Swiss Me 109 E

Thomas Bischoff
A Swiss Emil! I'm in 👍
Be careful with the decals - I guess the white will not cover 100% (Decals sind nicht deckend).
Will you do it in RLM 70/71 or only 71?

Mid Franconian
Hi Thomas, I have ordered masks from LF (same manufacturer) as well and will try these.
At the moment I plan RLM 71 only. Want to keep the efforts to a minimum... I am longing for something Flugwaffe since a long time - and this is supposed to be a quick cure. At least I hope that...

Thomas Bischoff
The Tamiya Kit is nice and should be a quick build (unless you got the "Bible" on Swiss Messerschmitts and go for top accuracy).
Built the Tamiya myself as J-346 with the Sharkmouth and less accuracy 🙂

Mid Franconian
Fine -what decals did you use for your J-346? I initially stumbled over the Euro Decals Sheet Messerschmitt Emils Part 1, containing a shark-mouthed J-377.

Thomas Bischoff
I have the Cutting Edge Sheet - well what remained .. and I have the (partially used) "Rising Decals" RD48007 Sheet still with the Sharkmouth ... just in case you want to change your plans 🙂

Mid Franconian
In the meantime I have made some progress. The paintjob is finished. I used stencils for the Swiss crosses the first time and I am quite happy with the result.

Thomas Bischoff
A well spent night shift 🙂

Mid Franconian
Thank you Thomas! After another evening/night shift the decals are on. As I have already painted the Swiss crosses the remaining decals mainly consisted of the registration numbers and some maintence markings.

James C
Looking great. Cool to see a 109 in Swiss markings as well 👍

Mid Franconian
Thanks James! To me the Swiss scheme fits the 109 very well. Supports the sleek lines and muscular yet wiry (is that the correct expression?) appearance of an early 109.

Thomas Bischoff
Full marks from me 👍🏻
… we can do the rivetcounting over a beer 🙂

Kyle DeHart
Nicely done!

Mid Franconian
Thank you Thomas and Kyle!