Zvezda 1/48 Bf 109F-2

[tucohoward]

Very nice work, John. I tossed one of those in the trash mid-build some years ago shortly after that kit was released. Don’t remember why for sure. I think it had to do with the panels on the wings. Anyway, you’re doing great. I still have another one in the stash I think. May have to revisit it.

Cheers,
Jay

[jeaton01]

Thanks everyone for the likes and the nice comments!  It's not one to hurry on Jay but I'm sure you can make a fine example of it.

More paint on, and a clear coat drying so decals can be added. Still learning how to mottle and hoping the decals will distract the eye. This airplane, according to the pictures on the decal instructions, was lightly mottled.

[kyledehart5]

Camo is looking good. Nice work John!

[jeaton01]

This one turned in to a bit of work because I deviated from the instructions and thought to install the engine after the basic paint work. That was a bad plan because it turns out you can't work the engine mounts in under the fuselage skin. I had to break out the front bulkhead and fit the engine to that, and then work the bulkhead and engine back into place. The engine alignment is pretty positive because the cannon fits into the back of the engine with a pin and there is an upper attachment near the gun mount, in addition to the engine mounts themselves. The lower mount struts are way too delicate and both broke off the main mount but that was not too hard to negotiate. Final adjustment was checked by fitting the cowls to see that the front cowling part was properly placed. I had to remove some material from the back of the coolant tank as it interfered with the engine reduction gear housing. The decals from Crandall were good to work with with the exception that the stencil placement chart was for a G so some guessing was involved there.

[handiabled]

The engine/fuselage mating looks great for the issues you experienced

[kyledehart5]

That’s looking beautiful.