desmojen Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 This is Hasegawa's 1/48 ME109E-4/7 Trop kit. I aquired it via a swap with Paul H on this site, just last week. I've always liked the spotty desert Schmidts since seeing a colour photo of one as a child. When I got the kit and looked at the instructions though, I was immediately struck by the tiger stripes one So struck in fact, that I accidentally started building it on thursday night The build is laughably simple, so good is the fit. I have used no filler at all, anywhere, not even superglue. Of course the central seam panel line helps too! I like to build at least one stupid mistake into all my kits, on this one it's the lack of canopy armour, I got a bit carried away fitting the transparencies and forgot it One of the reasons I've come to like building German aircraft is the lack of masking I have to do when painting (I hates masking I do) but this build actually had quite a lot. The painting diagram shows an early scheme of RLM02/71 over RLM76 with no mottles. I made an arbitrary decision that in my world RLM02/71 goes over 65, so that's the colour the underneath got painted with. This was blue tack masked for the small bits of upper camo on the fuselage and the wings had Tamiya tape demarcation on the right wing and blue tack on the left. I was then able to go into freehand mode to add the tiger stripes, cowl overpaint and splotches of 71 and 02 over previous markings. I used Gunze acrylics throughout, all fairly heavily faded to represent a well used desert fighter. Annoyingly, the kit instructions refer to mixes for the RLM colours, I used the appropriate ready mixed Gunze colours instead. All the decals were a bit out of register, I had to trim the crosses but you can still see the white outline on the numbers. There is a full set of stencils on the sheet, but no placement guide, so I didn't put any on. With all the oversprayed bits on the plane most of them would have been lost anyway. The weathering uses Phils new style wash for the panel lines and my own varied concoctions for the rest, flat finish is by Xtracolour XDFF. So, Thursday night to Sunday evening I'm really pleased with the result, it's a lovely model which captures the blunt nosed bullish look of the early 109 really well. Why oh why can't we have a nice 1/32 kit of this one??? And there you have it, number 29 of 2007. Merry Christmas everyone! Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Looking good, there is supposed to be a 1/32 scale kit due from Eduard in 2008. Cheers Den Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalguru Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 29!!!! O-M-G Very nice though Happy Christmas Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takamota Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 beautifully done. Really like that one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali62 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Hi Jen Super fast work again, really brilliant. I cannot wait to see your Storch, how is that progressing, did the 109 push it out the way? As Den says there is definately a brand new one on the way from Eduard in 1/32, I even saw parts of it on the CNC machine in Czech Republic when I visted the factory in September. So there you have it you will need one when it arrives then? Merry Christmas Ali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 Thanks guys A new 109E in 1/32 from Eduard? Ace! That will go on the list along with the Hellcat then, I don't think Eduard know how to do a rubbish kit! The Storch was waiting, I needed some help, via photographs, to see where everything was supposed to go! Thanks to Edgar, I now have all the photos I could possibly need and work has commenced in earnest on that one this morning. Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 That's gorgeous Jen - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fmk.6john Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Jen Do you eat or sleep at all?, have you been crimbo shopping? have you seen the outside world lately?????. Seriously though that is one cracking build and a perfect finish too, very nice. Regards, John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Awesome build Jen! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 JenDo you eat or sleep at all?, have you been crimbo shopping? have you seen the outside world lately?????. Seriously though that is one cracking build and a perfect finish too, very nice. Regards, John. Ha ha, good one! ok, eat? yes, lots! Sleep? Also lots! Shopping, are you kidding? Asda was hell on saturday Outside, yep, still there, I just looked out the window Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy K Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 That's a lovely model Jen, really nice finish to it. Smashin'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Nicely done, very crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil @ Flory Models Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Nicely done there Jen, Very smart. Have a great Christmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Absolutely cracking job there Jen, amazing models from you as always Bex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Beautiful Jen...and not just the kit...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angels49 Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) What else from Jen, but excellence. Spot on; that one Jen. Now about the questions Does she sleep ans: yes (but in her dreams she's building) does she eat ans: yes (but while eating she's read some ref's) does she go outside ans: (yes, to go out and buy more kits) does she have a job (work) ans: yes, if you consider having fun with Herks a job Edited December 24, 2007 by Angels49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg B Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 (edited) Another Very Nice build Jen! Edited December 24, 2007 by Greg B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient mariner Posted December 26, 2007 Share Posted December 26, 2007 Nice build + good finish. Always had a soft spot for this scheme,it was the first Hasegawa 109E I did (way back when it was first released). Infact I still have it in the loft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Very, very nice build/paint. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Ha ha, good one! ok, eat? yes, lots! Sleep? Also lots! Shopping, are you kidding? Asda was hell on saturday Outside, yep, still there, I just looked out the window Yeah, but I bet you haven't got kids! Another beaut model Jen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Ha ha, gotcha! Actually my dear Nev, I do Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwh773 Posted December 27, 2007 Share Posted December 27, 2007 Ha ha, gotcha! Actually my dear Nev, I do Jen. Is there no end to your talents Jen? Bex P.S: I hope youre indoctrinating them from an early age of the Plastic Therapy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desmojen Posted December 27, 2007 Author Share Posted December 27, 2007 Is there no end to your talents Jen? Bex P.S: I hope youre indoctrinating them from an early age of the Plastic Therapy? I only have the one, my son, Thomas. He's very much into modelling of the warhammer variety. He's a pretty awesome sculptor and a keen artist. He's at college now doing an art and design foundation degree. It runs in the family to a degree since both of my younger brothers were big into warhammer (painting of rather than playing the games) and Thomas spent a lot of time with them learning the ropes. You might think I'm a bit proud of him.... Jen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nev Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Ha ha, gotcha! Actually my dear Nev, I do Jen. Kids who've left home don't count! And pardon me for being a little forward, but, well you don't look old enough to have a son at college! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Very nice job Jen! You were right in painting the lower surfaces RLM65 instead of RLM76. You have made a very nice job of painting this Emil! I am actually working on a couple of tropical Emils at the moment but both will end up being RLM79 over RLM78 - one with a replacement wing in RLM02 and RLM71. The one you have built is on my to-do list though. Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now