Bf109 F4 Trop.

This is my next and current build, the last of a line of 109's. But how can i not have a desert coloured 109 in my collection so we go for one more. With Marco's help, i am converting the model i had in my stash, a Revell G4 Trop into the F4 Trop. Here are some in progress pics.

First two pics are some of the mods carried out, removed air scoops from the nose and removed inspection and fuel hatches and put in new ones.




Next up is work in the cockpit.






Last two pics showing stressmarks being applied to the airframe skin.



More to follow soon.

work is brilliant and with The Illustrious Marco, the walking encydlopidia...you cannot go wrong Brian....   
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Hi Brian.
109F is my favorite. Which one R U going to build?

Take a look at the cockpit pics as they are printed in the original F-4 manual in 1941. There are some details that may help U more.

Brian remove those umbrella holders , they are G's featuers.... 

Hi Marco and Alex, thanks for the info, seems like i have to modify some of the detail on the cockpit floor.

Brian did you checked this..........

https://ipmsmalta.forumotion.net/t2092-bf109f-details

https://ipmsmalta.forumotion.net/t1560-bf109f-seat

Marco, i did not have the second link, the one to the seat details. All the photos i found of F's except for just one showed the cockpit with the normal seat so i was not going to use the seat i got from quickboost. I still am a bit lost. Most of the photographed F4's do not have the high backed seat. I was going to use the normal seat, in fact as you can see from my pics i had already modified it with the raised central triangular part. What do you think? Would you use the high backed seat? the photos i have of Red 4 do not show that part of the pit so you can choose any option i think.

Marco, the quickboost seat is spot on like the first type in the reference Chris found, it is totally accurate. I am still in time to use it. Which one would you use?

Here are some changes i did. Modified the sidewall detail.


Modified the cockpit RHS floor detail according to the manual photo.


Umbrella holders are gone.


Now my only headache for the time being is the seat, which type to use.

Brian this is seat 1.. early type..

Seat 2 ..late F's... watch good!!   how the back seatbelts came upwards..

 







Infact Hasegawa new F model , captuers good the saet shape...!!!

Seat 3.. is the final , they used it till the end ..NB... there were some minor modification ..but very rare to notice....

Now Brian this is your F seat...  ... if you look clearly  ....it looks there is a bar at the top .... so might be Seat no 2 ..what do you thing.... 

The seat from quickboost is an early seat. The work number of Red 4 is 8704 and this was produced from August to December 1941 according to the Schiffer book on the F, G and K versions.  It was the 4th out of 5 batches of F4's produced, so it cannot be called an early F4.  What do you think?

Ray, it will probably be easier and quicker than trying to modify the kit.

bcauchi wrote:The work number of Red 4 is 8704 and this was produced from August to December 1941

Hi Brian

According to ersatzteil liste, bf 109F signed on March 1941 the Seat looks like No:3. I guess that you should go for the following one.

So in that case i was using the correct type of seat and don;t need to modify it. It is the standard seat used even on the G series with the triangular 'vee' shaped protrusion on the back.

Although unless the anchor points of the seat belts are shown, that line drawing on the manual could easily refer to both seat types 2 and 3 since the shape of the upper coaming is the very similar, they both have curved edges and a central bulge.

Gejt veru sew bejniethom issa! Min igebbed l-hawn u min igebbed l-hemm u jien nipprova nibni mudell. X fettilli ghazilt 109 iehor!

God Speed Brian

I'm sure you'll be able to collate the fine suggestions heartily provided by Marco and Alex (and anyone else who might come forward) together with your own expertise into another museum quality masterpiece.

We remain in awe, expecting every update that you can give us to quench our modelling thirst.

Just don't let us drool too much  


Alex

Ray wrote:Hawn thajjar dan ukoll issa jissuggerixxi t-tibdil biex jaghti brejk lil Marco

    Xi pjacir ...ohra fuq il 109 ..Grazzi Mulej imnalla kien dan il Forum... ha ninsa ftit...  

Alex your right on the manual... But I prefer photos documentaion ... 


These photos shows late versions of the 109F-4's  ... still all have early No1 seat, the last one is 1943........ .........




Check the seat on the wing......



1943.........

  

Hi Marco. I do prefer real pics also. It would be a great help to find the specific plane that Brian is gonna build.
I posted the seat part according to the Work Num that Brian mentions above.
I do not know the work nums of these 109fs on your pics. Maybe they come from early production series. Of course there is a possibilty that their seats have been replaced during their service. Who Knows!!!

Maybe a plane with a close Wr Num to Red 4 of 2./ Jg27, could give more answers. You know better than me...luftwaffe themes were and are brain teaser games...   

Alex Kontiveis wrote:  

Hi Marco. I do prefer real pics also. It would be a great help to find the specific plane that Brian is gonna build.
I posted the seat part according to the Work Num that Brian mentions above.
I do not know the work nums of these 109fs on your pics. Maybe they come from early production series. Of course there is a possibilty that their seats  have been replaced during their service. Who Knows!!!

Maybe a plane with a close Wr Num to Red 4 of 2./ Jg27, could give more answers. You know better than me...luftwaffe themes were and are brain teaser games...   

Alex we have the real photos ..of Red 4 haha.. but you now Brain well secret is a secret..., but if you followed the tread well , there is a photo of his build ..that's why were Talking....on the real seat ....