**** DONE: GB-70 1/72 Bf-109 E-1 - WWII Spanish Civil War to Fall of France

[hal bregg]

User Name: hal bregg
Name: Hal
Category: Advanced
Kit: Messerschmitt Bf-109 E-1 - AZ model 7802
Scale: 1/72
Accessories: none (?) except spare part box

Hello!

Nice to join this prestigious competition.
A bit late, but I had to finish current project ;I .

Through the years, I had mixed emotions about AZ model company, but this one is a "2021 new tool", and I urgently needed a box to fulfil GB 70 requirements, so I just bought it. So here it is:

I don't know if I've ever actually started building a model the day after buying it.
Usually, they had to wait a while... Whether that's a good sign—we'll see!.

 

[Wurger]

Looking forward to the final effect.

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[destrozas]

Another BF 109e!!! Very good, I've read that it's an acceptable mold

 

[hal bregg]

Hmmm. Such a shame... I think I won't change my opinion about AZ Model "products". A 2021 new moulds?- seems more 1961....

Rubbish.
First photo shows the best available wing/fuselage fit. But decals seems well printed, so to rescue the project perhaps accessory kit is needed?.

 

[destrozas]

YES!!!

 

[Donivanp]

Looks cool

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[hal bregg]

So, my accessory kit arrived!!.
To improve models we swap poor wheels/engines/canopies etc. This time I needed to swap whole airframe, so I choosed a sure bet- Tamiya 60750 Bf 109 E-3 kit. Conversion to E-1 sub-version will be done by removing underwing cannon bulges only (?).

 

[Wurger]

 

[hal bregg]

Bulges removed.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Nice de-bulging

 

[Gnomey]

Nice work so far!

 

[hal bregg]

A "dry" pre-montage of Tamiya masterpiece....

Interior painting will be the next step.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good work.

 

[hal bregg]

Tamiya model building recipe:
1. Buy model.
2. Cut out the parts, paint interior
3. Insert back to box
4. Add glue
5. Shake
6. Model ready for main painting!