Mig88 Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) Hello! Here's my HobbyBoss 1:72 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Trop which I built back in 2008. It represents "Black 8", of 8./JG27, flown by Lt Werner Schroer, at Ain El Gazala, Libya, in April 1941. Despite being an "easy-build" kit, I had alot of work dealing with poor joints, especially along the fuselage sides. I added belts in the cockpit from an Eduard Luftwaffe WWII etched set. Although the boxtop displayed this option, it wasn't included in the decals so I used some from an old Airfix kit (from around 1980) which I had left over and were still in good condition. The main markings came from the HobbyBoss kit. The kit was mostly painted by brush except for the RLM80 mottling which was done with airbrush. The matt varnish was also airbrushed. Photos of this machine show it in reasonably good conditions so I kept weathering restrained. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome Miguel Edited December 6, 2018 by Mig88 Adding photos 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatFlyHalf Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Simple kit + good modelling = great result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Great result. Mottling especially looks spot on.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Very nice Me 109, very high quality finished paint job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 Extremely nice Emil. Excellent mottling, never an easy thing to achieve. Is the cockpit the usual sketchy affair? Congrats JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 (edited) I've been trying to track down one of this kit with no luck 😕 love this one though Edited December 6, 2018 by Adam Poultney 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Great looking “Black 8” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted December 7, 2018 Author Share Posted December 7, 2018 Thank you very much everyone! I tried to get the mottling as close as possible to the real thing but I obviously went astray here and there! 21 hours ago, jean said: Is the cockpit the usual sketchy affair? JR, this is the only HobbyBoss kit I have bought and built so i can't tell. I felt the cockpit wasn't too bad and I used what came only adding the Eduard belts as mentioned. The sides were devoid of any detail though. Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fernandocouto Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 21 hours ago, jean said: Extremely nice Emil. Excellent mottling, never an easy thing to achieve. Is the cockpit the usual sketchy affair? Congrats JR HB easy Bf109E has a better cockpit than major easy kits, although quite brief. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted December 7, 2018 Share Posted December 7, 2018 Looks good. Agreed - the 'Easy Build' title is a bit of a misnomer with these kits, as they often need a fair bit of scraping, sanding and filling. Maybe they should be called 'Not Many Parts' instead.? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 The markings for Black 8 actually are in the other boxing of the 109E Trop from HB, the E-4/Trop. It also has markings for Marseille's Emil. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Good work on the blotching particularly as it is 1/72. It was hard enough on my 1/48 Zero. Must have been much hard to do at this scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted December 9, 2018 Author Share Posted December 9, 2018 17 hours ago, Sturmovik said: The markings for Black 8 actually are in the other boxing of the 109E Trop from HB, the E-4/Trop. It also has markings for Marseille's Emil. Well then, that's misleading boxart!! 17 hours ago, Greg Law said: Good work on the blotching particularly as it is 1/72. It was hard enough on my 1/48 Zero. Must have been much hard to do at this scale. Not easy no, especially with my little practice with the airbrush. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, I haven't been using my airbrush for years. Now that I have more space I'm hoping to get another table relatively soon and be able to have a permanent setup for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 23 hours ago, Greg Law said: Good work on the blotching particularly as it is 1/72. It was hard enough on my 1/48 Zero. Must have been much hard to do at this scale. Wish I had a nice setup for spray painting. Mine is in the garage where I have to do battle with all the farm cats and Mossies. Makes it hard to do those small parts where you have to use multiple paint colours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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