Brewer Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Hi folks! Just wrapped this one up over the weekend. Having a closet full of Eduard 109's, I was a little worried that I would be spoiled by the Tamiya kit and not like the Eduard kit so much. To my relief, I found the Tamiya kit to be a bit over-engineered and a bit simplistic with many of the details. If you want to build one with the engine displayed this is surely the easiest path but I like my models closed up. I do love the design of the canopy though and some things I learned from this kit will change the way I build my Eduard 109's. 1/48 Tamiya Bf109G-6 9./JG54, "Yellow 9" Ludwigslust, Germany Spring 1944 Yahu instrument panel BarracudaCast seat BarracudaCast wheels BarracudaCast tall tail conversion Albion Alloys gun barrels EagleCals decals AK Real Colors paints Anyway, on to the pics! Thanks for looking! 56 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Very nice indeed. 👍 Thanks for posting. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Man, you do such neat, precise work Brewer! That is a brilliant 109 man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George72 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Really good! Such a clean build. Perfect motling. Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 I like the way Tamiya engineered the landing gear as a single piece, no chance of messing up the alignment that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Splendid work and a great looking marking scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Garcia Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Congratulations for that beautiful ME-109 and its perfect mottle cammo! It looks just superb. Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Absolutely gorgeous, just perfect, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 excellent work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolkerR. Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Great job. Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Great looking Me 109. Well done sir!!😀 Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Nice Kanonboat there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Really nice Gustav- excellent work on this icon of WW2. Great finishing skills on display. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 A faultless build, great work ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 Very nicely done.... DaveH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
François Escudé Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 very nice Kanonen Vögel !! JG 54 keep the habit of specific group and staffel markings and also reich defense bands for long !! I really like your job on mottling great job indeed !! thanks for sharing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Another brilliant post Brewer. It looks bang on to my eye, superb photography as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 Beautiful build, so clean. Interesting what you say about over-engineered, you'd almost expect that to be more of an Eduard characteristic. I been thoroughly enjoying the Tamiya 1/72 version, The mottle is wonderful, I'll be referring back to this next I do one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted April 12, 2022 Author Share Posted April 12, 2022 (edited) I think Tamiya focused too much on the option to display the engine and alternate cowlings attached with magnets that could be swapped out to have it open or closed. It felt very much like building a small version of their 1/32 kits, but less detailed. The 1/72 kit is more the breakdown I would expect from a 1/48 kit, aside from the molded closed slats and flaps. As it is, it just feels so gimmicky and that design time could have been better used on surface detail. But what do I know? Haha If I could pick three things from the design of the Tamiya kit and put them into the Eduard kit, it would be the attachment of the slats, canopy, and landing gear. That would be my ideal 109 kit. Edited April 12, 2022 by Brewer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter W Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 I never tire of seeing your builds Brewer, they are so beautiful built, finished and photographed. {ete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 It turns out fantastic! Very nice photography too! Built that one some years ago and had a lot fun. Must be somewhere here in my topic! Thx for sharing! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 Wonderful build, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted April 13, 2022 Share Posted April 13, 2022 That's an outstanding model! And a beautiful base to go with it. How do you get the panel lines so thinly painted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brewer Posted April 13, 2022 Author Share Posted April 13, 2022 Thanks everyone! 5 minutes ago, Toryu said: That's an outstanding model! And a beautiful base to go with it. How do you get the panel lines so thinly painted? I use AK Paneliners washes. I cover the whole model, one section at a time, with the wash and then wipe away the excess with a lint-free cloth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted April 15, 2022 Share Posted April 15, 2022 Benchmark bf109! Love it and you did a perfect job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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