Dry fitted the the main sections on the two kits to make sure everything fits nicely when it comes to glueing, surprisingly one of the kits fitted much better than the other, the 109 which is to have the engine showing requierd quite abit of messing and filing to get it to fit together well (this is the one with the starboard cowl fitted in the first picture).
I thought Revell kits were supposed to be easy?! well this one isnt:rolleyes:
The little issue im having is getting the front section to all line up, it dosent help that there are no locating pins on the fuselage, any hows, weres there a will theres away.
Ive decided to fit the cowls first before joining up the fuselage sections, i think fitting them after, like the instructions say is going to cause all sorts of alignment issues. The 109F im building with the engine showing will have the Starboard side cowl fitted, the other kit will have both cowls fitted. Plus this also adds strength to what realy is quite flimsy front end. Picture is of the first aircraft with engine showing.
finally got around to starting them………..Building 2, one with engine cowls open to show off the enigne, The 2nd aircraft will have closed cowls.
Im in the process of building up the cockpit side walls, The revell cockpit supplied is very basic. Most will be scracth built. Not going to mass detail them, just add a few bits and bobs. Second picture is of parts been made ready for having a coat of RLM 66. I’ve stuck the parts on pieces of tube and blue tack to aid airbrushing.
Also bought this book to help with the builds
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