"yellow nosed baskets six o'clock high" 1/24 Messerschmitt bf 109-E by Airfix

[AlexN]

On 01/02/2017 at 13:20, Martian Hale said:

Did you really have to put that image into our heads?  If I have nightmares tonight, I will know who to blame!

 

That made me remember Mark Gatiss' Doctor Who episode Cold War, which gave us the full detail of what a Martian looks like¹ under his armour... . Which is responsible for many of my subsequent nightmares...   

 

 

¹ A small portion of which can be seen here

[The Spadgent]

Thanks again for all your lovely input into this build. Super quick update.

we have a mat top coat which seems to have dulled the scratches much to i'm sure the Joy of the Red planets inhabitants. and some of the canopy masking off. Looking pretty good, luckily no under spray.

 

look the map!!annnd. Some glass.

 

the mat still has a shine at this scale but not too much. Also Just for Mr Barron.

 

I've put the bars on. Paint next!

gotta dash before I get caught.

 

Thanks for popping in.

 

Johnny covert ops.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[AlexN]

Speaking of bomben, und writing thereon, vide TheBaron's post:

 

 

1. Extra Havana für Churchill no. 1: see the caption of the second scan for details

 

© Arrow Books Extra Havana für Churchill no. 1 by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

 

 

2. Extra Havana für Churchill no. 2 - what happened to the bomb

 

© Arrow Books Extra Havana für Churchill no. 2 by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

 

 

3. The Narrow Margin - Cover

 

© Arrow Books The Narrow Margin - Cover by Alex1N, on Flickr.

 

The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the rise of air power. Wood D with Dempster D. Hutchinson & Co. (Publisher), 1961, this edition revise and illius. Arrow Books Ltd, 1969. 09 002160 6.

 

 

 

4. Bf 109 E-4/B: this is the closest that I could find of something like your 109, Johnny; an E-4 being bombed up. If you squint, you can see that the port wheel well cover has been removed - revealing your detail . Note also the aerial detail abaft the mast, and the 'sooty'¹ exhaust stain:

 

© Arrow Books Bf 109 E-4/B by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

Alex.

 

¹ The type of film used may or may not have accentuated the exhaust mark (by the end of the war such marks would definitely have been from soot as the octane ratings of German fuels plummeted)

 

[AlexN]

On 02/02/2017 at 08:01, sithman said:

just looked it up again!.......no folding wings on the 109 

 

but I did find mr. happy!

 

Now there's a diorama begging to be done! What a shame I flogged my 1/24 Stuka (and Sea Harrier, and...).

 

A.

[Martian]

Thanks for that picture, I have very slowly been trying to gather information on the Ju87c.

 

Martian

[AlexN]

Thank sithman, not me! And you appear to be up rather late/early: the cold?

[The Spadgent]

14 hours ago, AlexN said:

Speaking of bomben, und writing thereon, vide TheBaron's post:

 

 

1. Extra Havana für Churchill no. 1: see the caption of the second scan for details

 

© Arrow Books Extra Havana für Churchill no. 1 by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

 

 

2. Extra Havana für Churchill no. 2 - what happened to the bomb

 

© Arrow Books Extra Havana für Churchill no. 2 by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

 

 

3. The Narrow Margin - Cover

 

© Arrow Books The Narrow Margin - Cover by Alex1N, on Flickr.

 

The Narrow Margin: The Battle of Britain and the rise of air power. Wood D with Dempster D. Hutchinson & Co. (Publisher), 1961, this edition revise and illius. Arrow Books Ltd, 1969. 09 002160 6.

 

 

 

4. Bf 109 E-4/B: this is the closest that I could find of something like your 109, Johnny; an E-4 being bombed up. If you squint, you can see that the port wheel well cover has been removed - revealing your detail . Note also the aerial detail abaft the mast, and the 'sooty'¹ exhaust stain:

 

© Arrow Books Bf 109 E-4/B by Alex1N, on Flickr

 

Cheers,

Alex.

 

¹ The type of film used may or may not have accentuated the exhaust mark (by the end of the war such marks would definitely have been from soot as the octane ratings of German fuels plummeted)

 

Thanks for all that Alex might have to do something nice on the old 250. 

 

John

Edited February 3, 2017 by The Spadgent

[AdrianMF]

Ooooh nice! The canopy looks super-crisp and I think the weathering is looking fab too.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[bbudde]

8 hours ago, Martian Hale said:

Thanks for that picture, I have very slowly been trying to gather information on the Ju87c.

 

Martian

One (maybe more) short link: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/119904-ju-87-c-premium-aircraft/

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal12/11901-12000/gal11967-Ju-87-Blackheart/00.shtm

http://geekplastique.blogspot.de/2011/03/2-stukas-by-2-jamies.html

Edited February 3, 2017 by bbudde

[TonyTiger66]

I'm out of likes again! Grrrrrr !

Never mind.

 

The 109 looks superb John. Just right on the weathering. I've never done any weathering at all, I'm always scared of ruining whatever I may have achieved with the 'real' paint. All of this weathering stuff is a learning experience for me and great to watch.

 

The bomb really looks good  .

 

I hope you can find somewhere really prominemt to display this Emil. Are you going to do a nice base for it? It would look good on a grass like surface, the green would give fabulous contrast.

 

 

 

Alll the best

TonyT

[Martian]

43 minutes ago, bbudde said:

One (maybe more) short link: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/119904-ju-87-c-premium-aircraft/

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal12/11901-12000/gal11967-Ju-87-Blackheart/00.shtm

http://geekplastique.blogspot.de/2011/03/2-stukas-by-2-jamies.html

Thanks Bbudde, very useful indeed!

 

Martian

[The Spadgent]

6 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said:

I'm out of likes again! Grrrrrr !

Never mind.

 

The 109 looks superb John. Just right on the weathering. I've never done any weathering at all, I'm always scared of ruining whatever I may have achieved with the 'real' paint. All of this weathering stuff is a learning experience for me and great to watch.

 

The bomb really looks good  .

 

I hope you can find somewhere really prominemt to display this Emil. Are you going to do a nice base for it? It would look good on a grass like surface, the green would give fabulous contrast.

 

 

 

Alll the best

TonyT

Thanks TT. As it happens the very night after I find out it wouldn't  fit in the cabinet, I look on eBay and there's the perfect one for sale from a local cafe in a garden center.  It was used for Cakes, any way I only won it and only paid £20. Yay! So the Emil is safe from dust.

mad for weathering, give it a go. I'm thinking of doing an old abandoned one next just so I can go CrAzY.

6 hours ago, bbudde said:

One (maybe more) short link: https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/119904-ju-87-c-premium-aircraft/

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal12/11901-12000/gal11967-Ju-87-Blackheart/00.shtm

http://geekplastique.blogspot.de/2011/03/2-stukas-by-2-jamies.html

Wow!!!! Thanks, they're ace. 

8 hours ago, AdrianMF said:

Ooooh nice! The canopy looks super-crisp and I think the weathering is looking fab too.

 

Regards,

Adrian

Thanks Adrian. 

[TheBaron]

All looking really rather swish at this stage. Looks like an extra Havana fur Johnny is due!

[jean]

On 2/3/2017 at 2:03 PM, TonyTiger66 said:

 

I hope you can find somewhere really prominemt to display this Emil. Are you going to do a nice base for it? It would look good on a grass like surface, the green would give fabulous contra

 

TonyTiger is right!

Buy a couple of garden gnomes, put them on your lawn on either side of the 109...

This would make a statement like nothing else would, while the green of the grass and the red of the pointy hats would set your weathering to perfection!

 

Is this the noise of grinding teeth that I can hear?

Your 109 looks absolutely smashing!

JR

[The Spadgent]

Hey yooouuuuu gguysssss. Gibber, grump, wibble.

sorry, I'm going a little loopy through model deprivation. The house has broken yet again this weekend, not content with the radiator and pipe leaks last weekend I have another leak in the drainage under the sink!! so Johnny fix it to the rescue. which means no Emil. making me sad. on the plus side, I picked up the new cabinet and she fits inside.  aaand to make things better the wife had to work late tonight which means I got a little bench time.

Before I start this is what got done from Thursday to today.

 

such work! impressive huh. That little bolt hole thing was all I had time for, that and the primer. So tonight saw some progress. Canopy masking off.

 

 

That'll do considering the horrendous fit of the thing. A wee bit of touching up but nothing major.

I almost forgot about the bullet screen thing.

 

sink hole tastic. so Mr S to the rescue.

 

That needs to dry now so onto the exhausts.

I'm going to make em look used so light tan mottling first. Thinned Tamiya acrylic.

 

let that dry for 15 mins then brown filter, same again.

 

don't worry I need to darken and stain up with these.

 

light pencil scratches and they're in.

 

look, real proper progress. Madness I tells ya. It doesn't stop there. We have tyres, rubber ones? With seams? What the how? 

 

so not quite knowing what to do I sand em which kind of works, while thinking about the tyres and when to weather them I do a light scratch pass on the wing walk area.

 

then decide to bung the tyres on and weather them all in one go.

 

I'm  really diggin' those.

the cowl got a bit of plasticard added for the fit to ..... well fit, and there we are. Oh the prop got primed too.

 

Oh and if you look super close the rear wheel post is on the end of that cocktail stick all painted and ready for a weather pass. 

Any hoo I is pooped so bed calls. Thanks for sticking with this and all of your wonderful help and encouragement.

 

see ya'll tomorrow.

model night official.

 

As alway. Happy modelling.

 

Johnny boy.

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[GREG DESTEC]

Excellent work Johnny!  your 109 is looking fantastic. The weathering in particular looks just right to me, and well done with the odd rubbery tyres. I wondered how you would sort those out. Top notch. Cheers Greg 

[Leonl]

One of the best 109s I've seen.... Your weathering is spot on....

[Spookytooth]

A very good looking 109 John.

Weathering subtle, but lots of detail added.

Looking forward to seeing her in RFI.

 

 

Simon.

[TheBaron]

I say. Whacko old fruit! Coming along very nicely in the final furlongs.

[Bangor Lad]

Stunning!

[The Spadgent]

Thanks guys for all your kind words. Even though it's model night I've done a few bits and bobs but couldn't get going so I'm headed for a cheeky mid week red and a relax.

I popped her in the new cabinet, to get her out of the way while I finish off the last bits.(Pic for Mr TonyTiger)

 

The other cabinet is over the other side of the cave housing a singular Dalek. And ready for more kits. 

The very last bits got cleaned up and primed.

 

I have to add the canopy handles and wire and the Rudder wires too but I'll put them on when I rig her.

The cowl got its front section added from plasticard and filled, I'll add lightning holes when dry and sanded.

 

not happy with that step in the photo I added Mr S to that part too.

then dragged her out of the box to fit the rear gear, which is a shocking fit so I've had to peg the blighter.

 

Thats yer lot, now where did I put that wine.

 

take care guys and thanks for all the support.

 

Happy Modelling.

 

Johnny red.

 

 

Edited September 10, 2017 by The Spadgent

[Bodmin]

That's your cave? Gutted!!

[clive_t]

Dammit that cabinet is just what I need! Oh, and somewhere to put it too...

[TheBaron]

54 minutes ago, Bodmin said:

Gutted!!

Me too! At how neat he keeps his gaff so neat and tidy. Mine looks like I'm slowly making a beach out of grains of plastic...

[The Spadgent]

The cabinet is an IKEA one called "klingsbo" as I said I got this one for £20 from eBay. Anything bigger than the 109 then I'm in trouble. 

the cave is at the top of the house. It's taken me years to get it but at last it's mine, alll mmmiiiinnneeeeeeeee.

until the boy grows up and claims it as his bedroom. 

 

johnny cave man