ccoyle Posted October 11 Author Share #31 Posted October 11 3 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looks great Chris. Do you end up painting/weathering these card models? Or just touch ups along seams? Seems like they are already printed with nice colors. Normally I only do edge coloring. The quality of the graphic artwork varies widely among kits, from no weathering at all to photo-realistic artwork. Some designers color their own models, while other employ the talents of graphic artists. The team of Andrzej Halinski (designer) and Marcin Dworzecki (artist) is one well-known example. Some of the best artwork I have seen is done by Luis P. Igualada, whose models are available as downloads from ecardmodels.com. 2 hours ago, Danstream said: Yes, it should be vertical, but did you know that it shouldn't be symmetrical? It had a section like that of a wing (flat on one side and curved on the other) to generate a lateral force and assist the pilot at take-off to use less rudder pedal. Of course in a model it is hardly visible and I am mentioning it just for fun. I have learned a few interesting tidbits about the 109 during the course of this project. If you zoom in on my last photo in post #28, you can see that each of the two parts of the stabilizer fairing has three small, red tic marks. Those marks are tail plane incidence indicators. The 109 had a variable incidence tail plane, which obviated the need for elevator trim tabs. Those Golden Age aeronautical engineers were extremely clever fellows! mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Landlubber Mike and 9 others 12 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 13 Author Share #32 Posted October 13 I got the basic rudder finished and attached to the vertical stabilizer. I say 'basic' because I still need to attach the actuator rods. Just a dry fit for this shot. king derelict, Old Collingwood, Canute and 12 others 9 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted October 13 Share #33 Posted October 13 That looks very good, hard to see any joins or seams. How are the colour pens working out Chris? mtaylor, Jack12477, Dave_E and 5 others 8 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted October 13 Share #34 Posted October 13 That's looking very Nice Chris! Keith Black, Old Collingwood, Jack12477 and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 13 Author Share #35 Posted October 13 2 hours ago, AJohnson said: How are the colour pens working out Chris? I like them, so far. As I mentioned earlier, they're not exact matches in every instance. Some are better matches than others. The tan is pretty spot-on for the color printed on the model. The olive drab doesn't match the printed color very well, but as an edge color it hides seams decently. Very easy to use, of course. Canute, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 14 Author Share #36 Posted October 14 Work continues on the empennage. First I completed the rudder actuators. I used the dark aluminum pen from the Real Color markers set for these. Then we have the horizontal stabilizer framing (10 parts per side) and their skins. And the stabilizers added to the growing empennage. king derelict, Old Collingwood, Canute and 9 others 12 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 14 Author Share #37 Posted October 14 Milestone moment: Empennage attached. Dave_E, king derelict, GrandpaPhil and 13 others 9 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 18 Author Share #38 Posted October 18 Elevators completed. Wings are next! mtaylor, Jack12477, Old Collingwood and 14 others 17 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 20 Author Share #39 Posted October 20 I have not been idle. The wing framing is complete -- all 71 parts of it. 😮 Ronald-V, Canute, Javlin and 13 others 13 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted October 20 Share #40 Posted October 20 High piece count there Chris. Keith Black, Paul Le Wol, Egilman and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 21 Author Share #41 Posted October 21 One of the problematic parts of the assembly process on the E-4 was definitely the wing, so that's something I wanted to 'get right' on this build. First step was to add the central ventral skin ('central ventral' -- catchy) and wheel wells. The wheel wells on this kit are really rather simple and posed no problems at all. The sort of 'antennae' looking bits are fairings/joiners that will wrap around the wing root and blend into the fuselage. Now this is a shot from the E-4 build. The part I've circled was supposed to have been folded upward to be the trailing edge of the wing, but that wasn't clear to me from either the instructions or diagrams, so I left it un-folded. 😬 Fortunately, it's on the bottom of the wing, so very rarely does anyone see it. Here's the properly done E-7. And here's the dorsal side of the wing, with tips yet to be added. You can see how one of the 'antennae' bits has been wrapped and mated to the wing skin. Now, you may have noticed that the wing skin consists almost entirely of a single skin. For anyone wanting to try a model like this, I've found it to be much easier and neater to not attempt to glue the skin on all in one go. Instead, I work in sections, starting at the wing root and working toward the tip, using the various bits of framing to align everything properly (I should mention that I gave the entire wing frame a light sanding before starting this process). You can see in the photos that everything has come together very well at the various junctures, e.g., wheel wells, radiator wells, skin edges and frames, seam between dorsal and ventral skins. This is a testament to the excellent design. There will be a less-glowing testament once the wing gets mated to the fuselage, but I'll save that for when we get there! Paul Le Wol, mtaylor, Canute and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsk Posted October 21 Share #42 Posted October 21 You must be in company with Dr. Faustus and Robert Johnson to have such clean builds. Beautiful! Keith Black, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote --jeff In Process: Skipjack Kathryn 1/72 Card (scratch build) Completed Builds: Slavic (Viking) Longship 1/72 (Falconet), US Revenue Cutter 1/72 Card (Seahorse), Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 21 Author Share #43 Posted October 21 1 hour ago, Jsk said: You must be in company with Dr. Faustus and Robert Johnson to have such clean builds. Beautiful! Haha! Hold that thought! The problem with wings is that there are two of them, providing the modeler with twice as many opportunities to screw something up. I'm working my way through a fit issue on the second wing skin at the moment. Stay tuned! AJohnson, Egilman, king derelict and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 21 Author Share #44 Posted October 21 Okay, the fix turned out to be not nearly as difficult as I anticipated, and the second wing skin is on. I can now dry fit the structure to the fuselage and make airplane noises. 😋 NYEEEEERRRRRROWWWWW! king derelict, hof00, Egilman and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 24 Author Share #45 Posted October 24 There is quite a bit of work involved in getting the wing ready to mate to the fuselage. So far I have added the wingtips and gun blisters. Still have the radiators left to do (26 parts for the two radiators). king derelict, AJohnson, Dave_E and 10 others 13 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 25 Author Share #46 Posted October 25 BTW, here's one for the airplane nerds out there: According to what I have read in online sources, the 109's radiator doors were linked to its flaps, the idea being that since the lowered flaps partially blocked the flow of air through the radiators, the flow would be maintained by automatically enlarging the rearward aperture via the linkage. Thus, a model should match the positioning of the radiator doors to the angle of the flaps, i.e., flaps down -- doors down, flaps up -- doors up. The construction diagrams show the doors fully opened, but since I intend to display the model with the flaps up, I will position the radiator doors to match. Egilman, mtaylor, king derelict and 5 others 8 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted October 25 Share #47 Posted October 25 Chris, that sounds plausible. But I'm no experten on Luftwaffe airframes. I do know that a lot of WW II fighters were very sensitive on the amount of ground time between engine start and takeoff. The maintainers usually did a start to warm up the engine before the pilot got to his bird, then shut down until the mission start time. Keith Black, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 25 Author Share #48 Posted October 25 Further to my last post, in this screenshot taken from a Bf 109 walkaround, you can see the flap and radiator door in the lowered position. Dave_E, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 26 Author Share #49 Posted October 26 The radiators are finished. Note to future self (I have two more Halinski 109s in my stash): Notice that the port side cover fits better than the starboard cover. That's because I discovered that the internal parts are all about 0.5 mm too tall. Trimmed them all down by that much and got a much better fit. The next step is to add the wing fillets. That means this is the last time you'll see these two sub-assemblies apart. 😮 GrandpaPhil, AJohnson, Ab Hoving and 13 others 16 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 26 Author Share #50 Posted October 26 Wing fillets done. Jack12477, hof00, Ryland Craze and 13 others 16 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danstream Posted October 27 Share #51 Posted October 27 Wing fillet went on like a glove! AJohnson, mtaylor, ccoyle and 6 others 9 Quote Current build : Mayflower - AL 1:64, Lady Nelson - Amati Victory 1:64 Completed non-ship builds : Spitfire MK I - 1:48, Arado 196B - 1:32, Sea Fury - 1:48, F-15C Eagle - 1:48, Hawker Tempest Mk.V - 1:48, F104S Starfighter - 1:48 "The most effective way to do it, is to do it" - Amelia Earhart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 28 Author Share #52 Posted October 28 Work progresses. I decided to work on some various fuselage bits rather than stick dogmatically to the numbered construction sequence. First, I killed some white spots on the lower fuselage. Then I made and installed the exhaust stubs (ugh . . . a real chore). And added the exhaust fairings. I learned afterward that the forward opening on each one should be rectangular, not round, but there were no fold indicators on the parts. 😒 Finally, the tropicalized air intake. That's it for now! Jack12477, mtaylor, GrandpaPhil and 17 others 15 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted Saturday at 10:02 PM Author Share #53 Posted Saturday at 10:02 PM Only some very small progress to show. These are the cast resin wheels. They needed some washing to remove releasing agent. I then used the Real Color markers to paint them. It's hard to see in this photo, but the tires are painted in 'rubber black' while the hubs are painted in RLM dark gray. These are definitely a step up from the paper wheels on the E-4. I need to make a run to Hobby Lobby to get some music wire for the landing gear -- the stuff I presently have on hand is either too thick or too thin for the job. Keith Black, GrandpaPhil, Old Collingwood and 11 others 14 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted 8 hours ago Author Share #54 Posted 8 hours ago Here's what I've managed to get done today. First, both ailerons are complete. And I also managed to get one landing gear done, along with its doors (16 parts). Now of course I have to do the whole landing gear assembly process one more time. 😵💫 realworkingsailor, Paul Le Wol, Old Collingwood and 5 others 8 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted 4 hours ago Author Share #55 Posted 4 hours ago And now the main gear are done. Ronald-V, Ab Hoving, Richard44 and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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