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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3 ragove Matchbox 1/32
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Pilot waiting for his 109 to get built
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3 ragove Matchbox 1/32
Papa replied to Papa's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Weird thing with the paint guide is that not all parts are shown. Also the instructions are very vague as to where some of the parts go. Anyway, here is the engine. I think the paint needs a tad touching up.
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The Dolittle aircraft seem to have the turret back near the tail. So I will still need a turret 😐
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It doesn’t seem to do that. It seems to jump into the middle of the last page. I guess that might have been the last posting I read . But that doesn’t do what I want. I want to jump to the most recent posting regardless of what I’ve looked at before. This would be analogous to listing email starting with the most recent message. Last in first out.
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At this point, there is no way to access the nose, so glued down she stays. I now have a kit missing the turret. I wonder if I could smooth out the top and do a Dolittle version.
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Thanks for the nice comment the starfighters are neat looking aircraft
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I received my duplicate kit and added the top turret. So she’s done.
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When i open a specific build log, say, "HMS Terror by clearway - OcCre - upgraded" It opens to page 1, with the very first posting for this log at the top. I would like to have it open to the most recent posting for this log. I haven't been able to find the proper menu item to sort this way. Probably operator error😇
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Where can one display this monster. It’s over a meter long! That will be one impressive model.
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Maybe some plastic prescription bottles?
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The galley and store room are coming along.
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Is there a way to list build log entries starting with the most recent posting and going down to the first. It would be easier than haveing to drop down through all the pages to get to the latest status.
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Actually, for all the other structures, I did cut away the deck and put coamings around. For some reason it never occurred to me to do that for the galley and stuff at the aft. Its too late now. I will have to fake it. Just building these structures will try one's patience to the limit, without the added difficulty of fitting into a cut away deck.
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3 ragove Matchbox 1/32
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I started studying the ME 109 plans and found that the color call-outs are all on a single page showing each part to be painted and the color. I’ve never seen this before.
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Many pieces of cardboard and sheet wood. What finally worked was using multiple pieces pushed in to fit. Something like those contour finding tools with all the fine sliding pins, only much cruder. Even then the final piece needed lots of fiddling to get right
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Messerschmitt Bf 109 E3 ragove Matchbox 1/32
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I’ve been building models for close to 70 years now. I must have been 8 when I started with some wooden airplane kit. Perhaps Strombecker. Not sure when I did my first plastic one. The quality of plastic kits has improved fantastically over the years. The prices seem relatively higher to me now, than as a kid. I recall buying kits for maybe 89 cents to a bit over $1. But a 1959 dollar is only worth about$10 today. And many kits are 3 to 4 times that. Some are even in the hundreds of dollars. Are there any young people making models or are we all old! -
I will have to try modeling clay.
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I have been holding on to this kit for at least 25 years and I think It’s about time to start it. I am also busy with the deck structures on the Charles W Morgan, so it will probably be slow going. Now if I can just not lose any parts during construction. 😁
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Well, it’s sort of finished. I lost the top turret. I can’t seem to learn from past mistakes. I will assemble and paint some part and leave it on my workbench to install later. It’s soon forgotten and then lost in a clean-up or something. I have done this so many times. Anyway, I found the identical kit on eBay and will have a replacement in a week or so. I also messed up some decals. The star on each side (Not sure of the correct term) had white stripes attached that went on both sides of the gun windows and up over the top. They just kept curling up on themselves until they were ruined. I will try again when I get the replacement. I also need to make a base for at. It is tail heavy and I needed a small dab of glue to keep the nose down for a photo. Can’t seem to get lead fishing sinkers and nothing else is small enough or heavy enough to hold the nose down. I have the same trouble with the B-24.
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Progress photos
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I always have several models on standby 😁. Right now I am painting a 1/144 scale B-25, and shaping the hull of an old “yellow box” Gjoa from Model Shipways. I am waiting on some scribed sheets from Model Expo to make the hurricane house etc. at the stern on the Morgan.
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I agree with you. Doing them off ship will probably lead to more problems than on ship. I was hoping there was an easier way than what I’ve done in the past. Wishful thinking I guess. When I get to rigging my Charles W Morgan I will just stick with the old fashioned way. 2000 clove hitches or not.
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