From England, I've just watched your video again 14th Oct. 2023, and feel I have to applaud the skill patience you put into this build. Something else that makes the viewing really enjoyable is your narration. Believe me it really helps to go along with the viewing. Bravo sir.

Here's a couple of tips about paint adhesion that I learned years ago. First wash the sprues in warm soapy water (a soft paint brush helps), rinse and dry. This removes the release agent that keeps the plastic from sticking to the mold. Also if you sand the surfaces with 600 grit sandpaper it gives the surfaces 'tooth' for the paint to adhere to. Lastly, wipe the model with rubbing alcohol to remove oil from your hands. P.S. the slats were not spring loaded and are normally shut when on the ground. The slats ran on tracks and angle of attack caused them to open or shut.

One thing I like is that you left the section of the fuel line in the cockpit clear. I've seen a lot of builds where people paint all of it. I've also seen modelers who use a little clear orange to represent fuel in the line.

Just by looking at the model for a split second I was like; that tulip was masked and the yellow and white borders are way too thick.. First thing you mention is the main event of this build: the masking and painting of the tulip.. 😂 Ill be damned! Lol. Masking on a scale like that is near impossible and it's impressive you got this result in 1/48. I've build the Hartmann version of that kit for a friend of mine and was very pleased with the result. For the red not matching; don't worrie, in many cases different batches of paint and different moments in time led to different hue's of the same base colour on one plane.

This is my favourite Bf-109. I love it!!

Great build, love the finished model. =)

Lovely work! Looking forward to Eduard's 1/72 109G

The paint job came out really nice.

Followed you on Instagram and your models are fantastic, my 6yr old loves seeing your models!

Excelente trabajo muy bien realizado en detalles 👍

Great job on that BF-109. I'm building the weekend edition now.

A superb build!

lovely build and presentation.

Nice, just got the weekend edition.

From England, OK I like eduard kits, I like 109's (I also like hurricanes, hint). I like vallejo acrylics so why don't my kits look like that, hmm. Great work as usual sir. Thank you.

Really great video. Enjoyed it and also really enjoyed your narrative. I don't know how you can talk for so long

Hi buddy cracking build and paint job. I do like the eduards bf 109. like you. I think they are better than Tamiyas 109g-6. I always look forward to watching your videos. You're an amazing aircraft builder. Cheers Gary from the UK 🇬🇧

Great job, looks fantastic and the diorama really sets it off wonderfully..👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻

Great build. Get yourself some VMS matte varnish. You won’t regret it.

WOW!! that was the first video ive ever seen of yours, absolutely brilliant, you are a master at your craft 👏👏💯%

Nice, but... The plane was a specially modified G-5. The aircraft had an outer main landing gear door (as on the K-4), and rear view mirror - a modified canopy. The emblem under the cockpit belongs to Grislawski's plane. Graf only took a picture in it. At the time he had the tulip painted, his aircraft was armed with Wfr. Gr. 21 rocket launchers. His plane was filmed, so we know what it looked like.

Anyone built both the latest 1/48 Eduard F-4 or G-6 and Zvezda F-4 & G-6 to offer a comparison. I've built the fabulous Zvezda F-2 & F-4, but not the Eduard equivalents. Detailed, they build into a very nice Bf 109, but like their initial 1/48 new standard toolings such as the La-5FN from 2007, overengineered and so unnecessarily complex builds IMV. Unsure if Zvezda followed the same design ethos with their G-6? Their later new tools like their awesome Pe-2 from 2018, whilst superbly detailed, were much better I thought.

Great build man, as always 😉👏

Amazing work on this 109. I have to agree Eduard's 109s are the leader right now. The Tamiya is fantastic, especially for beginners or those getting back into it though and that's not knocking it, I love the Tamiya kit for a quick fun build up of a 109.

Very nice build. Love the yellow-red star on the nose. I have built the oldie Revell 1/32 H. Graf a few years ago. great looking airplane. Yours came out fantastic. 👍👍

Where can I source that stretchy nylon thread you used for the antenna on this aircraft? Thank you.

Great build but for future reference, the correct green is rlm 74, not 80.

What's going on with eduard new decals. You have to remove the upper decal membrain ? The only eduard 109 g kit I have in my stash was the one that's out of scale so they pulled that run and then released a new inscale kit.. So kind of a rare kit.

Great build! The one sorrow is Eduard's Bf-109F/G series are not really shape accurate and need some plastic surgery to be a real Bf-109F/G. But it doesn't matter if you are not a rivet counter like me.

Very clean build... The biggest disadvantage of the Eduard kit over the Tamiya kit is the gear legs are much too long and not "fat" enough. Tamiya is the only 1/48 Me-109G-6 with proper fat gear legs. The G-2 and maybe some G-4s(?) still had thin gear legs, but that was the end of it. The giveaway is the wheel bumps on the wings: Probably almost all 109s with those bumps should have fat legs. It is visually a big error, worsened by the excessive length. Eduard kept this error even in their G10s and later models.

Herman Graf or rather Eric Hartmann???

Great video. The leading edge slats are not spring loaded however, and can be in or out on the ground. They operate purely with aerodynamic forces. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i6iReZOiyMyscn0.html

Hermann graf sein Sohn ist ein guter Freund von mir

The pipe you where on about is not the fuel line it is the oxigen .

The wingsy 109 is more accurate.