Building, painting, weathering a BF109 Cockpit (using Borders models 1/35 Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6)

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[@parker1ray]

I am almost 60 and going blind from diabetes. I have been building models all my life. I love watching your build videos! It allows me to participate without actually doing it!

[@keithcarlson8522]

I agree with Ralph,excellent job Andy!

[@ralphnich153]

Dear Andy . I watch a lot of modelling cockpits but you seem to make it look effortless . Thank You .

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Many thanks!

[@PunkRockJay]

I’m late on buying this, but man this Matches all them tanks, trucks, and halftracks that I’ve built. I’ve only built planes because they were found at very low prices. I have this old ass Black Widow kit, a B17, and A Ju 88 Dragon Kit…all 1/48…I think combined I paid 25 for all of them. 10, 10, and the Black Widow was part of a stack of models/accessories I got for 40. Now, I’ll buy these new, all new options. Loving 1/35 aircraft

[@TheSlugstoppa]

I'm not sure I'd have the heart to cover those lovely Engine, Propeller Hub and Cannon details.

[@danharris5999]

Yeah, I might go with the clear engine covers.

[@jiml9692]

Who ever said you are a medi -yoka builder. Nice work Andy. I learned a lot from your video's.

[@doublenickelbob]

Super duper detail job.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very nice, great video Andy!! 🙂👌😉👍

[@anthonymitchell3225]

Finish looks amazing , thank you doing these videos I take so much from them 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@AndreSilva-wh4vn]

Looking forward to the completion of this one. I'm also building it! ;)

[@gerdogstenc2534]

This is the 1st me109 model I have seen that has the 20mm cannon. Plug wires are also nicely done.

[@garyparker2969]

A Work of Art In It's Self Andy 🤗🤗, thanks For Sharing n Have a Blessed Wknd.

[@berniescheid5286]

Ah the finger brush. Have been using that since I was a wee boy. Lol. Good job Andy! 🇨🇦

[@lukasgarage956]

Good idea/tip.

[@TheNavalGuy]

Amazing build as always, Andy!

[@dalewood6812]

That engine looks like a kit in itself. Love your videos.

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Thanks 👍

[@vtbmwbiker]

Fantastic job, as usual! I saw a BF-109 at the AIr Force Museum (and many, many other warbirds) and was surprised by how small they actually are in real life. I saw them as huge in my imagination but in reality the term "kite" sums it up nicely. Even the F-4 Phantom, which in my mind is huge, wasn't as big as I was expecting. Perhaps the camera angle?

[@georgelush1998]

I too was surprised at how small a BF-109 is. I first saw one at the Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon. The museum is housed in a WW II Navy blimp hanger, so not only are the planes interesting, the building itself is pretty spectacular.

[@MegaDave1962]

Amazing build up, detail pops out nice. Need to get those mig powders and maybe that kit.

[@johngalt6929]

Eduard, and others, are now making vinyl 3D decals for instrument panels.

[@MrSysadmin1975]

This is 1/35 scale, kit, so it is kinda unique, unless You crop bigger 1/32 decal. Shame on BM for such omission.

[@stinkyham9050]

Vinyl 3d decals? What's a 3d decal? I'm intrigued.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

Very nicely done Andy, looking forward to the rest of the build.

[@bazza2302]

Hi Andy, thank you again for another great video. I am more of a aircraft builder rather than armour, but find your videos very informative. Thank you for your hints and tips on progressing my model making ability.

[@ericbadia5]

Yessss!! I was looking forward to see you building this kit! Great video!

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@joshuariddensdale2126]

Gonna start my own version of the 1/350 Ranger you built a few years ago. While I might attempt the complex dazzle paint scheme, I just would substitute dark sea blue for deck blue, which is pretty hard to find. Or I might go with a simple haze gray pre-war scheme with a natural flight deck. Or even another of Ranger's wartime schemes of flat sea blue and haze gray.

[@elizabethmcheffey8699]

Good shit Andy 👍🏻

[@benross5221]

Great video keep it up love the model’s

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Glad you like them!

[@stephenharrington528]

Looking good so far Andy can't wait for this one to come out Steve 🇬🇧

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Andy grest to see you back on screen, the 109 looks as if it will turn into a great lookinging build, I can't wait for part two, keep safe and well, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia

[@carsonridge8978]

The more I see of this kit, the more I want to build it. and I'm just not an airplane modeler. I see a few really cool diorama/display ideas that this kit could fit right into.

[@MrBMBuilder]

Can't wait to pick this up and nice watching you do it before I get it :)

[@jacobakana5649]

Nice job Andy! It’ll be a shame to cover this up, but I can’t wait for the exterior!

[@gerdogstenc2534]

I think this kit comes with an optional transparent engine cover.

[@jacobakana5649]

@@gerdogstenc2534 That’s a helpful feature, I hope Andy uses it.

[@robertlucic7598]

Nicely done. Do you notice any differences due to the slightly smaller scale? The lack of decals for the control panel is worrisome. Not sure I have the skill or patience to paint the dials myself.

[@russellstone9056]

Love you Andy! You are a very good modeler as well as a KZbinr and businessman! Awesome. Love your vids. Nice to see a beautiful cockpit pilot figure included in the kit. Woukd like to see more of those as I have transitioned to building a lot of aircraft models gear-up. Most planes just look better in their natural element... Now for some new and innovative stands for model aircraft displayed with gear up. =)

[@strikeeaglemodels1588]

Very nice work buddy 👍😍

[@stewart8737]

Looks great..i hope other manufacturers think about 1/35 scale...I've always thought it was strange having 1/32 planes and 1/35 tanks..

[@donfrandsen7778]

Borders 1/35th scale !!! Awesome Andy!!! This is great diorama ideas and fun things to do with this ME109 sweet Andy Well done!!!!

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@carlosarce6352]

Excellent taste in music.

[@boblobla1611]

Hopefully Eduard and/or HGW are working on fabric seatbelts and Eduard is working on a LOOK instrument panel. Other than the disappointing IP and lack of seat belts this looks like a cool dio subject.

[@alanmoffat4454]

THANKS FOR TELLING ME HOW KLD I AM WE DIDENT HAVE METALLIC PAINTS BACK THEN THATS WHY ONE COLOUR THEN .

[@PhuVet]

Looks good, the paint is actually a Maybach dark grey...it has aluminum in it and looks like metallic. They did it so they didn't trap heat inside the engine like normal paint does. No dash decals? Well, canceling my preorder.

[@stuartc2170]

looked pretty morbid at the end, lol. I hope someone makes aftermarket parts for this but I am looking forward to getting it either way.

[@smellyfella5077]

Andy, send that pilot figure to me....I'll paint it up for you

[@ericbadia5]

Now the real question is: are you going to post more videos about this project?

[@kluppus8951]

Which brush were you using for the tiny detail painting on the metal parts of the engine?

[@deanoonline]

what was that paint brush you used on the metal effects on the engine block?

[@catlady8324]

3:30 *Valve Covers

[@IvorMektin1701]

And now I know where they located the receiver of that cannon.

[@kennybacchus6400]

Like video good okay

[@DayanDose]

Border surely has to improve the way they work the details out... They have nice kits, but they fall behind on those little details they keep forgetting. I've bought the T-34/76 Special Edition after I have watched your video about it, and it has some issues they could have easily solved. For instance, they have included an instructions correction sheet - which means they are indeed worried about doing things the correct way - but even the correction sheet is wrong! To give an example, they show that two out of eight turret armor supports have to be changed in position, but actually six out of the eight are misplaced, and even the two they have indicated to be replaced are in the wrong position on both the original intructions AND on the correction sheet! Not to mention their poor understanding of what "full turret interior" really means... They could have used the time spent on getting such intrincate but useless cannon assembly much better if they had worked more on the fitting and alignment of the cannon... That is specially annoying considering the fact that, in general, the fit is pretty good. Anyway, waiting to see the remaining of your building before deciding to go for it on not. Cheers from Brazil!

[@32yosoyaquel]

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[@TiberiusMaximus]

10:12, won't the paint come off with all that enamel thinner being applied?

[@stinkyham9050]

It occoured to me when Andy was talking about certain colors that some of these things have been lost to history. Some equipment we just aren't sure what color they were or how certain things were assembled because the records were lost/destroyed decades ago. Kind of sad.

[@jasonrhodes9683]

By the middle of 1944 I doubt the Germans were painting anything that didn't absolutely need painting. I get the exhaust would have been easier assembling back to front instead of front to back.

[@robertjensen1438]

Just a comment for the algorithm. And a quick question. I just started getting into larger scale models and was wondering. Is the difference between 1/32 and 35 noticeable enough that 35 figures would look out of place next to a 32 aircraft?

[@tiezel5656]

I know what you mean , the 35 figures are way to big for a 32 plane they look like gaints

[@jaym8027]

@@tiezel5656 1/35 is smaller than 1/32.

[@tiezel5656]

@@jaym8027 yes you are right i messed up (got to stop smoking at night)

[@jaym8027]

@@tiezel5656 LOL

[@jordyfischer2602]

I have a question, how can the guns stick behind the prop, but not hit it? Is there a mechanism that the gun just shoots when the prop blade is not infront of it?

[@Smoggy6681]

Yes, they were fitted with a gun timing mechanism that synchronised the firing of the guns with the blades.

[@jordyfischer2602]

@@Smoggy6681 ah thanks, quite interesting what already was possible back in the days...

[@yu-mingchang2256]

It looks very difficult to maintain that axial machine cannon (MG 151/20?), poor ground crew.

[@neildean7587]

Hey Andy, I just found some instrument decals specifically for this model Am I allowed to put an eBay link? if no the product is called: Galaxy G35032 1/35 Messerschmitt Bf109 G-6 Instrument Decal for Border BF-001 you can just copy and paste this in eBay and it should come up. I just ordered one for mine.

[@JTD19881369]

Has anyone ever figured out where the heck the 30mm engine block Cannon ejected from? ... there are usually holes on the wings for ejection ports. But like.. with the German planes I never see ejection ports for the nose guns. No way they just build up in the engine bay

[@travis_thompson]

They weren't ejected, both 20mm and 30mm shells were collected in the container in the belly of the aircraft to be reloaded.

[@JTD19881369]

@@travis_thompson sort of like the A10 then. Interesting. Thanks for the insight

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Something tells me one of the 109s could drop the shell casings in an emergency to loose weight, although I could be wrong

[@johngalt6929]

@@travis_thompson - But the ME-262 clearly had four shell ejection ports for it's 30mm MK-108 cannons?

[@travis_thompson]

@@johngalt6929 were talking engine mounted cannons on 109s here

[@ralphnich153]

no no ! thank you

[@siripctnamning2162]

I'm going to make a real one so you can drive it, just wait and see.

[@travis_thompson]

I'm a huge fan of Border models but the lack of decals for stencils and the IP is disappointing, being 35th there's no ready alternative.

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Right Im trying to find something else to use

[@JTD19881369]

@@AndysHobbyHeadquarters has Eduard released anything yet? Their prepainted PE is pretty nice