I'm currently building the Tropical version of Aifix's new tool 1/72 bf109E kit - to go with my P-40 in the 'In Foreign Service' GB – basically I’m doing them both wheels up and mounted on a homemade stand together in a ‘Dogfight’.
The kit itself is pretty good, and a reasonably good copy of their great 1/48 kit which I highly recommend. Hopefully this’ll be my first finished Luftwaffe build as although I’ve started a couple, I’ve yet to finish one.
So far all I’ve done is assemble the cockpit (not too sure of the fit of this into the fuse halves) and paint a coat of RLM 02 (I think – Humbrol 240) around it.
Cheers!
Stuart
1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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- CallSignOWL
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Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
hey, Im working on an airfix -109e right now, too!
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
I have seen it and good it is...CallSignOWL wrote:hey, Im working on an airfix -109e right now, too!
How did you find the fitting of the cockpit when you went to button up the fuselage halves? I found mine to be pretty bad on the test fit.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
portman wrote:I have seen it and good it is...CallSignOWL wrote:hey, Im working on an airfix -109e right now, too!
How did you find the fitting of the cockpit when you went to button up the fuselage halves? I found mine to be pretty bad on the test fit.
ok, so it wanst just me! It took some creative clamping to get things closed up. I ended up with a bit of a seam that needed a spot of putty. The rest of the build went pretty good though!
Every take-off has a landing...some are just better than others
Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
not just me then - actually I don't recal the 1/48 kit being that brilliant either!CallSignOWL wrote:portman wrote: I have seen it and good it is...
How did you find the fitting of the cockpit when you went to button up the fuselage halves? I found mine to be pretty bad on the test fit.
ok, so it wanst just me! It took some creative clamping to get things closed up. I ended up with a bit of a seam that needed a spot of putty. The rest of the build went pretty good though!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
Now I also want an Airfix 109, you two are having a great time with them! :-)
- Kari
- Kari
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
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On the bench:
Tamiya F-4B Phantom II 1/48
Kinetic F-16A (new tool) 1/48
https://www.facebook.com/GrundAsk-Scale ... 721218708/
Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
yeah get one!KSaarni wrote:Now I also want an Airfix 109, you two are having a great time with them! :-)
- Kari
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
Re: 1/72 bf109E-7 'Tropical'
Finish this MOJO...