Hey folks, haven’t been doing much building lately but I think I’m out of my slump, here’s my latest project.
I was excited when I heard that Finemolds was finally going to fill a long absent hole in the 1/72 109 world by producing a 109F. I was less thrilled when I found out the price tage was about $20. Since I had a few Italeri kits on the shelf that I picked up cheap on ebay I decided to see what could be done with it.
The two most glaring errors in my mind are the wheels (too big) and the landing gear (too far out from fuselage). True details makes a nice set of resin wheels so that’s easy. I moved the landing gear in board by simply cutting out the channel where the struts retract into. Nothing real elegant but it does much to improve the look of the plane. I’m not real happy with the spinner either but a home made resin replacement will be installed soon.
This is Hans Von Hahn’s mount from the Summer of '41, with one of those paint schemes that reinforces my affection for this airplane. Decals are Eagle Strike and paint is Testor’s MM.
It’s nice to see someone who doesn’t believe that the “latest and greatest” are necessarly the best and are willing to expend their time, patience and energy on an “old”, “out of date” and “inaccurate” kit and turn it into a gem. Congrats on a fine model and thanks for showing it.
Thanks for all the positive feedback! I’ve got a few more tricks I’m going to try to on the next one, have to cough up the $20 for a Finemolds just to get a side by side comparison.
Very nice build. It’s a shame the Italeri kit was tooled so inaccurately. I haven’t seen the Fine Molds kit yet, but reviews indicate it’s a much more accurate presentation.
I’m sure the Finemolds will be a beauty, haven’t been able to find it here yet though. I guess HLJ is about the only option. They’re releasing their G-2 next month so I’ll probably order one of those along with the two F’s. I’ll keep sawing on the Italeri’s in the meantime! [:D]
