Project WW2 diorama part 2

The ME BF109G was left with a fuselage and cockpit waiting to be put together and the wings ready to be attached.                So far so good.  

The additional photo etched parts have the cockpit detail as well as the flaps and radiator extras.

Kitchen foil was glued onto the wings and the outline of the panels traced to enable me to chop out part of the original plastic. This is where the wing split is going to be. The wings come in two parts, upper and lower so getting them aligned was tricky. I couldn't glue them together at this stage as there were radiators and flaps to add.

I have invested at great cost a set of pegs (they look like bulldog clips) for holding the bits together while waiting for the glue to dry.

The cockpit sits really well into the fuselage so on with the sticky stuff and leave to set.

Next job was to get the saw out. Point of no return now.

Now for the additional photo-etched parts.. wing flaps and radiators. 

Imagine my delight as they levitated off the desk onto the carpet ... black with silver flecks ! Bugger !

I had hours of fun bending these ultra fine sheet metal.

Wheel housings fitted on both sides and radiators.

More hacksaw work slicing out the flaps of the original model. Looks a mess ! 

Both halves glued together Yippee!

Now for some paint!

 

I also had the little matter of creating the damage to the plane inflicted from an unknown source ..

 was it an enemy plane, AA fire or just poor flying ?

The tail has suffered major damage and the rudder is nearly blown off  ...  fatal

Next stage decals and getting the terrain to complete.