Bf-109 E1
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6 July 2011, 08:04
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Whatever the weather forecast is like, you will stay in that weekend... I suppose 😮)
6 July 2011, 20:39
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Thx guy´s, i´ll be damned if i not start to work this weekend! I´ll keep you posted with pic´s and news! But at first i have to find my camera, my son played with it... 😉
7 July 2011, 04:20
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I have used lifecolor, and I find their color tones accurate. However, I do dislike the really matt appearance of the dried paint. If you wish to turn it to gloss or even semi-gloss, it is more difficult. This box says "special satin finish" so I guess they got the message. I am very interested to see the finished 109...
22 July 2011, 14:37
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Ooops! Have you tried the White Ensign luftwaffe colours ? On the other side, if you like acrylics, the Gunze luftwaffe colours are a favourire of mine.
22 July 2011, 16:01
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I´d like to switch to Gunze but my supplier doesnt have it in his stash. I purchased the Vallejo Model Air acrylics, Luftwaffe Set 1, will see how they work! The Lifecolour-stuff is not bad but after every spraying i think i ruined everything. all is full of bubbles... After they dryed, everything looks perfect, its still a thrill to work with it but at the end it looks very nice!
22 July 2011, 19:15
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So i added some photos from my 109. But my working-progress is much more advanced as the pic´s will show. I post some new with the wings mounted to the fuselage. Sorry for the bad quality, i still cant find my camera...
3 August 2011, 12:55
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Although the photo is kinda dark, it is looking good. Are you using oils at all ?
3 August 2011, 14:56
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Yes, i do! I think i washed my cockpit more often than my pant´s................... I use oils quite a lot! It´s one of my favorite procedures, whilst building a model...
3 August 2011, 18:52
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I use them even for drybrushing, as well as Enamel´s like Revell or Humbrol!
3 August 2011, 18:54
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Yes, quite. I find oils are also especially good for bringing to life mat surfaces such as leather seats, cloth, seat belts etc.
3 August 2011, 19:52
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Yes , i agree! But the quantity makes the toxisity🙂 (Old german phrase...) ! I mean the more you CANT see the wash, the better is it!
3 August 2011, 20:06
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Talking of seat belts, one little improvement you can do, try to bend the belts so they look less rigid against the seat, and more "soft" (maybe you have done it already). Hope to see your red 13 in great shape soon!!! I am jumping ahead a bit, but I am thinking we must try to get our witch-aircraft together in the same photo. Are you an expert in photoshop ?
3 August 2011, 20:08
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No, unfortunately , i´m not! But i have a female collegue, who is very familiar with a PC and exclusively good in adobe Photo-Shop! Just send me a pic and i will figure out, how good the pics could get to bring togethter!
3 August 2011, 20:31
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Here are some new shots from my building-progress. You can see the problems, i´m dealing with. The wings are already not glued to the fuselage.
4 August 2011, 07:43
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I hope not to loose all the details when it goes to filling and sanding... I´m not good in engraving panellines because of the lack of useful tools for that... 🙁
4 August 2011, 09:23
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I faced the same problems...lots of filler, and sanding and rescribing...What I hate is when the panel line coincides with the kit part join line...that is what makes the difference between Tamiya, Hasegawa and the rest... the engineering of their parts! Do not give up ! That's the key 🙂 I took lots of breaks while working on this kit...
4 August 2011, 09:42
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instead of sanding use mr thinner with a cotton peg to remove putty, saves your details
4 August 2011, 09:44
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I took a lot of breaks, too, to regain motivation but i do all now to finish with the result, i wanted! I´m looking forward to paint and put on the decals!
4 August 2011, 09:48
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How are dealing with the wing gun trough ? The cutout in the leading edge is not symmetric as eduard has it...
4 August 2011, 10:03
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I think i drill it a little bit up and set in a piece of a metaltube. Than filling and sanding and "Ab die Post"!(a phrase for finishing something) 🙂
4 August 2011, 11:09
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I do what i can... Currently i have a lot of work in my company, because we have the mainseason for tourist´s. So many people who need an accomodation or just help to disembark the planes or ships. But when the sun is shining, all of them are in a good mood and working with those relaxed people makes really fun! When it raines, i sometimes wish that i have the permission to give them drugs or pharmacy, so they come back to a good mood... 🙂 😉 🙂
4 August 2011, 16:40
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Sanding the wings today and have a look at the canopymasks... I hope it works the way i want! 🙂
6 August 2011, 09:48
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Hello Holger, i´m back from a week on hiking in mountainious Austria... jaja, auch bei uns macht der Sommer die Leut´fröhlich...😮) You are doing a great job in Eduards model! I didn´t know, that the E-1´s wing gun mountings where not symmetrical as Aghis Barberopoulos has wrote and you have confirmed. Do you have any information on this topic? I will stay tuned... on your Bf 109E! Great work, Holger....
6 August 2011, 20:44
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Hello Roland! I have some close up pictures of the wing gun tube cutout, from various sources, but I have to get back home from holidays first...Your week in Austria must have been great! I am off to the beach now to work on my suntan...🙂
7 August 2011, 06:09
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Hello Aghis, a look at your close up pics would be quite interesting!- whenever it is possible for you. Enjoy your holidays 😮)
7 August 2011, 06:31
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Puh, i had a lot of work, but this time the kit-build was quite relaxing! Everything fitted into place, wonderful! 🙂
7 August 2011, 11:52
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Hello Roland, i hope you had a great time! Thank you so much for your kind words!
7 August 2011, 14:32
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Hi Holger, nice to know you had a good and trouble free time with your 109- the He-77 chart on the wall: one of your next projects?😮)
7 August 2011, 14:39
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The He- 177 is one of my former projects, but the Revellkit fits so nice that i´m going to build it another time again!!!
7 August 2011, 14:51
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I like your workbench Holger! It is more tidy than mine, and bigger... I usually need chairs and folding tables for additional space. The problem is I have the computer and printer in the same room and that cuts down the available space... I bet my PC is addicted to emanels by now 🙂
7 August 2011, 17:07
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Glad to see your 109 coming together! Almost ready for the paint shop! Just a word of caution: test assembly the landing gear legs with the fairings as early as possible, If I remember correctly I had some little problem there (maybe it was just me).
7 August 2011, 17:14
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I will testfit them asap! THX for the hint, Aghis! How you can see, the canopy is ready for painting and i will start with it soon. But i still havent decided, should it be open or closed... The cockpit didnt went as bad as i thought, so a look into it maybe would be nice...? Its a gamble!
7 August 2011, 20:21
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I always keep the fighters' canopy open, as it is an area everyone looks into. It is up to you, however, since a closed canopy does not imply a 'bad'cockpit, just different display. A nice pilot figure is another option (if you are good with figure painting). Talking of canopies, do you polish the transparent parts before or after painting ? I use a polishing liquid bath (acually used for polishing jewelry) that makes the transparencies shiny clean. Maybe you know of an alternative method ?
8 August 2011, 05:43
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I drown the clearparts in future before painting starts. If i find something from tamiyatape after demasking i erase it with lighterfuel an a q-tip. That works properly in my oppinion!
8 August 2011, 12:43
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If i have to remove mold-seams on canopy´s, i use toothpaste or nailpolish- file´s, that even works very vell!
8 August 2011, 12:47
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Aah, great! This about the nail polish I didn't know! Thanks for this Holger, I am going to have to try it ! 😉
8 August 2011, 16:31
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Toothpaste and lighter fuel, more materials for modelling!!! 🙂
8 August 2011, 16:36
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I like to get inspired by my environment, i´m always looking for something to get abused for modeling! The nailpolishfiles, i have seen by a girlfriend. Its only a file with different areas on, to sand finer and finer and it works great. Some areas are even finer than 1500 sandpaper!
8 August 2011, 18:05
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@ Zimmermaniac: I totally forgot to say thx for your really good hints!
8 August 2011, 19:02
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my Helldiver has the same problem as in your pic no12, managed to fix it quite availlable with Tamiya putty, imeediately wiping it with mr thinner, will show picx soon, for the moment the uploader on the forum is out of order
10 August 2011, 11:45
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I was thinking about, adding very liquid superglue but the chance to ruin everything seems to big to me!
10 August 2011, 12:40
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superglue is NO option on that problem, you'll indeed ruin a lot o' things
10 August 2011, 12:53
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Holger, I tried a new method of working with putty and mr thinner. Apply putty, wipe it down immediatly with the mr thinner, it gives a very smooth surface, ya can do this with things like mr surfacer too,very nice results, no sanding aquired anymore, just wipe it down and wipe away the acces around the area ya fixed ( paper towel dipped in mr thinner helps a lot there )
11 August 2011, 11:02
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Do you think this works even with green putty (squadron) and normal thinner? I think i´m gonna try it on an old model at first! But a good idea although!
11 August 2011, 11:13
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don't know, I use Tamiya putty, don't dare to try normal thinner cause it may be a bit too violent for the plastic, but who knows ?? let me know your expierences with it ( normal thinner costs peanuts, while the mr surfacer is 6,50 for a 100 ml bottle )
11 August 2011, 11:20
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So, i added the first coat of paint, but whislt demasking, i ripped a little bit away... Doesnt matter, i´m gonna fix it!
15 August 2011, 12:38
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Splinter camouflage can be a pain... especially when unmasking 🙂
15 August 2011, 14:58
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Only tamiya mask, yes, but certain acrylic paints do peel off easily, so I wear the stickiness down before finaly sticking it 😉
16 August 2011, 05:28
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I always use tamiya´s tape! It happend around the guncowl´s. first coat was glossy black, then alclad, then masking the guncowlarea. then a coat of RLM02 and i let it dry (obvisiously not long enough...). Then RLM02-Area was masked and a coat of RLM71 was applyed. Then i unmasked after some time and the parts of the cowling wich got in touch with alclad, peeled off... (Not the masked guncowls!)
Now i calmed down and try it again!
16 August 2011, 06:25
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Really? Crazy... Besides i used Vallejo, wich is very very liquid to me...
I have to stay with Tamiyapaints, they are still the best in my opinnion... But i´m gonna try Gunze at all, maybe its quite good?
16 August 2011, 17:27
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Gunze is in my opinion the best acrylic out there. Love the colour tones too.
17 August 2011, 12:12
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I heard this from different modellers, too! Are you still in holidays? Today is one of the sunny days here in germany. I hope i can hit the beach after working🙂!
17 August 2011, 12:42
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Still on holidays until friday. Beach every morning, Ouzo in the evening... every day it gets boring... 😉 So this weekend hope to do some modelling for a change 🙂
17 August 2011, 12:46
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And on wich project do you lay your hands at first, when you´re home?
17 August 2011, 12:50
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Hmm, let me see, I have an Admiral waiting (Graf Spee), a nice lady called Peggy, also my favourite Fw189, and of course the Zukei Mura Ta152 is on the way cannot wait in the box for long...🙂🙂🙂
17 August 2011, 12:59
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I builded the "Spee" only one time. It was a paperkit in 1:295. Made fun but paper is not my thing. Just like the real one, it was destroyed by flames...
17 August 2011, 17:43
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Hi Holger,
I noticed your discussion about peeled color. I dont want to be a wise guy, it is just to say - we all made the same experiences
My experience with masked color schemes and different layers of paint was also an experience of try and error. For my aeroplanes I usually use Enamel colors from Xtracolor. The colors are fine pigmented and trend to peel of when masked. It is necessary to clean the surface with turpentine or lighter fluid (works quite well) before you apply the first coat of paint (prime coat). After that even a fine pigmented color like Xtracolor or Vallejo should remain on the surface when you remove the mask. I remove the mask (Tamiya tape what else) as fast as possible after I applied the color. Aghis idea to wear the stickiness down is also important for a good result. Since I follow these rules I have no more problem with peeled paint.
By the way, a nice project😉
Happy modeling, Christian
17 August 2011, 20:03
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I agree with you Christian, the cleanliness of the surface before the primer is crucial, as well as the application and choice of primer always in conjunction with what comes on top... Still accidents may happen, but following these rules usually works. Thank you for your comments, always constructive to hear other experiences! 🙂
18 August 2011, 11:18
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@ Christian and Aghis: Yes i´m still in a learningprogress and very happy to have you to give me hints, how to work better! Its very difficult fo me to ask someone, because of my location (I´m the only modeler on my island...!). So i also thank Tim for creating this site an giving me the possibility to talk and learn from you all! A big THX to you! 🙂
18 August 2011, 18:17
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Holger, practice makes perfect - also in modelmaking😉
To pick up your comment, yep thats what this site should be for. Share information and tips and tricks - thanx Tim and happy modeling, Christian
18 August 2011, 19:12
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We are all in the learning process, more or less, can't say I met one who knows all 😉
18 August 2011, 21:58
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I am uploading the photos of the E-1 gun cutouts in my photoalbums. 😉
19 August 2011, 17:18
Album info
A lot of problems on my way...