Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Karl Wolff (WIP)
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Challenge day at 10:00 - begin
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Challenge day at 10:00 - beginning
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Challenge day at 11:03 - closing wings first, to have a robust landing gear further ahead
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Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear
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Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear
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Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear
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Challenge day at 12:19 - initial progress on the fuselage sides and wings/gear
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Challenge day at 14:04 - cockpit work
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Challenge day at 15:29 - final touch ups, taking too long here...
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Challenge day at 16:11 - getting ready to (finally) close
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Challenge day at 17:15 - closing; the nose section was a nightmare to close
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Challenge day at 18:13 - still adjusting fuselage; awful build experience
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Challenge day at 19:08 - after more than two hours, the body is finally glued; masking and preparing the transparent parts
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Challenge day at 20:43 - after dinner, plane is closed, now starting some filling and sanding; using only acrylic putty and CA+accelerator to speed up the process
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Challenge day at 22:04 - now applying AK white primer diluted with MTL; I'm using white because plane has significant white areas
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Challenge day at 23:45 - after masking, painted RLM76 using Gunze H417
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Challenge day at 00:32 - painted RLM02 using MRP-50
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Challenge day at 01:35 - masking took forever; RLM71 applied using MRP-61
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Challenge day at 02:19 - details painted with a brush and plane varnished with Tamiya X-22 gloss, ready for decals
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Challenge day at 03:19 - first decals applied
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Challenge day at 05:19 - After two exhausting hours (!!) decals and stencils have all been applied; wheels, propeller and other details have also been taken care of
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Challenge day at 06:28 - decals softened with Micro Sol dried, X-22 gloss applied over in preparation for the pin washes
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Challenge day at 06:54 - I am now the only one still standing in the room; for the benefit of the party I decided to stop here and use the remaing 3hours at home, to try to finish the kit in 24hours
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The model back at home, waiting for the remaining 3hours to try to finish it in 24hours
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Working at home, washes applied; I managed not to ruin the white! 😄
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Finished! All done in 24hours; it is true, the break after 21hours allowed for an effective dry of the varnish, but I still consider it an achievement; some things I would have done differently if I had more time, and also some corrections; nevertheless I am happy with the result and one less kit in my stash! 😄 Final photos here in the other album of this project: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Karl Wolff (24h) | Album by RReis (1:48)
评论
45 10 September 2023, 20:43
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wow - brilliant result - and all finished within 24 hours!
Maybe I should try this also ... would have a positive effect on my stash also
17 September 2023, 19:55
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Thanks; it helps if you do it with friends, like I did it, in a local club; the deep night hours are really tough! 🙂
17 September 2023, 19:58
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Wow, this speed is science fiction to me! 😄 And getting such a good looking plane in 24h? You're my hero.
What is this MTL you thinned the primer with? And how is the coverage of this AK primer? I always struggle with white priming...
17 September 2023, 20:17
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Thank you mates; @David, MLT is Mr Levelling Thinner; I used it to make AK primer thinner and then painted MRP white on top of it, the AK primer is very aggressive on the airbrush, but I think it covers really well
17 September 2023, 20:38
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Ah, OK, good old Leveling! Thanks for the tips, never tried this AK primer nor MRP paints yet.
18 September 2023, 06:04
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Very nice indeed, love a Messerschmitt model that has had great attention and finish, Well done! 👍👍
18 September 2023, 08:33
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At first I thought, wow nice looking model, clean build, thumbs up etc...but then 24 hours, seriously?? Chapeau, really really awesome! And all that with regular glue and not even super glue 😄 Really cool challenge, I honestly would like to try myself 👍 👍
18 September 2023, 20:47
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Thank you Alexander; actually, I used CA glue + instant hardener in the bottom of the engine cover, because the two halves don't join well and I got a seam and I had no time to wait for putty to dry; other than that, all Tamiya glue; that's why I glued the legs as one of the first steps of the build, so that they would be set later in the day 🙂
19 September 2023, 20:56
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That makes sense 👍
I did a "weekend build" once so I had three days to complete a model and it was a really simple Hobby Boss Me-163 kit. I uploaded the album. But man, this is on another level👍👍
20 September 2023, 02:55
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I went to your profile and checked it out - also nice build, in a weekend! I must confess I feel really well when I finish one of the models in the stash quickly! 😄
20 September 2023, 12:52
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Oh yes this is always such a relief😄 you just need sometimes a quick build between grueling long projects 👍
20 September 2023, 15:48
Album info
Final photos in the other album of the same project, here: Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3 Karl Wolff (24h) | Album by RReis (1:48)