Hi everyone!

This morning the postman knocked our door and gave us a box coming from The Netherlands, a present from my good friend @johnb! Inside, there were treats for the whole family (chocolate Eastern eggs, dropje - the nice dutch candies I am addicted to -, toys for the kids) and...this box...

The Eduard Bf-109E needs no introduction: a modern, detailed kit of the iconic Emil, a superb kit!

Here are the kit contents...

Could not wait and started it, here is the progress so far...

I am intending to finish it as 9./JG 26 Schlageter Yellow 6+I (W.Nr.3462) Lt. Wolfgang Ludewig's machine,

May 1940, Battle of the Netherlands - Essen-Mühlheim..

I chose this gorgeous scheme, as it has to do with the Netherlands, where my good friend @johnb is from, even if it refers to a sad event for The Netherlands.

Thanks so much for your wonderful present, John!

More to come!

Good choice of markings Spiros @fiveten
Can’t go wrong with a JG.26 Emil

Thanks my friend @holzhamer!

Thanks my friend @eb801!

Thanks my friend @johnb! Luckily there are swastikas in "split mode" that remained in the sheet, so all is good!

You're progressing rapidly, Spiros @fiveten
The radiator is a huge improvement this way.
The "split mode" swastikas will work for sure, otherwise I do have spare swastikas in stash which I can sent in case you prefer those.

Thanks my friend @johnb! I think I will also add fine mesh for the faces of the underwing ones. Thanks, as always, for your willingness to help with the swastikas should things go wrong.

Good to have a 109 in progress! The reason for the cut-off is that it is one of the kits originally sold on the German market where this symbol is forbidden. Of course we modellers use them as we prefer the builds to be correct, and Eduard has made all their sheets this way, simply cutting the corner on kits exported to Germany.

Looking forward to this early plane coming together.