**** DONE: GB-39 1/72 Bf109E-3 Obfw. J.Arnoldy - Battle for France to Battle of Britain

[ArmouredSprue]

Username : ArmouredSprue
First name : Paulo
Category: Advanced
Scale : 1/72
Manufacturer / Model : Tamiya Bf109E-3
Extras: Out-Of-The-Box except for the Synthetic Fibre harness, EZ Line aerial.


Bf109E-3 "WEISSE 5" Obfw. Jakob Arnoldy, Mandal 1940 (Tamiya 1/72)

HI all

This is my next project. The kit is the Tamiya Bf109E-3.

My intention is to make one of the decal options for the aircraft flown by Obfw. Jakob Arnoldy during the Battle of Britain. He was attached to 4./JG77 based on Mandal in 1940. During that time he was flying the "Weisse 5"which was a Bf109E-3 WNr.1276. The painting scheme is RLM71, RLM02 over RLM65 which was characteristic of the period.

Bf109E-3 "Weisse 5" Wnr. 1276, Obfw Jakob Arnoldy, Mandal September 1940

Here is a shot of his another "White 5" being also the E-3 type. It seems to be the kite he was shot down. Believing the caption it's Bf 109E3, 4.JG77, WNr 5277 shot down by RAF 33 Sqn, John Mackie, on the15th April 1941.


The kit:

This kit is quite simple and inside the box you'll find one grey sprue with all major parts for assembly, one clear sprue with the canopy parts, decals and instructions sheet.

I quickly started by painting the interior with RLM02. In this case I have used Gunze RLM02.

Next I started brush painting the cockpit details using Tamiya acrylics.

To be continued!

 

[fubar57]

 

[SANCER]

Paulo, is a good start, and I'm sure it will be interesting to see the process.

Saludos

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Interesting subject.

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Thanks all.
I did some progress, more photos to come soon

 

[Migrant]

Looks nice so far

 

[Papa Tango Whiskey]

nice going

 

[Luftace43]

Looking good! Nice job of bringing out the details with careful painting.

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Thanks for following the journey guys. Not much has been done since I'm also working on a Beaufort (special hobby) in parallel. I did a little bit of weathering on the cockpit floor but not worth sharing at this paoint.
More updates soon
Cheers

 

[Wurger]

Looking forward to that.

 

[Airframes]

Good work so far.
So 'Special Hobby' have finally released the Beaufort ?
Haven't seen it in the UK yet, and would be interested to learn what it's like.

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Good work so far.
So 'Special Hobby' have finally released the Beaufort ?
Haven't seen it in the UK yet, and would be interested to learn what it's like.

Yes mate! i think they have it for a while now and a few different boxes as well. The version I got is for the Aussie built under licence with pratt whitney engines.
The kit is a little trick, the canopy is wider than the fuselage, which requires you to insert a plasticard when joining the fuselage halves to avoide it ( I didn't, learned it later)

 

[Airframes]

Thanks very much for the info, and the warning re the canopy.
Forgot to ask - is this the 1/72nd scale kit ?
It's the 1/48th scale kit I'm waiting for.

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Thanks very much for the info, and the warning re the canopy.
Forgot to ask - is this the 1/72nd scale kit ?
It's the 1/48th scale kit I'm waiting for.

Yes! I was referring to the 72nd version. I only build 72nd sorry!

 

[Airframes]

No problem, and thanks again.

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work there Paulo.

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Some progress done on the cockpit.


Firstly I painted the floor with GUNZE acrylic H70 RLM02 and weathered using water colours pencil silver and Tamiya Panel Accent BLACK.

Following I worked on the firewall, basic painting to pick up the details using Tamiya XF-63 German Grey for the cannon butt, GUNZE acrylics H8 SILVER for the pedals and GUNZE acrylic H70 RLM02 and weathered using water colours pencil silver and Tamiya Panel Accent BLACK. I added a piece of lead foil for the pedal straps and painted it GUNZE H66 RLM79 to simulate leather.

Next I drilled the seat belt aperture and added the seat belts, fiber material seat belts from KAMIZUKURI (870-0906). I'm not sure about the colour though, I'll probably need to paint it. I also weathered it using water colour pencil silver.

The instruments panel was painted Tamiya XF-63 German Grey and than I used the supplied decals. I did added the filter pump control lever made of a piece of photo etch scrap.

To be continued!

 

[fubar57]

Looks good