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

[Wurger]

Agree.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Thanks boys! I'm thinking about painting the seat belts, it just doesn't look right to me.

 

[Crimea_River]

Good plan. Should be an off white/grey.

 

[ArmouredSprue]

The seat belt has colour has been fixed. Some photos to come!

 

[Migrant]

Nice work. those seat belts look good (apart from the colour). Are the buckles also made from the same material?

 

[ArmouredSprue]

21st August 2018
Finally re-painted the seat belts, they look better now.

Here is how the cockpit is looking at the moment.

And, to Migrant, yes the buckles are in the same material.

To be continued!

 

[fubar57]

Nice do-over Paulo

 

[Crimea_River]

Much better.

 

[SANCER]

Me gusta, bien logrado con esos cinturones Paulo.

Saludos

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Muchas gracias Sancer.

thanks everyone for your kind words.
I'm working now on the landing gear, control stick and propeller.
Some updates soon!

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Here is how it looks now, attached to the fuselage

To be continued!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

Looks great.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[fubar57]

Agreed

 

[ArmouredSprue]

Continuing with the building I decided to make an improvement to the kit by cutting off the wing slats. This is the first time I'm doing this, so bear with me.

I also worked on the main landing gears, I made the hydraulic brake line out of thin copper wire, it was then painted Gunze RLM02 and Silver. The propeller is very good and it was painted using Gunze RLM70 and Aluminium. I t still needs to be properly weathered..

One annoying thing about this Tamiya kit is the closed canopy as the only option. After working the beautiful interior it would be insane to keep it closed. So I decided to carefully cut it open. I than polish it and gave a bath of FUTURE to restore the clear.

To be continued!

 

[Wurger]