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

[Wurger]

THX H~...

The tail surfaces look good and using of sandpaper is needed when you put halves of these parts together.However these are moulded fully with styrene what makes their weight quite huge. I would suggest removing plastic from inner surfaces to make them lighter.But it is job for more patient modellers.

 

[Lucky13]

Fantastic Wojtek!

 

[B-17engineer]

Looks good mate!

 

[Wurger]

THX Gents....

Here you are the main landing gear doors.These look good and need a small correction only.There is a lack of partition lines on the outher surfaces.Quite easy to make and I have engraved them without any problem. I have sanded the outer surfaces because there were small cavities at tops.It made them smooth and thinner.The more serious problem are these stamp traces at the inner areas. I have remeved them by scraping and sanding.But I have forgotten about taking a shot.Sorry. What is more one of them wasn't recessed. The easiest way would be using a putty for that and sanding.But the thickness of these parts let me do that easy. Ailerons are OK and need to be sanded a little bit at edges only.

 

[Airframes]

Excellent surgery Professor Wojtek! Brought back memories of doing mine. I 'cheated' on the starboard spark plug access panel, and cut it out, scratch-built a new one from plastic card and strip, and positioned it in the open position.
I didn't have a problem with the fit of the main cowling, with the engine installed - I think this is another sign of the age of the moulds. I did have a slight problem, as I remember, with the saddle cowling though, getting the joint aligned properly, as there is very little joining surface, with the edges of the plastic being very thin.
Looking forward to more my friend.

 

[Wurger]

THX Terry.

Here the engine set. All parts looks nice and it was an easy assembling. The last pic shows the engine assembled without the front part and its cowling .

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Wow........... Wojetk, while I sleep, you make with the magic wand. What a lovely kit and a great start and thanks for the detailed picture progress, this is going to be a build to watch and you'll be have me up at dawn tomorrow looking at the latest update.

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Wojtek. Such a simple, clean design, the DB engine.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Hey Terry, how's that for a double post, both bang on 10:07 my time.

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is a beautiful model!

 

[rochie]

great stuff Master Jedi Wojtek

 

[Wurger]

Thank you guys.

You are right Terry the DB engine was an excellent German design. Here the replic painted matt black with an initial silver wash.The front part of the engine with the prop rotary slot has already been painted and glued.

 

[ozhawk40]

Great start on this oldie Wojtek, this is going to be interesting for sure!

Cheers

Peter

 

[T Bolt]

Beautiful work! and a nice fix on that cowl!

 

[Wurger]

THX

The farther work on the engine....

 

[Lucky13]

Looking great uncle wojtek!

 

[Wurger]

Uhumm....

Here is the radiator for the engine.According to the kit asembling manual it should be mounted under the engine maquette. Initially I painted it with brassy paint.Later I added black wash.

 

[B-17engineer]

Looks great Wojtek!!

 

[Airframes]

Nice work Wojtek. The oil cooler looks very good.

 

[Wurger]

THX Gents

But there appeared a problem with the cooler.The assembling manual shows that the radiator should be fixed to the part that looks like a pipe..I have checked it with pictures and it is incorrect rather.However the pipe should be mounted between right and left row of pistons.To be honest the pipe was more thinner than the one of the kit.Besides joints on the pipe don't fit correctly and I had to make them deeper.As a result the cooler went up a little bit. But I have noticed it when the engine was mounted to the fuselage.

A few pics....