ME BF109E-4 - FINISHED!

[wouter]

Aloha, ;D

Here I am with another blog . However, it's a wingy this time .

My father in law is becoming 60 in October and I thought it might be time for a special birthday gift. He nowadays works as a big shot in a company base in the port of Antwerp, but in the past he worked at Sabena (former national airways company) and after that at VLM (Flemish airways company) so I though it would be a great idea of doin' a wingy. An airliner seems a bit boring to me, thus I chose a WWII airplane. I've been hesitating for a long time between one of me favs - the Focke Wulf 190 D (Dora) or Ta152 - or the Messerschmitt BF109. I chose the latter because it's an iconic plane of the war, pretty much as the Spit. Scale 1:32 because I want to show some detail in.

Kit of choice is the Eduard BF109E-4 Profipack edition with some nice bells 'n whistles.

I'm chosing to depict Adolf Galland ride - a German ace who was respected by both German as enemy pilots.

I made a start with the cockpit interior. The fuselage has some serious flash around the edges and when I have to mate the two halves some rescribing will be needed I'm afraid. Pretty scary to think about that

Anywhoo, this is what I've done so far:



One of the things which made me choose for an Eduard kit is the etch...especially love the cockpit dials.

Well, that's it so far, no wingy virgin anymore ;D ;D
I'll post her up in the Me GB as well

Cheers

[`Boots`]

Way to go Wouts ;D, lovely job with the etch fella.............i`ll be tagging along buddy for sure.

[TRM]

Nice choice Wouts~!!! Getting comfy right now!! ;D

[tobias5555]

Very good start.

[robbo]

Get in there Wouts I'll be watching this one mate

[bbd468]

Hey Wouts!

Looking forward to this build man. Bf 109 is my favorite WWII plane and Gunther Rall's will be my first 109 build in the future. Keep it comeing bro!

Gary

[Deleted]

This should be good, these Profi kits are superb
nice one Wouter mate

[multicam]

I missed this one for a couple of days:(. Excited that I caught up on it now though. Glad to see you doing a wingie. This'll be cool wouter!

[Deleted]

Hey Wouts.....you've just gotta love the pre coloured etch on these Eduard kits ;D......Nice start so far,and re the re scribing,mark the panel lines with a thin black marker,way past where you think you're gonna sand,and use Dymo tape as a guide.This should give you some nice cleane lines

[wouter]

Hi everyone, thanks for tagging along with me!

CB: many thanks 'bout the rescribing mate

well, pretty much finished most part of the cockpit today. Basecolor is the Tamiya RLM 02 Grey mixed with some white (again - thanks for that fellas!)
It received a light burnt umber oil wash, but maybe I should do another session...






Hope you dudes like it ^^

Cheers

[deafpanzer]

Yikes, a wingy thing?!?! I have to ask you this... how many Duvel did you have? LOL Very nice job on the cockpit especially the seat belts!

[bbd468]

Looking great wouter! One of these days ill pull the trigger and do a wingy. A Bf 109 of course.

Gary

[modelfreak72]

Between you and Mark and these 32 scale beauties I'm starting to get the DT's!!!!!LOL! Looking really sharp my friend!

[wouter]

Mr Deaf, you got that right ;D. I had none, I drink it from time to time to keep it 'special'...been a couple of weeks now ;D. Thanks mate!

HI Gary, thanks bro, and lookin' forward to your 109

Da Freak...got absolutely no clue 'bout what yer talkin', but LOL ;D. Thanks a lot dude!

Cheers

[modelfreak72]

All the detail and PE, I want to go buy one or two or threeee!!!!!!!

[martyncrowther.]

Excellent work Wouter I love the cockpit details especially the foot pedals a ton of detail which you wont be able to see most of it

Martyn

[TRM]

Looking ship shape Wouts!! Love all the little details!!! Keep it coming!

[danb.]

Nice one Wout i will be following this one closely.

Dan B

[modelfreak72]

Hey wouts what happened where are you!!!!


I forgot to explain the DT'S DT'S= shakes, convulsions, foaming at the mouth......

[deafpanzer]

I read somewhere Woots is representing his country at the Olympics in beer drinking contest...

[`Boots`]

That is looking the `Duvels danglers` Wouts . that office with the etch is looking real peachy................paint looks good to me mate but then again i know naff all about planes................or anything else come to think of it!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

[wouter]

Many thanks dudes, glad you're still with me

Freakstah: no sweat mate, I'm still here mate, but life's a bit busy at the moment. I was working late shifts and next week got nights...sunday night will be my first shift on my own, quite exciting and scary ;D. I'll hope to continue fast though

mmm...beer drinking contest ey? I'm afraid I'm sh$$ at that ;D. I hardly drink since a couple of times. There was a time I was quite good at mixing Amaretto with Baileys though ;D...but bein' a dad an stuff it diminished a bit ;D ;D

And btw: Duvel is there to enjoy, not too booze to win the Olympics ;D ;D

Cheers

[406 Silverado]

Very clean building and painting Wout's....looking good mate

[modelfreak72]

Hey woutmeister how much to send some Duvel to the state's? Amaretto and Bailey's??? Never thought of that! Being a dad myself the drinking is few an far between. Hope your shift is going well! Take your time buddy we'll still be here!

[panzerman75.]

Wout sorry i got in on this late but it looks great man.

Phil

[wouter]

Rob, thanks a lot Bossdude!

Freakstah...sending over Duvel to the states ey...well, it's for sale over there, just not in the big supermarkets I think

Hi Panzerdude Phil, no prob mate, glad you are tagging along ;D

Well, with the Merkava done and an even shorter deadline, AND the fact that Spud is on a roll with his BF109, it's time for an update ;D

I managed to add the wings to the fuselage...fit wasn't 100% ok, some filling and sanding were needed, something which I ain't fond of...still prefering tanks ;D. Anyway, sanding has been done, next is the rescribing...bit scary to say the least


It seems that I sanded a gap, which actually should have been there, go figure



CA glue sanded down

drunk and armless Adolf Galland was checking out his ride ;D. Really starts to look like a typical Me now

something which was typical to Adolf Gallands bird was that there was no 20mm (or whatever the size was...) gun in centre of the propellor

Not showing very clearly, but I filled some gaps were the wing attaches to the fuselage

Installed the final PE cockpit part

I accidently knocked of an endtip of one of the wings...some white Milliput in place, now I have to sand it down to the original parts size.

I must say I'm looking forward to the paintstage, 'cause the filling and sanding ain't a pleasure for me really, sorry for having me nag ;D

Cheers

[bbd468]

Looking good Wouts! The cockpit panel looks awesome, does it come like that or did you paint it? Very nice man!

Gary

[wouter]

thanks a lot Gary! Luckily for me, it comes like this in the kit: it's colored etch and exist out of multiple layers which you need to glue on top of each other. Thank god I didn't need to paint that, would have scared the crap out of me ;D

Cheers

[bbd468]

Sept 13, 2012 9:07:39 GMT -5 wouter said:

thanks a lot Gary! Luckily for me, it comes like this in the kit: it's colored etch and exist out of multiple layers which you need to glue on top of each other. Thank god I didn't need to paint that, would have scared the crap out of me ;D

Cheers

LOL ;D ;D ;D It would have scared me too!! I got a Hasegawa Bf 109 G/2 at the model show. I got to paint the panel myself DAMNIT!!! Oh well. I couldnt find an eduard at the show...I tried!!

Gary

[deafpanzer]

Looking real good... clean build! Loved the colored etch! Maybe it will change my mind to build one of those wingy kits one day? Can't wait to see it painted soon...