Having built a few of the Eduard 109’s by now, I thought I might have a go at the Work in Progress group.

During my builds in the last year since I re-entered the hobby after some 30 years away, I have discovered that I had to do something to keep track of positioning of rudders and stuff. My good friend Klavs showed me his track-book where he kept dates and paints and so forth on his builds, I decided to do something similar.

I took a copy of the instructions, and on the front I draw positions of rudders etc, and on the back I put in the date when I build, a few words on what happened and what paints were used. As can be imagined this needs to be kept to be of any use, but actually it is fun having all the details available at a later date, keeping the sheets long after the actual kit is finished.

First up is “Don Pedro”, a Bf109G-4 that flew in what is now Ukraine with the Romanian Air Force.

And so the journey begins..

Those photo etch parts really make it pop ! The rudder pedals look especially good... 🙂

I'll be following closely on this one for sure !

I bought a radiocompartment to bring in extra detail. I know the interior here will be difficult to see, but as always – I know it is there.

It is from the Eduard BRASSIN range of superdetail kits. Being aware of the potential hazards resin-dust is said to have, care was taken not to produce dust, and so any parts needing trimming were either sanded in a waterbath, or trimmed with a sharp knife.

The level of detail is far beyond my abilities as of now, but they really bring something to the kit.

With everything trimmed, I decided to add some of the tubing and wires by copperwire, the photoetch wires being more square than round by nature.

The carpetmonster was hungry when it became time to install the fuselage framing, and Eduard was asked if I could buy a replacement photoetch frame, but no – they sent one free of charge! Well done!

Comments welcome

Thanx for the kind words Louis, and Yes eduard never seems to know how to stop adding service!

Anyway - back to the build; The Cockpit got a bit closer to the finishing line the other day

Stick installed and one more layer of Tamia German Grey acrylic

The instruments are the eduard photo-etch that comes with the kit, and to make them look just a little better, they have recievec glazing in the shape of a film of Tamiya Clear Gloss acrylic. I just drag a very wet brush along the back of the photoetch, and like magic, the glass is there!

Thanx for the encouraging words David - and yes, the Eduard 109's are really great!

Now on to the job in hand;

Painting the radio compartment was next on the list.

The walls next to the opening were found to be too thick to look realistic, so off they went..

The photoetch deliveres everything you could possibly want, but none the less I replaced the wires with good ‘ol copper!

Comments welcome

Great looking interior. Also a big pat on the back to Eduard for providing your missing part, which I am sure you will find after you complete the build. I would never have thought that they would provide this missing part.

George - truly great service they have. And no - the missing part has been sacrificed to the vaccum monster by now 😉

The detail is impressive. Good advice on the small cockpit handles. Mine seem to either get lost or left off because of frustration trying to get them to stick where they should be.