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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2

Jean, Just a fantastic build. Your paint & decals are near on perfect. What really sets this model apart from many is your weathering. I especially like the exhaust staining, and the oil staining on the bottom. A really superb effort. Joel

Jean, that is a superb job you did on the 109, in building the kit, painting it and photographing it, all very well done and presented. Keep up with the great skills !

Well Carmel, I have been a long time follower of your jobs, planes, ships, Malta history, and as a Med person (I am from Marseilles) I wish we could meet one day! Cheers my friend.

Jean, thanks for sharing this great build with us. It's always joy to look at your builds which are close to perfection to me. And thanks for the nice words about Günther Rall, who truely was a gentleman. Sadly he died a few years ago, aged 91 years, I think. Some fellows from my club have met him when he visited the Technical Museum in Speyer some years ago. Torsten

Very nice build and great presentation.

I usuallly never comment negatively on any finished built models, and I am actually a fan of Jean barby's always excellent, and prolific, builds (I think he is one of the best aircraft modellers out there) , but here the main problem of this build is so severe I cannot let it pass without comment. The kits I most frequentlly associate with an excessively flat dihedral are Tamiya's 1/48th P-51s: In these kits this severe defect is not discernible by dry-fitting the fuselage halves empty. The interaction of the cockpit parts and dihedral is the cause of the inaccurate final result, and this is one of the significant lessons of this kit. The Hasegawa Me-109 1:48th series often suffers from the same problem, but here it might have been exacerbated by the use of a resin cockpit. Whatever the cause may be, the dihedral in evidence here in this build is more than severely lacking, it is virtually non-existent compared to what it should be. The steep dihedral is one of the signature features of the entire Me-109 series, so this model cannot be considered a successful representation, even if one were to ignore the many other problems of the Hasegawa kit (a far superior and nearly flawless alternative for this G-2 variant exists by combining the Zvezda F kit with a Vector G-2 conversion set). This dihedral problem is all the more disheartening since this is one of the best paint jobs I have seen on a Me-109... Yes I am envious of Jean Barby's output, but please don't think this is why I point this out... Gaston

Well done Jean, another great build. Gaston, there is nothing worse than a backhanded compliment, if that is what you have just done. Admire the work and take comfort in your still unattainable pursuit for 100% accuracy. I truly hope that you wait until you get the new Eduard kit in your hands before you do your customary hatchet job on it.

Beautiful build. Top notch paint job. the weathering is superb and not overdone. Thanks for sharing.

Firstly Jean, please accept my compliments on an excellent model build. Second, I trust that you will ignore Mr. Marty's comments for the poor taste that they represent. It always amazes me how guys like him can be such self-proclaimed "experts" yet in the few years I have had the pleasure of the company of builders in this forum I have yet to hear a genuine compliment from him. For that matter, I don't ever remember seeing a completed project of his. So to wrap things up as Teddy Roosevelt said "it's better to fail mightily than be one of those cold timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat. Please accept my compliments and gratitude for sharing. Jim.

Jean A fantastic build. I can only all the other positive comments,looking forward to your next build. Chris