Great finished product limey! Love when you talk yourself down from throwing it, lol, made a few "fly" myself!

The finish for something you began to dislike is outstanding. Can't wait for something you fall in love with! Saying that, the Tamiya Beaufighter nightfighter was pretty special. Bravo mate!

This was the first airfix super kit I built back in the 70s and brought back so many memories. Even had it displayed in the Spitfire museum in Hanley when it was outside in its glass house. I know how difficult this kit was to piece together, nothing seemed to fit correctly but what you have done with this is superb. Thank you for this, really enjoyed watching.

I remember building that kit back in 1973, it only survived 4 moves before it started falling apart by 1987. Nice kit to build, you did an outstanding job on it. Very nice.

Great build, thanks. Lots of tips for when I get to my kit.

Young man. Your skills equal any Airfix master model maker back in the day.

Binged watched the whole build. Love the end results and thanks for showing the oils used I was neeedin that.

Good result, the kit came together nicely, pity you didn't show the swastika, but still a great build.

Masterclass! I love the level of details on these large scale ones. Very nice.

Great result Greg! You have the perfect sense of detail. You have beautifully revived this very old kit. I also liked your functional engine. Congratulations and thank you for sharing :)

She turned out beautiful! Well done sir! This is why I like the big models.

You did an Outstanding build. I had fun building the same kit about ten years ago. Time to build my second kit now that my modeling skills have vastly improved.

Great build, Greg! Love it!

Hi Greg, just finished watching your back catalogue of the AirFix 109E & considering how old the kit is & the fact only very little mods were done it came out very well indeed. Please to see you included the pilot. Very glad you didn't bin it. 😅

absolutely brilliant job on an aged kit greg. hat's off to you! I am in the process of resin molds to make a "T" version and all your hard work is definately an inspiration. I'll confine mine to the wing extensions and some bits and bobs. I always thought this kit sort of cried out for it as the rest always looked same-same to me as I saw what the other kids did years ago. Now at 63 I hope my work can compare to yours. Yours is a beauty! thanks, Dane

Looks great. Thanks for showing us this.

Wow! What a build! Great job! A build to be really proud of. Your series has provided me with much food for thought on my build. Thanks for sharing.

Magnificent build my friend!

Great series mate!!! Stunning finished product

Lovely work Greg, I really look forward to your video,s roll on the next one....

really nice build! Loved this series ...as much as all your other uploads!!

Awesome result Greg.

Excellent work!

As usual, great work

Marvelous job.

You did a cracking job Greg I will try the oils on my sea fury then the flory wash thanks for the tips marra . Regards Gav.

Superb, from the pilot in denim to the subtle weathering. And this is you on half gas...

Fantastic work matey, it's really come together for an excellent build, again. Well done for sticking with it. Looking forward to seeing what's next. Stay safe Greg mate

Great job, I feel your pain when something goes wrong.

it was a lot of fun and instructive to watch the whole series. I gained a lot of ideas to build the same model that I bought about 30 years ago.! Best wishes and thank you for sharing your experieence in this great hobby..!!

The VDM prop logos look fine - they seemed to have come off in service quickly, but for new blades they looked big. Yours look just fine.

Wonderful build mate

Thanx for a nice build up on this oldie,hoping u will do more of them...Great.

That was a very enjoyable series of videos on making it Greg and superbly done I must say. I've got one in my stash but considering moving it on, just not sure where I would put it afterwards! 🤔😂

I think you did a great job on it!

Nice job Greg very nice

Great work, Greg, and your videos are terrific. Very enjoyable to watch and very informative. I built this kit about 8 years ago and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also saw your first Stuka video and can't wait for part 2. About 7 years ago I discovered radio controlled tanks in 1/16 and 1/6 scale and haven't built an aircraft kit since, but you've inspired me to the point where I've taken the HE-111 down from the closet shelf and I'm seriously thinking about taking a break from the tanks to build her. I have the 1/32 Revell kit and I picked up lots of aftermarket goodies for detail, like MG 15s and photo etched cockpit details. Maybe after that I might get to the JU-88 in 1/32 that's also waiting on the shelf, along with a couple dozen others. I had been thinking about selling them since I spend so much time on the tanks, but your videos have helped me decide to hang on to them and make an effort to get them built. Keep up the great work, Greg.

Epic build, I was mesmerized by watching all five parts, I can only imagine the total build time. I have not tried any of the large scale kits, staying at 1/48th. That scale is enough of a challenge for my detailing skills, although bombers n that scale are a bit difficult. I read some of the comments about the Swastikas. I didn't know there were " rules" about showing them. After all they are part of history. Yes the Germans used it however, they are not isolated to that regime. Many cultures use them, in fact I have some Native American Navajo Jewelry with Swastikas on them. Still we must obey rules. Overall I think decals, while necessary to complete the model are more difficult than detailing. It doesn't take much for a bad decal mistake to ruin a model. Someday I will try a large scale but the 32 and 24 kits are like getting costly like a mortgage to buy these days. Thanks for a great model building video. Loved the pilot and engine.

Love it!😍

Despite the pain it looks great 👍

BRAVO pour ce Bf 109 et tous mes compliments de la FRANCE.

Nice job. I'm working on this kit right now. Not as much detail as yours, but treating it like a 'skills test' after 20 years of not modeling.

Just catching up with this build from your archives. I've got the FW-190 which I've had for.......................30 years or so!! Not looking forward to building it!! Won't be anywhere near as good as your 109!! Great build!

nice model, why are you worried about showing swastikas when I see them in plenty of model video channels

Good modelling and video making skills.

I think you did a fantastic job looks whicked

Well, I thought that turned out a really nice drop o’ gear! 👍🏻👌🏻

Just fabulous. Thank you. Always wanted to make one of these1/24 kits and for a brief time I actually had both the time and patience to do it, yet sadly I never bought one. Disappointed that you saw fit to omit the swastikas. I just don't understand why, given that you can see a prototype in a museum still faithfully preserved.

If it looks like one, then it is one!... Airfix was not far off with this Bf109E. And you are right, they usually are more accurate than the others, even though they are a bit sparing with their details and sometimes sketchy with the fitting... For a seventies kit it is glorious! And so it's your end result! 🙂

Super job. Learning lots from watching

Lovely build Greg, I've just finished the old Tamiya Sea harrier, and the kit fought me all the way! It could've done with a bit more, but likewise I was ready to chuck it out the window!

Well being a 109 fan but and watching your build of the 1/24 kit off I popped on evil bay and picked one up for £30.....some wanted well over £100 for theirs...think not....but then I went mad..bought trumpeters Bf-109G2....the G6.....the G10 and the sexy K4 all in 1/24...have bought after market galore...lucky enough I have a huge number off books on the subject.. Now I just have to work out a few markings.... the G2 will be Marseille's aircraft I even may do the E as white 14 the aircraft he flew in Battle of Britain.... Thank you for expiring me.....regards Jon

One more note, checked my kits, the 109 and Spit have raised rivets while the 190 has recessed ones though on the large side too much to fill and reapply. I think I'll attack the 190 first.

Your pontificating is wasted on me ! 😆 I made this model in 1972-3 ish as a young teenager. We were still using up glass bottles of Airfix enamels, horrid! My, most likely, finished up looking like it had fought the entire war, non stop , it looked so chappy. I'm a returning modeller at 60, and am completely baffled as to the stuff you folks have been working on all these years of my absence! But, a great inspiration.... There's so much to learn . Incidentally, I was knocking around ARCo's workshop last year , getting close and dirty with the Buchon that played in the BoB film; wearing fictitious codes, it basically has the same paint scheme...got to say, your Bf looks more authentic than that aircraft! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Getting cockpit reference was interesting and other details.... ever do a Blenheim, o can supply you with close up Internal detail .... your skills make me feel like an amoeba, but I will plod on regardless. Ta ! 😁

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Outstanding build fella..probably one of the best built 1/24th scale messerschmitt builds I've watched..have been debating getting one of these but the raised rivets and bad fittings are telling me no..may have to fork out for a trumpeter one but don't think they do the E version..right onto your 1/24th scale stuka build.

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Insparation, I've got this one as well as the FW 190 and the Spit Mk 2

Hello my friend, this is a really good video which helps me a lot as I am in the process of putting the same together. If I may allow myself a small remark, it seems to me that the propeller decals are backwards. On my assembly manual, the point of the triangles is oriented towards the end of the propeller. Is this an Airfix error? I have viewed several photos of 39/45 and indeed these triangles are the point towards the propeller cone. Thank you again for this sharing and congratulations because it is a very beautiful achievement.

Given the age of the kit I think you did great! I have not been building models for 30 years or so but during a cleaning in the attic I recently found a large box containing a few unbuilt models that I never touched. I bought them when my favorite hobby store closed almost 35 years ago. I got the 1/24 Spitfire model and some Hasegava (newer) 1/32 models, a focke-wulf I belive. Also, belive it or not, I found an unopened Westland Lysander from Matchbox in the scale of 1/32 as well. Who knows the age of that? Matchbox used to make nice models in three shades of plastic. Very weird, and long box for a model of that size. Then there are a slew of 1/72 models as well. I am very tempted to try the Lysander. I am using your videos to learn some of your methods and I really like your attention to detail. I want you to know that you are inspiring to watch and I hope you feel our gratitude from the comments when you are tempted to bin a project. I have no illusions about my first build in 35 years but I am eager to try.

What is the score on showing the swastika emblem? I thought only in Germany it was banned until I recently viewed Berlin's Gatow aircraft museum and the German aircraft there all displayed the swastika. Confused !!!

17:10 yeah the real one probably vibrated just as badly!

You're not into weathering your kits? They look great but a little too clean if I may say.

I was 13 when I built this and I'll tell you now, it did not look as slick as your effort. I ended up pumping .22 pellets into it. Found one in the stash so not all is lost.

Another fabulous 'build' Greg! Quick question, how do you go about storing such masterpieces with some degree of confidence that they will still look fabulous, and - perhaps more importantly - still in one piece, when you next return to them? All the Best.

What is the tool you used to make the flush rivet marks? Do they make different sizes for different scales? I've seen a 109 very like this one in the R.A.F. Museum, London. I must say that you have more than captured the essence of the airplane. The real one looks just like this model and it would be ungrateful to nitpick over minute details. Bravo.

Mine got shot down by a .22

It's too bad that you have to delete the swastikas from the model; the swastika, like the SS uniforms, were designed to intimidate and dismay their opponents. I've been in Germany, and they take eliminating fascination with the Nazis quite seriously. Swastikas DO make model airplanes seem sinister and complacent, even tiny 1/72nd scale kits. Great job of detailing; I like the idea of lavishing extra detail on a large scale model kit - it takes extra care to design a kit to be this large, and make sure that the details all fit properly. Thanks for your videos full of useful tips.

All that fuzz about historically correct a/c markings. If people don’t like it, don’t watch it and move on with your life. Great model, well done. Prop. looks dark for RLM 70. Next time better use a small (ball) bearing for the prop shaft to run smoothly.

" _Not the best model I've ever made_ " . You could have fooled, me buddy ! ;-) Weathering looks fine to me. Do not change a thing ! And remember: all WW2 German aircraft had dark green (RLM 70) propeller blades, not black ! Cockpit, motor, and the rest of it looks really nice. Seriously mean that. Please keep the model. Do not throw it away.

I think it’s ridiculous that you are covering up the swastikas. Like the model you are building and what it represents, it’s part of history and should not be censored. If the allies had lost, would people feel the same way about the RAF roundel, the American white star or the Russian red star? Nothing seems to be said about Japanese red ‘meatball’ either! You have done a wonderful job on that I might add 👍👍