Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build 2020

Cockpit port side detail 

Cockpit ready for primer 

Cockpit primed with mr. finishing surfacer 1500 

HGW seatbelts added to the seat 

HGW seatbelts added to the seat 

Fuselage ready to close up 

Some work needed on the rear bulkhead 

view into the cockpit 

restored rear bulkhead 

scribing the dorsal panel line on the top and bottom of the fuselage 

dorsal panel line finished 

bottom fuselage panel line 

great fit at the wing root, no filler needed! 

great fit at the wing root, no filler needed! 

great fit at the wing/fuselage join 

great fit at the wing/fuselage join 

a little map added to the map case 🙂 

a little map added to the map case 🙂 

holes drilled in the fuselage for a couple of aber MG17 barrels 

test fit of MG 17 nose gun 

Nice detail on the horizontal stabilizer 

I changed the position of the air inlet in the last minute. The position per kit instructions can still be seen. The glue scars were filled with black mr. surfacer 

I'll have to thin the radiator flap for scale thickness 

The connection of the gear struts and wheel well is kind of shifty 🙂 

metal parts of the prop done 

internal frame on the rear part of the canopy painted with Gunze rlm02 

internal frame on the rear part of the canopy painted with Gunze rlm02 

internal frame on the rear part of the canopy can be seen in this reference picture 

 

Canopy fits nicely 

Added a little rod in the radiator 

Engine crank included in the kit 

To make the radiator detail more visible 

Scratched a radiator flap from wine bottle foil.. 

Pistons for radiator flap 

Connection point for aerial in fuselage 

All control surfaces are supplied as separate items in the kit 

Primer time! 

Primer time! 

Nice detail on the kit supplied radiator face 

In the end I chose to thin the kit parts 🙂 

Choice between thin AM etch parts and kit parts with more depth... 

I used the kit supplied masks as a template for my own kabuki masks 

I used the kit supplied masks as a template for my own kabuki masks 

rlm65 (gunze H67 lightened with white) is on 

Drilled out blast tube for the engine mounted cannon barrel (which wasn’t fitted btw;)) 

 

 

 

 

 

Unmasking of the sharkmouth 

Unmasking of the sharkmouth 

Faded the rlm71 with sky, faded the rlm70 with rlm71 

Decal time 

Faded the rlm71 with sky, faded the rlm70 with rlm71 

Sharkmouth teeth implant done 🙂 

Sharkmouth teeth implant done 🙂 

Sharkmouth teeth implant done 🙂 

“Yellow 5” is documented on pictures, but I chose “Yellow 4” from the same Kette 

“Yellow 5” is documented on pictures, but I chose “Yellow 4” from the same Kette 

I painted the backside of the vents with matt black to sugget depth and sheet metal