Messerschmitt Bf 109
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Hello all. This is my ICM Bf109F-2 flown by Felix Sauer, 6./JG53 channel front 1941. I chose to do an ICM kit in support for everything they're up against in the Ukraine atm. Hope you like it. Thanks for looking. Taking a break from WW1 [...]
The build was the usual straight business with a Tamiya kit. I repeated the experience of airbrush highlights, using some Tamiya acrylics mixes. For the upper side RLM-71 Dunkelgrun I used XF-62:1+XF-49:1 (olivedrab+khaki), I highlighted [...]
This is my first attempt at a Luftwaffe Eastern Front winter camo scheme, and I chose another of Eduard's lovely 1/48 scale Bf-109 kits as a test subject...
Faced with the prospect of the Russian winter and without having plans in place [...]
I had planned on doing a side by side build of this Airfix kit and the 109 G6 by Tamiya. However, I messed up the paint job on the Tamiya kit and I’m still contemplating how I’m going to fix it without having to strip the entire model. [...]
The Tamiya 1:48 109E kits are just great for quick builds, yes there are newer and better detailed kits around, but for sheer VFM, the Tamiya kits are hard to beat. I've added only belts made from masking tape and AM decals to this one [...]
1/72 Italeri, built for the Luftwaffe GB, more pic's, details there.
With no intend to compare plastics, both are great and with potential to make great litle replicas.
The T2 was the 109 designed to fly from the decks of the Graf Zepplin. The T2 was a variant of of the E3/4 but with a longer wingspan, to aid taking off from the shorter deck.
Although the T2 was never used from the deck of a carrier, [...]
The Airplane:
Developed from the V10 and V13 prototypes,the Bf-109D was the last model of the Jumo powered 109s to enter service and it was built in larger numbers than the previous three subtypes combined. The Bf 109D was the standard [...]
The Airplane:
The Bf-109E-3 was the first sub-type of Messerschmitt’s fighter to receive the DB 601 engine. Ourside of the powerplant and cooling system, which included radiators under each inboard wing, the airframe of the Bf-109E-3 was [...]