AMG Bf 109B-1

[Bish]

I had been wanting to get some early 109's for ages. Originally i had planned on getting the Avis kits. But when AMG brought out there's, i decided to opt for one of those. Decided to try the B-1 first.



Kits come with PE, mask and one small piece of resin, so this will be an OOB build. Started with the pit (of course) which has detail added to the side walls, and one small piece of PE.





After painting with Xtracolor, i used some flory wash and then added some light dry brushing.



Cockpit was fitted after adding PE seatbelts and decals for instruments.





Fuselage then went together and wings added. Fit is pretty nice.





The rear of the centre wing section needed a little sanding. And of course i over did it and had to fill a bit. The lower wing doesn't join the top along the back edge, but just ahead of the flaps. Buts its better than in the review i had read.



I rather like the molded on detail of the engine. I won't be having it open on this, but i do plan on getting some more of their early kits so will show it off on one of those.



Thats all for now. More soon.

[Stikpusher]

That’s a good looking interior on this kit. And your usual high quality work on that interior.

[Bish]

Cheers Carlos. I was rather pleased with the detail it has.

[keavdog]

That's a lot of detail in 1/72 . Btw, what color do you use for german interior?

[Bish]

Cheers John. Early aircraft were RLM 02. It was changed to RLM 66 early in the war. Supposadly it was in Nov 1941 but some aircraft seem to have the darker colour before that.

[pzl66]

Awesome detail you put in this! Glad to see a classic 109 in the GB!

[Bish]

Cheers 66, though i have to say most of it is already in the kit, i'll deffinetly be getting more.

[Bish]

Construction on the 109 was done by the middle of last week, just getting the 111 done and then i can paint. Fit has been good with one exception, the radiator. The rad itself fits onto the nose and then the 2 piece cover goes on. Even after the covers were thinned there was still a big gap. I clamped and used super glue and left it over night, there was still a gap but small enoug to fill.

The canopy masking was a bit tricky. The mask is similar to Montex, which i am not a fan of. And the canopy has next to no frameing so its tricky to figure out where to put the masks.







Hopefully should be able to get some paint on before the week is out. Just need to remember to mask the pit and wheel wells.

[Stuart]

That's looking superb Bish!

[pzl66]

You would think they would just make the lower cowl 1 piece... oh well, looks like you got it taken care of really well!