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Messerschmitts X 3
- Thread starter matrixone
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Very good job of it as well. :dude
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Nice work Les. I'm really enjoying your build!
Thanks Luiz, Bob, and Mike!
After assembling the elevators this morning I found another oddity in the way Revell designed parts for this kit.
The trim tabs on the elevators on late war 109's were made from a single piece of metal, what Revell did with the trim tabs on their kit is pretty hard to understand...they decided to in effect make the trim tabs three piece items. Below is a picture of the instructions the red arrows point to the lumps of plastic that are supposed to be the trim tabs.
Here are what the trim tabs look like after the elevators are assembled...not pretty at all!
One thing that IS nice is the molded in detail of the fabric covered elevators...this is a work of art IMHO.
In this last shot is an edge on view of the elevator showing just how uneven the trim tab is.
I may just remove the trim tabs and fashion new ones out of plastic card, trying to even out the kit supplied parts look like trouble.
Matrixone
After assembling the elevators this morning I found another oddity in the way Revell designed parts for this kit.
The trim tabs on the elevators on late war 109's were made from a single piece of metal, what Revell did with the trim tabs on their kit is pretty hard to understand...they decided to in effect make the trim tabs three piece items. Below is a picture of the instructions the red arrows point to the lumps of plastic that are supposed to be the trim tabs.
Here are what the trim tabs look like after the elevators are assembled...not pretty at all!
One thing that IS nice is the molded in detail of the fabric covered elevators...this is a work of art IMHO.
In this last shot is an edge on view of the elevator showing just how uneven the trim tab is.
I may just remove the trim tabs and fashion new ones out of plastic card, trying to even out the kit supplied parts look like trouble.
Matrixone
That is nice detail, take the good with the bad I suppose. Les I wonder when Revelle made this kit if folks had access to references like we do today, and were they counting on that?
Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
MP - Didn't they just produce this -109G series in the last couple of years?
Les - I think someone out there (I want to say it was Barracuda) released a set of resin control surfaces for the Revell 109s that corrected some of these issues. Apparently the "washers" are a little overstated as well? I think I picked up a set for mine, I'll see if I can find the box and confirm who's aftermarket it is.
Great looking build. I'm taking lots of notes!
Mike
This kit is under two years old, inside the fuselage Revell has some raised lettering with the company name and the 2013 date so I can't quite understand how Revell could get so many little things wrong but yet still have the knowledge to make a kit of an Erla built 109, it was not until recently that there was much information on the late war Erla 109's and that proves to me Revell had enough documentation to make a better kit but it looks like they half assed it. :angry: The strange parts layout of the landing gear legs, prop and spinner, and elevator trim tabs, are not accuracy issues but rather poor engineering choices they used on the kit.
Mike,
I am sure there are aftermarket parts to correct some of the goofs on the Revell 'Erla' 109 but those things are out of my reach at this time so I will use what came in the box. Even if I had the money I would rather build O.O.B. than buy aftermarket parts.
Some of the molded in detail on the fabric covered elevators is overstated
(like those round things which I believe are drains so water won't collect inside the structure) but the rest of the detail on the elevators is pretty well done and should look really good after they are painted.
Matrixone
Mike,
I am sure there are aftermarket parts to correct some of the goofs on the Revell 'Erla' 109 but those things are out of my reach at this time so I will use what came in the box. Even if I had the money I would rather build O.O.B. than buy aftermarket parts.
Some of the molded in detail on the fabric covered elevators is overstated
(like those round things which I believe are drains so water won't collect inside the structure) but the rest of the detail on the elevators is pretty well done and should look really good after they are painted.
Matrixone
Think those overstated details will soften when you get a couple of layers of paint on them? Kinda like the Trumpeter rivets.
:dude 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Yeah, those patches I believe were over drain holes so condensation wouldn't collect in the elevators. They are quite a bit too thick, but a slight sanding stick should tone them down just right.
Thanks Swordsman and Paul!
The drain holes are not only oversized but for some reason Revell decided to put the drain holes on the upper surfaces too...they should only be on the undersides of the elevators. Strange, very strange.
I sliced off the trim tabs and replaced them with plastic card, while I was looking through the drawings of the various makes of 109's in my Kagero Bf 109 Vol.III book I noticed the trim tabs on Erla built Bf 109G-10's were different than WNF and Mtt Regensburg built machines...but of course with all things Luftwaffe there could be exceptions.
Matrixone
The drain holes are not only oversized but for some reason Revell decided to put the drain holes on the upper surfaces too...they should only be on the undersides of the elevators. Strange, very strange.
I sliced off the trim tabs and replaced them with plastic card, while I was looking through the drawings of the various makes of 109's in my Kagero Bf 109 Vol.III book I noticed the trim tabs on Erla built Bf 109G-10's were different than WNF and Mtt Regensburg built machines...but of course with all things Luftwaffe there could be exceptions.
Matrixone
Some nice progress has been made on the Revell Bf 109G-10'Erla', much of the airframe is now assembled.
And the wheels now have the tires painted.
The little Revell Me 262 is now getting some pin washes with oil paint put on it, right now mostly on the control surface gaps but later on I will be doing more on the engine nacelles.
And the wheels are now painted and ready for some light weathering.
Matrixone
And the wheels now have the tires painted.
The little Revell Me 262 is now getting some pin washes with oil paint put on it, right now mostly on the control surface gaps but later on I will be doing more on the engine nacelles.
And the wheels are now painted and ready for some light weathering.
Matrixone
Appoved..
