I started this build as part of the Messerschmitt Bf 109s & Derivatives Group Build on LSP, and have just wrapped it up. I chose to use the Bulgarian markings supplied in the kit for something different, and am grateful to Dany Boy over on LSP for providing some very useful reference material. It's quite an unusual and striking scheme for a 109!

I used the kit decals for the national markings, but sprayed white squares under them using masks I cut on the Silhouette Portrait. While I was there, I cut some for the white 9 numerals on the upper wings and fuselage sides. The black 9s on the lower wings were the kit decals.

 

Some final notes. The engineering of the landing gear attachment on this kit is vaguely clever, but also too fussy, and I screwed up the left side twice, and had to saw off the attachment lug both times and re-attach. Even then, I still managed to create a very slight toe-in of the right wheel. The prop is just sat in place, and doesn't really need gluing unless you plan to move the model around a bit. The exhausts are also a very tight friction-fit, given that I literally had to force them in from the outside!  Rigging is EZ Line.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Very pleased with how well it turned out for such a low-effort build. ResKit exhausts, Barracuda wheels, and a minor mod to the prop. Paints are a combination of SMS and MRP.

Thanks for looking!

Kev

I've put together a quick'n'dirty grass mat base for the Trumpeter Emil. Anybody who's ever placed a large scale 109 or Spitfire build onto a glass shelf will be well aware of the dangers of the undercarriage splaying over time - and eventually collapsing altogether. This is really just to prevent that, and like the rest of the build, is deliberately low-effort!

Kev