Grant Barr
Senior Airman
For my first effort back into modelling in many years I thought it best to stick to an OOB build (at least as much as possible). I found this kit at the LHS and have always been keen to do an early 109 – preferably dressed in Spanish Civil War colours.
Having made a start on the kit I found the plastic is quite soft and the mouldings do have quite noticeable flash on some of sprue trees. That being said, the details are crisp and the level of detail is much greater than I remember from way back in the seventies and eighties!
Basic cockpit construction is straightforward; although I found that some of the parts are tiny. The starboard seat rail pinged out of my fingers and was swallowed by the carpet monster so I was forced to make a replacement from a cut section of sprue. It's not a great job, but you won't see it once the fuselage is buttoned up.
The instrument panel is a combination of styrene, clear plastic with instrument faces printed on it and a PE fascia. I used this set up, but am not happy with the result. The instrument faces are too indistinct sunk back in the fascia and the paint job is rough – the hands seem to shake a lot more than they used to!!!![Triumph :triumph: :triumph:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I won't show the final panel – too embarrassing…![Flushed :flushed: :flushed:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
I have a bit more done that I hope to post in the next week.
Thanks for stopping by!
Having made a start on the kit I found the plastic is quite soft and the mouldings do have quite noticeable flash on some of sprue trees. That being said, the details are crisp and the level of detail is much greater than I remember from way back in the seventies and eighties!
Basic cockpit construction is straightforward; although I found that some of the parts are tiny. The starboard seat rail pinged out of my fingers and was swallowed by the carpet monster so I was forced to make a replacement from a cut section of sprue. It's not a great job, but you won't see it once the fuselage is buttoned up.
The instrument panel is a combination of styrene, clear plastic with instrument faces printed on it and a PE fascia. I used this set up, but am not happy with the result. The instrument faces are too indistinct sunk back in the fascia and the paint job is rough – the hands seem to shake a lot more than they used to!!!
I won't show the final panel – too embarrassing…
I have a bit more done that I hope to post in the next week.
Thanks for stopping by!