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Looks good. Great subject too.

Hey there Kev. All that hard work paid off Mate. Looks terrific.

I agree, looks great.

Looks terrific. The decals really bring it to life too. Nice work.

I have just been hit by this (I'm in New Zealand) and I haven't shopped at Hannants in years. Actually, the last international charge I did was through Paypal but who knows when the info may have been stolen... Same M.O. as everyone else. First a small charge and then a large one shortly after. Stay vigilant people.

Aftershocks still keeping everyone on edge. They appear to be settling down a bit but there are still a few big ones rolling through. Recent activity.

This looks HOT! And unbelievably overdue. Well done Trumpeter.

If you don't want to wait for the HC release, you always buy a Combat kit. I'll take one of each please.

Completed, at long last; Better late than never.

Seeing as HobbyCraft will be releasing a 1/32-scale Bf 109B in 2009, I will not be proceeding with this build. The HobbyCraft issue will complete the entire 109 series as far as injection kits go, can't wait to get mine.

Here she is with all the decals on;

Blue paint added;

A couple of progress pics showing the beginings of the camo.

Thanks for the encouragement, guys. The earlier pics a possibly slightly deceiving. Prior to painting the camo, I usually assemble the entire airframe to make it easier to tidy up seams and joins. This also tends to include a few little things such as aerials, pitots and under-wing hard points. Things like the undercarriage, clear parts and props are dry fitted so I know they won't disturb the paint when they are finally attached. RLM02 is next, see you guys at the weekend.

All major construction is complete;

Cockpit installed. No surprises.

This all seems vaguely familiar.

1/32 Bf 109E More pics and the rest of the story is here.

This will require a bit of work, especially around the nose. Luckily it's a six month build. I prefer to build the Matchbox Es over the Hasegawa ones because the shape is more accurate. I will be using the centre and possibly front sections of the Hasegawa canopy. Everything else, I will hand build.

Um... Hi Guys, I've been looking forward to this GB for some time. But I want to build Pk-502. I.e. 1/32-scale Messerschmitt Bf 109e-4. (as I only build in 1/32-scale) Please advise if I have the go ahead in this GB.

Thought I'd just use the Kit decals, which look fine. Cheers anyway. I'm in the same boat as Erwin, in regards to Group Builds. So much to do, so little time. So I thought I'd just pick one that was straight forward and take my time. The idea with this one is just make it OOB with no surprises (although, I will add seat belts). I will still have to fill those nasty joins in the bonnet though.

Some familiar box art;

These are great little kits. Easy to build and relatively accurate.

Better light, more pics:

That's a great lookin little plane and I love the dirt! Must have been a draughty ride, canopies were clearly a luxury.