Quoted TextHey guys,
I know this might sound redundant, but can I enlist with a desert 109 F I will start building in the next couple of days? It’s a 1:48 from Eduard
Sounds good to me Pedro!
Michael
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Thank you, Stephen! I don't find the kit all that bad, despite its age. It could have been a good kit actually, if not for the fuselage fitting issues and some crude detail, most noticeable the rear MG and the seats.
The Stukas that attacked and sunk Kelly were Italian or German? I'm doing an Italian one and the decals show some three ships sunk by this aircraft, from 97th Group, 219th Squadron. I am delighted to see a 1/700 ship in the campaign, as I am summoning my courage for a Trumpeter 1/700 Jeremiah O'Brien
UPDATE
I am using the "peripherals" to test my combination of paint / weathering / clear coats. The first one to fall victim to the weathering was the propeller, which have seen some chipping with the sponge method:
The bomb embraced the same fate:
To add some diversity to the build, I chose to weather extremely one of the external fuel tanks and to keep as good as new the other one:
More weathering follows for all those above parts: oil washes, oil staining... so on
As said in the previous post, the fuselage fitting is bad. The following picture shows the underside of the fuselage between the sanding sessions, the "step" between halves being already eliminated, and so the riveting detail
The worst problem is here, around the oil cooler intake: I installed the intake too early and now I don't have full access to the join line - I'm afraid I can't do too much in that spot:
In complete defiance to the fuselage problems, the wing halves fit superbly, with the tiniest amount of flash to be removed. No putty was needed there. The landing light glass was also installed:
In the same note with the wings, the horizontal stabilizers are just too easy to assemble
I am going to use silver enamel for this build as primer and here are the wheels being prepared for round two. Actually the fit of the wheel fairings halves is not as bad as the picture indicates - it was just a hairline join line which I failed to see it on bare plastic - another advantage of priming with silver!
Here's the rear half of the canopy masked. That expoit stretched my skills to maximum but in fact I realized that I cannot glue it in place because the MG isn't ready. And dealing with the machine gun took me the whole of this evening session, because the part is in this edition of the kit a big chunk of flash...
Looking forward to sealing the cockpit and priming the fuselage. On this build I am going to apply the primer on the fuselage before adding the wings, because I am still anticipating sanding and puttying...
Cheers!
Gabriel
i built this kit too and found it not a bad fitting kit and it has the right look and stance. i don't recall having any problems with the fuselage or oil cooler fit. i did attach the intake just before painting though (btw i think that is the regular intake not the trop you have there). the worst part of this kit is the raised rivet detail on the wings,lack of cockpit detail, also you will probably find out the dive brakes attach poorly (mine keep breaking off) and the bomb cradle doesn't really have any connection/pivot point on the fuselage. but i did enjoy the build. look forward to seeing the finished build- joe
Campaigns AdministratorHi guys. I wanted to share few update photos but first I have to ask if I am still allowed to participate in this campaign since I , by mistake, deleted entry photo with date and model in the box.
hi gabriel i built this kit too and found it not a bad fitting kit and it has the right look and stance. i don't recall having any problems with the fuselage or oil cooler fit. i did attach the intake just before painting though (btw i think that is the regular intake not the trop you have there). the worst part of this kit is the raised rivet detail on the wings,lack of cockpit detail, also you will probably find out the dive brakes attach poorly (mine keep breaking off) and the bomb cradle doesn't really have any connection/pivot point on the fuselage. but i did enjoy the build. look forward to seeing the finished build- joe
btw i have several of these kits in my stash if anyone wants to build one. i need to make some room. i originally was going to make a dio with them but i don't think that will happen so i would like to find a home for them.
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Yes, in tandem with the half-track looks spot on! Congrats for finishing!
still learning the trade:
I have still a few spots to fiddle with and I will be ready for a under-coat of Rust-oleum Aluminum! 
That's a fine looking 88 Bogi!
Time for my first photo entry on this campaign...
Building a Overtree edition of Eduard's bf.109 F-4, using some Kagero decals mixed with Xtradecals main insignias to build it as a Jg.27 Tropicalised version in 1942. Upon the kit's completion I'll post along a couple of photos of the actual machine I'll be trying to depict during the next few weeks.
Fist plastic cut off the sprues and the first spray of the main interior colors, rom 66 and 02. a second spray used a somewhat whiter shade of the base color so as to get a bit of depth. weathering with oils and dry brush will follow shortly.
Tried to use some chipping fluid on the back of the propeller blades but the scrubbing was a bit excessive, so some repaint will be necessary.
Cheers,
Pedro
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