details pop with the color!!! Seatbelts are great too!!! Top job my friend………..

Prost
Allen

PS, Rained for over an hour earlier and it didn't help at all...…...

[AlanG]

Stunning job Fernando. Totally love it.

[yak face]

Fantastic looking cockpit fernando , loving the scratched belts, cheers tony

[Jim R]

Hi Fernando
Just caught up with this. That cockpit is stunning. Sounds as if the fit is a bit poor in places.
Jim

[JR]

Hi Fernando.
I shall join the gang and let Allen explain the finer points.
Promise to behave and not shout out !

[BattleshipBob]

Lovely work sir!!!

[papa 695]

Looking very nice.

[saguy]

very very nice .... the me110 is one of my favourites .....

[Mickc1440]

That's a great start Fernando, love the cockpit.

[colin m]

Looks great. It wouldn't really be a model with out a bit of sanding and filling would it ?