Louis @lgardner and Pedro @holzhamer, regarding those pedals it ended up with the Eduard ones being used with no further modifications. The rudder will be neutral, and so there will more or less only be the lower parts of the pedals visible anyway.

Greg @gkittinger, another 1/48 tutorial coming up in a minute.

John @johnb and Spiros @fiveten, I did paint the edges of the panel later, but boy, that is a real nice one - there are details so small that they are only vivible to a magnifying glass! (at least for me). My girlfriend noticed that she was able to tell wht the individual instruments are (She is a fully trained commercial pilot, so she should know)

@airbum - Erik, good progress there! Good to know that the kit has no major fitting issue. I do like the breakdown of the parts, conventional but wise when it comes to following the real plane seams.

Yahu IPs are very good indeed. I have a whole bunch of them but only used one so far.

I have ordered that new “wonder” stuff brand Quinta Studios to try on a 109 F sometime later. Am curious to see if they equal or surpass Yahu IP finness or not

Erik @airbum indeed Quinta stuff is a bit expensive but it does come with extra parts to complete the cockpit besides the IP. However I have serious doubts if their IP is better than those from Yahu.
On another note, I’m keeping an eye on Wingsy upcoming new Emil in 1/48. The CAD looks promising, let’s see how it looks in the plastic.

More holes

with the details flooding in on this one, I think I have to make some more holes

The nose has some nice renderings of the air-inlets to cool the Jumo, but they are flat. I started with a drill, then downsized to another. . .

With the drill out, I then moved on to the exhausts.

• and while I’m on a roll (somebody stop me please), I am thinking that I must open the spinner too

Will this never end? Stay tuned – and do leave a comment about my sanity or something else if you feel like it

Those are the kind of details that help bring the model from a toyish look into a more “authentic” image, and help a lot!

This work is a definite improvement over how the kit normally looks. I recently picked up two of the Modelsvit Bf-109's. One is a C version and the other is a Dora. I am following your build very close, as I plan to do the same thing with my builds, but I don't have a Yahu IP yet. They do indeed look very good. The Quinta parts look to be a very good option too. They are like a 3D decal and offer a lot for the cost.

I would follow Spiros' advice, and keep the ailerons centered, drop the elevators, (and possibly the radiator flaps) and maybe kick the rudder of to one side just a little off center to give it a more dynamic pose.

Currently I am building a Revell of Germany Bucker Bu-131D kit in 1/32 scale... I am anxious to get the Luftwaffe group build going, but I will wait a while for the other groups to run their course. Here's how the Bucker looks at the moment.

Thanks for posting the updates. Your 109 is definitely taking shape. All of the little things you are doing will make it look even better.

This is coming along nicely! Love your attention to detail, and of course, the fact that you're building up my "reference library!"