Scalemates Messerschmitt BF 109 Group Build 2020

Nathan Dempsey
Ooh a Big 'un 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it on! 👍 😄

Mirko Römer
Very nice start of the project! Take care of a propper alignment of the forward fuselage parts. Otherwise this kit is a joy to build - enjoy 🙂

Mathieu
Taking a seat. Nice cockpit. Cheers

Rui S
I'm in, also 👍

Stefan Schacht
nice cockpit, count me in

Clifford Keesler
Welcome everyone, and thank you for the kind words and encouragement.

Murad ÖZER
here! 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Welcome Murad. It is almost a compelete airframe now, will get some more pictures up soon.

Clifford Keesler
Finally some progress.

Nathan Dempsey
Getting close to paint already. Nice!

Clifford Keesler
Thank you Nathan and Roland. I am going to install my flaps and ailerons, and paint the bird as one piece. I will keep the flaps stuck closed during painting with small pieces of white tack. I have already painted the insides of the flaps, flap wells and aileron recesses RLM 02.

Guillaume Blanchet
That's a detailed cockpit. Watching

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Guillaume, and welcome aboard.

Clifford Keesler
This airframe is complete also, and ready for primer. Had a long day at the bench, so will try and get pictures soon.

Clifford Keesler
Light Blue applied to undersides and fuselage sides.

Clifford Keesler
I got the upper surfaces painted today. Have some touchup to do on the blue. Pictures soon.

Jim J
Looking good!

Mirko Römer
Good progress, looks good so far!

Jos Jansen
oh, I missed this beauty!

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Jim and Mirko. @ Jos welcome.

Clifford Keesler
Maybe I'll get this one finished this week.

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice paintjob. I like these late war patterns.

James C
Nice and clean looking build so far and great job on that camo👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Really coming along nicely Clifford! 👍

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Guillaume, James Roland and Patrick. Your kind words mean a lot. I got the decals started this afternoon.

Clifford Keesler
All decals are on. I dropped it and broke both main gear off. They are now fixed, I added metal pins to the struts where they broke. My computer is being wonky, but will try to get some more pictures up soon. Cheers.

Nathan Dempsey
Ooh that hurts! The decals look nice though 🙂 Good idea on the gear repair too.

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking absolutely stunning Clifford! Good call on inserting those pins! The splayed and angled landing gear was a hassle in scale 1:1, let alone in any smaller scale. 😉

Clifford Keesler
Thank you Nathan and Patrick. So today I got the wash on and off. Just some minor detail painting and a matt coat and it will be finished.

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it on! 🙂 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Can't wait to see the new shots 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Thank you Patrick, Roland and Nathan. I got the detail painting and Matt coat done today. Just need to do some light weathering, and take the final pictures. I wasn't able to get as much done today as I had hoped. All of my grand kids are doing remote schooling now, so had 4 kids trying to do school work and the baby was sick, so I more or less watched her all day. Got her to sit and watch Frozen for awhile so was able to get done what I got done.

Augie
LOVE IT!

Clifford Keesler
Thank you Augie. Maybe I will get it finished tomorrow.

Jos Jansen
Beautiful colors...a real stunner!

Clifford Keesler
Thank you Jos, your kind words are much appericated. It is finished now. I was letting everything dry overnight, and I will take the final pictures tomorrow.

Clifford Keesler
Finally finished this one.

Nathan Dempsey
Oh that is great 🙂 The colors really pop with the flat coat.

James C
Nicely done Clifford👍

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Nathan and James, your kind comments are much appareciated.

Guillaume Blanchet
The clear coat really has justice to this build. Great work on the camo! It Must have been a lot of work to apply the nose decal.

Slavo Hazucha
Hello Clifford - great job in big scale! 👍 Not an expert on this era, but I really like the Black/White "nose jobs" on 109's and 190's - good choice & execution! Hope to see a lot more from you in 2021!

Clifford Keesler
Thank you very much Guillaume, Roland and Slavo. Your kind words are much appearicated. @ Guillaume, the nose decal was not as hard as I thought it would be.