Thank you so much my friends with the F-4 phantom in the books. I think its time to get this bf-109F done
I thought making an F-2 would be nice but mmmm maybe an F-4
finishing one F-4 just to start another hehe
Look forward to seeing it. From memory, the kit isn't bad, for the period - built a couple 30 odd year ago. The canopies in my kits were quite nicely done, although one-piece of course.
Thank you my friend, I found that next to other kits of the era and Hasegawa's kit its probably the most accurate in terms of details, the wheels and bays look great and the amount of detail present is nice as well, I thought it was a 90s kit with the level of detail and its impressed me so far.
How sure are you that its complete igor? Even if it isn't, you might be able to scratch build the missing bits I think its a real buzz that you are essentially breathing life into an abandoned orphan kit.
I was thinking the same Parsifal, I believe its all there (at least most of everything is attached to its sprue. Since I've got no instruction manual it'll be a build from references and other kits. Hopefully I don't forget too much stuff
Thank you so much I hope I can do this kit justice and make her a pride in the collection.
Good choice Igor. Not sure which kit you have but I built the F years ago and don't recall any problems
I'm 90% sure its an F-2, from comparing it with some reference drawings and aircraft photos it looks like a 2 and I'm using your build as guidance
Hello,
Despite its age, Airfix' kit is a very good base for a Bf 109 F-4. Shape, dimensions and volume are very accurate. The canopy is particularly clear.
Spielmann
Fully agreed, its a real gem and from what I can notice it could shape up to be a nice G model as well, but I'll probably stick to an F-2 as it has the least things that I'll have to edit to it (probably nothing needed to be honest, but some extra details might go in). Sadly I don't have the canopy
(or its been misplaced) but I ended up finding the Falcon Canopies Vac set for it in my pile
which I'm hoping to use.
The progress so far is as follows:
The right side of the cockpit went first and I've used a collection of references for the cockpit, sadly not too many pictures and more interpretations of the actual cockpit are in print, the following photo taken from a site and used for hobby purposes (no copyright infringement intended)
The original cockpit, very nice and I'll try to retain as much of it as possible. I happened across an aftermarket set for cheap
at the LHS, the company is called Cooper Details and is from the 80s and an AMAZING set
I couldn't believe my luck and what detail is in the set, all out of the resin and no PE but blew me away it would stack up to any of set of today. I also like that an 70s/80s kit is receiving the same era canopy set and some parts of the aftermarket set
With the following portion edited to match the references and put it closer to the top instrument panel, this also allows more room for the Cooper Details Tub to fit,
and edited with some scratch made parts, always nice to use the spares bin and use that excess plastic
with a little ingenuity.
I assembled the airfix tub first but then noticed that it would be a good idea to use the Cooper Details one, so off goes some of the pieces, in the process of editing them.
The rear (orange) was detached from Airfix's tub and attached again in order to mate it flush with Cooper's Details.
Other side of the cockpit,
Side panels of Cooper Details, very nice
but to be saved for a G in the stash.
Thanks all and more updates tomorrow