The Mikester Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 (edited) My recently completed Do 17 needed some fighter escort. This is Tamiya's 1/72 109E-3, just a pleasure to build. Pretty much OOB except for some Eduard PE seatbelts. Paint is Aeromaster acrylic and decals are Crazy Modeller. Took about 2 1/2 days to complete, Jupiter must be aligned with Saturn or some sort of cosmic event. Finished as "White 2" of 4./JG 51 operating from Marquise, France in August of 1940, piloted by Ofw. Hans Illner. Illner's combat career lasted until 5 November 1940. While flying over England in another aircraft he noticed a Spitfire coming in from behind. As an evasive maneuver he put the plane in a high speed dive but lost the starboard wing while pulling out. He was obliged to bale out and was captured. Full size pictures: http://172ndaerosquadron.250free.com/72_10...ite2_illner.htm Edited August 12, 2008 by The Mikester Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Amaing..its hard to beleive that its a 1/72nd scale. The details weatehring is exceptional. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcin_S Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Excellent l@@king model and GREAT pics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie Cheslo Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Agreed. I am not big on Luftwaffe craft, but that is superb work. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThatJeffGuy Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Another outstanding job Mike. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick_Nevin Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 You both talk the talk AND walk the walk, Mike. Kudos. Lovely piece of work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HistnScale Posted August 12, 2008 Share Posted August 12, 2008 Very nice, Mike. Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Nice 109 Mike. Very nice finish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Top-notch work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingSnowmew Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Very nice build! I can't even imagine how small that is! My 1/48 Emil is small enough! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jack-Swiss Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Great one!!!! I like it very much! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 Thanks for the comments guys! :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WW2nut Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 Great looking model! 2 1/2 days...are you kidding me? Wow...I'm barely done with a cokpit by then. Great job! Joe Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 That is a great looking Bf 109E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocat Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 really nice. great work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dahut Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 My recently completed Do 17 needed some fighter escort. This is Tamiya's 1/72 109E-3, just a pleasure to build. Pretty much OOB except for some Eduard PE seatbelts. Paint is Aeromaster acrylic and decals are Crazy Modeller. Took about 2 1/2 days to complete, Jupiter must be aligned with Saturn or some sort of cosmic event. Finished as "White 2" of 4./JG 51 operating from Marquise, France in August of 1940, piloted by Ofw. Hans Illner. Illner's combat career lasted until 5 November 1940. While flying over England in another aircraft he noticed a Spitfire coming in from behind. As an evasive maneuver he put the plane in a high speed dive but lost the starboard wing while pulling out. He was obliged to bale out and was captured. Very nice. Better check the box - are you sure thats 1/72 He was obliged to bale out and was captured. Sure beats the alternative. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TF51GREGWISE Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 very nice as always! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 that is simply stunning! What kind of airbrush setup do you have that allows you to do such fine mottling? Also your choices of black for the wheels and tires looks just perfect. Are those store bought shades or did you add varying amounts of white paint to black? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 that is simply stunning! What kind of airbrush setup do you have that allows you to do such fine mottling? Also your choices of black for the wheels and tires looks just perfect. Are those store bought shades or did you add varying amounts of white paint to black? Ralph, I use a Peak C-5 airbrush, the nozzle is .3 mm which allows me to get a pretty fine line. I'm using Aeromaster acrylic right out of the bottle (undilluted) and a little higher air pressure than most people probably use. The wheels are plain old MM black for the hub and the tire is painted RLM 66, I use Tamiya Smoke for a wash and then dry brush with MM Italian Blue-Gray. Thanks for the comments. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aggressor Supporter Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Nice 109 build. Especially like the wiring on it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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