azureglo Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Another finish for 2018: the not so delightful Airfix 1/72 109E in the colours of Hans Ohly of JG53. Some artistic license re the over-painted swastika and I always wanted to see what an 109E would look like with a pointy spinner. A bit of silliness with a home made stand and tiny magnets as I hate drilled holes in models. Finally still getting to grips with my Nikon D850 and photography in general, will update these with better shots when my tired brain can comprehend more. WIP here Some ropey last minute fixes, especially on the aerial and a replacement cannon but it looks passable. Cheers Anil EDIT: uploaded new pictures 13 December 2018 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Great looking “Emil” ... And a very enjoyable build to follow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauls9cb Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 It's a great model and I'm fascinated by the magentic fixings on the stand. Did you fix the other magnetic fixture on the inside surface of the wing underside? It's an interesting option. As an aside, I did a bit of digging around when I modelled a JG 53 Bf 109 that came down in Eastbourne on 30/9/40. What I discovered was that JG 53 experimented with non standard camo on their a/c as shown in your model and the profile you based it on. The irregular patterns of 65/02/71 on the fuselage look great but I think the wing uppersurfaces were probably not painted with the standard splinter patten used by most Jagdwaffe a/c. Chris Goss ' book, Brothers in Arms, which focusses on the experiences of 609 Squadron and I Gruppe JG 53 has a pic of Hans Ohly's White 7 on page 122 which shows enough of the left wing uppersurface to get an idea of how this probably looked. It's a very credtable model anyway and I envy your ability to make your hands nimble enough to deal with 1/72 scale, unlike fumble fingers here. Paul 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Superb 109, Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Very nice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Excellent looking Emil, nicely finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azureglo Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 17 hours ago, Pauls9cb said: It's a great model and I'm fascinated by the magentic fixings on the stand. Did you fix the other magnetic fixture on the inside surface of the wing underside? It's an interesting option. As an aside, I did a bit of digging around when I modelled a JG 53 Bf 109 that came down in Eastbourne on 30/9/40. What I discovered was that JG 53 experimented with non standard camo on their a/c as shown in your model and the profile you based it on. The irregular patterns of 65/02/71 on the fuselage look great but I think the wing uppersurfaces were probably not painted with the standard splinter patten used by most Jagdwaffe a/c. Chris Goss ' book, Brothers in Arms, which focusses on the experiences of 609 Squadron and I Gruppe JG 53 has a pic of Hans Ohly's White 7 on page 122 which shows enough of the left wing uppersurface to get an idea of how this probably looked. It's a very credtable model anyway and I envy your ability to make your hands nimble enough to deal with 1/72 scale, unlike fumble fingers here. Paul thanks for compliments gents! The other magnet is superglued to the inside of the wing and these little N52s are strong enough that the stand remains attached when you pick the model up. Regarding the camo, I've read a lot of sources that said JG53 oversprayed the wing splinters and none of their planes had the troublesome motorkanone hence the covered spinner. The kit has a few issues, notably the soft plastic and large sprue gates meant that aerials etc disintegrated during removal. I'm doing a Tamiya 109E3 next to see if it is really is as good as folks say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Looks great. Good job on the paint finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Superb model! Beautifully painted - I doubt my builds can handle close-up photography like that. Love the Emil 109's in this scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looks really nice. Well done! I really liked the use of the magnet. Very clever 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Jumbo Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Hidden magnets - genius! Lovely build too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 I think you have the camera well in hand. Nice model and photos. This that one that could have used a little fill lighting..😍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Supurb, I love the stand and magnet idea. The port side wing light looks marvellous fantastic detailing very envious.... I'm currently doing an old Frog 109F and just filled in the hole for the stand seeing your 109 making think to go in flight mode and use the naff Frog stand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Nicely done, the magnets is a great idea! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikolay Polyakov Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Fantastic work, congratulations! 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted September 8, 2018 Share Posted September 8, 2018 On 07/07/2018 at 15:40, azureglo said: Some ropey last minute fixes, especially on the aerial and a replacement cannon but it looks passable. PASSABLE... PASSABLE... Its amazing man - I couldn't do that at 1/48 - never mind 1/72 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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