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My first model and diorama made some time last year after over 20 year break. I've made it as a kind of exercise to test the materials and techniques that I wasn't even aware of when assembling kits as a kid (pre/post shading, weathering etc.). Brush painted (haven't had a airbrush yet) with Mr Hobby paints and weathered with pastels. I've done some photoshop work on two first pictures to blend the diorama with the background to look like an old photo. I haven't touched the model or diorama itself.

Hi all, I am new on this forum and this diorama is my biggest work, so far. The basic kits were the Hasegawa's old bf 109E and the Tamiya reissued Opel Blitz. During the building I used a lot of PE and detail sets, such as Eduard, Part, Hauler, SBS Model! Hope you like it! Thanks or watching! Cheers, Matyi from Hungary

All done! many thanks to the many people who helped guide me in the right direction (especially with the colour matches) (tank152) and (Greased Lightning). The last photo shows an incomplete pic of the build. It is there to show the underside's weathering Cheers, John [/url] [/url]

Bf 109E-7 Trop Eduard 1:48 Weekend Edition If you have not heard of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 then were have you been? The E-7 variant incorporated the developments of the E-4 with Armour and structural improvements, the change from MG FF cannons to the MG FF/M and the "square" canopy. In addition it introduced provision for an optional 300L drop tank, the first time the 109 would carry a drop tank. Alternatively a bomb could be fitted. The E-7 entered combat at the end of August 1940. A total of 438 E-7s would be built. The Kit On opening the box for this weekend edition the modeller is greeted with four sprues of grey plastic, a clear sprue, and a set of Eduard's super fabric seat belts. The moulding is top quality and there is no sign of any issues. Construction starts in the cockpit area, with the first order of business being to add some detail to the cockpit sidewalls. We briefly move away from the cockpit to construct the intake area on the underside of the engine. Once this is done we resume the cockpit proper and get onto the main area for the pilot. The control column is added along with the pilots seat, rudder pedals, lower instrument panel and landing gear controls. Then engine bulkhead is then complete along with main instrument panel and the gun sight. The next step is construction of the engine, and the armament which sits on top of it. If you are going to build the model with the engine cowl closed then most of the engine parts and the guns can be left off. It would be shame to do this however as there is a lot of good detail in this area. Once the engine is complete in either the fully constructed or basic form, it along with the cockpit and tail wheel are placed into the main fuselage and it is closed up. The next major construction step is the wings. These are a conventional lower one part main wing with left & right uppers. The wheel wells need to be placed inside the wings before they are closed up. Fully positionable flaps and slats are provided if the modeller wishes to pose them up or down. The underwing radiators are also added at this point. Once the wing assembly is complete it is mated up with the main fuselage. The next step is to attach the tail-planes and the rudder. The tail-planes are one part but the rudder can be positioned as needed. The main undercarriage is the next item to be constructed and added. These consist of a tyre with a left and right hub. A one part main gear leg is added with a separate main brake line which is a nice touch. These are then attached to the main gear door and installed onto the airframe. The external tank is also made and attached at this point if you are going to be using it. The last construction steps are to add the cowlings to engine if you are using them. The head armour needs to be attached to the main canopy, and all the clear parts assembled. Canopy The canopy from Eduard is very clear, and a crisp moulding. It should pose no problems. Decals The decals in Eduard's weekend options are certainly improving. Not only do you now get two options, but they have included some stencil data which was previously missing from the weekend kits. The decals are The options are; 2./JG 27, Ain El Gazala Airfield. Libya 1941. 1./JG 27, Ain El Gazala Airfield. Libya July 1941. Flown by The Co Oblt Karl-Wolfgang Redlich. . Conclusion This is another great boxing in their 109 series from Eduard. With the inclusion of two decal options, stencils; and a set of seat belts this Weekend Boxing is great value for money. Overall Highly recommended. Review sample courtesy of

Here's Hasegawa kit, built OOB and painted using Xtracrylics colors. The plane depicts Herman Grafs a/c while serving with JG 52 at Deutsche Brod in 1945.

Here's Hasegawa kit, built OOB and painted using Xtracrylics colors. The plane depicts Herman Grafs a/c while serving with JG 52 at Deutsche Brod in 1945.

First of all, thanks for all the positive comments for my recent first upload. This one is my effort at Airfix's Bf 109E in 1/48 (the 2010 new tool), which I built in 2013. This was a pleasure to build, with good fit and detail all the way. It was airbrushed with Tamiya acrylics (other than the antenna mast, which was lost to the shagpile), and was my second attempt at Luftwaffe mottling (the first one won't be making any public appearances). I had a rare dip into the aftermarket after reading that the decals (particularly the crosses) for this kit were a bit thick, so I bought some Aeromaster Battle of Britain ones, which went on a treat, although I can't remember any details of whose plane these markings depict. I gave it a panel wash with Flory Models' dark dirt and exhaust and cannon stains were airbrushed with a very thin off black mix of acrylics. Thanks for looking Adam

Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-3 4101, ex-GH + DX, ex-6./JG 52 "Yellow 8", ex-2/JG51 "Black 12", ex-RAF DG200, ex-No. 1426 Flight RAF, used in Battle of Britain film, Black 12. At RAF Hendon, pics are mine.

There are some new and interesting 109 builds here on Britmodeller, so i thought its a good idea to post and share one of my Gustavs. Its the Hasegawa kit in 1/32 scale, maybe not the most accurate 109 on the market but if you are looking for a relaxing build go with this kit, it builds nearly for itself. The markings are for a Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6, 4./JG 51 “Mölders” flown by Obfw. Elias Kühlein. I hope you like it Bernd

Hey guys, this is my last finished kit, built for the D-Day group build here on BM - just to have some of the bad guys there too It was built OOB, i did only cut the wings control surfaces and added some wires here and there. The camo option is based on drawing provided by "Cpt_Farrel" (thank you once again ). There were few problems during the build, mainly in the painting phase as i still do not have any big experiences with painting the mottling scheme. For smoke trails i wanted to use tamiya smoke, but the result was not good (+ it was shinning like dog´s balls.. ladies forgive me.. ), so i went over with much thinned mix of tamiya brown-red and nato black. That was working a lot better, but i had to cover the previous layers of smoke, so the final trail is quite huge. Though, there are images showing smoke trails big like that sometimes The full WIP if anyone is interested (nothing special there though ) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234966356-2x-bf-109g-6-172-jg3-and-raf-captured-jg3-finished-new-close-shots/ Here are few shots then The first serie of shots was taken inside, it still has slight shine on the smoke trail.. And by the way, the base is not homemade, i bought that online for my future project. One day i ll learn to make one myself, but untill then, this ll do the job for me The following images shows some closer shots outside on day light (also the smoke trails were oversprayed with matt varnish mixed with darker brown and in the end i took some black and brown pigments to it, to bring down the shine a bit). Thanks for watching guys It is not my best kit for sure, but i did practice something new tome again . Aaaand next time i wont paint the antena wire (made from the fishing line) with black, some grey shade would do better job i guess

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

Hi mates, Can anyone direct me to an on-line reference for placing the stencils on a Bf 109E-4? I'm finishing up that lovely little new tool 1:72 kit from Airfix, who seemed to have provided the stencils, but no instructions on where to put them. Cheers, Bill

Well its now finished. Although the scheme is based on the airfix Von Werra scheme, I have used a bit of artistic license, and done a side camo scheme too. I am very pleased with the end result, despite the obvious areas for improvement, though please remember this is only my fourth model. Link to work in progress thread here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234933782-airfix-172-messerschmitt-bf-109e-4-link-to-ready-for-inspection-on-page-2/ So here are the pictures:

Hello. Please see my finished Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 from AZmodel in 1/72 scale. Photos:

Well this is my second WIP thread, and will be my fourth model of the year. Many will not count my Revells Micro Wings as they are small simple kits, but as a returnee to modelling, they have helped me get back in the swing of things, and also my Tornado GR1 1/144. So in a bigger scale (and more than likely the scale I will stay with due to space/finance etc) this is my 1/72 Messerschmit BF 109E 4, from Airfix. I hope I am not biting off more than I can chew, as I have read about wing dihedralm issues, problems removing some of the smaller parts from the sprues etc, and also the fact that the Airfix painting instructions are incorrect apparently for the aircraft designation the kit portrays. For these reasons, I am going to be very careful removing any parts (something I thought would make sense all the time anyway), and it is also going to painted in a scheme I decide upon, using the kit decals, so will in effect be fictitious. So, as I am likely to start this tomorrow, for now, there is only the obligatory Box and sprue shot. More to follow tomorrow hopefully.

I, like many others, got the 1:48 Airfix Club Messerschmitt Bf109 this year. It's not 'my' scale or era, but the bits are bigger than what I'm used to and I may consider swapping to this scale when age takes its toll on my eyes. However, I fancy doing something with the kit seeing as it was free, but I'd rather do a genuine Luftwaffe scheme than the kit RAF or Japanese schemes. Anybody got any ideas what I could choose (along with decal options - Hannants?). I think it's an E3/7 model. I'd like to do something around the British Invasion / Battle of Britain timescale. We're these around then? Thanks in advance.