Messerschmitt Bf 109

Mirko Römer
Great start!

Plastic Hobby
tnx

Mirko Römer
AK RC RLM 76 Version 2 applied

Roland Gunslinger
Very nice
Watching with interest...

Rui S
Excellent interior paintjob , and the exterior is looking great also

Mirko Römer
Thanks, still some steps to go!

Jos Jansen
Hello S. Brinkley, great idea...currently I build the same Bf-109, if you like, join our Bf-109 GB here on Scalemates ... some great modellers join in, we can learn and enjoy a lot from each other here.

Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build 2020 (1. October until 31. December, )

S. Brinkley
Thanks! I will...but this will be only my third build after a 35-year "break" from modelling. We'll see how it turns out.

Michael Phillips
Welcome Jos, Eelco, Daniel, and Sven!

Jos, I look forward to seeing your Indo Flanker! The Hobby Boss kit is really nice. While I did not use that kit for my Indo Flanker, I did use it as a base from my Su-30MKM conversion. It is a very pleasurable build, very good fit and well done overall. I think you will really enjoy it. If you have any questions along the way, just let me know! I am using a combination of MRP and Gunze paints for this, and these are actually coming from Sprue Brothers here in the States, which is why these will be here in such short order. It's the decals that are coming from Europe. Hungary, to be exact via eBay. Estimated to arrive by November 5th.

Daniel, the Super Hornet is still next. In fact, I may start it if before I finish the 109 if I get done with paint before my decals arrive next month. I took a look at the 109 kit last night and even started some assembly, and I really think this one will be a very quick build (even for me), so much so that it might need to be paused to wait for the decals.

Jos Jansen
By the time I start with the Flanker, I'll definitely let you know. Below the link to the my project, if you have any tips and tricks in advance, please let me know. I've seen your Malay H version, really beautiful!
TNI AU (Indonesian Air Force) | SU-30MK2 Flanker-G | Project by Banshee13 (1:48)

Sorry, my friend, I didn't read it correctly. I have also ordered from Sprue Brothers a number of times, within a week I often had the ordered items delivered, really great! Hopefully, you will get the decals from Hungary a little on time ...?! Your 109 is going to be a stunner, no doubt about it.

Michael Phillips
Thanks Jos! I can't think of anything offhand, but I will be following along with you build so I will only be a message away if something comes up.

Erik Leijdens
Great choice indeed. Will be a stunner in your hands Michael

Sergej I
Nice camo!
Taking a seat on this one.

Michael Hickey
WoW... This is leftfield for you mate, good choice of kit.

Michael Phillips
Welcome Erik, Sergej, and Michael!

Yeah Michael, this is definitely off the beaten track for me. But this will be a bit of a laid back build for me, completely OOB other than decals and not going to worry to much about details and accuracy, although I will try my best to be accurate as a whole.

Anyway, the album for this build has been started, and can be found here:

Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build 2020 | Album by Fighting 84 (1:48)

Not much to report so far, just some assembly and priming of the cockpit. My paints arrived Friday, so I am good to go there.

Patrick Hagelstein
Now these are some original markings! Glad to catch this build as well. Enjoy Michael!

Michael Hickey
This 109 looks different with the yellow and red spinner.

Sergej I
following

Jos Jansen
I am in the 109 flow...my preference are 4th gen jets, but I've an incredibly prop mojo right now...

Jos Jansen
Following Sergej, interesting mate...!

Michael Hickey
Welcome Sergej, sweet looking 109.

Jos Jansen
Iam definitely in Michael...!

Eelco Gregoire
Me too!

Michael Hickey
Your both welcome gentlemen, I'm actually excited to be part of this GB. Maybe, just maybe it's what I need to find my Mojo.;)

Jos Jansen
Have you always wanted to build that Messerschmidt Bf-109 model, but it's at the bottom of your stash ... now is the time to grab that box and join the Bf-109 GB here on Scalemates!

Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build 2020 (1. October until 31. December, )

Patrick Hagelstein
Looks interesting!

Jim J
It's time to go back to the Luftwaffe and finally do one of Adolf Galland's planes. Eduard just released this special edition and I jumped on it. I was not familiar with this particular plane, but it's a very interesting scheme and I'm looking forward to it. The office is complete.

adamcole
Not an entry level kit. Biggest challenge was the canopy, which is vacuformed. They give you three so you can mess up two! its a multimedia kit, so beware. Overall, mine looked ok, but the original decals disintegrated and I added metal wing gun barrels and rubber main wheels.

Ricardo Reis
Thanks guys!

Clifford Keesler
I really love that color scheme.

Ricardo Reis
Yes, it's awesome; unfortunately very few photos, I could only find one of the "White 1", some others for "White 7" and "Yellow 1"; https://ww2aircraft.net/foru..-5-unusual-camouflage.49743/

Jim J
Looking great so far. Cool scheme.

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Jim, wrapping it up this weekend!

Ricardo Reis
Finished! Final photos will be in a separate album in this project.

Jos Jansen
Very nice Ricardo, I just started with mine Bf-109E4/7...looking forward for your final pictures.

Ricardo Reis
Hi all! Final pictures of the Bf 109 are now in the new album under the same project. Hope you like it: Bf 109G-5 Night Fighter | Album by RReis (1:48)

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Thanks guys ! The canopy is a home made part for the wind shield and the openned part. The rear clear part is from the kit. The 'Stand' is from scratch yes, it is painted now but I still need to do new pictures. Cheers.

Bart Goesaert
very nice one, and still high on my to do list, just as the Swiss P-51..., only in search of some much needed modellingtime...

Kerry COX
Pierre, thank you for that and I tried making a stand for my B-17 but failed miserably.
Well done mate. .

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Thanks a lot guys !!!!

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, very inspirational way to bypass the kit's errors

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Thanks Lukasz, yes it was the best way to remove the wrong parts and bring it to life at the same time !

Alec K
Very nicely done

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Thanks Alec !

James Vorster
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painbringer
Fantastic model, Tamiya quality as usual.

Augie
Well, might be a trend.. airfix's new Phantom release, 2 schemes are exact from Revells 1:48 release!

Nigel
@Roland, yes you are correct. All Legion Condor, therefore all the same (lack of) colour scheme.

Murad ÖZER
also looks like there is an accuracy issue with the size of the roundels on eduard's part, according to this in box review at least: Youtube Video skip ahead towards 12:30 mark

Murad ÖZER
interesting indeed, eduard is usually careful when it comes to these stuff. if it was *ittyhawk etc. i'd say biz as usual but this i hope eduard would release a correction because despite being a rather dull on the colors still there was a gap when it came to legion condor history, at least oob.

Treehugger
Hm, maybe they outsourced this type of work to somebody else and then didn't check it or something.

Nigel
That's not an insubstantial error, although I think that better comparison would be made against reference photos rather than decals from another set or the painting guide. Could easily be fixed with a mask I guess, but that's not really the point.

Murad ÖZER
eduard's own b&w ref shows the real roundels are larger indeed; they extend over the slat and the aileron whereas the decals are smaller than the wing body itself.

Nigel
Ah-ha! They put 1:48 kit decals in a 1:32 kit box!

Joe Bakaitis
I got this kit and they have added an extra pair of correct size roundels.

Colin Browne
Kit had a damaged prop so bodged a crash landing