Thanks my friend @johnb!

Nice progress, my friend @johnb! Flaps and slats lowered result in a very dynamic posture. Guns look great!

I have found some really good resources that cover the Condor Legion in great detail. The book is based on recently discovered Luftwaffe records from the period. The records confirm that these early 109s arrived in Spain wearing RLM 01. I also discovered I had a couple of books in my library that cover Luftwaffe aircraft that were captured by Russia. I found a number of good photos that confirm the red panels on 6x15, the 109 captured and eventually sent to Russia.

I have the plane nearly ready for paint. The canopies were problem-children. One of the reviews I read on this plane said they had to remove a lot of the canopies before they would fit. This review was the same one who said they had to remove significant portions of the wheel wells to get the wings to fit, so I was hoping he was also wrong about the canopies. Trial fitting of the canopies showed that the three piece canopy would not fit in the space provided. I removed as much of the forward canopy as I dared and then glued it in place. I did the same for rear canopy section. The center section still needed some significant trimming, but I eventually got it to fit.

I hope to paint tomorrow. I have to admit I am running out of momentum on this build. Maybe getting the 109 into the spray booth will get things moving again. Still having trouble importing photos. I took 3 yesterday and none would import. Today I got half of my photos to import, but I still don't know why they import one day but not the next. Cheers everyone.

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Great resources, my friend @gblair! Your 109 looks great and I am sure mojo will be regenerated upon entering the spray booth!

Very nice progressing on your 109, George @gblair
Looking forward to see it painted.
Regarding those pictures, I'm still suffering to upload them as well from time to time. No idea what could be the cause.

Got some painting done today. I wanted to create a finish similar to what you see in the photos, which is RLM 01 that is tough to distinguish from light gray. I mixed 75% Tamiya Aluminum with 25% Tamiya Light Gray and sprayed it on. I think it looks pretty cool, but I plan to let it dry overnight and re-evaluate. I also did some work on the prop. This plane had one of the early 2-blade wooden props which was painted a light gray on the front of the props and black/dark gray on the back. The photos show the leading edges are very worn, allowing the wood prop to show along the leading edges. I painted the prop brown, then sprayed on some Worn Effect fluid, followed by Vallejo Modelair light gray and dark gray. I scrubbed a little with a wet paintbrush and got the effect I was looking for. Hopefully some more painting tomorrow. Cheers

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Very nice progress, George @gblair
Especially the effects on the propellor do look amazing.
The AK paint mask did a real nice job, I'm thinking if such a mask would be helpful for my desert scheme as well.

Hi fellas - I'm a bit late as always, but here we go 🙂

Louis, I like your Ironwerke style - way to go with three in a row! (now, I'll be looking forward to check if you remember to thin the cowlings as you commented in one of my previous builds. . . .

Spiros, what a treat - looking faboulous with all the stencils and yellow!

John, great to have the flaps and stuff added - makes it more complete.

George, what a great call on the paint - the fresh panles and the worn overall just adds such a lot of interest to the plane!

Keep those updates comin' @fiveten, @johnb, @gblair and @lgardner. great stuff!