fubar57
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…..and always neat and tidy
**** DONE: GB-55 1/48 Bf109F-4/Trop – MTO III
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Slow, steady, neat and tidy.
Looks great so far Wayne!
Ralph Haus
Tech Sergeant
Wayne - jumping in with coments a bit late, but this build is really of interest since I have the Eduard G-10 profipack, which I suppose is very similar in construction, if not some of the molded parts? I'll be looking for the pitfalls, if any, to avoid. I suppose working with two uninjured thumbs won't be an issue?
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No don't want to go there
.....three weeks out and its still not right, even though there is no swelling or bruising I can't grip with any strength yet.Wondering whether I have a hairline crack in there somewhere....
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Not good, have you had it checked out.
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There are a couple of General Sprues common to all kits with the various other sprues with minor other bits for the different variants and Major Sprues for fuselages and wing combinations.
These Kits certainly have a lot more bits and detail than the often built Hasegawa, which to a certain extent I still like a lot, still good for there age and much simpler to assemble, still great 109 kits.
I've found so far that the parts fit very well but you should always dry fit parts at all stages to ensure that good fit, a bit of extra light sanding on some surfaces and edges here and there just makes things easier.
One thing I did do was carefully sand the front leading edge wing and fuselage edges to ensure a really good Flat surface to surface fit to minimise sanding removing the fine rivet detail. these pics soon!
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Thought about it but so far have let it slide.Not good, have you had it checked out.
Was assembling a kids bed for my Granddaughter today and grabbing the frame sections and moving them with my right hand the thumb just didn't want to apply that extra grip to hold it, nor was holding and gripping a screwdriver to do the screws...I got there though...it just reinforced the fact it is still not quite right.
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Ralph Haus
Tech Sergeant
Just curious? Is this the Weekend edition or the Profipak? I don't see the PE parts like are in my kit and was wondering if you had chosen to not use (as is the option in mine)? Really looks great as is without.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Beauty Wayne.
Totalize
Tech Sergeant
Coming along nicely Wayne.
fubar57
General
Agreed
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Very nice.
Wayne, one of the photos of the starboard side shows a small intake beside the starter crank hole on the starboard cowl.
This is a typical detail for F-2. For the F-4 this inlet for generator cooling was moved to the inside (to the engine-mounted compressor intake ring). A lack of the small starboard intake always means that it's an F-4. Maybe Eduard is using the same mold for their F-2 and F-4 models? I don't know (I don't have any of their Fs).
Here is a photo of a brand new F-4 showing the area without the intake:
And here's a F-2:
Check your sources though. As always there were exceptions - I read somewhere the WNF-production of F-4 kept this intake in the initial batches. I have no proof for this statement and never follow it myself.
Cheers!
This is a typical detail for F-2. For the F-4 this inlet for generator cooling was moved to the inside (to the engine-mounted compressor intake ring). A lack of the small starboard intake always means that it's an F-4. Maybe Eduard is using the same mold for their F-2 and F-4 models?
I don't know (I don't have any of their Fs).Here is a photo of a brand new F-4 showing the area without the intake:
And here's a F-2:
Check your sources though. As always there were exceptions - I read somewhere the WNF-production of F-4 kept this intake in the initial batches. I have no proof for this statement and never follow it myself.
Cheers!
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The profipack, I have chosen to use some etch but not a lot for this build.
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- #59
Both F-2 and F-4 kits use the same Starboard fuselage and there is no note in the instructions to remove it, so not sure on the intake.... will look further on that, it's rather easy to remove in any case.Wayne, one of the photos of the starboard side shows a small intake beside the starter crank hole on the starboard cowl.
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This is a typical detail for F-2. For the F-4 this inlet for generator cooling was moved to the inside (to the engine-mounted compressor intake ring). A lack of the small starboard intake always means that it's an F-4. Maybe Eduard is using the same mold for their F-2 and F-4 models?
Here is a photo of a brand new F-4 showing the area without the intake:
View attachment 689105
And here's a F-2:
View attachment 689106
Check your sources though. As always there were exceptions - I read somewhere the WNF-production of F-4 kept this intake in the initial batches. I have no proof for this statement and never follow it myself.
Cheers!
I know of at least one F-4 trop that has it so it could go either way.....
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and some further work, the main wings are in place...
