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World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
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Eduard Weekend edition 1/48 Bf 109 E-1
Antoon3103
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 02:24 AM UTC
Hello,

I present some pics of my 2nd ever aircraft kit.
I marked this aircraft out as Oberfeldwebel Kurt Ubben his airplane.
Note that the markings of this aircraft are not part of the weekend edition, but come from the profipack edition that i also have.
Fit of the parts is good overall, except for the panels in front of the cockpit.
As I built the E-3 before, i already knew now what to left off and what to trim.
Anyway, here are the pics.







Comments, critique and suggestions are welcome as i still seek to improve my skills.

Tony
Mcleod
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 04:50 AM UTC
For only your second aircraft, I think its absolutely brilliant. Very well done!!!!
Eduard does make fine kits, for the most part.
rochaped
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Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 08:07 AM UTC
i just want to say I wish my second kit had been half as nice as yours.
Congrats on this, and keep modeling cause you have talent no doubt
Antoon3103
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Antwerpen, Belgium
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Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 08:32 AM UTC
Hello,

Thanks for the kind words.


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i just want to say I wish my second kit had been half as nice as yours.



Pedro, this is not my second ever kit. I have been building tanks for 25+ years now, but i got bored with it. So i have some experience in building a model.
This it however my 2nd airplane kit from Eduard, and my third overall.

Tony
rochaped
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Posted: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 - 10:02 AM UTC
Uppss

Tony, even with 25 years of tank building itīs still an impressive start on planes
Planenuts
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Ohio, United States
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Posted: Thursday, March 21, 2013 - 10:42 AM UTC
Very nice on both the finish and weathering !
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 09:10 PM UTC
Hi Tony

That is a really beautiful finish! Certainly your armour skills have transferred superbly to the new genre. I hate to say it, though, but the rather "stilty" sit of the model evident in photo #4 makes me wonder if the undercarriage might be reversed...

All the best

Rowan
Antoon3103
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Posted: Saturday, March 23, 2013 - 10:41 PM UTC

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I hate to say it, though, but the rather "stilty" sit of the model evident in photo #4 makes me wonder if the undercarriage might be reversed...

All the best

Rowan



Hi Rowan,

Thanks for the remark, I checked the instruction and undercarriage again, and its like the instruction tell me.
Maybe the "spread" is off. I will look at it again later.

Tony
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