1/48 Eduard Bf 110 C-4 9/ZG26 "Horst Wessel" (Finished)
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:10 am
Hello, I took a little break from the forums for a while, but I've still been pluggin' away at the bench. I thought I would share my latest project with you fine folks. I was asked to a build a Bf 110 using the following picture.
It's allegedly a C-4 model from 9/ZG26 based in Africa in 1942. It's unknown how accurate the "drawing" is, but that wasn't particularly important to whom I built it for. As long as it looks pretty close to the picture in the book we're happy. Truthfully, to me it looks more like an E model, but all I had was Eduard C in my stash, so I went ahead and made due. Except for the extended fuselage tail, the C kit had the parts to duplicate the picture (thanks Eduard). I'm definitely no Bf 110 expert and my attempt to find out the differences was borderline nauseating.
Anyways, I added resin exhausts, wheels and gun barrels, but the rest was out of the box. The crosses were painted on with Montex masks and I pieced together the other markings out of my decal stash. Paint was a mix of Tamiya paints. The lighter brown is their recommendation for RLM 79 while the darker is XF-64 Red Brown. The underside was their mix for RLM 78. This was all mixed to my eye of course by adding white and buff respectively. I used the hairspray and liquid frisket techniques for chipping and Ammo Mig washes to dirty it up.
The Eduard 110 isn't the easiest to build and takes patience. That said, once you get used to it's quirks, it becomes much more enjoyable and builds into a decent model. This is my third one and each one gets a bit easier. I'm thinking a defense of the Reich G-2 with rockets soon.
It's pretty close I suppose...
It's allegedly a C-4 model from 9/ZG26 based in Africa in 1942. It's unknown how accurate the "drawing" is, but that wasn't particularly important to whom I built it for. As long as it looks pretty close to the picture in the book we're happy. Truthfully, to me it looks more like an E model, but all I had was Eduard C in my stash, so I went ahead and made due. Except for the extended fuselage tail, the C kit had the parts to duplicate the picture (thanks Eduard). I'm definitely no Bf 110 expert and my attempt to find out the differences was borderline nauseating.
Anyways, I added resin exhausts, wheels and gun barrels, but the rest was out of the box. The crosses were painted on with Montex masks and I pieced together the other markings out of my decal stash. Paint was a mix of Tamiya paints. The lighter brown is their recommendation for RLM 79 while the darker is XF-64 Red Brown. The underside was their mix for RLM 78. This was all mixed to my eye of course by adding white and buff respectively. I used the hairspray and liquid frisket techniques for chipping and Ammo Mig washes to dirty it up.
The Eduard 110 isn't the easiest to build and takes patience. That said, once you get used to it's quirks, it becomes much more enjoyable and builds into a decent model. This is my third one and each one gets a bit easier. I'm thinking a defense of the Reich G-2 with rockets soon.
It's pretty close I suppose...
Wow! That's awesome!!