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1/48 Avia S-199 (post war Bf 109) is planed for next two or three years. source: http://modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=95280&start=4005#p1897662 downscale to 1/72 is planed too (like all Eduard projects) but more years in future.

Hi all, Hope everyone's well? Happy Easter! I've been fighting with the above kit for the last few months in spite of the fact it feels like it doesn't want to be built. It's a shame as there's a nice kit in there somewhere, I'm just having a nightmare with every bit of it but I'm persevering. Problem is, having spent so long trying to push on, I'm now at a point where I don't want to give up and I'm determined to finish it. I've already leant on the forum for advice on one section of markings and now I've had another issue this afternoon with the decals. I had an hour or so spare this afternoon and having already gloss coated the kit with 2 or 3 coats of the below a week or so ago I thought I'd start a bit of work on bringing the panel lines out. I thought having reached this stage I was on the home straight and before I started this bit I was actually starting to like the almost finished look of what I'd done. I've then started to use this for the panel lines, which I appreciate is a wash not a specific panel liner, but I didn't think it would matter too much - clearly I was wrong! I washed along the panel lines and wiped off the excess with the thinner using a very small amount on either a cotton bud or kitchen towel. In some areas I've not used the thinner at all, just a dry cotton bud or kitchen towel. The effect on the wings is subtle and I'm happy with it as a good start to the weathering. However, whatever I've done has caused a crazing effect on the Cartograf decals which, in the white sections, is really noticeable and I don't know what's caused it or if it can be fixed (I suspect not) Luckily I've only done the underside of the wings so far but obviously I wanted to do the whole airframe but now I'm terrified that, if I do, it'll do the same to all the decals and, as this aircraft is White 13, there's alot of white to craze! The black sections have also crazed but it's not that noticeable, if at all. I'm guessing it's the ("very soft") thinner that's the problem (?) as there was no sign of the cracks when I put the wash on but I've used so little of it, and in some areas none, just the dry kitchen towel that I'm stumped. My next step would have been a matt coat then a Flory wash but I don't know if moving straight onto that and forgettig these products will give me the same problem anyway not knowing what's caused this? Any help or advice anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated as I'm desperate not to give up having come this far (but I'm close!)

"Oh, the excitement, yet another Bf 109 build" I can almost hear you think. Admittedly, it is not the most original subject to depict but I've always had a soft spot for the Bf 109. I will be building two 1/72 kits, Airfix's Bf 109E-4 and Eduard's Bf 109E-3. The Airfix kit will represent White 7 of 3/6 orlyak the Royal Bulgarian Air Force circa Summer 1942 using decals from Kora's Bulgarian Eagles Part II. This is intended as a gift for a close childhood friend of mine who's late grandfather had passed him a 1/72 scale Emil that was given by German soldier who server in Bulgaria during the Second World War. Unfortunately, he lost it some years back during one of those hectic moves when the family increases and I know he cherished it as a family memento. I was hoping to complete the kit for his birthday next week but given my glacial building pace, there's no chance of that. I built another of Airfix's 1/72 Emils back in 2021, as White 6 of 3/6 orlyak, so am I know what to expect and, hopefully, what mistakes not to repeat. This will be displayed with the canopy closed so there won't be any super detailing effort inside but I am tempted to try to add riveting. Airfix's plastic is very soft, though, so might not work out. The second kit is Eduard's new Profipack boxing of the Special Hobby plastics. I've read superlatives about the Special Hobby 109Es but they seem to be quite complex kits that require some planning and precision to assemble properly. I am really tempted to try and build it in such a way to allow removing the engine and machine gun block top covers. Still undecided on what marking option to choose but it will be a Luftwaffe bird. This will also be the first time I will be using Eduard decals and if I understand correctly from my research, Eduard's decal transfer film can be removed once they dry so only the pigment remains? Here's my start off point. As I mentioned above, I am going to be working at a glacial pace. Unfortunately, things have been hectic on the personal front ever since the pandemic began and this is an attempt to start hobby project that I can focus on, and to break a habit of not asking for help or advice when needed. Well, off we go!

Hello, i'm planning to built a specific Bf 109 G6, W.N.r. 160411, theres no photo of this a/c and i need to make it closest possible to the original plane aspect. from my research the 160000 - 161000 series where built by the Messerschmitt AG, Regensburg from 8/1943 to 1/1944, the plane was in the classic 74/75/76 scheme with the "low visibility" Balkenkreuz on the fuselage, no DF loop and possibly the yellow coloured oil radiator cowling. I'm looking for any info to get the visual aspect of the plane to be more realistic as possible, if someone has any additional info it will be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.

Hi folks! Here’is my completed Bf109F-4 Trop from new Eduard’s 1/72 Bf109 line. The kit is a little gem, neat and well detailed. It’s a little fragile, so you must have a slight hand. Anyway it’s a pleasure to build and paint. As always I used Gunze Mr Hobby range (Rlm 79 and 78) plus a wide range of oil colours and coloured pencils. I love battered and weathered aircraft, like this 109 in the harsh conditions of the African desert. Hope you’like it!

My entry is a Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 of 5./JG52 which, after being damaged during combat, belly-landed in a Sussex field on Monday 12 August 1940. I'm currently mildly obsessed with Bf 109's and as I live in the middle of East Sussex., and about 14 miles from Selmeston, I couldn't resist this build. Read more about The Selmeston Red Devil here: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/2f4436f1-1c0e-4be0-9a38-debaeaa13683/downloads/Selmeston Red Devil.pdf?ver=1722496962823

The other day, I realised that I only have a year or so before I celebrate 50 years of gluing plastic together. A sobering thought, of course, when you think of what good you could have brought to the world if only you had invested your time more wisely. Thankfully, thoughts like that quickly dissipate, and are replaced with more meaningful queries. Have I built every mark of Spitfire yet? Just what colour were the spaghetti swirls on those Hurricanes? Is RLM83 really dark blue? And speaking of the Luftwaffe, have I built every mark of 109 yet? OMG. Not only haven't I built every mark of 109 yet - I haven't made even one single model of the bloomin' 109. Not one in almost 50 years! How can I call myself a modeller? Oh, the shame if this gets out at a club meeting. I'll be banished from the IPMS - International Plastic Messerschmitt Society. But wait! I have this sweet little Airfix kit in the stash, and I can build this up quick, OOB, put it in my display case, and no one will be the wiser. Heck, it's even on top of the stash because the box is so small. Let's do it! Here's what was in the box: Oh crap, there's Eduard stuff in the box! So much for the OOB idea. Well, I decided to do it anyway. For starters, I added the nice photoetch rudder pedals. Next, I added the bracket that will hold the seat adjustment lever. Typical small photoetch part that you have to fold into a U shape, providing you can even see it. Eduard have you make the lever itself out of plastic rod. Remind me to do that at some point. Next up I painted the cockpit with some Gunze H70 RLM02, and the instrument panel with Gunze H416 RLM66. Eduard provide some very nice pre-painted instrument panels, and I just had to have a look at them through a magnifying glass. Yes, you can actually read the instrument dials. In 1:72 scale! Aye carumba. At this point, I switched over to the wings, where that nice Mr. Ed has designed some improvements to the wheel wells. Airfix has some nice detailing in the roof of the wheel well, but when the upper and lower wing sections are put together, the walls of the wheel well have a nasty seam running right down the middle. Eduard has photoetch to cover that up, but it looks tricky. Here is what we start with: I removed the Airfix detail from the roof of the well with a sharp no.11 blade. I then added the photoetch roof, which bends into a nice concave shape when you press it against the wing: Next, it's time to glue the wing sections together. Here I discovered something a little odd. If I aligned the top and bottom wings using the pegs and holes moulded by Airfix, the leading edge of the wing is not aligned - to fix this I had to cut off the pegs and line everything up by eye and then glue it. It was like building a short run kit. But at least everything is lined up, and I can add the photoetch walls. Once that was done, here's what I had: (You can see the nasty seam in the other wheel well.) It looks like an improvement, so I followed the same procedure for the other side. Oddly, I had to cut the pegs off of this side, too, in order to get everything lined up. Here is an in-process shot that shows how I tackled the wheel well wall. I took the flat piece of photoetch, and formed it around a wooden dowel, so that it was a smaller diameter than the wheel well. I applied some CA glue to the area where there is a notch for the landing gear strut, and then I worked my way around the wall, using very small amounts of CA. Lastly, I added the separate piece of PE that is glued into the indentation for the landing gear strut. Eventually, both sides were finished. Too bad the real wheel wells weren't brass, I wouldn't have to paint them. Then I went back to the cockpit, and added the PE harnesses to the seat. I also added the gun sight to the instrument panel. Next, I added a lot of PE detail to the cockpit sidewalls. The cockpit also got a light wash of burnt umber something or other. (I forgot what's in the bottle!) I didn't bother to fix the large ejector pin mark on the rear cockpit shelf, as there will be some PE covering that up later on. Some shots of how it will go together: You may have noticed that the edges of the cockpit and instrument panel have been sanded. I found this was necessary to get things to fit together properly, especially the fit of the wing assembly onto the fuselage. Without sanding down the edges of the cockpit, the fuselage is too wide, and when the wings were added there was no dihedral. I just kept sanding away at the cockpit until everything fit together with no difficulty. It wasn't much to remove really, and once I got to that point, everything fit together very well. Now it was time to address the fatal flaw of the kit, the one that makes it unbuildable. Of course, this is the infamous starboard wing root moulding flaw. On the wing root there is what looks like a strengthening strip of some kind, and this is reproduced nicely on the port side. The other side well, not so good. There is something there, but it hasn't been fully moulded. Airfix have fixed this in later versions of this kit, so I figured if they can do it so can I. First, I made a pencil rubbing of the good side. I used this as a template to cut out a thin strip of 0.010" styrene, which has a slight curve to it. Here it is just sitting on the starboard fuselage half: Next I used liquid cement to attach it to the fuselage: So far so good, but the strip is too thick (even at 0.010")! I sanded it down until it seemed to be the same thickness as the strip on the good side. At this point, I also glued the fuselage halves together. The strip on the good side has small holes evenly spaced along its length. To duplicate that, I need to mark off where the holes need to be and then add them. I measured the good side, and found the spacing was 1.5mm. I marked that off with a sharp pencil, nothing fancy. Next, I used a 0.016" drill bit to make the holes. I used my fingers as the drill; I rotated the drill bit between my fingers, finding it quite easy to remove the soft styrene. It's not perfect, but I think it will get the job done. I plan on sanding this down some more, and I think that it will look OK under a few coats of paint. To give you an idea of the scale, here is the model, the drill bit, my set of drill bits, and a euro buck: That last photo is not magnified as much as the others, so it looks more "real life." Anyway, that's where I am for now. I'll be taking a couple days off as my youngest daughter is graduating from university this weekend and you know what that means - no more tuition!! Woo hoo!! Cheers, Bill

This Tamiya 109 is my latest build, and I have to say one of the nicest kits I have ever built; the fit is perfect and no modifications or putty were needed. This was also my first time doing mottling, I had to redo it at least 3 times but, I am pleased with the result. I used Ak real colors acrylics. The only aftermarket items used were Eduard Photo-etched in the cockpit, a master pitot tube and cannons, and Decals from Aeromaster, Eduard and Italeri. The sand filter, which wasn't included in the kit was taken from an Eduard 109. I used Abteilung 502 oils to wash the model and Tamiya weathering powders for the exhausts. Happy modelling! Anna

1/72 Messerschmitt Bf 109 line as part of the Eduard 1/72 revolution Bf 109F-2/F-4/G-2/G-4 versions confirmed - in 3D construction source: http://ipmsnymburk.com/forum/viewtema.php?ID_tema=11559 post 26531) 26.06.2015-13:08 S.199 is confirmed as a future release for later time with the 1/72 MiG-21 line

Hi all. It's been a while since I started any construction, but here I am again. During all this time that I haven't started any models I have accumulated kits. Arma Hobby and Eduard preferably, although there is also some Tamiya, Hobby 2000 (ex-Hasegawa), Clear Prop and some other brands. All of them from WW2, from both sides, from different theaters of operations and in 1/72 scale. Some kits will have quite a few resin or metal "goodies", others will have a few and others will have none or very few. I wanted to start with a Bf 109E-3, from Special Hobby and which is really Eduard's mold. An absolutely nice kit in every way. I like to see airplanes with the canopy closed, so they don't lose their shape, but this makes it difficult to see the interior of the cabin and its details. For now this will be one of those that goes with the canopy closed and therefore I will not detail the cockpit except for a couple of details (harnesses for the pilot, foot straps on the rudder pedals and reflector sight, which is on the way). The chosen painting is that of Emil 3 of the III/JG 52 piloted by Karl Wolff in August 1940, according to the instructions. Since I plan to make an Emil 4 with the Galland livery and it will have yellow markings and that color is frequently seen, I would like to do it with the wingtips, rudder and engine hood in white. For now I have only finished the cabin, although the reflector sight is really missing, which is on the way, and the seat that after taking the photo and uploading it to Flickr I have seen that it is neither painted nor with the harnesses attached.... I have also painted the landing gear hole and the inside of the covers. have used Tamiya paints as a base color and Vallejo Model Color for details, or accumulated dust. Andrés.

I am really confused about the framing on Bf 109 E and F canopies, specifically the middle opening part. Those framings in the middle, on the sides & top, when are they painted and when they're not? Or are the ones that are not painted not made out of metal and on the inside? In some photographs they look to be transparent. When looking at colour profiles and box covers of for instance bf 109f-4, in some the framings in the middle are in the exterior color, in some others they're not painted. I'm building a Bulgarian E-3:https://shelftanks.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/bulgarian-me-109-e-3/ What am I seeing in those old black and white photos? There is obviously some thin framing. The second shows the canopy from the inside - if it's the same aircraft - and these framings look to be painted. Are they something on the interior side painted in the cockpit colour or something on the outside?