George, @chinesegeorge
I am very excited to see what you have in mind. These new tool Tamiya Bf-109's have been bashed by some as being too "toy like". But I disagree with this statement. It gives you options to change out the engine cover so that you can display the DB engine that is provided. This optional engine cover is held in place by tiny magnets. Other than that it's a Tamiya.

Our friend Pedro Rocha has finished one of these, and he's also built the new tool Eduard 109's too. He can give you a fair and unbiased opinion on both. Now recently I too have taken the Eduard plunge and now I have several of their latest Bf-109, FW-190, and Spitfire MkI "overtrees" kits in the stash. If I was a faster builder, and didn't have other things going on right now, I would also be able to give you an unbiased review on this Tamiya 109... It does look lovely in the box ! and Tamiya stuff typically fits very good and has outstanding engineering to boot.

Take care my friend, I look forward to what you have to offer with this one... 🙂

Love to see this one build, George.
Good luck with your first 109.

My kit arrived safely but the box had been damaged in transit, luckily the contents have survived unscathed.

Great boxart, my friend @chinesegeorge!

Thanks for all your help and advice, guys. I’ve made a start by filling in the three recesses on the RH fuselage side with some liquidised styrene, I’ll let that set properly before sanding. I also need to buy some German grey paints.

Indeed a good start, George.
Well done using the LqS.
The use of LqS is still holding me back, I definitely need to make a start on using it.

I’ve started to pick out some of the details on the cockpit sides, but I don’t think it shows up very well in the photo.