Crimea_River
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Ah, thanks Geo. Engaged another synapse today.
**** DONE: GB-45 1:48 Slovakian Bf 109G-6 - BoB/Foreign Service
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fubar57
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The last parts of the PE, the pedals. I felt this was be a struggle and was correct. With both pedals, the part in the bender jaw managed to snap off while trying to put a bend in it so it would conform to the pedal. I managed to get the curve made and then it took a few minutes trying to attach it to the pedal and not my finger, in the end I persevered.
Formed and painted pedals with the cockpit, seat and lap belts attached. Touch-ups required on the pedals
The last piece to get attached to the cockpit is the interior fuel line. Eduard makes this as a clear part; nice touch
Painted up
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff Geo.
Good work so far George!
Jock Tamson
Senior Airman
Nice work George 
I have a couple of these Eduard 109's so will be following with interest.
Cheers Greg
I have a couple of these Eduard 109's so will be following with interest.
Cheers Greg
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Thanks guys. Getting ready to close it up, struggling to keep the P.E. parts in place. The gas line really looks the part.
Besides bad sprue attachment locations my other pet peeve is installing exhaust pipes early in the build. Other manufactures can leave them out until the end but whaddayahgonna do about it
A test fit of the fuselage halves shows a bit of an issue, one of the halves is slightly warped. With no locating pins/holes it'll take a bit to get right
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Started gluing the rear section of the fuselage. In the mean time I started on the lower wing/wheel well section. Each wheel well is a four piece affair. Eduard would have you join three parts into one and then add it to the wing. For me, this did not work as the pieces are oddly shaped; note the flash which was the same on the left assembly as well.
My solution was to glue the strut cover(?) #1 in position first. Once dry I glued them in my numerical order. A little fiddling to get #4 in position but it locked into place
Some nice detail inside, I'll see if I can get a close-up once the glue has set
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Crimea_River
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Looking really nice Geo.
Looking good there George.
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Thanks all. The mine is basically idled now running minimum crews for at least a month. Major shutdown in two weeks with lots of out of town/province contractors and they don't want to take chances with their own employees getting sick. Just did a wee bit of putty work and test fitting the wing bits together. Hoping to get a lot of modelling done in between spring cleaning in the basement
Crimea_River
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Hope you get back to normal real soon Geo. Our provincial Obergruppenfuehrer predicts some pretty bleak numbers for our economy for the rest of the year.
le_steph40
Senior Master Sergeant
Very nice George 
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fubar57
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Thank you Steph
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Doing the wing thang, one piece lower and two uppers which include the tips. I'm assuning this is to allow different variants. As with other kits, this usually brings a less than stellar fit.
Fortunately this is an easier fix compared to most others, just a bit of sanding from the panel line to the tip. Note the pitot tube doing its best to depart. Hard to tell but the lower photo is actually a nice flush fit, glued after the photo was taken
Crimea_River
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Separate tips make no sense for a 109 all the models after the E had the same tip. Oh, unless they are doing a bastardized Buchon.
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Didn't know that about the Buchon. Adding the bumpy bits. This required a bit of sanding to get a better fit.
A slight word about the filler you see. Nothing to do with the kit. This is my first Eduard kit and the plastic seems softer. Where the filler is is where attachment points were and while sanding to remove the remains I managed to create some "U" shaped divots. Anyhoo.....what the heck is this part supposed to represent....
....I never noticed it before but checking line drawings, there it is. It ending up fitting pretty good.
The last parts to attach were the side intake. Getting "I55" and "I54" to fit together without attachment points was pretty fiddly. I noticed that the base, "I26" didn't fit flush to the fuselage. I was going to sand it for a better fit but decided first to check some photos. A good thing as the base does stand a wee bit proud. The photos here exaggerate this a bit more than it actually is
Just waiting for the wings to set up and then I'll attach them. A test fit looks good....so far
