Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4 by ccoyle - FINISHED - Halinski - 1/33 - CARD

[CDW]

Another beautiful model, Chris. Love the hot-rod looks of the 109 in general.

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[ccoyle]

Not much to show for this past week. I finished the wing fairings. These are always hard to get "just right," and these aren't the best I have ever done.

 

 

And an additional ventral scoop and some miscellaneous blisters.

 

 

Right now I am in the process of assembling the exhaust stubs. Fun. 🙄

 

Cheers!

[Canute]

Would using plastic and resin aftermarket parts be doable or is that just not done by the card modeling fraternity? Just curious, as in my primary area, any part, no matter the source, is acceptable. Just depends on what you're willing to spend.

[ccoyle]

57 minutes ago, Canute said:

Would using plastic and resin aftermarket parts be doable or is that just not done by the card modeling fraternity?

 

They might be, but one of the biggest appeals of card models is their low cost, and after-market parts are not cheap.

[CDW]

Do you dampen parts like the wing fillets to shape them?

[ccoyle]

Just now, CDW said:

Do you dampen parts like the wing fillets to shape them?

 

Yes.

[Egilman]

5 hours ago, Canute said:

Would using plastic and resin aftermarket parts be doable or is that just not done by the card modeling fraternity?

In my experience reading and talking with some of the builders on some of the european card modeling fora, the general consensus is like we are, build the best model you can, primarily in paper products, but there are those that if the parts are not all paper, or technically, cellulose based, then it isn't truly a card model.... 

 

Like all hobbies, they do have their absolutists....

[Egilman]

4 hours ago, CDW said:

Do you dampen parts like the wing fillets to shape them?

I did, it is also where a dapping set comes in handy when you need to pre-form a multi curved part....

[Egilman]

6 hours ago, ccoyle said:

Right now I am in the process of assembling the exhaust stubs. Fun.

Chris, that has those individual stubs doesn't it? lots of repetitive fuuuunnn....  (but I have faith) that was something I couldn't master, repetitive rolling of tubes in the same size.... and I could never find a way to pattern the process...

Edited September 19, 2022 by Egilman

[ccoyle]

6 hours ago, Egilman said:

Chris, that has those individual stubs doesn't it?

 

Yes, and each one consists of two parts, so yeah, making them both neat and uniform is another task I have yet to master.

[Old Collingwood]

Your doing a fine job Chris  - creating a fine 3d model  out of what is  just a  flat  medium  is amazing.

 

OC.

[FriedClams]

Beautiful work Chris.  Another great looking card model!  Excellent.

 

Gary

[ccoyle]

Half of the exhaust stubs and their shroud are now finished. The stubs are oval at the inboard end and taper to rectangular at the outboard end. I used a piece of shaped dowel to form the inboard end; the joint between the two sections of pipe ended up being pretty much invisible. Sometime in the near future, I will have to repeat this process for the starboard side.

 

[CDW]

24 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

Half of the exhaust stubs and their shroud are now finished. The stubs are oval at the inboard end and taper to rectangular at the outboard end. I used a piece of shaped dowel to form the inboard end; the joint between the two sections of pipe ended up being pretty much invisible. Sometime in the near future, I will have to repeat this process.for the starboard side.

 

That’s some tricky work but it came out great Chris. Wish I could watch you fo some of this work. Ever thought about doing a Video of your work in progress? Sure would be great to see.

[Old Collingwood]

That is some very fine  work there Chris.

 

OC.

[ccoyle]

I just now noticed that there are only five pipes visible in the picture -- what the heck?? Looks like I have another 'issue' to fix when I get home. 🤨

[Dave_E]

Must be one of the limited run of V-10 engines they had. 😉

[CDW]

Just now, Dave_E said:

Must be one of the limited run of V-10 engines they had. 😉

That would be the "Viper" engine 🙃

[ccoyle]

All fixed now. Sorry, you have to imagine the picture. 😉

[Dave_E]

That won’t work. You’ll post the picture soon! 😁

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, ccoyle said:

All fixed now. Sorry, you have to imagine the picture. 😉

Looks good to me    - but think you left the lens  cover on when you took the pic........lol.

 

OC.

[alpayed]

Just a note of interest.

About 3 years ago I owned and ran a small business in Melbourne Australia.

A regular customer who I had known for some 10 years came in to buy some goods.

I knew he was a pilot and that he had given up flying because of his age and the authorities revoked his licence.

During the discussion I asked him what was his favorite plane.

I was somewhat surprised when he replied Messerschmitt 109.

I had a few discussions with him after this and was in total admiration him.

Imagine being taken off the streets of Berlin at the age of 15, given 2 weeks training, and sent off to war.

He also flew the first Jets too. (363)?

I have now lost contact with him but have good memories of his stories.

Love the model by the way. Keep up the good work.

Regards

Allan

[Canute]

Interesting, Allan. We had a German national at Bitburg AB, Germany, who did the interpretation of the German flight rules. They were in English, but sometimes you need to get the correct spin in things. Anyway, he had a similar tale about minimal training and flying an Me-109 at the end of the war. He was shot down and wounded to the degree he couldn't fly any more. But a great guy to talk with. And that jet was an Me-262. 👍

[CDW]

Chris

 

Do you have an opinion on the quality and fit of Orlik or Answer card models? I've run across a couple I am interested in on Ebay. One is from the vendor you wrote about. The other is a vendor in Poland.

[ccoyle]

Okay, got the other side done -- with the proper number of pipes on the first try, too!

 

 

14 minutes ago, CDW said:

Do you have an opinion on the quality and fit of Orlik or Answer card models? I've run across a couple I am interested in on Ebay. One is from the vendor you wrote about. The other is a vendor in Poland.

 

Craig, I have built two kits from Orlik and have two more in the stash. The two I have built were both designed by Lukasz Fuczek. They weren't the easiest builds, but they both turned out okay. I have three kits from Answer, two designed by Krzysztof Fiolek (one completed) and one by Lukasz Fuczek (wound up on the Island of Misfit Models). So, the quality of the model kind of depends on the designer. Generally, the print quality on all of them has been good to very good, but diagrams not always the best. Answer has published a couple of models recently that I would very much like to get my hands on (Hawker Nimrod and Nieuport 28), but the shipping from the only Polish company that has both of them and their laser-cut frames is really a tough pill to swallow these days. Which models are you interested in?

[CDW]

Just now, ccoyle said:

Craig, I have built two kits from Orlik and have two more in the stash. The two I have built were both designed by Lukasz Fuczek. They weren't the easiest builds, but they both turned out okay. I have three kits from Answer, two designed by Krzysztof Fiolek (one completed) and one by Lukasz Fuczek (wound up on the Island of Misfit Models). So, the quality of the model kind of depends on the designer. Generally, the print quality on all of them has been good to very good, but diagrams not always the best. Answer has published a couple of models recently that I would very much like to get my hands on (Hawker Nimrod and Nieuport 28), but the shipping from the only Polish company that has both of them and their laser-cut frames is really a tough pill to swallow these days. Which models are you interested in?

This one: Paper Card Model - Nakajima Type KO 3 - by Answer | eBay

and this one: Italian Fighter Ansaldo A.1 Balilla # ORLIK Card Model # Scale 1/33 # OR 707 | eBay

[ccoyle]

I'm not personally familiar with either of those kits, but the Ko-3 was a license-built Nieuport 11, so take a look at my build log for that one and imagine it in Japanese markings. 😉

[CDW]

58 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

I'm not personally familiar with either of those kits, but the Ko-3 was a license-built Nieuport 11, so take a look at my build log for that one and imagine it in Japanese markings. 😉

I thought it looked like a Nieuport. I like the Japanese markings too

[ccoyle]

11 hours ago, ccoyle said:

license-built Nieuport 11

 

It was actually a license-built Nieuport 24 -- my bad!