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Messerschmitt Bf 109 V-13, 1/48, Tamiya and scratchbuilding

Started by Erik Gjørup · 46 ≡ · ↻ 1 year ago · 1/48, 109, airbum, Bf 109 V-13, Bf109, Haldværk, me109, Messerschmitt, scratchbuilt, speed record, Tamiya

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Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Another great "detail" that I learned about the 109, my friend @airbum! The amount of such details found upon deep researching is amazing!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 3 months ago:

Another great addition to this ́hooked 109, Erik @airbum
Looks great.
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months ago:

Thank you gents. Things are quiet around this group it seems, but nonetheless work continues

Assembly of major parts

Fuselage closed, wings attached and the cowling installed

I assembled the fuselage after getting the office finished

Note that the breathing device has been removed to save weight.

The aft wing/fuselage join was piece of cake with the small pieces of plastic installed long ago

And on the IP the REVI had been deleted too – it is not a part of any use to a raceplane

Finally we catch up with todays progress – the exhaust openings and “engine” installation

Well – a clamp or three was needed as the plastic had widened because of the lot of sanding and stuff

Not a lot visible I know, but then there is so munch more to come back for later
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

Nice progress, my friend @airbum! Hope to clear some bench space, in order to place an entry to our friend's @jpatt1000 wonderful GB!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

Very nice, Erik @airbum
A smooth racer.
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months ago:
@fiveten – looking forward to it!
Thanks @johnb

One clamp too many

All the clamps helped a lot, but unfortunately I did not pay attention!

And the right side had been pressed a bit to far. I drilled a hole and used my dental tools to pull the entire side back out.
1. marked the vent locations and sanded these before assembly
It worked just fine, and the hole has had some LqS that needs to cure before sanding.

With that drying, it was time to add tailfeathers!
1. the blob. . . .
Looking the part by now.

Just a blob on the nose that needs attention
1. vents turned out fine I think
And when that has been sanded it may be time for undercarriage or primer?

tune in again later to see if legs gets installed first, or it gets primed before legs. I usually prefer legs first and so far I never broke one off during final assembly and paint on these nice old kits
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

Great progress, Erik @airbum
Personally I would go for the primer first, since I do have the habit to knock off those fragile parts.
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

Great progress, my friend @airbum.
First thing I always do is to cut and remove ANYTHING protruding, as, by definition, if left, I will snap-it-off later... 🙂
Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 12 months ago:
@jpatt1000, @johnb and @fiveten, finally some progress on the record plane

Legs and coolers

I did install the legs first

I find that I am able to keep them in place during a build, at least on 109’s
1. will need some covers here
With the legs fully cured the coolers got installed. They had to have the correct dividers of course – fiddly evergreen work.

Looking more or less ready for primer, I did dryfit the rudder
1. By the way - temporary hood for painting only - the special race-hood will be installed later
I am rather happy with the result so far.

next up it will be primed I suppose – tune in again
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 12 months ago:

The result is superb so far, my friend @airbum!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 12 months ago:

Great progress, Erik @airbum
Looking forward to how you will create the wheel bay covers.
Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 12 months ago:
Thank you @fiveten and @johnb – a minor update here

Prime time

Got off work early today and prepped a pair of 109’s for primer

All looks nicely blended in
1. intake looks just right IMHO
with some TLC it should be ready for paint soon

The primer did have the usual problem
1. nice details in the PE plate!
for me at least – sending generous amounts of dust to the surface. Something to do with mx, pressure and distance I think, but it is easily cleaned up, and it needs a superfine sanding anyway.

next up I hope to have the last small bits ready and perhaps painted it all.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 12 months ago:

Nice priming, my friend @airbum!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 12 months ago:

Looking good, Erik @airbum
The dust collection is indeed a weird behavior, are you using a spray booth with air suction?
Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 12 months ago:

Thanks @fiveten and @johnb

I think it is the fast-drying properties of the Tamiya primer that does it. I use a homemade spray booth with suction provided by an old kitchen extractor, blowing the air outside. The walls are made from wooden planks and it all sits on an old typewriter desk on wheels. Recycling at its best 🙂

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