1/48 Eduard Bf 109E-1 - Finished.

[Spikelhund 280]

Hi everyone,

My entry for this GB will be the Eduard Bf 109E-1 in 1/48. This is my first Britmodeller group build so I'm pretty excited and eager to get going.

The box shot,



And the contents, still wrapped up and shiny before I get my thick mitts on it,



Will build pretty much out the box but I may try and add a little detail to the pit.

Cheers....

Edited January 27, 2013 by Spikelhund

[jacksdad 31]

Good choice.

Which markings will you be doing?

Steve

[Spikelhund 280]

Thanks Steve, I do like the eduard profipack kits, very good value I think. For markings I'm leaning towards this one,

I've not done a German aircraft without mottle before and always rather liked these clean looking schemes so that's the plan.

Cheers...

[jacksdad 31]

Cool. Wouldn't be a complete GB without the Schlageter's Griffin.

[stoohoo 540]

Good choice Mike, been tempted by the new Eduard E series so looking forward to seeing what you make of it

[Mottlemaster 2,652]

Have lots of fun on your first G/B

Alistair

[Spikelhund 280]

Thanks Stu and Alistair, hope to make a start on this come Monday, gotta finish making my log store first!

Cheers...

[Spikelhund 280]

I tried posting this last night but I think I got caught up in technical issues.

Managed to make a start today, Just added a little extra detail to the cockpit side-walls using some plastic card/rod, fuse wire and some unused PE. I cut a little off the bottom of the oxygen apparatus as I think it's a little tall, also tried to improve some of it's detail. Let me know what you think.

Please excuse the dodgy pictures, lack of good daylight this afternoon, I've tried to sharpen them up a little for you. Once the rest of the cockpit is built up it will be primer time and then I'll get the airbrush out.

I've done a little more tonight with the cockpit but haven't reached any painting stage yet.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers...

[FZ6 666]

Looking good so far. Nice detail on the side walls

[smuts 278]

Nice start, one of these could be mine over the weekend...

Andy.

[Spikelhund 280]

Nice start, one of these could be mine over the weekend...

Andy.

Ebay perhaps? Good luck.

Thanks for the comments chaps.

Cheers...

[dazdot 1,037]

1 thing I think is missing from mine is I have photos of a chain on the starboard wall of a chain for flap actuation surprised Edward did'nt supply it in pe is it in the E1 kit?

Looking very neat and tidy btw excellent start

[Spikelhund 280]

1 thing I think is missing from mine is I have photos of a chain on the starboard wall of a chain for flap actuation surprised Edward did'nt supply it in pe is it in the E1 kit?

Looking very neat and tidy btw excellent start

Yes those parts are supplied in the E-1 kit. Have you two PE frets? I think the parts are on the fret with the radiator parts.

Cheers...

[dazdot 1,037]

yep got the second fret but they have put the chain in the instructions on the left hand wall but photo's have it on the right hand wall dissapearing behind the oxygen regulator

[Spikelhund 280]

Oh I see, sorry I misunderstood, nothing included in my kit for that side either. I have an SBS resin cockpit for the Tamiya E-3 and I think all that detail is also on the left wall, will double check tonight.

Cheers...

[stoohoo 540]

Lovely detailing work Mike, thats going to look great under a coat of paint!

[Spikelhund 280]

Hi chaps, got a bit of an update for you.

Trying to keep thing moving along so have made some steady progress on the cockpit.

I used Halfords grey primer from the can to prime the cockpit.

After a little pre-shade I used Tamiya RLM Grey to start painting and then switched to Gunze Aqueous RLM 02 all sealed up with some Alclad Aqua gloss.

After this I've applied various washes including MiG dark wash and some of the Citadel washes. Then drybrushed using some Vallejo pastel green and light grey. Some details have been picked out using Vallejo German grey Citadel Chainmail and Mithril silver plus a little blue, brown and red.

I added some of the Airscale Luftwaffe cockpit placards and I'm also mucking about with some watercolour pencils for shading.

Hope to update again soon, thanks for looking.

Cheers...

[stoohoo 540]

WOW, great work - i aspire to create a pit like that Mike

Thanks for putting up how you did it, the finished result looks great!

Cheers, Stu

[racedees 31]

Beautifull progress here.

[Dan 282]

Looking good

[Mottlemaster 2,652]

The detail of your 1/48th is better than the 1/32nd weekend where the etch is replaced by nothing.

[jacksdad 31]

Nice work Mike.

I like the way you have given depth to the pit sides.

Steve

[Spikelhund 280]

Thanks everyone for your comments. I'm away for a couple of days but hope to get some more done by Sunday.

Cheers...

[Spikelhund 280]

A little more progress has been made so I'll just post up some pictures, I had to strip then repaint the small piece behind the seat, the small hatch, as when I first glued it I managed to get liquid cement on the front.

Few more PE bits went in and the repainted section.

Building this closed up as I want a nice clean profile on this kit, cowls took a bit of work to make fit, mainly removing bits of engine and machine gun mounts etc but I was half expecting that anyway.

The rear of the fuselage hasnt been glued yet as I'm still not sure about fitting the tail wheel. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome.

Cheers...

[oldhouse 115]

Great pick !! Beautiful work on the cockpit !! Peter