Here’s some pics of the Eduard Bf 108 and Classic Airframes Bf 109 that I’m building.
I used the kit decals for both the 108 and 109. They all went on fine, with no silvering. MicroSet and MicroSol worked well on them. They will be sealed with Future before I apply the washes.
This is the Bf 108, in North African markings.
This 109 served with JG 132 “Richtofen,” the first unit to use them operationally. It dates from sometime in 1937.
The red tail banner didn’t quite span the fin & rudder, but Gunze H327 is a perfect match for touchup. It looks bare to me without a theater band !
Very nice work on the 108 and 109. I took some photos last August at the Scott AFB Air Show of what was called the Me-208. It is a very late war modification to the Bf-108 where they put in a different engine and converted it to tricycle landing gear. The Germans only built two or three of them, but the French took over the design and made a hundred or so. They put in the Renault engine at the factory at Meautle and called them the Nord 1100 Noralpha or Nord 1101 Ramier. The windscreen and upper nose profile looks slightly different because of the longer canopy.
Thanks smokinguns, phoenix, Bud, Brian, Rick, Andy, yardbird, and Marc !
Andy - the blotches were sprayed freehand, using a Badger 150 airbrush.
yardbird - That’s the aircraft that’s in “The Great Escape.” It’s probably true for “The Longest Day” and “Von Ryan’s Express” also. I’ll have to watch those two again more closely.
A quick question, if you please - what is the difference between the Eduard Weekender and ProfiPak kits? I went looking for a BF-108 and all I can find at this time is the Weekender kit.
Brian - the “weekender” kit is all plastic, without PE or masks. Eduard makes a seperate PE set for this aircraft. This build is an all-plastic version of the kit, to which I’ve added the PE set. There are many more details on the separate PE that aren’t included in the ProfiPack kit. I built the ProfiPack version for myself a while ago, but I prefer building it this way.
