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Building Wingsy new 109 E-1- Pt.2 what to do?

Started by Erik Gjørup · 103 ≡ · ↻ 2 years ago · airbum, Bf109, e-1, Emil, halfworks, Messerschmitt, wingsykits

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Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 11 months ago:
@johnb, no problem – happens to all of us.
@holzhamer, as you may see, I have the old “stick up the . . . behind” trick in use for the tailwheel assembly for now – works like a charm.
@eb801, the instruments are the kit decals and plenty of sol and set. As for the pedals, bigfoot would feel at home, but yes, all the early Emils used them, but from the Friedrich it was the standard RLM pedals for them all.
@fiveten, thank you my friend.
@lgardner, thank you for the kind words buddy.

Pay attention!

Minor setback as I did not pay attention

When installing the lower part of the nose, it slipped because I did not check, check and check again.

The result – the funnel for the oilcooler had moved quite a bit. Well, some surgery took place
1. cavity and dental tool
1. PE dividers installed. I think they were only used on the early E-1's
And after using force, the nose gave way. I drilled a hole in between the cooler bits and used some of my dentaltools to pull it out, then re-glued and set it up with some weight to keep it from slipping back in. And I managed to insert the radiator dividers too.

Great joy after a slight setback after all! next up – I do not know, so probably you may want to come back to check later? Comments are welcome
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

A setback that you handled excellently and overcame it, my friend @airbum!
Really nice remedy!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

Great save, Erik @airbum
Seting up that construction with all those tools looks to have been a challenging excercise as well.
Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 11 months ago:

@airbum
Ah! What is a build without some self inflicted pain? Carry on Erik, and take that Emil to a good (air)port 😉
Louis Gardner said 2 years, 11 months ago:

Erik, @airbum
Your sense of humor with your postings always bring a smile to my face. Thank you !

Also, I am happy to see that you are working on these kindergarten 109's again. I have taken your idea, then adapted it just a little to my "Iron Werke" style of building, and so far it has been very successful. Soon, you just might see a "gaggle" of Japanese A6M's, P-40's, P-47's, ( and quite possibly some Mustangs too) coming from the "new and improved" Iron Werke.

You are doing some great work here and I'm looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us next. Keep up the great work, and above all the humor and inspiration. Thank you.
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 10 months ago:

@fiveten, @johnb, @holzhamer and @lgardner, as always your kind words and constructive comments are most welcome and appreciated. This time just a small observation – another update as soon as the glue has dried.

There’s a hole in my elevator

- or rather, a lot of holes!

Continuing to impress with some of the details, I made an observation

The elevators had small “holes” on one side. That makes these one-sided even though they look the same on both sides. These holes are common to many parts of planes, and are to let out water, condensation and heavy rain, that might otherwise get trapped inside these. One thing is corrosion and rot, another is ice, that might bring the balanced moving parts out of balance with a lot of trimming needed to get it right.

next up a proper update – stay tuned
Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 10 months ago:

@airbum
Erik- gotta admit I completely missed seeing those tiny holes in the elevators! Wow, nice detail indeed, and great eyesight my friend 🙂
Carry on mate
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 10 months ago:

Amazing observation, my friend @airbum!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 10 months ago:

Thanks for sharing his, Erik @airbum
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 10 months ago:
It is interesting where they have chosen to put the details on this kit. And thus I proceeded with the photoetched parts @holzhamer, @johnb and @fiveten

Photoetch

I added some more plastic parts, and it was time to get on with the photoetch

I know it has been said a lot of places that the photoetched parts are a bit difficult on this one – and some parts were better off being made in plastic. Indeed the plastic parts are beautifully made on this one, and I have no doubt that wingsy might have been brilliant at making them.

First up was the exhaust shrouds

Not that munch trouble I think, just needed a steady hand. Of course it looks great with the resin exhausts I added – at least that is my opinion.

The lower part of the plane gets a lot of PE parts to make crisp openings
1. I like these poseable parts a lot
1. T-stoff??

2. did I mention I like these 🙂
I modified the parts a bit. Usually the early Emil’s had a support in the radiator intakes that looked like a T, not a cross as it is supposed to be in the kit. At least that is what I have found so far. Later marks had a moveable “lip” and thus an adjustable actuatorarm instead, but that is another story.

next up I hope to have this one primed and ready for the final paint. Tune in again to check what it will look like!
Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 10 months ago:

Erik, I hope you are a more careful man than I am, because as you might remember I ended up knocking off the shrouds and slightly bending one of the radiator slots and remade them in plastic sheet.
Really is too much PE that, at best, could just have been provided as “substitute” for the plastic as you mention
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 10 months ago:
Pedro, so do I, so do I

Prepped and primed

With the airbrush loaded with primer, this one got a layer too

Never seizes to amaze me how “clean” a primed build looks, blending all the different materials in
1. PE, resin and plastic here
It is difficult to see what is plastic, photoetch and resin

Closer look at the three mixed materials as they appear now
1. now, did I mention I like these?
1. needs just a little paintfiller?

2. Up close the rivets are massive holes I think. May dim them a bit.
Fingers crossed that they will remain where they are supposed. . .

next up most likely some 65? – see where we are going yet?
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 10 months ago:

Amazing details, Erik @airbum
Those PE parts definitely do add a lot.
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 10 months ago:

Looks really amazing, my friend @airbum!
Pedro L. Rocha said 2 years, 10 months ago:

A few retouches here and there are always bound to happen in that phase of the build Erik @airbum. It’s definitely looking like an Emil my friend, and on personal opinion…the rivets won’t look that conspicuous after a couple of paint coats over them 😉

One area that nagged me through 3 putty charges was that small insert ahead of the engine deck openings. That “T” shape kept creeping no matter how much putty I applied LoL