Military Illustrated Modeller Rudolf Hess Messerschmitt Bf 110E-1, VJ+OQ, Wk.Nr.3869

[James H]

Hi folks,

 

I've not been idly sitting on my arse for the last two months. I've been building something I've referred to as 'Project X' in the staff area. This is something I've been waiting to build for a few years, and since I was in a rut and wondering what to build, I thought I'd finally put it together.

 

I have to thank John Vasco for his assistance in determining what this aircraft would have looked like, since there's only a chunk of fuse and two engines now left on display.

 

This one will be in Military Illustrated Modeller issue #39, so watch out for it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[JeroenPeters]

A little tear to my eye. Just lovely....

 

Rudolf Hess would be proud!!!

[Dances With Wolves]

Hi James:

 

That's an Olympic standard, gold winning 110 me old mucker! Look forward to lapping it up in the mag.

 

 

Steve Von Luvsit     

[GUY5Y]

Stunning work James,a beautiful bit of eye candy.

[Colin Forbes]

Looks like another great build from you, looking forward to seeing it in the magazine soon. Another one for your modelling magazine articles collection .

[RalphSarc]

Fabulous effort James but would love to see more pictures of your BF110 build so I can grade mine against yours plus I want to steal ideas from you, lol!!

Is that part of the Hess BF110?

 

Ralph.

[Fran]

Fantastic work!! Lovelly paint Job!

[Grant]

Wonderful, just wonderful James.   I just LOVE it.

Once again you've banged it out of the park!!

[Mikester]

Beauty, Jimbo!

[beaz]

[wackyracer]

Stunning work Sir. Look forward to reading the article.

[Miracle Paint Masks]

I'm currently building a Dragon 1/32 Bf110, I hope that it is half as good as this when I finally get it finished

[efrick]

Beautiful work!

[John Irwin]

Great job.   I've never seen that pic of the actual fuselage section before.   It almost looks to be finished in something other than the standard light blue (be it 65 or 76).  This color looks much closer to the late war "RLM 84" yellow shade.   

 

Any thoughts?

[repeater]

Superb build. Love it! I'll look out for the article.. I'd love to build this aircraft too..

 

Tim

[mikec]

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Greetings James;

 

 

....... A very nicely built, and painted Me-110.

 

I like the interior very much. Nice work .................  

 

 

Mike

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[Cpt_Farrel]

Great job. I've never seen that pic of the actual fuselage section before. It almost looks to be finished in something other than the standard light blue (be it 65 or 76). This color looks much closer to the late war "RLM 84" yellow shade.

 

Any thoughts?

It could either RLM 02 misted over the 65 to tone it down, or poorly mixed or pigmented 65 causing zinc chromate to shine through.

 

I think it was Edgar Brooks who sent me scans of a couple of reports mentioning Sky used on the undersurfaces of two (?) German aircraft in 1940. Whether a bad batch of 65 or an experiment with a new color it is a good indication of the shade.

[nmayhew]

Awesome stuff Jim!

[rkranias]

skill-sets far beyond mine Jim.  a beautiful build and great historical subject.

[franck]

Nice Work James!!