Airfix 1:72 Bf109

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Ayahuasca

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Ayahuasca

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Flushed with (limited) success with my Spitfire, I am having a go at sticking together an enemy aircraft.

Not sure why I bothered painting the engine and mount, when it will be covered by the cowl.

109s seemed to have a prominent fuel line running across the right hand cockpit side, and a massive trim wheel on the left of the pilot’s seat. Both these features are missing from the kit so have improvised with spue.

dr_gn

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191 months

Saturday 4th May 2019
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The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.

Tyre Smoke

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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dr_gn said:
The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.
Oh dear! Ayahuasca the beardies will be sucking on their St Bruno and tutting about historically inaccurate model making. hehe

Turn7

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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dr_gn said:
The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.
One of the many,many reasons PH is so good.....

Where else could you get corrected on fuel line positions of a German aeroplane..... model.... lol

dr_gn

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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Turn7 said:
dr_gn said:
The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.
One of the many,many reasons PH is so good.....

Where else could you get corrected on fuel line positions of a German aeroplane..... model.... lol
I only know because I’ve built a few 109’s. It obviously doesn’t really matter - if it adds a bit of interest to the cockpit, why not?

CanAm

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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Is this a new moulding compared to the Bf-109E4 that dr_gn built? (I was going to add "a couple of years ago"....but it turns out it was 2012!)

I hope the problems that he found have been corrected.

dr_gn

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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CanAm said:
Is this a new moulding compared to the Bf-109E4 that dr_gn built? (I was going to add "a couple of years ago"....but it turns out it was 2012!)

I hope the problems that he found have been corrected.
It is - my son built this exact one recently, and most of the issues I had appeared to have been corrected. It’s a good kit.

wolfracesonic

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134 months

Saturday 4th May 2019
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When you suspend the 109 from your ceiling with the Spitfire in hot pursuit, attach some cotton wool, sprinkled with black powder paint to the 109's engine cowling, it makes for a very effective glycol leak. 'Repeat please...'

4321go

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194 months

Saturday 4th May 2019
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Stop that Polish chatter and steer two... three...zero!

Ayahuasca

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dr_gn said:
The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.
Damn! That will teach me to try to be clever. Hahaha.

irocfan

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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wolfracesonic said:
When you suspend the 109 from your ceiling with the Spitfire in hot pursuit, attach some cotton wool, sprinkled with black powder paint to the 109's engine cowling, it makes for a very effective glycol leak. 'Repeat please...'
And pierce some of the panels with a red-hot pin to simulate bullet holes?

Turn7

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Saturday 4th May 2019
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dr_gn said:
Turn7 said:
dr_gn said:
The fuel line was on the F and G variants, not the E.
One of the many,many reasons PH is so good.....

Where else could you get corrected on fuel line positions of a German aeroplane..... model.... lol
I only know because I’ve built a few 109’s. It obviously doesn’t really matter - if it adds a bit of interest to the cockpit, why not?
I was joshing Doc, I love the that kind of minutae......

CanAm

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279 months

Sunday 5th May 2019
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Turn7 said:
I was joshing Doc, I love the that kind of minutae......
"Minutiae". It's both trivial and important at the same time. (Sorry, it's the beer talking)

Turn7

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CanAm said:
Turn7 said:
I was joshing Doc, I love the that kind of minutae......
"Minutiae". It's both trivial and important at the same time. (Sorry, it's the beer talking)
dont worry, it was the beer spelling too !

CanAm

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279 months

Sunday 5th May 2019
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Turn7 said:
CanAm said:
Turn7 said:
I was joshing Doc, I love the that kind of minutae......
"Minutiae". It's both trivial and important at the same time. (Sorry, it's the beer talking)
dont worry, it was the beer spelling too !
beer

Evangelion

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185 months

Sunday 5th May 2019
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Shut up in Polish!

Ayahuasca

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Monday 13th May 2019
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Experimenting with the supplied acrylic paints.

Ayahuasca

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Monday 13th May 2019
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But not happy so I am having a bash at oil paints. The problem is that I have to mix up various paints to get the right Luftwaffe colours. But there seems to be a bit of variance in what the colours actually were.

Ayahuasca

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Oils seem to provide a better finish, but they take forever to dry.