Thank you very much Norman !! :)

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Thank you very much! Truth is, it's not easy to go detailing an 1:72 cockpit, is it?

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Thank you. Glad you like it!

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Well, it wasn't exactly a piece of cake, but I can't say it was very difficult also... the most difficult parts in my opinion, for every model, are the clear parts ( this one was relatively easy, since the package included pre-cut masks) and the tiny PE parts. This build wasn't the hardest I've built... Larger scales allow for ease of handling of parts better than the small ones. Generally speaking, I consider a model "hard to build" if the parts don't fit well together. Apart from that, we make the build hard or easy, in dependence of the degree of detail we want to present and the diversity of paints used. For example, preshading, postshading and marbling make things harder that just painting! Thank you for watching! :)

Yes, I tried to create the box-art scheme. No 1 in the manual. Thank you for watching :)

This is one of Josef „Pips“ Prillers planes…. Actually, all 109s came out of the factory in the splinter camo. This one too. It would have been changed at squadron level in the field as necessities dictated. Prillers squadron received an airbrush touch up of RLM 02 OVER the splinter camo, so on the wings it would still be visible underneath. Also, since this is an early E-3 version used in the French campaign and at the beginning of the Battle of Britain, the underside colour would most probably be the regulation RLM 65 instead of 76. But nevertheless, the workmanship is very nice.

It's a very well executed build and impressive camo paint, meanwhile I'm in love with the paint scheme of the French campaign with blue sides and huge squares surfaces on the wings.

No, it's not water.. it's white spirit.. Enamel-based washes require corresponding solvents... Enamel thinner, white spirit or even zippo fluid will do the trick. I dabbed the q-tip lightly and squeezed the excessive fluid off before "washing off the washes"! Cheers :)

@@wbpsmodels3452 thank you good sir muchly appreciated 👍 and again fantastic model mate

At the time, this stand is available only in Greece, since the person who makes them isn't so far interested in exporting them (although I've been trying to convince him). However, some such contraptions have been floating around some chinese sites like Ali xpress... Thank you for watching :)

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Unfortunately I have lost the video footage of this particular stage so I can't reply with a factual answer. If memory serves, however, it wasn't as hard as you describe it to be... The only difficult part was setting some tubes in the right place, which I did using thin pliers and setting the glue step by step.

lol.. yes, you're right.. I discovered my typo afterwards... It's an E3. period!. Thanks for watching! :)

No. Here is the info quoted in the instructions manual of the model: "Yellow ‘1’, W.Nr. 5057, was flown by the commander of 6. Staffel JG 51, Josef Priller, and underwent several camouflage color modifications through its career. According to some sources, the initial scheme was composed of RLM 70/71/65. However, it is easier to confirm later variations, when the underside light blue was extended up the sides of the fuselage, and quite high up at that. Later, this color was subdued by the application of irregular squiggles of RLM 02 and 71. Furthermore, the upper surfaces of the wing, originally composed of broken lines, were augmented in a similar manner as the fuselage sides. This was the appearance of the aircraft in the fall of 1940, and as depicted by our profile.At the time, the aircraft also received a yellow nose section and rudder. The extent of the front end yellow coloring is up for speculation. Some sources suggest this as it appears on the boxtop of this kit, while others claim that the yellow only covered the engine cowl and spinner, as shown in this profile. The emblem of II./JG 51 ‘Gott strafe England!’ (God punish England!) shown on the rear of the fuselage, is sprayed on without the usual white background, only with the black border around a black raven with an umbrella, symbolizing Neville Chamberlain. The Staffel marking in the form of the Ace of Hearts subsequently was used on Priller’s later aircraft as a personal marking. Here, it does not yet bear the well-known ‘Jutta’ inscription. The kill marks denoting Priller’s aerial victories on the tail in the form of vertical tabs with dates, partially obscured the Swastika. Beer lover Josef Priller attained 101 aerial victories in 1,307 operational flights between 1939 and 1945. The pictured aircraft was later inherited by another well-known Luftwaffe pilot, Hptm. Herbert Ihlefeld, who used it in 1941 in the Balkan campaign."

Ok. I need to re study that history. Did Galland fly with this JG?