Not enough people make model commentaries like this. Thank you for creating this and keeping your own style. Also thanks for making kits that everyone can make.
I have this exact model in my "to do" stack. I recently built the FW 190 which went together very nicely. The canopy plastic on these Airfix planes are sooooo fragile however. I am currently building the 1/72 Bristol Beaughfighter and the only issues so far are the engine cowling assemblies......3 pieces that just would match or align sufficiently without some light filing. Good video and narrative. I have been building military models since the 70's and these internet videos are such a great guide. Thanks.
Thanks. I'm not a builder who merits having fans, but I appreciate the sentiment. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon your channel, but I've been considering getting this Airfix kit. It looks like only the aftermarket decals come with the swastikas, am I right?
That is correct. Airfix is one of the companies that refuses to print the swastika- it makes sense, given that their primary market is Europe. If you want a 109e at this scale, there aren't many better options. Aftermarket decals are pretty much a must, though. While I've enjoyed many of your builds, I'm honestly a bigger fan of the fact that you are a modeler who isn't afraid to be politically outspoken. Most politically public modelers seem to be like Spencer Pollard, and it was very refreshing to find a modelmaker with views so similar to mine.
Thanks. I never said much about politics or society until the Wikileaks bombshells were dropping in the fall of 2016. With the email leaks exposing the Clinton Foundation's involvement with child trafficking as well as the Satanic "Spirit Cooking" rituals and even pedophile sex abuse and child sacrifice, I felt I had to say something. Especially after seeing the Instagram pictures and artwork belonging to the people involved that depicting child sex abuse, I knew the USA would be doomed if that nasty woman and her cohorts were running the country. And the response to my speaking out has been far more positive than negative. Sure, I've probably alienated some snowflakes who can't stand differing opinions. I'm just waiting for the military tribunals to start. I don't know who Spencer Pollard is, but you and I are not a minority. The Left likes to pretend that they are the majority. When they call for boycotts for Chick Fil A or In & Out Burger, people line up around the block to eat there. But when Nike makes some stupid ad campaign pandering to SJWs, they lose billions of dollars.
Spencer Pollard is the editor of Model Airplane International Magazine. And, he is a very good modeler, with several helpful videos on his channel. However, he spends virtually all of his twitter time bashing my president, and being loudly against Brexit. All other points I agree on. The entire Kavanaugh process is the most infuriating thing to hit the political circus lately. Honestly, it's more terrifying to me than anything that happened during the election. This could happen to literally any of us. It is totally a question of due process vs public opinion, and it all rests on the constantly changing, totally unreliable word of a woman who was allegedly maybe assaulted 35 years ago, funded totally by Soros-connected individuals. These sorts of lies can hit any of us at any time. It blows my mind, and make me petrified of even TALKING to women.
nice job on this one...Airfix surely has upgraded their original kits and i will be looking into picking up a couple...have a nice Battle of Britain project in mind
Another nice one! You might want to consider getting some Woodland Scenics foam tack glue for your clear parts. It has a much greater holding power over regular white glue.
An excellent build video & final result, I am just about to try to build the Airfix 1/72 scale Dog Fight Double with the Spitfire MK 1A & the Messerschmidt BF109E-4 it will be my first model kit i have attempted in well over 40 years so am feeling slightly nervous tbh so wish me a lot of luck I will probably need it lol
Just happened to stumble upon this, I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel. I participated in the group build you hosted on fsm building eduards 1/48 Bf-110. You should check out the forum over at Spam, Scale Plastic Aircraft modeler we would love to have you join us and will see a lot of us from fsm there as well.
yeah... that was a mistake. somehow I didn't put the file into the right folder after recording. I taped off the surrounding area, only exposing the damaged panels. then I cut away the parts on the outside that were pushed up. finally, putty was applied to the whole area and the sanded to match the tape. Then the panel lines were rescribed with a resin razor saw, and the whole thing was polished to match the surrounding plastic with finer and finer sandpapers.
Looks like you may have assembled part A23 upside-down. Great video. I've been building 1/32 aircraft exclusively for the last 20 years, but bought an Airfix 1/72 Bf109E-3 just yesterday as our local Aldi stores have starter sets for only £5. I cannot believe how tiny they are now in that scale. Far too small for my failing eyes !
I don't remember, this video was years ago. I think Vallejo Model Air RLM colors for the scheme which I think is whatever the normal tricolor is with an RLM65 underbelly.
@@flying.models1136 honestly, I dont eve look at it. I assume all decal makers in the modern age, where I can run off something functiinal from my home printer, will at least be workable. Any time I buy decals the only things I look at are scale, price, and subject.
@@wueste2586 I dont remember what i did in this vid, but if I didnt airbrush it I used Tamiya Weathering Master pigments. They are a like womens makeup for modelling
The model ended up looking great, specially after repairing the glue damage. I´m not a big fan of Airfix, their models have really thick sprue gates on some parts, such as the ones on the Bf 109E´s slats in 1:48.
Argentinian Spotter The spruce gates are annoying, and I’m not a massive fan of the soft plastic, but as far as fit/detail/price coming together, (and top-shelf decals), Airfix is pretty good. It’d be nice if they had a bit more variety in the range though- it’s mostly common or safe wwii subjects.
I generally don't like putting figures in/on things that are not in a diorama. I don't know why, exactly, but if I had to try and put it into words I guess... A model without a person feels like a miniature of the real thing. But as soon as you include a person without a scene, it feels, to me, like a toy. Instead of a study of the thing itself it is something else. To include a figure does not properly contextualize the subject. So with very very few exceptions I prefer to keep unbased models unmanned. The only exception to this rule in the entirety of this channel so far has been my Seehund, and even then that *was* based, just not in a diorama. If a figure is particularly nice or interesting, I will make sure to make a base and include it. In the shelf, for example, I've got an X-15. That pilot is unique; no matter how many models you build, not many will have that distinctive pressure suit. So that will definitely be getting a base.
can't remember off the top of my head, sorry. Stukalied, Bf109lied were almost certainly in there. Can't remember the others. Will try to be better with marking songs in future videos.
@@TheWaggishAmerican Not even 20 minutes and I get a reply. True madlad mate, and no worries! I I know one of them is Unser Rommel, but those others should help a bunch! : )
@@crunchy_water_ I strive for punctuality :) lol college is back in session so I'm around at ungodly hours online. I just had a thought by the way- I'm not sure I used it in this video but you might also like Funkerlied, and I believe I've used a rommel song as well.
@@TheWaggishAmerican Bad luck eh? I’m in Summer break in my country XD. And I know Funkerlied btw, thanks. Take your time in college before you worry about the channel too : )
Sadly, thanks to some arseholes this millennia old symbol is now firmly associated with nazi regime. In some countries (e.g. Germany) swastikas are forbidden by law in any context. You don't even see them on an actual aircraft in a museum. Forum moderators will politely but firmly ask you to either photoshop your model pictures or take them down. And so on. So companies come up with solutions like this to make their models "safe" to sell in any country (some don't provide swastika decals at all). Half of the swastika is not swastika. What you do with those halves is not company's responsibility.
@@origamichik3n I heard that Germany lifted the ban for swastikas if they're related to nothing else but history, anyway, damn. History accuracy in models have nothing to do with nazism or shits.
@@mariebcfhs9491 I didn't know about this. But even so Germany is but one country and companies want to play safe. Because there is law and then there are people who interpret the law. For example in my country soviet and nazi symbols are allowed as long as it's used for historical or educational purposes. Still, two reenactors, one with soviet and one with german uniforms, were arrested during officially approved event, their gear confiscated, and had to waste many months in courts until they managed to prove that they did not break any law.
Balkunkruz are the black crosses fella, I think you mean swastika's. The worst thing about modern kits are lack of swozi's for ze Germans. It came out really nice especially since u glue damaged it excellent recovery. A's for the spine seam some bf109s it was hardly noticeable on early examples it was there but very faint.
Vasili I’m not sure which part you reference, though it is likely that I misspoke and called a hakenkruez a belkenkruez. Thanks for the feedback, and yes- the 109 has a fuse seam. However, in 72 scale, the gap on the air fix kit looked too large and I decided clean was better than accuracy for this one.
TheWaggishAmerican yeah that's what I mean about the seam it's so faint on earlier models it's hard to notice it in war picture's. As for the decals air fix don't supply swozis I assumed u meant that instead of the wing crosses
I have no idea what exactly this is in reference to- It takes me anywhere from three weeks to a month and a half to finish a model aircraft. I can't remember if I mention the fact that I build four-five models at a time in this video, but that's the only thing I can think you would be referncing so I'll just answer assuming that is your question. It's a combination of a few factors. One, I hate having just one project going mainly due to drying time. If I have at least three models going at once, and I stagger each project's start by a couple of days, I will never have a time when all of my projects are stuck in some stage of drying. Two, I find it actually saves me time and helps fight off 'bench fatigue'. Sometime I will be crusiing along in a build, and for whatever reason I just can't bring myself to turn on my airbrush. I could build for years, but resigning myself to painting is a challenge. With multiple kits running, even if I get like that with the same regularity, more work gets done when I'm okay to paint. Three, saving material. This has been bigger lately as I've been doing more and more paint mixing and airbrush weathering. I don't have a means to store paint, and even if I could the quantities I mix are small and the colors are always different. Running multiple projects at the same time that use the same paint helps me actually use all the paint I mix. And on some of these projects I could throw away half a mixing cup becuase I made too much and didn't have anything to do with the leftover. Four, the amount of time I have in my life to actually do things. I don't talk about it too much on the channel, but I have a number of other things that eat my time. I'm a fiction writer, RC flier, sailor, motocross racer. sailing/moto eats up most of my 'long' time on weekends. Weekdays are filled with the other ones, and models where I can fit them between work, dinner, and sleep. So when I have time to work on models, working on several at once is pretty much the only way I'll get any number done. Four is a particularly notable problem right now- for algorithm purposes, I've been preparing two seasons of a weekly model show for months now. I have about forty days until I move and lose access to my airbrush for the next year. If I don't have three or four projects going at full pace, pouring as much of my time into them as possible, there is no way I'll get this show done (and it's still really unclear if I can pull it off), AND I wouldn't have any time to work on non-show models, which would tank my channel even worse than the three months here without a video has done. I don't know if this is what you were refering too but if anyone was wondering that is why I try to build several models at once.
May I suggest you have a look at PLASMO TH-cam channel? He has lots of great tips on detailing and weathering. Highly recommend, taught me a lot and saved me money too.
Just finished one of these last week (although it was the starter kit E-3 version) and its the worst model i have seen yet. There was massive amounts of flash all over the sprews and parts, there was multiple spots where the plastic was malformed or had chunks missing. The entire interal oil radiator piece was missing, clean from the sprew and the bag was sealed so it mustve been stolen at the factory. One of the notches for the landing gear was completely mishapen and i had to carve it out to get the damn thing to fit. Thankfully *most* of these issues aren't too noticable and the model looks quite good. Nonetheless amazed at the lack of quality control.
I think that the early war spit was bested by the 109, but late war spits for sure outclassed 109's. Once spit's got fuel injection and cannon they were superior.
Not enough people make model commentaries like this. Thank you for creating this and keeping your own style. Also thanks for making kits that everyone can make.
Just about to start the 109E-4, so excited. I'm especially looking forward to it after your amazing time-lapse!
thank you for keeping everything simple. it's more inspiring to modelers of average skill.
That is one of the greatest kit build I've seen ,thank you so much for sharing.
Awesome stuff man. I love the option to show the engine in this kit!
I have this exact model in my "to do" stack. I recently built the FW 190 which went together very nicely. The canopy plastic on these Airfix planes are sooooo fragile however. I am currently building the 1/72 Bristol Beaughfighter and the only issues so far are the engine cowling assemblies......3 pieces that just would match or align sufficiently without some light filing. Good video and narrative. I have been building military models since the 70's and these internet videos are such a great guide. Thanks.
nothing makes my day better than your build videos! :)
I'm impressed that this 1/72 scale has so much detail. I built the Airfix 1/24 scale Me 109 and this litt'un is so faithul to that
The new Airfix kits show that they have come a long way
Thy certainly have. I’m a fairly avid builder of the old air fix kits, and the difference is night
and day
A great looking model right there!
@James SWEENEY awesome!
Same here! You are awesome!
Beautiful job in this little fighter.
It's refreshing to see someone else making mistakes and not afraid to show them. I just subbed.
Thanks Steve! I've been a big fan of yours for a couple of years now- it's great to know your along for the ride now!
Thanks. I'm not a builder who merits having fans, but I appreciate the sentiment. I'm not sure how I stumbled upon your channel, but I've been considering getting this Airfix kit. It looks like only the aftermarket decals come with the swastikas, am I right?
That is correct. Airfix is one of the companies that refuses to print the swastika- it makes sense, given that their primary market is Europe. If you want a 109e at this scale, there aren't many better options. Aftermarket decals are pretty much a must, though.
While I've enjoyed many of your builds, I'm honestly a bigger fan of the fact that you are a modeler who isn't afraid to be politically outspoken. Most politically public modelers seem to be like Spencer Pollard, and it was very refreshing to find a modelmaker with views so similar to mine.
Thanks. I never said much about politics or society until the Wikileaks bombshells were dropping in the fall of 2016. With the email leaks exposing the Clinton Foundation's involvement with child trafficking as well as the Satanic "Spirit Cooking" rituals and even pedophile sex abuse and child sacrifice, I felt I had to say something. Especially after seeing the Instagram pictures and artwork belonging to the people involved that depicting child sex abuse, I knew the USA would be doomed if that nasty woman and her cohorts were running the country. And the response to my speaking out has been far more positive than negative. Sure, I've probably alienated some snowflakes who can't stand differing opinions. I'm just waiting for the military tribunals to start. I don't know who Spencer Pollard is, but you and I are not a minority. The Left likes to pretend that they are the majority. When they call for boycotts for Chick Fil A or In & Out Burger, people line up around the block to eat there. But when Nike makes some stupid ad campaign pandering to SJWs, they lose billions of dollars.
Spencer Pollard is the editor of Model Airplane International Magazine. And, he is a very good modeler, with several helpful videos on his channel. However, he spends virtually all of his twitter time bashing my president, and being loudly against Brexit. All other points I agree on. The entire Kavanaugh process is the most infuriating thing to hit the political circus lately. Honestly, it's more terrifying to me than anything that happened during the election. This could happen to literally any of us. It is totally a question of due process vs public opinion, and it all rests on the constantly changing, totally unreliable word of a woman who was allegedly maybe assaulted 35 years ago, funded totally by Soros-connected individuals. These sorts of lies can hit any of us at any time. It blows my mind, and make me petrified of even TALKING to women.
Airfix has improved a lot
I have several unbuilt BF 109s they look like GREAT kits. So comete at a great scale!
That is absolutely stunning. What an inspiring build.
many thanks.
I like how that decal sheet addresses the swastika taboo by providing them in two pieces.
Same. I wish more companies would do that instead of just leaving it empty- or worse, giving you a giant black square.
Great video and build, I have gained some excellent tips from this which I will use in future builds, many thanks!
Excellent, very impressive little kit...
Got myself a g6 and I can't wait
Nice build!!!👏👍
Nice to here some great music withe the build.
:)
nice job on this one...Airfix surely has upgraded their original kits and i will be looking into picking up a couple...have a nice Battle of Britain project in mind
Very nice. I like the propeller to rotate.
Another nice one! You might want to consider getting some Woodland Scenics foam tack glue for your clear parts. It has a much greater holding power over regular white glue.
p40f20 I don’t use white glue- I use Krystal Klear. I might have to give your suggestion a try for some of the larger things I’ll be doing though.
Nice attention to detail
Great job friend! Love a good little 72nd scale gem!
That model is absolute accurate 😎 except from that antenna Wire it is a little bit too thick, a part from that it is a beautiful build 😀
An excellent build video & final result, I am just about to try to build the Airfix 1/72 scale Dog Fight Double with the Spitfire MK 1A & the Messerschmidt BF109E-4 it will be my first model kit i have attempted in well over 40 years so am feeling slightly nervous tbh so wish me a lot of luck I will probably need it lol
good luck!
Mastery and accuracy...
Stéphane DAVID thanks!
Very nice. Great build!
That looks great! Actually like the scale of these. :0)
Great work!
You make it look easy
Thanks!
That is probably one of the best 109 I have seen
Thank you sir!
Excelente video desde Chile abrazo me encanta los aviones el aeromodelismo gran trabajo 🤟🤟🤟
Well done, nice construction.
Just happened to stumble upon this, I didn't know you had a TH-cam channel. I participated in the group build you hosted on fsm building eduards 1/48 Bf-110. You should check out the forum over at Spam, Scale Plastic Aircraft modeler we would love to have you join us and will see a lot of us from fsm there as well.
Nice, I'll give it a look
Very Rewarding
Excellent job!
Your Bf-109 turned out great. Top notch build and paintwork. I like the extra detailing on the engine. No pilot figure???
Happy modeling. Bill
PanzermansBunker pilot was included, but I do t like to use them unless it’s on a base or in a diorama
very very goog work!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE IT!! ALL OF IT!!
Pretty neat plane, The Germans had the most unique paint schemes on their planes.
Great stuff.
So, how did you repair the damage to the fuselage?
yeah... that was a mistake. somehow I didn't put the file into the right folder after recording. I taped off the surrounding area, only exposing the damaged panels. then I cut away the parts on the outside that were pushed up. finally, putty was applied to the whole area and the sanded to match the tape. Then the panel lines were rescribed with a resin razor saw, and the whole thing was polished to match the surrounding plastic with finer and finer sandpapers.
Very late to the party, but what did you use for the wires in the engine bay? Was it some sprue?
I learned how important period music is to my model making :-)
It does help greatly!
1:26 What’s the name of this song?
Looks like you may have assembled part A23 upside-down.
Great video. I've been building 1/32 aircraft exclusively for the last 20 years, but bought an Airfix 1/72 Bf109E-3 just yesterday as our local Aldi stores have starter sets for only £5. I cannot believe how tiny they are now in that scale. Far too small for my failing eyes !
Hi, great video!! What exact colours did you use please?
I don't remember, this video was years ago. I think Vallejo Model Air RLM colors for the scheme which I think is whatever the normal tricolor is with an RLM65 underbelly.
Hard luck on the decal mate.
Where do you buy your decals?
Ebay
@@TheWaggishAmerican ok, but from which brand?
@@flying.models1136 honestly, I dont eve look at it. I assume all decal makers in the modern age, where I can run off something functiinal from my home printer, will at least be workable. Any time I buy decals the only things I look at are scale, price, and subject.
@@TheWaggishAmerican ok thank you!
Very inspirational!
Great video. What brand of paint pencils are you using?
What's the song called at 10:00?
Thats what im trying too find
Nice job on the camo. Just subbed.
Small Soldier thank you, and welcome to the channel!
Amazing job!!
Thanks!
Hello, can you give a little list of the colors, you used? This would help me a lot
Vallejo Model Air RLM Colors- Early. Standard paint scheme.
Thank you. And what do you use for the gun smoke? I don't understand it in the video. But it looks very pretty!
@@wueste2586 I dont remember what i did in this vid, but if I didnt airbrush it I used Tamiya Weathering Master pigments. They are a like womens makeup for modelling
Nice model!
Excelente trabajo!
Precioso modelo excelente trabajo.....
Sergio Gamboa gracias
Do you happen to remember where you got the decals from?
Ebay
Great job. Must better than I could ever do... Nevertheless, I shall try again following some of your tricks :)
The model ended up looking great, specially after repairing the glue damage.
I´m not a big fan of Airfix, their models have really thick sprue gates on some parts, such as the ones on the Bf 109E´s slats in 1:48.
Argentinian Spotter The spruce gates are annoying, and I’m not a massive fan of the soft plastic, but as far as fit/detail/price coming together, (and top-shelf decals), Airfix is pretty good. It’d be nice if they had a bit more variety in the range though- it’s mostly common or safe wwii subjects.
Fantastic.
The varnish that you used is gloss?
What is this music called I love it
Rt
What is the song called at the start of the build
ScaleModels BIH “Me-109 Lied” th-cam.com/video/aAobKbzxn50/w-d-xo.html
Tnx
The plane is green?
Which colours I need to make it?
RLM early war colors.
I use Vallejo for all of mine
But the plane is gray or green? :'D
@@marcellhegedus4454 RLM 02 is a light greenish grey, RLM 70 is a dark green.
Great build. Very detailed kit. 👍👍 it’s such bullshit the Swastika’s have to be two pieces because of babies.
lovely
Superb work on the 109. Painting and weathering are top notch. Too bad you didn't add a pilot figure...planes look better populated. IMHO.
Bill
I generally don't like putting figures in/on things that are not in a diorama. I don't know why, exactly, but if I had to try and put it into words I guess...
A model without a person feels like a miniature of the real thing. But as soon as you include a person without a scene, it feels, to me, like a toy. Instead of a study of the thing itself it is something else. To include a figure does not properly contextualize the subject.
So with very very few exceptions I prefer to keep unbased models unmanned. The only exception to this rule in the entirety of this channel so far has been my Seehund, and even then that *was* based, just not in a diorama.
If a figure is particularly nice or interesting, I will make sure to make a base and include it. In the shelf, for example, I've got an X-15. That pilot is unique; no matter how many models you build, not many will have that distinctive pressure suit. So that will definitely be getting a base.
Are the panel lines recessed?
Yes
Nice!
Why did the swastika come in two parts?
Legal reasons in many euro countries illegal swazis.
Do you need glue for models like these? let me know pls
Yes. I recommend tamiya plastic cememt
Thanks
Hey I love your videos! I'm about to start this very build. What wash did you use near the end?
Really sorry I didn't see this earlier- YT never sent a notification. It is flory models dark earth
Anyone know the German march, if you do could you tell us.
Which one. I think i put stukalied and messerschmidtlied in this one
3:28
Song name?
"Unser Rommel"- the marching song of the Afrika Korps
Should i get this kit at the modelshop im going to today? Its 10$
EmilBuilds se sure! It’s fun and builds well
TheWaggishAmerican sooooooo? Is it worth it? It will be a build video on my channel
Yep
Awesome
what oil paints are those ?
Not sure- whatever was in stock in Hobby Lobby at the time. Certainly not any kind of well-known or high quality thing.
Hey mate, sorry to annoy you, but what are the songs you used? Get model btw, and sorry for being so late. XD
can't remember off the top of my head, sorry. Stukalied, Bf109lied were almost certainly in there. Can't remember the others. Will try to be better with marking songs in future videos.
@@TheWaggishAmerican Not even 20 minutes and I get a reply. True madlad mate, and no worries! I I know one of them is Unser Rommel, but those others should help a bunch! : )
@@crunchy_water_ I strive for punctuality :) lol college is back in session so I'm around at ungodly hours online. I just had a thought by the way- I'm not sure I used it in this video but you might also like Funkerlied, and I believe I've used a rommel song as well.
@@TheWaggishAmerican Bad luck eh? I’m in Summer break in my country XD. And I know Funkerlied btw, thanks. Take your time in college before you worry about the channel too : )
Really cool build! In Germany we can’t get model kits with swastikas :(
When it comes to historical purposes such as models/ real aircraft they should be allowed. Its a historical marking
I 100% agree, as long as it’s not supporting the ideology and has a proper context it should be ok in my opinion
Mine didn’t come with a swastika in the uk, absolutely mental considering it’s so obviously not used for malicious purposes whatsoever in these cases
Well you know it’s a really sensitive subject In Germany
@@decmoran7750 you can buy them if eBay
In future if you email Airfix spares they'll send replacement decals at no cost.
I felt guilty about doing that because it wasn't an accident or their fault- I just used them for another project.
What is that music
Song name min 9.28?
What are the songs?
I can’t remember. One of them was Bf 109 Lied, I think Stuka lied was in there too
I need an airbrush.
I think it's the single greatest hobby tool ever invented.
1:26
Subscribed.
damn, why those swastikas come in 2 parts? it's pain in the butt to align them properly
Sadly, thanks to some arseholes this millennia old symbol is now firmly associated with nazi regime.
In some countries (e.g. Germany) swastikas are forbidden by law in any context. You don't even see them on an actual aircraft in a museum. Forum moderators will politely but firmly ask you to either photoshop your model pictures or take them down. And so on. So companies come up with solutions like this to make their models "safe" to sell in any country (some don't provide swastika decals at all). Half of the swastika is not swastika. What you do with those halves is not company's responsibility.
@@origamichik3n I heard that Germany lifted the ban for swastikas if they're related to nothing else but history, anyway, damn. History accuracy in models have nothing to do with nazism or shits.
@@mariebcfhs9491 I didn't know about this. But even so Germany is but one country and companies want to play safe. Because there is law and then there are people who interpret the law. For example in my country soviet and nazi symbols are allowed as long as it's used for historical or educational purposes. Still, two reenactors, one with soviet and one with german uniforms, were arrested during officially approved event, their gear confiscated, and had to waste many months in courts until they managed to prove that they did not break any law.
Balkunkruz are the black crosses fella, I think you mean swastika's. The worst thing about modern kits are lack of swozi's for ze Germans. It came out really nice especially since u glue damaged it excellent recovery. A's for the spine seam some bf109s it was hardly noticeable on early examples it was there but very faint.
Vasili I’m not sure which part you reference, though it is likely that I misspoke and called a hakenkruez a belkenkruez. Thanks for the feedback, and yes- the 109 has a fuse seam. However, in 72 scale, the gap on the air fix kit looked too large and I decided clean was better than accuracy for this one.
TheWaggishAmerican yeah that's what I mean about the seam it's so faint on earlier models it's hard to notice it in war picture's. As for the decals air fix don't supply swozis I assumed u meant that instead of the wing crosses
Suitable music
What’s the point of doing it all at one time, itleast enjoy it and take your time
?
I have no idea what exactly this is in reference to- It takes me anywhere from three weeks to a month and a half to finish a model aircraft. I can't remember if I mention the fact that I build four-five models at a time in this video, but that's the only thing I can think you would be referncing so I'll just answer assuming that is your question.
It's a combination of a few factors.
One, I hate having just one project going mainly due to drying time. If I have at least three models going at once, and I stagger each project's start by a couple of days, I will never have a time when all of my projects are stuck in some stage of drying.
Two, I find it actually saves me time and helps fight off 'bench fatigue'. Sometime I will be crusiing along in a build, and for whatever reason I just can't bring myself to turn on my airbrush. I could build for years, but resigning myself to painting is a challenge. With multiple kits running, even if I get like that with the same regularity, more work gets done when I'm okay to paint.
Three, saving material. This has been bigger lately as I've been doing more and more paint mixing and airbrush weathering. I don't have a means to store paint, and even if I could the quantities I mix are small and the colors are always different. Running multiple projects at the same time that use the same paint helps me actually use all the paint I mix. And on some of these projects I could throw away half a mixing cup becuase I made too much and didn't have anything to do with the leftover.
Four, the amount of time I have in my life to actually do things. I don't talk about it too much on the channel, but I have a number of other things that eat my time. I'm a fiction writer, RC flier, sailor, motocross racer. sailing/moto eats up most of my 'long' time on weekends. Weekdays are filled with the other ones, and models where I can fit them between work, dinner, and sleep. So when I have time to work on models, working on several at once is pretty much the only way I'll get any number done.
Four is a particularly notable problem right now- for algorithm purposes, I've been preparing two seasons of a weekly model show for months now. I have about forty days until I move and lose access to my airbrush for the next year. If I don't have three or four projects going at full pace, pouring as much of my time into them as possible, there is no way I'll get this show done (and it's still really unclear if I can pull it off), AND I wouldn't have any time to work on non-show models, which would tank my channel even worse than the three months here without a video has done.
I don't know if this is what you were refering too but if anyone was wondering that is why I try to build several models at once.
May I suggest you have a look at PLASMO TH-cam channel? He has lots of great tips on detailing and weathering. Highly recommend, taught me a lot and saved me money too.
SoupFork believe me, I’m very familiar with Plasmo. He is super skilled
Just finished one of these last week (although it was the starter kit E-3 version) and its the worst model i have seen yet. There was massive amounts of flash all over the sprews and parts, there was multiple spots where the plastic was malformed or had chunks missing. The entire interal oil radiator piece was missing, clean from the sprew and the bag was sealed so it mustve been stolen at the factory. One of the notches for the landing gear was completely mishapen and i had to carve it out to get the damn thing to fit. Thankfully *most* of these issues aren't too noticable and the model looks quite good. Nonetheless amazed at the lack of quality control.
save the music
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Germany had the best planes but the spitfire was better
I think that the early war spit was bested by the 109, but late war spits for sure outclassed 109's. Once spit's got fuel injection and cannon they were superior.
The "patriotic" music in the background is improper and extremely annoying. Therefore a "thumb down" from me.
Its music from the Nazi Germany period
I use period music as much as possible. It is one of the few things that does not get annihilated by copyright.
Use some gloves, dude
I try to wear gloves when painting and applying clear coats, to keep fingerprints off.