Messerschmitt Bf109 E-3a, Swiss, Tamiya 1/48
This article is part of a series:
- Tamiya Bf 109E-3 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-10 Revell 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-7 Trop 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-2, Finnish Air Force “MT-225” 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-5, Wilde Sau, Eduard, 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 “Yellow 14”, Hans Joachim Marseille
- Messerschmitt Me109E-3a L-52, Yugoslavia 1/48
- Japanese Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4, Tamiya 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-4, Italian Air Force, Eduard, 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf109E-1, Legion Condor, Eduard 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf109 E-3a, Swiss, Tamiya 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf109G-6, MT-422, Finnish Air Force, Eduard 1/48
- Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 WNr 161742, Slowak, Eduard 1/48
One step closer to 109 109's
As the sun was out today, another long finished build got some fresh air
I do apologise for the dust, but I only had a very short time before the sun dissapeared, so You will have to make do with the dust.
I used this one as an excuse to drill and carve a lot of openings and stuff in a standard Tamiya 109, and I also did a few scratchbuild details.
The upper cowl was open up to let the air out, so that one needs a bit of thinning too, as it is already cast to stand proud.
I also opened up the venting holes.
To see all the details follow the link for the description in the group-section here on iModeler
This is a wonderful build, my friend @airbum!
Great scheme (Swiss lovely scheme), and I just love these opened panels.
It was great to follow your thread too!
...Closer to 109 109s?
Which variant?
Because, "maybe" you should consider making 109 of each variant... 🙂
109 Ds, 109 Es, 109 Gs and so on?
You can never have too many 109s!
You are doing a splendid job there, a joy to watch all these 109s coming along.
Congratulations!
Spiros (@fiveten), now that was a thought. I think I will be getting in trouble with 109 of each mark, but who knows 🙂
At least the kindergarten in "Messerschmitt 109 Werke" is now in full swing making a batch of the D version (and perhaps a C now I'm at it) so at least the variety is expanding. Thank you for the comments my friend, it was a jou to have you on board for the in-progress topic.
Great Emil, Erik.
Thanks for sharing your building progress.
It looks very nice in that winter sunshine.
Thank you John (@JohnB), it was a pleasure. The winter sun is out again today here in Denmark, and everything is bright after a frosty night - could be christmas for all that I know 🙂
@ airbum - Good work Erik, though not as nice as the Italian job 😉 Merry Christmas!
Pedro (@holzhamer), thank you, one can't win them all 🙂
Merry Christmas to you and yours too.
Erik, @airbum
It has been an absolute joy to follow along and watch you create these works of art. Your build journals are also very informative. I sincerely appreciate all of the time and effort you put into your postings.
You have the knack of building up 109's, and making them look good as the full sized 1 to 1 scale versions do... All of the little extra details you add to your builds help considerably too.
I also pressed the "liked" button.
Merry Christmas to you and your family my friend. 🙂
Louis (@lgardner)
It has been a pleasure to build them and not least all the nice comments and info from a lot of good folks. I take great pleasure in the research, and have bought manuals and spareparts lists from the Hafner Archives (I did get him to print a Bf109F pilotsmanual for my girlfriend!)
On a somewhat different note I asked Draw Decals if they were able to make a re-print of the Red Pegasus decals for Udets red D-ISLU, and it immediately came up on their website! What a service. Now I will get as many as possible interested people collected to make a batch of them in 1/48. Who knows, maube there will even be some kind AM supplier that will make the right nose for it, otherwise we shall have to get hold of our inner scratchbuildingmonster!
A very merry Christmas to you and your family too my friend - hohoho. . .
And another beautiful 109! Lovely detail work, and another interesting scheme. I just started an old Airfix "Dogfight Doubles" kit containing a Beaufighter and a 109 - I may use one of yours as a reference for this build! I plan it as an OOB build and will focus on paint work and weathering to bring it to life. You collection is definitely an inspiration!
Thanks Greg. Happy to inspire 🙂