Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Karl Wolff (WIP)

Challenge day at 10:00 - begin 

Challenge day at 10:00 - beginning 

Challenge day at 11:03 - closing wings first, to have a robust landing gear further ahead 

Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear 

Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear 

Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear 

Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear 

Challenge day at 14:04 - cockpit work 

Challenge day at 15:29 - final touch ups, taking too long here... 

Challenge day at 16:11 - getting ready to (finally) close 

Challenge day at 17:15 - closing; the nose section was a nightmare to close 

Challenge day at 18:13 - still adjusting fuselage; awful build experience 

Challenge day at 19:08 - after more than two hours, the body is finally glued; masking and preparing the transparent parts 

Challenge day at 20:43 - after dinner, plane is closed, now starting some filling and sanding; using only acrylic putty and CA+accelerator to speed up the process 

Challenge day at 22:04 - now applying AK white primer diluted with MTL; I'm using white because plane has significant white areas 

Challenge day at 23:45 - after masking, painted RLM76 using Gunze H417 

Challenge day at 00:32 - painted RLM02 using MRP-50 

Challenge day at 01:35 - masking took forever; RLM71 applied using MRP-61 

Challenge day at 02:19 - details painted with a brush and plane varnished with Tamiya X-22 gloss, ready for decals 

Challenge day at 03:19 - first decals applied 

Challenge day at 05:19 - After two exhausting hours (!!) decals and stencils have all been applied; wheels, propeller and other details have also been taken care of 

Challenge day at 06:28 - decals softened with Micro Sol dried, X-22 gloss applied over in preparation for the pin washes 

Challenge day at 06:54 - I am now the only one still standing in the room; for the benefit of the party I decided to stop here and use the remaing 3hours at home, to try to finish the kit in 24hours 

The model back at home, waiting for the remaining 3hours to try to finish it in 24hours 

Working at home, washes applied; I managed not to ruin the white! 😄 

Finished! All done in 24hours; it is true, the break after 21hours allowed for an effective dry of the varnish, but I still consider it an achievement; some things I would have done differently if I had more time, and also some corrections; nevertheless I am happy with the result and one less kit in my stash! 😄 Final photos here in the other album of this project: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Karl Wolff (24h) | Album by RReis (1:48)