Cyber Hobby (Dragon) Bf109E Trop

[BarryW]

Over the weekend I tried attaching the painted seatbelts to the painted seat with superglue but it just would not grip and repeated attempts made a mess of the paint. In the end I decided to sand off the superglue and strip the paint with ipa. I am now using poly cement to attach a fresh set of seatbelts to the seat and then I will paint 'in situ' as that did work well before. This is how it looksnow with one end of the seatbelts anchored. I will bend them over and cement into position when fully dry.


The nose parts fitted very well and I decided to cement those into place.

the interior is painted and in need of weathering. I will post some close ups when done but for now...

I have also been preparing some other sub-assemblies.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Barry. The belts sound a bit pesky.

 

[BarryW]

Some update pics. The seat belts turned out beautifully.

 

[Armorguy]

Nicely done sir, that instruments panel looks just perfect.

 

[rtfoe]

Re Parts F43/44 found these Barry

In Step 3, parts F44 and F43 are shown installed upside down; they’re supposed to close the gap between the fuselage sides and the cockpit floor.

However, I was uncertain about how to install parts F43 and F44 correctly...they just don't seem to fit where the arrow points along the edges of the cockpit floor. Since they seemed to foul sidewall parts, I left them off.

Hi Barry,

If only I had seen this sooner. I believe the parts fit a step above the floorboard. There is a notch on the part that slots into a cut out on the two vertical frame that are opposite each other on the same line as the joystick. Leave it if you have already finished the cocpit 'cos nobody is going to look all the way down the floorboards just to see that it's left off.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Wouter]

Oh my that cockpit looks very good mate!

Cheers

 

[BarryW]

Some more progress shots. Slow work but I am getting there.


As you can see I am working on fitting the nose to the main airframe. The fit is not bad but it does take some work and a spot of filler. I think the model was not designed to be built ‘buttoned up’.

I have also laid down some paint on other sub assemblies with some detail painting to do.

 

[flyjoe180]

Coming along nicely Barry.

 

[BarryW]

She is starting to really look like a 109. I have weathered the prop and I am preparing the surface for spraying.

 

[Mickc1440]

Really nice job so far Barry, great work on the cockpit.
Mick

 

[Steve Jones]

Barry

Liking your work! Its certainly coming together well

Steve

 

[BarryW]

I have finished priming and on checking joins found very little corrective work to do thanks to plenty of preparation.

Yellow being known for poor coverage I then sprayed the nose and tail with the MRP sand primer, just a light coat to tone down the contrast before spraying RLM04 Gelb. I got the fairly subtle modulated effect I want.

Tomorrow I will spray RLM78 underside.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Barry,
lovely work so far, the dashboard looks very good the dials look perfect

 

[BarryW]

A bit more progress painting the RLM78 underside and lower sides. The lack basing has left me with the modulate colour effect I was after. Very pleased with the result.

I will be masking up for the top-side and also masking the wheel wells to paint them RLM02 next.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Great progress. Really admire your organised, neat approach. Quality results show it is all worth while. Impressed with anyone who can spray yellow so well
Jim

 

[BarryW]

A little more done.

The wheel wells painted RLM02.

I am hoping to spray the topside RLM79 tonight and may get a little more done tomorrow morning. But then I am flying off to Cyprus for a week and won’t get back to the bench for a bit. I am hoping to have the time to make another post before I go.

 

[BarryW]

My final post before I am off to Cyprus today.

RLM79 and RLM80 done.

I will do the white band when I am back. The pictures I have seen suggest it was applied over the camo so I am doing the same.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking great Barry

 

[BarryW]

Back from Pafos today and unlikely to get some bench time before Monday night. I did manage to grab a few minutes while waiting to leave for the airport to mask up the white band.

I used Tammy tape cut for ‘spacers’ to set where my base line would be measured against a panel line.

With one good base line it makes positioning the other side easy. Then some tape to widen the mask. I may widen it more before spraying.

Only when the mask is removed will I be able to tell if it worked. Next post.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Hope you had a great holiday. We love Cyprus - we stay in the Troodos Mountains.
Fingers crossed for the masking - always a nervous time unmasking.
Jim