International Scale Modeller

Full instructions can be found here.

http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/1164.pdf


Sprue shots here

http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Plas ... -1-48.html


Backround - brief

Messerschmitt Bf 110 Destroyer

The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often (erroneously) called Me 110, was a twin-engine heavy fighter (Zerstörer - German for 'Destroyer' in the service of the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, and nicknamed it his Eisenseiten 'Ironsides'. Development work on an improved type, the Me 210 that was to replace the Bf 110, begun before the war started, but due to teething troubles, resulted in Bf 110 soldiering on until the end of the war in various roles, alongside its replacements, the Me 210 and the Me 410.

The Bf 110 served with success in the early campaigns, the Polish, Norwegian and Battle of France. The Bf 110's lack of agility in the air was its primary weakness. This flaw was exposed during the Battle of Britain, when some Bf 110 equipped units were withdrawn from the battle after very heavy losses and redeployed as night fighters, a role to which the aircraft was well suited. The Bf 110 enjoyed a successful period following the Battle of Britain as an air superiority fighter and strike aircraft in other theatres. During the Balkans Campaign, North African Campaign and the Eastern Front it rendered valuable ground support to the German Army as a potent fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber-Jabo). Later in the war, it was developed into a formidable night fighter, becoming the major night-fighting aircraft of the Luftwaffe. Most of the German night fighter aces flew the Bf 110 at some point during their combat careers, and the top night fighter ace of all times, Major Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, flew it exclusively, and claimed 121 victories in 164 combat missions.


All the reference shots you will ever need:-

http://www.asisbiz.com/Bf-110.html



Some photos of the plane I intend to do:-




















Messerschmitt Bf 110E Zerstörer 5./ZG26 (3U+AN) Oblt. Theodor Rossiwall, CO of 5./ZG 26, Argos, Greece, May - June, 1941

Bf 110E, Oblt. Theodor Rossiwall, CO of 5./ZG 26, Argos, Greece, May - June, 1941 Theodor Rossiwall gained 17 victories during WW2. He entered combat in the Spanish Civil War and managed to destroy two enemy aircraft. On August 6, 1941 he was awarded the Knight's Cross. At that time, he held the rank of Captain and led 5./ZG 26. Rossiwall´s Bf 110 wears the yellow marking typical for the Balkans campaign. Subsequently, he served with nightfighter units NJG 101, NJG 4 and became the CO of the entire ZG 76 in August, 1943. As can be seen, the Ace of Spades was not exclusively the unit badge of JG 52. The Clog is the unit crest of II. Gruppe of ZG 26.

Messerschmitt Bf 110E Zerstörer 5./ZG26 (3U+AN) Oblt. Theodor Rossiwall, CO of 5./ZG 26, Argos, Greece, May - June, 1941

Photo 01: Bf 110's of II./ZG26, with 3U+CC of the Gruppenstab nearest the camera 3U+AN of 5.Staffel carries the Geschwader emblem on the nose and the n. Gruppe clog emblem on the engine cowling. The 4.Staffel machine behind it also carries the same emblems. 3U+AM has light coloured rudders, possibly yellow, perhaps an identifying feature of the Staffelkapitän's aircraft. Note the strong contrast of the camouflage colours on the wing of the Bf 110 from which the photograph was taken.

Nice looking kit

What's the part count? It will be a while before I tackle anything like that, I will stick to my 1/72

Good luck with the build

Is there a night fighter radar included in this kit?

GG

If interested; https://www.eagle-editions.com/eaglecal ... etail.html

Great entry, look forward to seeing pics and if were lucky some written words

Are u doing the included all-black NF camo or something else?
The all black one is badass!

Good luck!!

Agreed.... I had a look at the instructions on eduards site...the black one is meanest looking.

GG

Black one is boring

Me thinks it will be greece with ace of spades. Still undecided but leaning that way.






The part count is more than my fingers and toes.

There is no coat hanger on the front

Looking forward to this one.

Have another variant of the kit looking forward to seeing how it goes together.

Lego wrote:Black one is boring

Me thinks it will be greece with ace of spades. Still undecided but leaning that way.

Can't deny you that...

GG

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Made a start on the cockpit and sprayed revell 91 steel as base for seat.




Applied hairspray and waited for it to dry. I then applied Revell 77 and scratched a little bit.





I then put the dash together and continued to paint the rest of the cockpit.








Never seen these before on the foot welds, think it is a nice touch.





If I get a chance tomorrow I will give it a wash and apply some pigments and dust etc...

Wow! Nice start on this....that Instrument Panel is killer, can't wait to see the progress reports on this one! Cheers,

Martin

Ok, made a little progress on this when the kids let me. I used Humbrol and AK products to weather the cockpit. I applied Humbrol blue grey wash (used on Tank grey) on the interior to give it that blue smurf look to the paint.





I used a miture of the earth and dust pigments.








I darkened (damp earth) the belt straps because they looked new and out of place.





Just to see if your actually paying attention I put this in, my wife had it in the attic from her days in Bonn.





Next Part, rear cockpit.











Again I applied the blue grey wash and dry brushed a little here and there.








Followed by pigments again. Sorry photo is a bit washed out and it is hard to see the detail.





Put it all together.





Will leave it for a few days and judge if more dust is needed etc...

great work

Cockpit is looking great.

Needs more cowbell though

Nice work...nice and dusty!!

GG

Interior is looking great. I really like the heavy weathering/dusting/usage.

--Bill

Thanks guys.

I like to weather the WII planes a bit because these planes sat out in the open on grass fields etc...and well they got used and abused.

Nice work mate.

Did you weather the cowbell while you were at it?

Nice work on the pit...

Heard a cowbell and Went to look, wow nice progress, Lovely work on the internals!

So I got a few minutes to start on the nose. No problems went together alright.





Some dry fitting highlighting some issues. Shape is not a great fit at all. The cover is much smaller and not quite the right shape towards the cockpit. But nothing some filler can't fix.








So the build was going good and I had to punch myself in the family jewels My son ran into the room and tried to grab something and in the process of stopping him I knocked over cellulose. The end result is It proceeded to turn the left wing and underside to mush. I never knew it could do this. Ah well whats wrong with some torture.








Tried scribing a little the day after but some of the plastic is still mushy.








Decided to use this for the first time but it did not go so well lol








I will get it right in the end though

Little bit more progress.








Left a large enough gap because the plastic just wont go back any further.

Good save mate.

good recovery

WoW...Fantastic how you fixed it!

Hmm have this kit also, read it had s o m e fit issues, but following your build...
oh well now I know what to expect! (although I expected better from Eduard)

Your doing a great job mate! Like Your attitude, that accident would have ended it for many of us I think.

Great save mate she is looking good

Looks like she's been giving you some trouble, but you've done a good job kicking her into shape!

Looking forward to your next update....hope there's some camo paint included in that one?!

Cheers,

Martin

Sorry for no updates in so long. But with the weather being so good I'm in full BBQ mode.

So just pre-shaded a little over white primer. I was a little concerned of loosing or making the Rlm base colour too dark so I primed in white.




Followed by first pass.





I have lost a lot of detail on the left wing with the spill of cellulose but I am happy with it for now.

More later back to BBQ.

Sweet paint on this! This will be a great looking build.

looking great so far the paint is stunning mate!

Nice! Great paint job so far.

So small bit of stuff done.

Mounted the gun.




Put the masks on the canopy





Painted the props etc..








Painted the exhausts





Attached some etch for whatever reason





Started on the decals














Painted the bombs metal and then khaki green and weathered them a little











Damn it still lots to do and deadline is coming

Looking beautiful to me, mate!

Okay

Nearly there. Can of pee came out ok.





Put it on with no troubles





Put some earth effects and mud on the wheels to represent this plane on the grass.





Sprayed some tamiya smoke on her before spraying a matt coat.





Will put up the finished pics on other thread.





I will say this here just in case anyone actually gives a poop. This kit is a pig in many ways. The landing gear construction and placement is the worst I have built or seen to date. Probably why they discontinued this model. Where your supposed to attach the landing gear is actually behind the wall of the engine and what your supposed to attach it to would not support a fart. There where so many fit issues with the engines to mention that I just wont.

It is a nice kit in the end and I really like how she turned out but be prepared for a lot of work. If your interested in building one of these this size I would go for the dragon model.

Your model is beautiful, the planr is beautiful

so sad to read and to see that this kit does not fit correctly, i d like to get it but now...have to see

Good job.

See you

Goose

you've done a outstanding job on this build and the paint work is superb

I think you've done a grand job. I'll bear in mind your warnings as I've also got one of these in the stash. Either way- I think it looks great.

Great job you did ,it is vey nice in the end with all those issues that you mention, but great paint job and in the end it is a fine plane you have here !

Thanks guys much appreciated.

Goose, don't let me put you off. It turns out into a good model. All I say is be prepared to work for it. This model is discombobulated so if you want one keep an eye out on evil bay. I got mine for €30 but I would not pay more because dragon have one in 1/48 that is supposed to be a better build for around €40.