I actually made a start on my 109 this weekend, though not much progress to show for my efforts.

Hi Guy's !

Just had look at the numbers and we have 70 of us building away on our builds .

Damian , very nice ! Looking forward to the finishing touches

Matty , looking forward to your build .


Jason , very nice weathering job ! I'm I reading this right that you hand painted this build ? If so this is the best I have seen at this . Well done !


Grant , Your off to a good start . Which kit are you working on ? Looks like Hasegawa mouldings .....

I just applied the filters with a brush. I wouldn't mess around with an airbrush if I could hand paint like that.

Great work, Damian. Very nice finish on your Me 109.

Nice weathering, Jason. What are the light spots on the wings and the cowling?

I have now made a little more progress on my Me 109F-4b. There are some obvious problems with the decals from Airfix. The white parts are very opaque, while the Kagero decals are solid white. The figure "1" is solid white while the cross is opaque. It looks a little bit strange, but hopefully some weathering can adjust that.

More to follow....

Jesper and Jason, great work both of you! I await to see your builds finished! Really enjoyed looking at your models. Russell

Cheers Mark.

I'm no expert(en), but I think there are 2 options for the purpose of the underwing doodad:

1: It's the hook used when Max is piloting the plane to pick up Professor Fate (best movie ever, The Great Race)
2: It's an antenna.

I'm sure somebody will set me straight and educate us both

Cheers, D

Damian & Jason - That's some great painting you guys are doing. Can't wait to see the finished products.

I should be able to get back to my 109 in a few days. I'm currently "all in" to finish a Ju88 for Aces High 2 by this week's deadline.

Nice works guys ! And here is mine;






She will be Franz Von Werra's Bf 109. Next step ; decalling.

See you soon

That is a superb paint job Rahmi, very well done indeed !!

Cheers, D

I will second that ! Very nice paint work

Thanks a lot Damian & Terri

Looks great Rahmi, the paint is very well done.

Here's the finished product. There's things that I would have done differently but overall I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

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I just started my build on the Bf 109 D by shooting some RLM 02 and RLM 70 for the prop - nothing spectacular.

To have a kind of a „motivating first success“, I already finished the parts of the prop including the spinner for later assembly.



Cheers
Matty

Jason , your project turn turned out great ! Nice attention to the details

Matty , your off to a good start . Looking forward to more

Siderius - Russell
I see only one of the photos in any of the posts you have entered. i would love to see your work.
Everyone else - great work!

Thank you for the kind words David. If you go to my posting and click on photos it will take you to a gallery of images of my work. Hope you enjoy it. I will post a couple more shots of the 109 here for you to look at. Again, thank you. Russell

Well I'm calling this one DONE !! I was hoping to have it finished a week ago, but you all know how work and family can interupt things

Anyway, This is by far the most detailed build I have undertaken in my short career, and I'm happy with the results. The kit went together really well, and the extra detailing time I spent on the build was all great fun. I have tried a few new techniques that will certainly be carried over to future builds.

Here are couple of pics, I will post some better shots a bit later.







Thanks for an excellent campaign Terri, and well done to all those contributing here, your work has inspired me on this build !!

Cheers, D

Damian, great, great job. A fine looking addition to your collection. Russell

Damian , you did one hell of an excellent job on your 109 !
Well done my friend


I did get the uderside of my 109 painted with it's light blue and is drying right now . Other then that not much has been done . Will have pic's up very soon ......

Thanks guys. I'm having one of those moments where you sit and just stare at your finished build. Pick it up, turn it over, wonder what if I did this or that ? Put it back down and just stare at it. I've got a club meet tomorrow night, and one of the guys there is a guru with the camera, so hopefully over the next few days I'll have some better pics.

I'm off now to stare a bit more, and maybe fit the glass to my P-61 for "Pin Ups"

Cheers, D

Hi Damian,
Congrats to your excellent build, I know what you feel - chapeau!

Just a small update on my Bf 109 D build. The cockpit is close to assembly now.

In parallel I have glued and sanded the wing halves. Dry-fitting showed that the wing‘s profile should be a little wider to get a quite good fit to the fuselage. Some sprue (as a spreader) worked well.



Cheers
Matty

Hey!! Jaypee, looking good!!

Byron

Great build, Jason. A real nice 109. The camouflage looks great.

Damian, excellent result. I also spend a few minutes looking at your pictures. Really nice work - one of your best builds and that says a lot.

I have run into some problems with my own 109. The Airfix decals or the solvent on the decals have in some way reacted with my weathering and/or matt varnish coat. This leaves a flurry white residue on the decal edges especially on the wing. I am at a loss how to correct this. Any suggestions?

Other than that I just need to fit a few details like antennas etc. and correct a few mistakes around the cockpit glazing.

Matty K and Jesper, thanks for your comments. Praise from you guys is high praise indeed !!

Cheers, D

Jesper, I wonder if you had a reaction with the softening or setting solution and the clear coat? Try using a little bit of ammonia on the effected areas and see if that helps. Russell

Take a paper towel and dip it into the ammonia, then gently rub over the areas. See if that helps you any.