Trumpeter's interpretation of the venerable 109 is ok; not as good as Cyber Hobby's 109 but there was nothing with the kit that turned me off towards it. I think the landing gear builds a little too wide, but other than that it is fine. I built the kit oob with the exception of adding HGW fabric seatbelt, which I almost always use in my 1/32 scale builds now. I decided not to weather the aircraft too much as it was one of the mounts of one of the leading aces of the Luftwaffe at the time, and the Geschwaderkommodore to boot, so I figured it would be well maintained.
The figure is a Doug's Original casting based on a well known photo of Galland exiting his 109 after a sortie. I painted it with a combination of Tamiya acrylics and artist's oils. The cigar is a tiny piece of stretched sprue painted to look like a stoogie. The base resembles the grass airfield JG26 flew out off during the battle.
I hope everyone enjoys the next few posts of photos.
Ernest
DSC03591 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
DSC03592 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
DSC03590 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
DSC03589 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
DSC03593 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
DSC03595 by Ernest Roth, on Flickr
