First attempt at posting project pics
Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 10:15 pm
Hi,
New member with pics (hopefully) of a refurbed 1/18 airplane that was pretty basic when I first got it. This is a much modified 21st Century BF-109E that was flown by Joachim Muncheberg. The original model was very toy like. I updated it to a F model with the pointed spinner. All the cockpit mods were done with the plane still assembled and it was continually updated as new pics came to light. The canopy was a two piece mess that I extensively re-worked. If you look at the pics, I had to go back and change the framing at least twice and re-paint the cockpit interior RLM 66 instead of the RLM 02 shown in the early photos. Drop tank, wheels, dropped radiator flaps, rudder control cables and more stuff I can't remember. There is a lot of conjecture about the actual camo colors but most believe it wore the original continental colors rather then the later two tone gray "Mediterranean" scheme the plane was originally painted in. Decals by Lair and Marv Gilbert really transformed it.
Hopefully this link will work:
http://s979.photobucket.com/albums/ae28 ... 09%20PICS/
New member with pics (hopefully) of a refurbed 1/18 airplane that was pretty basic when I first got it. This is a much modified 21st Century BF-109E that was flown by Joachim Muncheberg. The original model was very toy like. I updated it to a F model with the pointed spinner. All the cockpit mods were done with the plane still assembled and it was continually updated as new pics came to light. The canopy was a two piece mess that I extensively re-worked. If you look at the pics, I had to go back and change the framing at least twice and re-paint the cockpit interior RLM 66 instead of the RLM 02 shown in the early photos. Drop tank, wheels, dropped radiator flaps, rudder control cables and more stuff I can't remember. There is a lot of conjecture about the actual camo colors but most believe it wore the original continental colors rather then the later two tone gray "Mediterranean" scheme the plane was originally painted in. Decals by Lair and Marv Gilbert really transformed it.
Hopefully this link will work:
http://s979.photobucket.com/albums/ae28 ... 09%20PICS/