Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

[memitus]

Hi mate,

Very nice. One of four finished, great!! Curiously, Buchon's streamline is rare for me, it brokes original cowling shape. But it is interested for me at the same time....................
I like what you do!! I can't wait for seeing 3 last.......

[Second Air Force]

Yes, when they fitted the Merlin they came up with an interesting cowling shape. We used to have a Buchon in the hangar where I did warbird maintenance and I really admired the metalsmithing of the cowlings.

It's really quite amazing how small the real airplane (and especially the cockpit) is when you are around one.

[memitus]

It had been a great experience for you!! Knowing the real subject!!

[Second Air Force]

Yes, it was a neat little fighter but I never took any detail photos of it. At the time I thought it would always be sitting there to study but it was sold to a British warbird operator. The good thing of it is that the airplane is airworthy again after years of static display in the States.

Here are a few photos of the G-10 from this quartet. This is W.Nr. 130368 of II./NJ 11 at the end of the war in Europe:

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

[No.1]

Excellent

[Sall]

Great!!!

[Second Air Force]

Thanks, friends.

Here's the third machine, a Bf-109K-4 assigned to III./JG 27 in April of 1945. I tasked Ellen (my lovely wife of 30 years) with picking out the scheme for this one and she picked this from an Aeromaster sheet. It's quite similar to the first K I built, but this was her selection:

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

This and the all-blue G-10 are the hybrid kitbash of Monogram/Revell and Hobbycraft/Academy kits. After working with both of them I am pretty certain that Hobbycraft copied the Monogram kit in many respects. The wings are almost a perfect match from one to the other as is the prop. It certainly made the intermixing of parts quite easy!

[No.1]

Really great work mate

[Sall]

Ohoohoho,attack of Bf-109!!!

Great,great, great job!! I don't know which of these i better... And cool markings!

[Second Air Force]

The final model of this Schwarm is now complete, the UM Models G-14 in late-war Croatian scheme. More photos will follow when lighting conditions allow.

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

[Sall]

 

[No.1]

[Second Air Force]

Some more photos of the Croat G-14:

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

This is, as mentioned earlier, built from a UM kit. This is probably the most challenging of the various Bf-109s from all the different manufacturers that I've built so far. The transparencies are somewhat cloudy and it isn't the easiest kit to assemble. With that being said, it still makes into a nice representation of the Messerschmitt. On the plus side it has two different drop tank styles, underwing gun gondolas, and a complete engine.

[Sall]

Beautiful!

[Second Air Force]

It's time to step back from the SAAB project for a little while. One can only scratchbuild stuff for so long before relaxation is needed.

To relax, why not a couple of '109s? The Gustav is an Otaki kit (I paid U.S. $2.95 for this the other day) and the Emil is another Airfix. Both of these will be virtually out-of-the box except for brake lines and seatbelts. I'm not even opening the canopy on the G.

Bf-109 Group Build-All Variants

The G will be in Regia Aeronautica colors and the E in a desert JG 27 scheme.