Hi Jean-Luc That's definitely an idea! And it would fit in well with working away from my workshop... Hmmm... I used to really like a magazine that was available in the '90s (I can't remember the tilte now) that solely featured kits built unpainted. Of course, Dragon are already doing their build that way... All the best Rowan

Well I'll be watching with growing interest. After tackling both the Eduard and the Trumpy 109E I'll be looking to see if this is an improvement over them both. Both those kits were flawed, some of which suprised me greatly. From what little I've seen of this so far things are looking quite good.

Hi again Dragon's Bf 109E Blog is making steady progress with the wings completed: The latest test-shot arrived today. How does the song go?... "Getting Better All The Time!" The only trouble is, I keep starting my build, only to have it overtaken by updated parts! All the best Rowan

Having built the Trumpy version, I'm very curious about this kit.

Having half built and gave up on the trumpie and used it as a donor for the Eduard E-7 which itself has plenty issues I too am looking forward to a good look at this too

Keith, I'd love to know what your issues were. Mine went together very well, and the only issue I had was with the oversize nose MGs. Other than that, I had not real problems. The PE wheel wells were challenging, but not fatal.

Bill, I agree it went together well and to be honest in a lot of details it outshone Eduards, I stole quite a few parts like the droptank and mounting, the oleo leg hinges and more. Eduards really was poor here. Trumpeters engine is beautiful, though likely a tad underscale. The main issues were:- Cockpit, it is wrong, very wrong, fixable with a resin replacement of course. Trailing edges of aerlerons thick. (Yes I know..I have spelling issues with aerleron) The lower fuselage is too sguare at the wingroot and under the nose beneath the exhaust, I think a little later 109 crept into the equation there! Now I'm not slating the kit, all in all its a nice build, and some of the detailing is excellent, The etch for the wheelwells actually fits, unlike Eduards. Especially for the price Trumpeter set and honestly the Eduard has as many issues, Eduard seemed to use incorrect plans, it has handholds etc on both sides and location and size of them and some of the prominent features are way out. Laying both kits and parts side by side I was suprised to find so many variations and was aware of talk of dimensional issues with Eduards. As an aside another thing building both brought to light by building both was a seeming simplification of parts in Eduards kit that just happen to have superdetailed parts released in their Etch and new Brassin range..not that I'm inferring anything, but it hints to me at least of a little modeller milking. But by they get round to releasing such goodies the aftermarket boys have often stepped in and stole the show anyway..so it has benefits.

Hi again Dragon's way of tackling the wheelwell liners is quite ingenious. The beige parts in the photo look like resin, but are actually flexible (vinyl?), and fit very well: All the best Rowan

yes Rowan its what they call DS plastic I think, kind of a halfway between soft vynil and Polystyrene, I believe its glueable with normal polystyrene cements, they use it a lot for their armour tracks and details too.