I am finishing up my Swoose B-17G Build https://imodeler.com/groups/work-in-progress-aircraft/forum/topic/b-17-the-swoose-1944-model-monogram-1-48-b-17g-build-1/ and before doing the weathering I decided to start on my next project.

This is the Monogram/Revell Bf-110G2 ZG1 kit, with resin nose and guns. I have built the G4 version of this kit and overall it is a really decent kits. I know about the issues with the nacelle size and some fit issues, especially with the wing bottom, but still in the end, it won't be mistaken for anything but a Bf-110.

I started with the cockpit and I can tell you the molded in details are pretty damn impressive for a kit that was initially released in 1994. Except for seat belts the cockpit is straight out of the box, as will the rest of the build. This also explains the great deal of progress made in a relatively short period of time for me.

The wing join on this kit is a bit unusual in that it is asymmetrical and if you build the two wing have separately and join them to the fuselage it is extremely difficult to get a clean join. I chose to glue the two bottoms together so that my wing join will be more conventional.

Great progress on this one Walt (@luftwaffe-birdman). Sign me up for the journey!

Glad to have you aboard @johnb, I have two of the Eduard kits myself and would love to see how it goes together for you. Please feel free to post along with me here, as I would love to see how it goes together for you. I really want to build that kit also.

Walt @luftwaffe-birdman,
The way you painted the cabling is something I really like.
What approach did you use to get this done if I may ask?

Thanks for doing this, @luftwaffe-birdman. I have the kit myself, thinking about doing the Wespe nose. I've done this kit when it was new, and it was good. I also did one using the "corrected" resin cowlings from Cutting Edge, and I have to say when I got done with it and sat it next to the OOB models, the difference wasn't $30 worth of resin (the price then) different. It is a good, honest kit without surprises (which you cannot say about the Eduard 1/48 110s - products of the Ultra-Fiddly Years)

Coming along nicely, Walt.
The resin nose looks great!

I have all the major sub assemblies put together. Back in the day a remember reading about warping in the plastic of this kit, and true to form there was plenty of it in this kit for me. The port wing had a big wave in the trailing edge...big enough wave to scare a surfer! When you placed the already assemble tail assembly on the fuselage and then the wings. Instead of being parallel they were more like an "X". Well I put my tea kettle on and went to work. I was able to remove most of the wave in the trailing edge and with the hot water twist the fuselage and I am pretty happy with the parallelism of the tail and wing.

The tail assembly fits well except on top, where the gap was quite large, about 0.030" (0.076mm). I used some tape to protect the plastic and used some liquid styrene to fill the gap. I think a little sanding tomorrow and I should be good.

3 attached images. Click to enlarge.

Looking great @luftwaffe-birdman!
Liquefied styrene will do the trick!