1/48 Eduard Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3, 6-123 3.J/88, 1938

[Epimedium]

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3, 6-123 of the 3.J/88 flown by Hans Schmoller-Haldy in Spain 1938. A wonderful kit, I decided to add it to a base and sourced a couple of figures from Hecker & Goros.

 

I had a few problems with this one, all my own making the kit is superb. I tried to be clever on the bonnet and chose to only leave the front bit off which got me in a pickle and I forgot to add a couple of panels around the exhaust. I also had a bit of silvering which is creeping into my modelling all of a sudden! Oh and the aerial has pulled down a bit so I may re-do that at some point, rushed this one a little for a show.

 

Eduard Dual Combo Legion Condor

Extras: OOB

Paints: MRP RLM 65, 63, 02, white & black. Gunze RLM 04, 70

Figures from Hecker & Goros Spanish Civil War pilots

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 29, 2017 by Epimedium

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Great work 👍 ... always liked that scheme. 

[WildeSau75]

Looks top notch.

 

Cheers,

Michael

[Duncan B]

I'm currently building the E1 version from Eduard and am having a lot of fun. If mine turns out as nicely I'll be pleased.

 

The Spanish J/88 colour scheme question still rumbles on I guess and I have favoured a light grey in the past but the RLM63 you have used looks superb on your kit.

 

Duncan B

[Epimedium]

11 minutes ago, Duncan B said:

I'm currently building the E1 version from Eduard and am having a lot of fun. If mine turns out as nicely I'll be pleased.

 

The Spanish J/88 colour scheme question still rumbles on I guess and I have favoured a light grey in the past but the RLM63 you have used looks superb on your kit.

 

Duncan B

Yes it is a mine field, although in doing some research I just can't see that they would have been the light grey (almost gull grey) so I'm very happy with the MRP rlm 63 but I don't think there will ever be a definitive answer!

[Gerrardandrews]

superbly made model, and 109, of the month😊