Montage Bf 109 E1 Josef Priller

Here is the plane I want to represent: It is a Bf 109 E-1 piloted by Auberlieutenant Josef PRILLER in 1939 at the JG51.

he cockpit with the addition of Eduard zoom photoetching board. The interpretation of RLM02 on the pre-painted photoetch is wrong, it is sky blue.

The original rudder pedals have been replaced by the Eduard photoetch one. As it lacks a little relief, I recreated this relief with Evergreen profile.

On the Tamiya seat the hole through which the binding passes is missing. So I pierced the seat back.

The pre-painted photoetched dashboard provides a great improvement.

The right console needs to eliminate some original detail. I got a little complicated by keeping some of them. On the next build,I delete everything and remake scratch.

Some missing details have been added on the left console.

The central part of the office after painting the hatch behind the seat was removed and replaced by the photoetched Eduard part.

The left console after painting.

The console right after painting. I then added the elements of the pre-painted photoetched board.

All this little world takes place safely in the fuselage: It's good Tamiya! The oxygen tube was made from guitar string. The edges of the compressor have been trimmed.

To convert a BF 109 E-3 into E-1 (when i began that build, the Eduard kit was not yet released), remove the guns fairings, close the guns hole and make others one closest from the fuselage.

I added the visible oil reservoir through the hole under the nose. Another model made me notice this lack, so I had to put it in place after closing the fuselage. It was a little acrobatic.

The Quickboost Revi 12B collimator is a great improvement.

The legs of the trains are detailed with tin wire, stretched cotton buds and thin strips of tamiya scotch tape.

Paint job on landing gear wheels.

Th landing gear leg after paint job.

Th tail wheel afetr paint job.

The propeller being painted.

The propeller after weathering job.

The windshield is masked outside.

The rear part of the canopy is mask on the to side because the side frames are interior ones.

The central part of the canopy is masked outside and inside as i want to represent it open.

As we say in france "L'avion est en croix". I riveted all the surfaces

I make a support for the revi 12b with evergreen profile. The hole for the kit part is far to large for the quickboost part.

I make a hole of 0.35 mm to fix the collimator

The moment, you dont breath anymore.

The revi in place with a little part of steel wire. "Ouf!"

A detail who is missing on all BF 109 E kits the fuel dump system in the left radiator fairing.

I do that fuel dump system with aluminium tube of 0,7 and 0, 3mm Diameter.

Photoetched handles are added to the inner frames of the windshield.

The opening lever is added to the central part of the canopy.

The fixed part of the canopy are now in place.

The fuel dump system is in place.

More close.That's why there is a notch in the left radiator shutter.

I built a work stand to avoid handling the plane directly for the futur paint job and one or two thing that must be fixed.

A view of the wing flap notch (here on a wing of a E-4), on a Bf E-1 there is a hole for rear of the Mg17.

I start by locating the hole with the help of the flap temporary set in place.

Second view.

Do that both side.

The fist hole is drill. The exact shape is build with a scapel with the masking tape as guide.

I take the MG17 from an Eduard Bf 109E (the one i use to build the V14 who is unarmed.

I cut the rear part of the Mg 17 and fix it on a smallpart of plasticard with the dimension of the wing hole.

Here the smalls insert i builded.I add a piece of stretched sprue as the side bar is longer than the breech.

The first set in place. I used tin wire to represent the compressed air line. I cut it longer to have an easy handdle on the part.

The second is set in place.

The right wing with the flap in place. This gives rise to another problem: the fastening of the flap is to big and not realistic. On the other hand by checking my documents their place does not correspond to the actual articulations on the real plane.