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Moreno Baruffini
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PS I usually build the aircrafts that fought against this, that surrendered in Falconara.

Patrick Hagelstein
Hi Roland and Moreno! Glad to have you on board!
True, Roland, apart from the bland cockpits, I'm actually amazed about how easy these kits build and how nice the panel lines are.
Moreno, I typically build more Allied or modern stuff, but am quite interested in the plethora of colors and markings that were around in the desperate end of World War II. This is part of a group build where our club bought a couple of these Easy Assembly Bf109s, so a 109 it is! 😉

Живко Джаков
That's interesting. Follow you!

Patrick Hagelstein
Welcome aboard! ☺️

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Villiers! I need to hurry up now. The group build deadline is end of this month.

Gary Kitchen
Great stuff Patrick.
Love seeing aircraft badged up outside of their usual markings. Captured or rebadged allies, it's all interesting. I did a Hobby Boss Mustang kit and have to agree that even though meant as beginners (probably) they are great for getting to the painting and are well detailed externally. Zumbach Double: Spitfire Vb & Mustang III | Album by Erebus Nyx (1:72)

Erik Leijdens
Great work so far Patrick! The BF-109 looks nice with the Croatian "balkenkreuz".

Patrick Hagelstein
Hey Gary, welcome! I agree, I'd rather work on a 'weird' color scheme as it is that more 'exotic'. And yes, those easy assembly kits are great as an external paint canvas.
Thank you Erik! Even though the Croatian 'Balkenkreuz' is highly visible, the German one is only sloppily painted over: double combo then! 😉

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Marius! 👍

Alec K
Nice work Patrick. Following 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Alec and welcome! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Really a nice work! Well done 👍
For the last pic: maybe you can recover the marking painting with a fine brush

Patrick Hagelstein
😄 Thank you for your concerns, Moreno. 🙂 But if you look at pictures 7 and 9 you'll see that the actual aircraft had damaged markings as well. That's what I tried to recreate. But it's harder to create damage than building something that's intact. On the other hand, it's quite easy to destroy something unwanted. 😉

Moreno Baruffini
Yes, I understand, I was suggesting to 'create the damage" painting with a fine brush around and on the unwanted destroyed part. 🙂

BTW You made me want to start another plane that was around in the desperate end of World War II 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
🫣 I gotcha Moreno. 👍🏼 I wasn't into German aircraft that much until I found out the plethora of colors and options and grafted together aircraft from that timeframe. After this one, I got another colorful one-o-nine planned. ☺️

Moreno Baruffini
Getting better and better after every step!

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice!

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks Jennifer and Moreno! I'm surprised myself about what can be done with these simple kits.

Gary Kitchen
Great finish Patrick 👍

Bas Tonn
Interesting subject, good choice

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks CaptGPF, Gary and Bas!

Trez Mackenzie
The 2 kits are about as far apart as you can get. Great job!

Patrick Hagelstein
Hi Trez, that's why I want to have another go at this plane when the Eduard kit comes out and set them side by side. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the Easy Assembly kit but want to do the markings justice with an extraordinary kit.

Łukasz Gliński
Dunno how I managed to miss this.
Great work already on this prequel of my fav one&only 109 👍 That HB kit looks surprisingly good, except for the canopy fit.
Looking forward to seeing the Ed's edition

Patrick Hagelstein
Hi Łukasz! Thanks for the compliment! The HB kit is a nice in between project to cleanse the palate. It fits surprisingly well for what it is; a simple click together kit. But it's no match for what Eduard delivers. So, I'm too, quite curious of what can be done to Eduard's offering. Looking forward to it! ☺️

Trez Mackenzie
I think it's more to do with well researched dimensions / many decal options / many paint versions / many type versions / adjustable flaps / canopy position options /

Extra extras; masks / PE / resin

Even if you take just the weekend version (not Limited/Royal/Profi) there is still a large jump in many areas.

Not to say that this kit can't be modified but I don't know if the dimensions/shapes/lines are accurate - with Eduard you are guaranteed some surety

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

Ian Doody
Made a start on the 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat, I'm having my wings permanently folded, this is just all dry fitted so far, I'll add more detail later when the wing is added. No point cleaning up the inside part of the wing of ejection holes, as this will be hidden behind the wing. Think it looks ok so far.

Ian Doody
So today I've semi painted up the other sides wing root fold system. And started dry fitting the engine. Need to pick a scheme from the Techmod decals at some point, thinking of 1 or 4 so far.

Ian Doody
Ooh landing gear and engine support structure. Just needs a few touchups, thats it done for now, have to glue it all up straight away, doing it later would be a pain in the ass. Looks ok, I'm no expert on these things. Just for fun build in-between other stuff.

Ian Doody
I think, as an engine that'll do really, don't need anymore detail on it. Couldn't see it if it was there anyway. I'll paint the rear bank of cylinders, but that's probably it.

Ian Doody
That's all for today, making the most of what you get in the kit, only added bits of wire, no sense going mad with detailing parts you wont see. Prop tomorrow, finish the rear bank of Cylinders, and make a start on the cockpit. Looking nice so far, looks like an engine to me.

Ian Doody
Engine, exhaust manifold system and front bulkhead done. For what you can see, the kit parts are good enough. No point spending lots of money on a resin engine. Just some wire and a bit of paint.

Rui S
Looking special 👍 I'm in 😎

Guy Rump
Looking good and detailed build notes, following. 👍

Ian Doody
That's it for today, don't think I can handle seatbelts as well. So far so good, looks like a cockpit, when it's in the plane, you won't see anything. I tarted up the kit seat, as I couldn't stomach making the PE eduard one.

Rui S
hum, hum 😎 looking good 👍

Ian Doody
So I can do seat belts, but I hate doing seatbelts, not brilliant, but for all you'll see, it'll do me. My fear of PE is lessening, I'm getting a bit more confident each time, next the top straps. Then I can tackle the joining of the fuselage halves together, which is tricky on the 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat, as a few parts need extra sanding to fit. Looks ok to me so far.

Ian Doody
Seatbelts done, that'll do. With my eyesight it'll look amazing from far away lol 😆 but for me, as a learning exercise, looks fine. I would wholeheartedly recommend HGW Laser seatbelts, they make it a lot easier.

Ian Doody
Tomorrow I'll make a start on the Empennage and getting everything to fit. I'm not using any of the PE hinges either. Then wings.

J35J
Great work and progress so far!👍🏻

Ian Doody
Back to the 1/32 Wildcat. Start of paint.

Ian Doody
Hmm, this is going to be interesting. As usual no idea what I'm doing, just riding by the seat of my pants. I'll try and block in all the colours then look into weathering. Who knows how this'll look.

Ian Doody
Well, it's blueish grey now, or greyish blue. Because I'm a cantankerous stubborn fool, I paint everything with brushes, Main colours blocked in, teeny tiny fiddly bits added, now I've just got to build some more layers up, start lightening and shading areas. It won't be brilliant, but it may look good on my shelf. Which is the main thing, due to lack of space, pretty much all the aircraft I'm going to build will have folded wings.

Mr D
Very nice, the wing internal colour looks spot on👌, l tried mixing this colour but struggled to get right tone.
Nice looking kit, what do you make of the Trumpeter kits??
Good luck with the next steps 👍👍

Ian Doody
Hello Mr D, so far I've only looked at early Trumpeter kits, panel lines are a bit too light for me, the early ones have gimmicks like working wing folds, and the PE hinges, but they build up quite well, and to me look like what it says on the box. I've got a lot more Trumpeter and Hobby Boss kits to build up in the future.

Ian Doody
As is my usual way, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, just going with the flow, it seems to want to be like this.
A very, very long way to go still, it'll be a lot lighter than it is now, and not so stark. I know, I shouldn't weather it until later, but i can't help it, it's a curse.

1_72
One of these is already finished, second still waits to be completed. Back then I used to think these Matchbox kits were great to built - oh boy, I couldn't be more wrong!. Loads of sanding, scratching, handlings and maledictions!. Rough thing! Anyway, trying do my best to make it look acceptable.