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1/48 scale Bf 109's x 2
- Thread starter matrixone
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This may be the last in-progress pictures of the Matchbox Me 109E, the last of the weathering has been done and the few small bits are being added.
...and some weathering is being done to the Bf 109K-4 wheels, they are not done yet I am about halfway through with them.
Matrixone
...and some weathering is being done to the Bf 109K-4 wheels, they are not done yet I am about halfway through with them.
Matrixone
...the K model looks superb...an excelent reference...love it! 
Here are some snaps of the Matchbox Me 109E that I recently finished, more to come later.
Matrixone
BAM! :dude
Love to have that hanging from my ceiling. 
Thanks Bob!
Now that the Matchbox 109 is out of the way I will be starting my own Me 109E kit, I don't have any good kits of the early 109's but I DO have the Academy 1/72 scale Me 109E in my stash and will build it, I found the 02/71/65 splinter camo on the Matchbox 109 to be rather nice looking and would be a nice addition to my collection.
Years ago I remember the 109 experts saying the 1/72 scale Academy Me 109E was not worth building and there are errors all over the place on it but I will build this one anyway to see for myself.
Matrixone
Now that the Matchbox 109 is out of the way I will be starting my own Me 109E kit, I don't have any good kits of the early 109's but I DO have the Academy 1/72 scale Me 109E in my stash and will build it, I found the 02/71/65 splinter camo on the Matchbox 109 to be rather nice looking and would be a nice addition to my collection.
Years ago I remember the 109 experts saying the 1/72 scale Academy Me 109E was not worth building and there are errors all over the place on it but I will build this one anyway to see for myself.
Matrixone
Ian,
I don't let the accuracy nuts ruin my enjoyment of this wonderful hobby, if that were the case I would probably never build anything and do nothing but become a kit collector and do open box YouTube video reviews of kits like a certain other person does at another modeling site...that does not seem like much fun to me. :idonno
It is doubtful that there will ever be a 100% accurate plastic model kit produced in my lifetime, just some kits that are better than others.
I have not yet opened the plastic bag to the Academy Me 109E kit to see what all the fuss was about it but I do remember reading that the molded on exhaust stacks were backwards and if that's true than yes that is a flaw but not a fatal flaw and I will just have to work around it and do the best I can.
Matrixone
I don't let the accuracy nuts ruin my enjoyment of this wonderful hobby, if that were the case I would probably never build anything and do nothing but become a kit collector and do open box YouTube video reviews of kits like a certain other person does at another modeling site...that does not seem like much fun to me. :idonno
It is doubtful that there will ever be a 100% accurate plastic model kit produced in my lifetime, just some kits that are better than others.
I have not yet opened the plastic bag to the Academy Me 109E kit to see what all the fuss was about it but I do remember reading that the molded on exhaust stacks were backwards and if that's true than yes that is a flaw but not a fatal flaw and I will just have to work around it and do the best I can.
Matrixone
Barney,
When building models stops being fun I will cease building them but until then I will carry on.
Its best to let the people that freak out over accuracy issues in a kit have their so called 'fun' and bash every new kit that comes onto the market. The rest of us will have building them and have no regrets, while those arguing about a kits accuracy are often those that rarely finish their own models...on a few other modeling sites there was a guy that liked to draw red lines on reference photographs of aircraft to prove his point about a model kit not being accurate and I don't know (or care) if he was right or not but I DO know he never finishes his models, how sad. :gogo
Matrixone
When building models stops being fun I will cease building them but until then I will carry on.
Its best to let the people that freak out over accuracy issues in a kit have their so called 'fun' and bash every new kit that comes onto the market. The rest of us will have building them and have no regrets, while those arguing about a kits accuracy are often those that rarely finish their own models...on a few other modeling sites there was a guy that liked to draw red lines on reference photographs of aircraft to prove his point about a model kit not being accurate and I don't know (or care) if he was right or not but I DO know he never finishes his models, how sad. :gogo
Matrixone
Barney,
Thanks for the comment on the Matchbox 109 build.
That build was the third Matchbox 109 I have built in the last twenty years but I did not remember it being that bad when I built the others years ago, perhaps I am being spoiled by the newer Hasegawa large scale kits and how well they go together. :idonno
Matrixone
Thanks for the comment on the Matchbox 109 build.
That build was the third Matchbox 109 I have built in the last twenty years but I did not remember it being that bad when I built the others years ago, perhaps I am being spoiled by the newer Hasegawa large scale kits and how well they go together. :idonno
Matrixone
I opened up the bag on the Academy 1/72 scale Me 109E and looked at the parts to see just how bad this kit really is and its far from perfect but should build into a nice looking model, I only paid $5.00 for it and to my eyes its a bargain.
The biggest goof with this kit is the exhaust stacks, they are molded front to back!
I wonder who signed off on the molds for this kit. :hmmm
On the plus side the fuselage halves fit together perfectly, in this picture they are just pressed together and the seam line is nearly invisible.
The top and bottom wing halves also fit together quite well and I went ahead and glued them together.
The decals are on the 1/48 scale Bf 109K-4, nearly all the decals came from my spares box, the decals in my kit were the old style Hasegawa decals and were quite thick looking and I wanted to avoid using them.
Matrixone
The biggest goof with this kit is the exhaust stacks, they are molded front to back!
I wonder who signed off on the molds for this kit. :hmmm
On the plus side the fuselage halves fit together perfectly, in this picture they are just pressed together and the seam line is nearly invisible.
The top and bottom wing halves also fit together quite well and I went ahead and glued them together.
The decals are on the 1/48 scale Bf 109K-4, nearly all the decals came from my spares box, the decals in my kit were the old style Hasegawa decals and were quite thick looking and I wanted to avoid using them.
Matrixone
