Bf109E-1 Jg54 Battle of Britain Group Build

[T Bolt]

Glenn, how'd you make the slit in the back of the seat the seatbelts go in?

I took a very fine drill bit in a pin vice - I think it was a #70 bit- and drilled 3 holes in a line then connected them with and x-acto knife.

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Glenn! Will try that..also looks fantastic!

 

[Airframes]

Drill two holes side by side, then file into one oval slot.
Nice work Glenn, looks like the production line at Erla werke or Augsburg.

 

[T Bolt]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nicely done!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

8)

 

[T Bolt]

Painted the control panel last night, installed it and closed up the fuselage. Also assembled the wings. Much of the work to convert it from an E-3 to an E-1 and repairing some surface sink holes has been done, but I still need to finish closing up the old cannon holes and re-scribe some panel lines. A test fit showed that the wing joint would not be bad, but not as good as my Spitfire.

Question: What color should the area under the leading edge slats be painted?

 

[Lucky13]

Sweet!

 

[Airframes]

Looking good Glenn. Far as I know, the area under the slats was RLM 02.

 

[Wayne Little]

confirm the 02 under the slats....

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks good Glenn.

 

[B-17engineer]

Very cool Glenn.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Man that looks nice!

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks I really appreciate it!

Nice work Glenn, looks like the production line at Erla werke or Augsburg.

Messerschmitt's Chicago production line is in full swing!

 

[B-17engineer]

Faster!! You need to get atleast 30 a day out...

 

[T Bolt]

Faster!! You need to get atleast 30 a day out...

I have two more kits in the shelf, both Hobbycraft. a Bf-109C and an Avia S-199. I was tempted believe me!

 

[B-17engineer]

Hows the interior detail ? If its anything like my Do-17...not tempted

 

[T Bolt]

Hows the interior detail ? If its anything like my Do-17...not tempted

I made their 109K about ten years ago. It was a nice kit. The interior isn't as good as Tamaya, and the panel lines are not as crisp, but the cockpit looks plenty good with a closed cockpit and you can always get a true details resin cockpit fairly cheaply if you want to open it up.

Here's some pics of the K. as you can see you can't see muck in the cockpit.

 

[B-17engineer]

Thanks Glenn!

I just don't' like using resin sets if their not meant for the kit.... *COUGH* P-47...

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice Glenn...