David Mooney Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 This aircraft was built from the Eduard premium kit with supplied brass etch and masks, only addition I made was the map in the cockpit. Painted with Mr Colour lacquer paints used with 400 leveller thinners. This interesting camouflage schemes were rendered on the aircraft of JG 54 by the unit’s ground personnel in the summer of 1940. They applied vertical to diagonal lines of RLM 71 in an attempt to darken the light blue fuselage sides. The standard scheme of 02/71/65 was applied, along with the quick identification attributes. The period scheme was applied to Yellow ‘13’, with which, on August 12, 1940, Lt. Josef Eberle managed to cross the Channel and belly land in France despite personal injury. The wingtips and fin of Eberle’s aircraft were painted RLM 27 Yellow, lighter than RLM 04 that the spinner, tactical number and background of the III./JG 54 emblem were painted. The bottom wing color RLM 65 extended marginally to the upper surface. Some sources erroneously identify this aircraft as an E-3. Despite having tempted fate once over the Channel, he was not as successful on October 9, 1940, when he lost his life in combat with RAF fighters. Thanks for looking 🙂 29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 That is a great built and great camouflage, very nice.. Cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Excellent piece of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 WOW now thats one good looking Messerschmitt ! Like the lottle history you have as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Well done, David. That is outstanding. A nice piece of research as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Superb build and finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarichta Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Lovely 109! Superb job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Cracking, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Top notch Emil. 👍 Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 I dig it!! Nice work David. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted July 27, 2018 Author Share Posted July 27, 2018 On 7/22/2018 at 8:05 PM, janneman36 said: That is a great built and great camouflage, very nice.. Cheers, Jan Thanks for your kind comments, it was the camo that drew me to it, it was a certainly a bit different and a bit tricky in the application. The kit has some very 'interesting' fit issues, but it can come together at the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovely Pig Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Fantastic Emil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted July 27, 2018 Share Posted July 27, 2018 Great build - the painted Gruppenemblem is top notch. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Mooney Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 10:58 PM, WildeSau75 said: Great build - the painted Gruppenemblem is top notch. Cheers, Michael Thanks Michael, it's those extra details I feel that make a model, going one step further moght be more challenging but worth it in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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