Airfix Messerschmitt Bf109E-4 - 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit - Unboxing
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2024
- Join me in this video as I take a look inside the box of the recently released Airfix Bf109E-4 1/72 scale plastic model kit.
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You can paint those camo-blots by dry brushing on moist surface.
Use suitable slow thinner like saliva(for acrylics) or turpentine ( for enamel) to wet the surface and dabble the plots with unthinned paint. The paint will dissolve at edges and create air-brush like fade.
Thanks for the suggestion! I may well have to try this some time
Thank you, I recently got gifted with this kit and I was wondering how to do those blots!
I absolutely love this channel, matt is very active with his viewers and helps people out and answers questions about anything model related
Thanks! I try to be as active as I can, time allowing :D
The main difference between the 109E-3 and E-4 were the armoured headrest and the square canopy on the latter. The E-3 could also be retrofitted with the parts mentioned above.
Thanks! I knew something was different but didn't quite know what
Your videos are really well done as In everything is clean smooth and just all around nice looking.
Thanks! I'm glad you like my videos :D
FIrst of all, thank you for your channel! Just a remark... In January 1940 there was no German Jagdgeschwader based in Holland, nor did it fly in Dutch airspace. The invasion of Holland did not occur until may 5th 1940. I think it should be august 1940 (www.asisbiz.com/il2/Bf-109E/JG54.III/pages/Messerschmitt-Bf-109E4-9.JG54-Yellow-13-Anton-Schon-Holland-Oct-1940-0D.html )
Keep up the good work!
Thanks! It would seem that Airfix have made an error in their information about the decal scheme on this box!
TBH i would advise every beginner to choose the same kit (E3 variant), with the Battle of Britain paint scheme (A55106), to avoid messing around with the worm camo
Agreed! Although this is a skill level 1, the painting scheme makes it much harder!
Hi Matt. Love your channel as it helped me so much on my second journey into model making and just happen to be in the middle of the starter kit version. I just wanted to give you a tip that I got from Nic's Models that I found extremely helpful before I got a good snips. When removing tiny and therefore fragile parts from the sprue using a hobby knife place some blue tack under the part. This will give support while cutting and will also prevent the part "pinging" away and then being lost to the carpet monster. I hope that that this is helpful to the beginners (like me).
A top tip! I'll have to try and remember it! I have used masking tape to a similar effect previously . .
Yes, please build it. Love to see your techniques, but I also like in box reviews too, it helps in deciding whether to buy or not.
Thanks! I'm glad you like my videos :D
I know that quick kits did mottling by using enamels and then blending the edges of them using a cotton bud with a bit of enamel thinners on them
Thanks! I tried something similar on my recent Bf109G-6 build, but I wasn't 100% happy with it . . .
The bf 109 is one of my favorite planes
:D
Nice review!
Thanks!
Nice kit. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I like the box art.
Yes, it's very well drawn and pretty interesting
Are there any differences between this one and the starter set?
Not really . . . decals and that's about it
I found an error on this kit and 48 scale obviously same. ammo magazines are in wrong place and engine is shorter then it should be:( i found that when i was exchanging engine in 48 with resin one.
However I love those kit as it was my first kit and my hobby startet with that one.
Thanks for the info! I can't say I know the Bf109 well enough to know that kind of thing :D
I know this is an older video of yours but does this model not come with paint I just bought it online and I’m curious
nope, this particular kit doesn't come with paint. There is a starter (or gift) set version of the Bf109E-3, which is essentially the same kit which does come with paint and cement, but it has a much simpler paint scheme. I did an unboxing on that one here: czcams.com/video/NWHsWtxot_c/video.html
Also a build of the Bf109E-3 kit here:
czcams.com/video/3khbMZj3f7s/video.html
I wonder if you'd be better off building the 109E-3 rather than the E-4 since the E-3 has less decals to worry about and an easier paint scheme
That comes down to preference I suppose, the E3 version does come as a “gift” set with some paints and things, whilst this is considered a “classic kit” and aimed at modellers with more experience
Darn! Had a wrestling meet when this premired
By the way about the kinda rough windows on the kit, it seems that every airfix kit I got over here in America seems to always have broken bits or in 3 airfix kits very fatal, build stopping flash.
That's a shame! My gladiator had a crack in the canopy but I've not really had any other problems than that. . . . perhaps they don't ship well to the states :/
@@ModelMinutes maybe?
I've never built a 109. Maybe this will be a good set to start with.
It's basically the same as the Bf109E-3 one I reviewed not long ago - but without paints and with a more complicated paint scheme
Cool
Cool cool cool
How do I do the cloud camouflage with a paint brush
You can dab the mottling on with the brush, or use a sponge. I tried it on my Bf109G build if you take a look at that video
@@ModelMinutes I mean the one for the109E-4
@@scalesmodellingmagic5883 it's the same process
Looks like a nice kit shame about those transparence parts.
Yeah, wasn't expecting that seeing as the other version was absolutely fine
Do you do give aways at all
I did one when I was at 1K subs some time ago, but I think technically they are against the YT TOS, so if I do any in the future it will probably be through a different social media platform
I suppose this is new tooling? Or is it the old kit that has been around for 40 or 50 year's which i built as a kid
It's a new tooling
@@toolazy4names302 thank you i did notice on the stream with a bit of detail for the engine compartment
Yes, the engine can be displayed with the cowling removed
Most recent tooling from airfix :D
Can anyone please tell how to get paints for this at Amazon ?
Go on Amazon and type in the paints you want in the search bar…
How could this plane be flown by a german plane in Holland /the Netherlands in January of 1940 if the NL warden occupied until may of 1940?
I can't say that my historical knowledge for that period is particularly good, but this could be an inaccuracy on Airfix's part - it wouldn't be the first time
please tell me you made build video on this.
The E-3 version has a build video, I’ve been practicing with mottling effects before I do this one
@@ModelMinutes ok nice
Hi I was wondering how do you weather ww2 planes
It really depends on what you want to weather and how much. Take a look at some of my build videos for more ideas
Like chipping paint
This might help: czcams.com/video/JG3NspDj2S4/video.html
I have that kit
I have one of these but I lost the cockpit
I believe that airfix offers a replacement
Yes they do replace lost or broken parts just type on Google what airfixs email address is
Normally it mentions it on the box or in the instructions how to contact airfix about spares - failing that take a look on their website (I feel like there could be an online form)
No as in I lost it someware on my workspace I can’t find it i did have it though
It doesn't matter if it was you that lost it, I watched James may in the airfix spare parts room and the worker their said that they provide you with a spare part if you lost it by accident, I have recently contacted them about if they could give me an instruction manual that I lost and they're more than happy to help.
Does it contain paint
Starter/gift sets contain paints. This is not one of those so no
To anyone who built this kit please give me assistance. The likes of me I can't seem to find on the instructions where "5A" goes... Can't find it in the instructions anywhere.
Part A5 is not used in this Bf109E-4 model kit. Airfix included it on the sprues as it represents cockpit armour in the Bf109E-7 model which gets inserted into the cockpit canopy. As the E-4 did not have this component you won't find it listed in the instructions, only the E-7 version of the kit will need it
Edit:
For reference, here is the E7 kit on scalemates: www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-a02062-messerschmitt-bf-109e-7-e-7-trop--142692
And here are the instructions for that E7 version where you will find A5 included in step 14: www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/9/2/142692-74-instructions.pdf
@@ModelMinutes Aha! That makes sense now haha. Thank you for clearing that up for me! :)
Hi
Hello There
Airfix
Airfix indeed
I don’t bother with stencil data
fair
No ALL the clear parts are like that 🤨 I've gone through ten kits and every one sucks.
The worst thing is the clear parts don't fit the fuselage either.....utter crap.
sad times :(
@@ModelMinutes If the canopy is displayed open you can get away with the part being too narrow, but gluing all three parts together it's lousy, I've seen some great 109's made up [same kit] and the majority are displayed with the canopy 'open' but a few have the canopy closed up, you can see it doesn't fit nicely at all 🙁