Airfix 1/24 scale Bf109E.....or a bed of thorns

[Wurger]

Terry, I used a piece of cardboard sheet, a pencil and scissors for that.There is a special gauge for taking correct cross-sections. But I don't have the one.

My next job was to make something that looked like " a gutter " that can be seen in pics of the area. Unfortunately thses troughs couldn't fill up all the "empty" areas.It was because of sockets of the main lenading gear legs. I made them used two thin plastic plates warmed up and wrapped on a wooden stick. Then I have cut parts that fitedt to these areas and glued with the Gunze lemon glue.

 

[T Bolt]

Wonderful work Wojtek!

 

[Lucky13]

Master!

 

[Wurger]

THX Gents... appreciate.

The another pair of semi-airfoils was done.

 

[Tony Hill]

Masterful, just great!!

 

[Wurger]

THX Mate.

Finally I have attached these another semi-airfoils to the wing halves. Because the central stringer was running at the place where the main spar was going too I added a few parts to it only. At the end all parts were sanded and their fitting was check again. All was fine.

 

[Tony Hill]

Did I mention I hate people with talent???

 

[Wurger]

Don't worry...me too.

 

[Airframes]

Great work my friend, and thanks for the explanation. I lost my profile gaugesome years ago, and have been using a similar method too, and sometimes use plasticine, pressed into the area to be measured, which gives an approximate shape from which to make a cardboard template. This is then corrected as required, and used as a pattern for the plastic part.

 

[Wurger]

Thank you Terry. Sometimes I use these ways for obtaining shapes as well. Also I use the solder wire for that.But still the cardboard way is one of the best I know.

Having these bottom halves of the wing finished I had a look at these top ones. You might remember there were cavities at areas of aileron bays.

 

[vikingBerserker]

DAM

 

[Wurger]

All cavities there were filled wit CA Superglue.When the filling was hardened I used some Tamiya masking tape for limiting areas of the work. Then sanding it down. Of course I did it to both of top halves.

 

[B-17engineer]

Great work wojtek!

 

[Wurger]

H~ ..appreciate

At last I could put the wing halves together.ALso I attached ailerons, the wing cannons and front coverings of their bays.. The next problem has been encountered.One of these front coverings was too flat at its top. As a result both leading edges at these areas looked slightly different. I decided to apply some putty there.

 

[Lucky13]

A true masterpiece form the hands of a true Master.....

 

[Airframes]

Sure is !

 

[javlin]

Kool !!some nice work there Wojtek Cheers

 

[Crimea_River]

A real gem Wojtek. Great work!

 

[Wurger]

Very kind words here. Thank you all of you for them.

To finish the wing matter...the applied putty was sanded down and made smooth. The effect below...

 

[Wayne Little]

Well done Sir!