Hi all

I've managed to take some pictures of my 1/48 scale model of Adolf Galland's Bf109E-3 for the Battle of Britain campaign.



Everything's pretty much finished - I want to make the wheels a bit dustier and weather things a little more - but it's about time to draw a line under my first Armorama build. (I've actually injured my right arm, so I can't do much more to the model anyway!)



The paint scheme is a bit unusual. Galland apparently devised this all-grey mottle himself and nearly went down to "friendly fire"! Unsurprisingly, his famous "Mickey Mouse" E-4 was in much more standard finish..













Apologies to any armour modellers if the base is a bit amateurish - it's my first effort (of course I blame Holdfast for demanding the models have bases... only kidding Mal!) and I'll be having a look at the dioramas on Armorama to learn how to make a better job of things next time.

Any thought and comments much appreciated

All the best

Rowan

Awesome bird!
How is the paint scheme (rlm?)
Cheers

NICE PLANE! mwahahaha!!!! us 109'eres shall defeat the hurris and the spits!j/k......that base is nice,love the oil spills on the wood.....what don't you like about it?

Great work!
I like thoses oil stains and the deatail.

Superb!

[quote]How is the paint scheme (rlm?)

The original colours were apparently mixed from "locally available" paints, so they're not to any RLM standard... I really can't claim they're accurate but they match my refences in terms of "tone" ie: greyscale...

I'm glad you like the oil-stains! As I did them I thought "Oh! Oh!" BIG mistake...!"

I'm sure the armour guys have got some tricks for sun-bleached wood and realistic grass...

Cheers for the kind words

Rowan

VERY GOOD JOB !
I LIKE THE UNUSUAL COLOR SCHEME.
THE DIORAMA REFLECT THE AMBIANCE OF A LUFTWAFFE AIRFIELD OF THE CHANNEL COAST VERY WELL.
GREAT.
BAT-21

Great job. I like the base too.

Awesomw camo, love the base. Another great finish to the BOB Campaign....STUG

You have done a fantastic job there Rowan, congratulations.
Martin

Most awesome work, Porky, this is one fine BF109, Mal's Hurricanes are in for so much trouble.




Da Truth is Outta There

Nice work Porky, I like the base is very convincing.................I only wish there were more people building brit planes ah well maybe next time.

Your BF109 is pretty awesome. I love the detailing and color scheme. Neatly done, eye and attention to detail. Some good closeup pics of the more intricate work underneath.
I don't see anything wrong with the base either. I think it looks cool.. and the grass is very realistic. Don't underestimate yourself or your work. Its a really fine model you've built.

From an armor modeler (who likes his planes to have spinning things in front), I think your base looks great....not to mention the model!
I'd like to know how you made the wood hardstand, and is it plastic or real wood?

Nice job porky. I especially like the work you've done on the plaque and base.

Killer model, Porky. The oil stains came out beautifully; what are you grousing about? Hope your arm heals soon.

Fantastic Porky, Mal's Hurri is in serious trouble, I also like your photos. And for your first time building a base it totaly sets the mood.

Well done

Nice model Porky. I love the display.

:-) Very well done Rowan, looks superb, congratulations on finishing the campaign. The base is very well done, looks very realistic. I need to know more about this colour scheme, I will be able to research it better when my Hurri causes her to make a forced landing, in Kent, along with all the other 109s and 110s .
I suppose when you get the use of your arm back there'll be no stopping you. :-)
Mal

THATS REALLY GREAT WORK - CONGRATS
ROBERTO

thats a great work Rowan.both the bird and the ground are fantastic.congrats

Looks great. Love the paint

Cheers everyone

Thanks for all the kind words generally and encouragement over the base!

Greg - the wooden planks are sheet balsa sliced to match the pattern and length (approx) that I could see in a reference photo. I stained them with washes of thinned enamel to hopefully make them look a bit more like weathered wood...

Mal - There's NO WAY I'll let you examine my paint job that closely - I'm not confident enough about the accuracy! Best you'll get is the sight of my tail heading back to France while your poor old Hurri putters along a good 30mph slower... #:-)

Cheers again everyone

Rowan

Looks GREAT porky !!!!! Love how you done the base too...


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Hi Rowan, that´s a great looking model. Like it very much. Nice work with th panel lines.
Nice dio base. What did you use for the antena wire. Congrats. :-)