Bf 110E-3/Trop

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January 18, 2019
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January 27, 2019
Determining, where to cut and what to rescribe
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January 27, 2019
Position of the camera realtive to cockpit floor
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January 28, 2019
Filling in the chutes and vents, prepared for rescribing
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January 29, 2019
Camera window cut out
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January 29, 2019
cockpit floor peeking though - trimming required!
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January 29, 2019
Dragon's seat-adjustment(?) grip vs. scratch-build
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January 29, 2019
Completed handle and hollowed out housing
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January 29, 2019
Rudder pedals thinned down
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January 30, 2019
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January 30, 2019
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January 30, 2019
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January 30, 2019
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February 2, 2019
New book and parts: Aufklärer Vol.1 and RB50/30 camera from AIMS
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February 2, 2019
Unused Dragon parts - might come in handy for the mounting frame
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February 3, 2019
CAD sketch for the camera mounting frame
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February 4, 2019
Camera model added for dimensional adaption
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February 4, 2019
MG 15 with Master barrel
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February 6, 2019
AIMS rear seat with scratch build support, handles on the front ammo drums added
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February 6, 2019
Dust covers for the MG17s from brass tube
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February 10, 2019
Instrument panel - only missing the Revi plug
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February 10, 2019
Left cockpit side: Lots of detail missing, wing root will be visible
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February 10, 2019
Right console: some small stuff missing, opening for cables in the wrong place
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February 10, 2019
Almost complete cockpit
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February 10, 2019
Instrument housings and cables added
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February 10, 2019
Shot counter for the MG FF faired over
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February 12, 2019
Valves added from stretched sprue and copper wire
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February 12, 2019
HGW rudder pedals with Tamiya tape straps
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February 12, 2019
Linkages added to opening in thorttle quadrant
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February 12, 2019
Camera motor, with felxible shaft and pressure hose
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February 14, 2019
Camera auxillary units: Bildfolgeregler and Ueberdeckungsregler - first try
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February 14, 2019
Camera frame 3D printed via fused filament - fail!
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February 15, 2019
Resin exhausts and some other stuff
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February 15, 2019
Dry fit on the starboard cowling - quite some work to do
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February 15, 2019
Wheel well finished
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February 15, 2019
Landing gear, missing brake line
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February 17, 2019
Comparison of drop tanks from stash
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February 17, 2019
Engine instruments from Mdc
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February 17, 2019
Dry fit of Quickboost exhausts
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February 17, 2019
Prop dry fit, lots of sanding needed on the cowling
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February 25, 2019
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February 27, 2019
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February 27, 2019
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March 5, 2019
Motivational dry fit - both wings and ancelles are finally finished. Now everythings waiting for the camera mounting frame
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March 5, 2019
IP with Revi plug and the IP lights added, comparison Dragon Revi vs. Quickboost
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March 5, 2019
The assembled IP
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April 5, 2019
Finally - the 3D printed camera frame!
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April 6, 2019
Disaster strikes - even with careful sawing with the finest PE saw I had, the frame shattered
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April 6, 2019
Lots of patience later it's almost reconstructed. One part of the arch is missing - have to crawl over the floor again
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April 7, 2019
Repair with styrene - still needs some trimming
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April 7, 2019
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April 7, 2019
Mock up with the cockpit floor
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April 9, 2019
The primer unforgivingly reveals all the flaws
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April 10, 2019
Small collision problem
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April 10, 2019
The height of the camera assembly seems accurate compared to oroginal pictures
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April 14, 2019
Some paint on the frame and camera. Not ssure about the latter. I read about a blue-grey camer colour but there are only pictures from cameras in beige and dark grey
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April 16, 2019
RLM02 over black base - tried to keep it irregular
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April 16, 2019
Quick dry fit with the cockpit floor to get an impression
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April 25, 2019
RLM66 for the IP, Bordfunkers gauges and the morse code box
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April 25, 2019
Radio equipment and camera painted blue grey. Beige and brown for the rear seat
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April 25, 2019
Started painting on the MG15. Still needs some graphite for the metal effect, but the bakelite rear end and the fabric cover are mostly done
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April 28, 2019
Most of the detail painting done
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April 28, 2019
The IP was pretty hard to paint - still not 100% satisfied
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April 28, 2019
Dry fit
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April 28, 2019
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April 28, 2019
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May 4, 2019
Placards (from MDC) added. The ones on the radio are 1/48
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May 19, 2019
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May 19, 2019
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May 23, 2019
HGW seatbelts in place and dry fit of the cockpit
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May 23, 2019
eduard seatbelts for the pilot's seat
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June 11, 2019
seatbelts in place with the details higlighted by a brown wash
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June 11, 2019
final touch: some pigments for dust and dirt on the cockpit floor
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June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019
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June 16, 2019
Minor fit issues on the belly section
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June 16, 2019
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July 7, 2019
The wings are finally on and dry fitting on the canopy is in progress
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July 14, 2019
lots of masking on the canopy
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September 22, 2019
canopy in place, RLM02 pn the insied; black base on the outside
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September 22, 2019
Hasegawa drop tanks, with Dargon's brace and fuel pipes from copper wire
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October 19, 2019
black base is on!
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October 20, 2019
marble coat for the insignia
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October 20, 2019
blending with off white
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November 10, 2019
masked up
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November 10, 2019
covered with Tamiya Nato black and black
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November 10, 2019
first mask pulled - yes!
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November 26, 2019
all masks in place and sealed
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November 26, 2019
RLM78 marble in place
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November 26, 2019
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November 26, 2019
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November 26, 2019
lower cowlings left blank - they were probably yellow
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November 30, 2019
white marble base
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November 30, 2019
yellow applied - still not happy with the result. Might try MRP yellow next time
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November 30, 2019
Underside painted MRP RLM78
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November 30, 2019
the crosses turned out a little bit too dark - they'll recieve another coat of white
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November 30, 2019
contrast is a little too heavy fo rmy taste
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December 8, 2019
contrast corrected, underwing codes applied
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December 8, 2019
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December 8, 2019
some weird lifting - never had an issue with MRP or Tamiya before..
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December 8, 2019
RLM79 marble started
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December 8, 2019
new marble technique
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December 8, 2019
using a template over the base marble to get a more irregular pattern
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December 20, 2019
RLM79 marble finished, added contrast with tan and brown
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December 20, 2019
the effect is pretty subtle to invisible
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December 22, 2019
RLM79 is on!
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December 22, 2019
quite translucent - final look will be achieved after the RLM80 stripes
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December 22, 2019
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December 22, 2019
RLM70 for the prop, variation with Radu's mask in lighter and darker green; chipping via hairspray
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December 24, 2019
finished props and spinner
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December 24, 2019
black base for the RLM80 stripes
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December 26, 2019
stripes in place!
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December 26, 2019
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December 26, 2019
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December 26, 2019
some weird liftung on the insignia - have to fix that
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December 26, 2019
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December 30, 2019
Drop tank with decals from Revell's Bf 109G-6 - the flat carrier film is a pain in the **s
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December 30, 2019
Quickboost exhausts painted with Alclads: steel base, followed by pale burnt metal and jet exhaust near the openings
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December 30, 2019
pin wash applied to the RLM02 parts
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January 4, 2020
salt faing - looking good from afar
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January 4, 2020
paint ate through to the black base
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January 4, 2020
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January 4, 2020
repaired; needs some polishing
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January 4, 2020
lots of dots
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January 4, 2020
blended in; more dark oils applied to the exhaust stain area
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January 4, 2020
oil dot filter in place
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January 4, 2020
oils applied to the exhausts
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January 26, 2020
started the exhaust stains with oils
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January 26, 2020
filter on the upper sides
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February 15, 2020
panel line wash in place
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February 15, 2020
kept it subtle
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February 24, 2020
underside wash in place
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February 24, 2020
quick mock up
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February 24, 2020
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February 24, 2020
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March 1, 2020
pigments applied to the wheels - meh
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March 1, 2020
oversprayed with Tamiya buff; way better
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March 1, 2020
started to redo the lost antenna mast, Vallejo sand as base coat
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March 1, 2020
burnt umber streaked on
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March 1, 2020
added chips with silver oil colour and exhaust stains with MRP
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March 1, 2020
more chips
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March 1, 2020
fuel and oil stains
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March 1, 2020
more staining on the drop tanks
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March 1, 2020
almost done!
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March 1, 2020
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March 9, 2020
antenna mast and aerial wire finally in place

Comments

4 18 January 2019, 15:08

Rui S
Nice work 👍

29 January 2019, 23:34

Nathan Dempsey
Great start. I'm watching this one.

30 January 2019, 17:11

Joachim F.
Thanks mates - there's a build log over on largescaleplanes😉

30 January 2019, 17:45

Spanjaard
interesting

2 February 2019, 14:22

Stephan Ryll
Very detailed work 👍

15 April 2019, 18:15

Rui S
Nice Paint job. 👍
Looking forward to see the Next pieces.
The engine instruments and the scratch also look great.

25 April 2019, 23:53

Warren Inman
Stupid me built the cockpit for this model and have misplaced it! Is on hold until I find the damn thing! 🙂

26 April 2019, 00:40

Rui S
Shit happens😉

26 April 2019, 07:55

Joachim F.
Good luck finding this tiny thing!

28 April 2019, 15:05

Warren Inman
This is a 1/32 Bf 110.. not very tiny at all..

28 April 2019, 23:42

Joachim F.
I obviously forgot my irony sign😉

29 April 2019, 05:29

komoras
Never saw such an awesome Bf 110 being built! Great work! 👍

30 November 2019, 15:33

Spanjaard
impressive paint job so far

30 November 2019, 23:12

Joachim F.
Thanks mates - I'm blushing behind my screen!
Although I'm going to put some more work into the RLM78.

2 December 2019, 10:35

Oliver Peissl
Sieht Super aus bis jetzt, Sehr schön!!

4 January 2020, 18:16

Joachim F.
Vielen Dank Oliver!

5 January 2020, 07:32

Murad ÖZER
i've read about paint eating it's way tru earlier at lsp, hard to understand how something like this did happen, even harder to understand how you felt as you first saw wtf is going on...man! still a great save. 👍

5 January 2020, 08:05