Thanks my friend @fiveten. Getting closer, and now back on the workbench brings promises of more progress to come 🙂

Thanks for doing this, Erik, so I don't have to. I had been thinking of getting one of these kits if I ever could find one, but watching you do this, I'm confirmed in sticking to Eduard for 109s.

Having done their F, I know how fiddly the design is, so - great work on a difficult project!

EJECT!

well – ejectortubes that is – for the MG’s

I decided to add some ejectortubes in the lower fuselage. The original part just has a pair of recesses to simulate these, and a pair of resin parts for a Eduard 109 was pressed into service
First the openings were made

I forgot to take pictures as I used my brake at work to do some of the digging

I added a pair of Evergreen plates to glue the openings to

As the kit parts has a lot of internal detail it was necessary to dig out some of the firewall to make room for the parts. Not the finest job – should anyone want to do the same, do make the space before assembling the nose!


But with everything in place it looks OK

I added the adjustable parts of the cooler and radiatorintakes

That is it for now. The LqS will dry and harden, get scraped and it is off to the primershop

Starting to look like a 109?

off to the painters and some finishing to the Liquefied Styrene, then it may just be paint next – stay tuned

Don't they just. It is one of these details that you hardly notice on the finished plane, untill someone does. Often when we meet around here we palce our latest creation on a mirror, and the most amazing details comes to light - that makes it worth all the effort.

Thanks Spiros. I may try to make some myself just a bit thinner for future builds, but these QB AM ones are the best around - imagine if Rexx made some like they have done exhausts, now that would be something!

(did a review on a set of exhausts some time ago, and they are amazing)

It is amazing the aftermarket stuff that is out there, Erik (@airbum). To use something like this, I would have to raise my modeling skills a bunch so that the plane would match the level of the exhausts. :o)

Nice priming and nice use of LqS, my friend @airbum!

Basepaint

In preparation for the Yellow areas some white is airbrushed

As we all know, Yellow is one of the more unforgiving colors to paint, and in order to get it to work, a can of 30 years old Humbrol Matt White is opened.

So far all is joy and happiness – Now it is off for a proper long curing in the box before yellow is airbrushed.

and once again this one will be set aside for a lot of days before the next round