I know I still need to finish my He-111, but I feel like building more then painting this week. I started these two today. I built a lot of Spanish Civil War stuff in 1/72 years ago. It’s time to build a few in 1/48. I picked up the 109 for $15 at the Butch O’Hare IPMS show in Illinois last Saturday to provide inspiration. The 109 will be 6 123 and the 51 will be Galland’s 2 78 using Aeromaster decals.

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Thanks, John. No shortage of interesting subjects on both sides of the SCW.

Thanks, Tom! Already have checked your review and will be referring to it through the project.

Amazing entries, my friend @j-healy!
Aeromaster RLM 61 & 62 are great choices!

Looking great, my friend @j-healy!

Frugally sprayed the interior parts of both planes with my dwindling ancient supply of Floquil RLM 02 and did some further interior work on the 109. I haven’t built a 109 since 1992 and this is my first ever Tamiya 109. I like it. Added Eduard belts and will use the kit instrument panel decals.

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John, @j-healy
I am very happy to see that you have started this build journal. Thank you. You picked a very nice 109 kit, and painting these two as part of the SCW, it's a great choice. I know that a lot of people say the 1/48 Tamiya 109 "Emil" series is dated, but for me, I still like them a lot. They build up very easy, fit well, and I like how they look afterwards. It's a simple model with no gimmicks.

As far as the 1/48 Roden He-51, that is a kit I eventually would like to get. Currently I have 2 or 3 of the "ancient" Classic Airframes versions in the stash. From what I have read, the Roden kit you have builds up easier than the ones I have.

I will definitely be watching this journal for updates. You guys might just be able to talk me into building up one of my Pro Modeler Ju-52's as a Spanish Civil War aircraft. Once I get the Pearl Harbor projects done, I will be coming back to work on the 1/48 scale transport that was used by Hitler, a Lufthansa plane D-2600. I like to build things in assembly line style, so it will be easy to build a second Tante Ju at the same time...

Thanks again for starting the journal, and I look forward to your next steps.

Always nice to see another Tamiya Emil taking shape! Your attention to detail on both these are very nice, and a real inspiration, at least for me, to try to be just a little better (patient?) at painting the stuff. These Eduard belts really adds to the kit. Keep them coming!