1/72 Bf 109E-4 - Your Favorite Aircraft of All Time GB

[Gnomey]

Looking good!

[woody]

Keep it coming Igor.

[Rogi]

I was so lazy this week (and last) with just dry brushing the panels in black, but then this came in :O :



Thank you so much Muggs for the decals and the extra set (which means I'll have to make a E-3 Romanian in the near future! ) Now this 109 will look top notch with those clean St.Micheals Crosses (and proper sized white bands! and Daffy Duck logo which I think I'm safe to assume that Yellow 65 had it since most every other 109 had in the unit, but more on that later ) and beautiful Yellow numbers. BIG THANKS If you ever need any 1.48 stuff I'll help out

After the decals came in I was inspired to finish the panel!

I got through most of the work but then decided to stop when the touch up on the green instrument panel didn't go down that well. I'll post some updates in the next couple days, fix the panels that I don't like and add the white instrument markers, and wiring. Once again Thank you so much Muggs! your decal package has inspired me today not to be lazy . The pics a bit too light but I'll fix that next update it appears darker on the camera itself.


Next Update:
fix the yellow, red and green panels in a row add some black and then white for the panel's instrument pointers.
add the white instrument pointers on the other instruments
touch up the black on some instruments that didn't go down too well while dry brushing
add wiring if I'm up to it

[Airframes]

Good stuff Igor.

[Wurger]

I echo the post above.

[Wayne Little]

welld one Igor and Muggs!

[Crimea_River]

[Airframes]

Weld what?! Oh ... er ... ok, I'll leave!

[Rogi]

Hehe nice one Airframes

No update yet guys, but does anyone have the link to the site with all the structural blueprints of aircraft, I think its a Ukranian or Russian site (but I beleive its Ukranian as I vaguely remember putting it in my bookmark section and then losing it :S ) I need the Blueprints for the Bf-109E-4 so I can check the panel lines on the aircraft before I put her together and glue her shut

I'll post some updates on the panel and then if I get time and I check out the blueprint the coming together of the fuselage halves.

[Vic Balshaw]

Is this the one you're looking for mate!

Aircraft drawings download, line drawings, detail drawings. Fighters, bombers, passengers, conventional and other aircraft

[parsifal]

that cockpit looks marvellous rogi. amd the decals will look terrific too IMO

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

I know the website you are referring to Rogi. I lost it also and have not been able to find it again. It was in Russian.

[Wayne Little]

back again soon then...

[Rogi]

I'll find the website soon :S hopefully if I get through these 4 other fav folder's it'll be in there.

On the construction front Todays work :

Yay! It Snowed > April and snow never seen that before at least it was a light snow, but then it was replaced with freezing rain :S, temp. fell drasticly from +10 to +1 Celsius.


Now on to the model:
Wires attached and instrument panel attached to one portion of the fuselage, the reason I took it off the other portion of the kit was the fit on the fuselage, by itself it aligns perfectly to the fuselage and no filler is needed, without it and aligning it with the other section (Pedals and lower part of the canopy) It would need substantial filler, in the shot you get a better look of the completed instrument panel as well I'm the most happy with these results vs the other attempts at the panel. Although the white on the instruments isn't clearly displayed in the camera shot but its there in real life. I'll try to catch another angle with my camera later on.


Side shot with the wiring added onto this part of the fuselage. I think it turned out good Epoxy is a life saver


Last Shot, the pedals and other section that was attached to the instrument panel, I'll probobly chop off the top so I can fit it in nicely into the model. Wires added as per my refrences.


I found a couple detailed pictures of the 109s cockpit from various sites if anyone is in need of them I'll pm them out to you since I'm not sure how the forum regulations are about posting website urls

On another note I could of added a couple more wires (not so important ones and in colors that don't really stand out in the cockpit) but being this a tight fit as is, I'm afraid if I add them, they'll have to be choped off later on in the build because the fuselage won't come together. I'm pretty happy at the results atm and I'll be posting the put together fuselage and wing sections in a couple of days

[Vic Balshaw]

Looking good Igor.