King Ottokar's Scepter (Bf 109)
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42 14 November 2020, 05:45
Greg BakerDid someone say Messerschmidt GB? It's about time I tackled one of the "mainstream" Tintin build projects anyway, so getting in on a Scalemates GB (even tangentially) seems like the perfect excuse, no?
14 November 2020, 05:52
Nils Steyaertactually, the Bordurian Bf109 was a hotchpotch of various versions, the engine & wings came from the Bertha while the fuselage & wingtips came from the Friedrich. the propellor came from the Gustav variant.
14 November 2020, 22:22
Greg BakerHmm... perhaps I'll switch to the G variant. I have another Academy kit after all. I knew the Tintin one was a hodgepodge, so I just went with whatever one I'd assigned earlier from my stash. After a review though, I think the wing shape makes the biggest difference.
15 November 2020, 05:10
Greg BakerDoes anyone know where I put the Eduard PE fret that I supposedly have in my stash? Scalemates says I have one... but I can't find it. Usually I keep them in the kit box, but this one is nowhere to be found. Hmmm...
21 November 2020, 07:39
Matthew AI wish you good hunting finding the pe. I have two boxes full of 109s but still find bits and pieces all over the place
21 November 2020, 11:26
Greg BakerResurrected this one. Since it'll be "in flight" (with no pilot!) I had to shave the wheels to fit inside the wells. To make it even more of a challenge, there's a bit of a slope towards the front. It was snug, but I got it in and glued in place.
2 March 2021, 17:21
Greg BakerI masked off and painted the nose and the tail pink. A good trick I've learned is if you want to paint something yellow... paint it pink first. It really does work.
10 March 2021, 18:10
Spanjaardi need to remember that, i have a few things in the bench that will be painted yellow....
10 March 2021, 22:31
Greg BakerGot the motor installed... but it keeps trying to pop out. I used white glue, so hopefully it will harden enough to hold it in place. I also put the decals on, but man was I disappointed with the Blue Rider decals. First, the protective wax paper seems to have stuck to the decals, so it was hell trying to clean the little bits of paper off without ruining them. Even if that wasn't a problem, they're quite poor quality. Registration issues, colour issues... sigh...
Now that the plane itself is done, I can turn my attention to the finishing touches for the base.
15 March 2021, 06:17
Erik De SmetChange the polarity of motor. The propeller will turn in the wrong direction, nobody will notice that, and the motor will be pushed inside.
15 March 2021, 07:22
Matthew AIf that doesn't work "reverse the polarity of the neutron flow" that'll solve any problems!
15 March 2021, 11:01
Slavo HazuchaCool stuff!
So if the 3 lines on the searchlight align with the red lines on the insignia, it´s a guaranteed kill?😉
15 March 2021, 11:59
Matthew ASpot on. I found your comments about the decals particularly illuminating.
17 March 2021, 22:15
Greg BakerThanks guys. Everyone builds the Bordurian Bf109 from Tintin... so I had to come up with something a little bit different!
17 March 2021, 22:28
Erik De SmetMission accomplished Greg, but arggh ... It should be Messerschmitt not Messershmitt on the base ( the c is missing)
18 March 2021, 09:21
Greg BakerDamn! That's not the first time I've let a typo sneak into the base labels! You'd think I'd learn. Oh, well, that can be fixed easily enough. Thanks for pointing it out!
18 March 2021, 14:23
Greg BakerThanks Nils! I've seen a lot of these Tintin Bf109s before, so I wanted to do mine just a bit differently. Łukasz, the stands are little rubber wood boxes that come from Vietnam. I bought them at the "dollar store" in Korea. Once I realized how good they would work as a base for my models, I went and bought as many as I could find. So now I have (hopefully) enough to last for all my Tintin projects.😉
28 March 2021, 14:38
Łukasz GlińskiInteresting. How about the lettering? Do you make it yourself? Are these decals? Or?
28 March 2021, 16:05
Greg BakerYeah. The lettering on the base is homemade decals... which is why, as Erik pointed out, I can't spell Messerschmidt.😉
29 March 2021, 06:07
Amrith PunjaExcellent Build Greg , I had built this quite some years ago, but your dio is awesome....
29 March 2021, 13:05
Lode SchildermansThese Tintin dioramas are always a pleasure to see, Greg. Hat of
29 March 2021, 19:48
Łukasz GlińskiThat discussion reminds of some Americans saying Case-R (Kaysahr?) 😄
30 March 2021, 08:52
Greg BakerFunniest pronunciation story that happened to me was when I was an international student studying at university in Korea. I met a guy from Finland named "Petri", but as we were talking, other people kept interrupting us to ask him questions and they were calling him "Peter".
So I thought maybe I heard him wrong, so I said "sorry, I thought your name was Petri?" He replied "yes, that's right."
Then, when I asked him why everyone kept calling him "Peter", he said:
"People think that because I have an accent in English, I don't know how to pronounce my own name."😉
30 March 2021, 14:32
Greg BakerI broke down laughing, but ever since then, I've always made an extra effort to get the pronunciation of people's names correct. 🙂
30 March 2021, 14:37
Matthew AThe time stamp of the video didn't work. 39:26 shows a profile of a 109F being used as reference.
3 April 2021, 12:07
Greg BakerI've watched this video many times, but never noticed that before. Sharp eyes!
4 April 2021, 06:59
