Indeed a great challenge, Erik @airbum
Also looking forward to your build and what scheme it eventually will be.
Personally I would go for a Luftwaffe version.

Erik @airbum
I have qui a few profiles from BoB E-1, some if them Jabos. I’ll send you some later today or tomorrow 😉

Erik,
This is definitely going to be on my watch list, and it is a great idea to see both of you guys building up the same kit. You and Pedro are the two most knowledgeable people I know with the different varieties of the 109 and all other things that are Luftwaffe related………..

I am excited to see your thoughts on this one, particularly when it comes to the fit of the parts and the quality of the kit provided plastic. Pedro is off to a good start with his model. I am sure you will be posting an update soon. Judging from what I have read about this kit so far, it has all been very good.

There are some pictures of various early Emil’s on the Internet, but I’m not sure if I have seen any of them as Jabo’s. I would personally gravitate towards a plane wearing markings from a training school. Some of them have some neat looking unit emblems……. and painting a standard splinter scheme could be to your benefit.

In the end however, this choice is entirely up to you and I’m sure that you will definitely pick out something unique. No matter your choice I am sure it will look fantastic.

Between your own “Kindergarten” style of building with your numerous 109’s, and now seeing how you and Pedro have started building up these two, you are both inspiring me to build up some Luftwaffe fighters in my typical “Iron Werke” style.

Right now I’m busy with my 1/48 A6M’s and Airfix P-40’s. They’re being built following your own methods for the Kindergarten style of building.

My next group of Kindergarten builds will likely be done with either 109’s or 190’s as the subject.

Thanks my friend for starting this one and I will definitely keep an eye on this for updates.

Stay safe.

Thank you for the many comments, and apologies for having stalled!
@johnb, had hoped to be further by now, so just have to get going?
@fiveten, I shall be eager to see my plans too my friend!
@holzhamer, thanks for the pictures. Still thinking. . .
@eb801, always a real challenge to decide what to choose as the least wrong!
@lgardner thanks for the kind words and thoughts – it all helps a lot!
@chinesegeorge, you have something to look forward to – I suppose the situation with extremely high demand for containerspace is reversed at your end too, making cargo incredibly slow and expensive. It will eventually get there I’m cetrtain.
And now;

On a wing. . .

While I still have to decide on the final color, work commences

Not as usual with the cockpit – Pedro elegantly showed it can be installed quite late in the build, so the Wings were the first to get some attention.

Having cut the parts for the wheelwell, I test-fitted the lot

However, the small part is only labelled “14”, and on the instructionsheet there is a mention of L and R

The upper wing is clearly intended for later versions, and you have to cut the opening for the appropriate version. I drilled and cut before assembly.

next up I shall race to catch up on Pedros build just a bit, but he is more than a hair in front of me. No rest for. . . . .

It's really nice to see your Wingsy 109 speeding up, my friend @airbum!
As usual, it looks great!

Thank you gents!
@holzhamer nothing like an open vent 🙂
@fiveten, well, speed – not really, but doing my best to catch up here. . .
@johnb, you said it – the 6 P’s always helps (Proper pre-flight planning prevents poor performance)

Glue – and another hole

I glued up the wing and made another hole, just as predicted by Pedro

The wing goes together very nicely – well made parts help a lot.

As Pedro mentioned the hole in the starboard side had to be drilled out

next up, to keep reversing things I may start the fuselage before heading for the cockpit

Love it as it proceeds, my friend @airbum!
You can b=never super-detail an 109 too much!