Eduard 1/48 Bf109E-Weathering

In this video we look at the Eduard 1/48 Bf 109 E in part 3 of my Eastern Front Emil Series, this video focuses on the decals and weathering of the model.
Part 1 The Build - • Eduard 1/48 Bf109E-Build
Part 2 Painting - • Eduard 1/48 Bf109E-Pai...
Part 3 - Decals and weathering - • Eduard 1/48 Bf109E-Wea...
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[@andrewabrams4580]

Excellent build! Very helpful video, please make more videos like this! Great work James!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou Andrew !

[@dave_jackson3043]

Expertly done mate, perfect weathering. 👍😊😉Stay safe guys👌👍😊😁

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Dave mate, I hope alls well on your end 😀

[@jillobbeek7765]

James, I honestly think that's one of the best 109 builds I've ever seen. Truly a thing of beauty ! Well done my friend. Jill's husband, Wayne 😁

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Wayne !

[@basfinnis]

Lovely finish. Thanks for the step by step info.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks for watching Basil !

[@rodblievers620]

One of the best weathering tutorials that I’ve ever seen. I like that you’ve kept it subtle and that you shown as an inset the products you’re using. Most modellers show muddy wheels but forget the spatter on the underside, so well done here too. Often there’s some spatter above the wings as the wheels through mud up and forward and then the aeroplane catches up with the mud as it drops back. Overall a great video, thank you.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Rod that is very kind , great tip on the mud thankyou , might be pinching that for future use 😀

[@josecesar5952]

Super well done paint work and weathering.

[@gazradford2557]

Cracking finally to a brilliant trilogy James, good to see you left that canopy open too. In regards to your question at the end about other builds done in this format my answer would be yes please. I have gained so much knowledge during this series. Thank you and well done.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Gaz ! This was a lot more successful than my panzer IV series so it's looking like a more viable option for the future. Glad it helped and it was good to go into more detail !

[@darson100]

Saturday nnight entertainment at its finest. A big hello from Melbourne Australia .

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Darson my mate ! Appreciate you being along for the ride

[@gary6300]

Hi James well done on the build paint and weathering is fantastic buddy I also like the way you explain what you are doing and what products you are using really helps me big timeshare you keep the videos coming. cheers 🍻 Gary. 🇬🇧

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Gary ! Don't worry there's more content coming 😀

[@ferbieticklater7429]

Hi James. I'm running out of superlatives to describe your work. This was another amazing build and weathering video. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe friend!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Ferbie much appreciated 🙏!

[@pwissink1]

Very good video series. Awesome build and presentation.

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou Peter, glad you liked it !

[@roadweary5252]

Stunning work my friend. I always said I wasn’t going to build aircraft models but after watching your videos I may just pick one up soon. 👍

[@panzer-meister]

Nice work as always. When we take masking tape off, our heart will be pounding. Thanks for sharing.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Mate, I think from now on I'm taking extra care with the masks..

[@johnboy384]

Loved the little decals on the aileron trim tabs. Sweet looking kit mate!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks man !

[@MrJoeGarner]

This guy is a hidden GEM among the modeling community! Thanks, @LPJModels

[@war_torn_modelling]

That chipping is on point! Great work! 👏🏻

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks ! Chipping is something I'm always keen to improve on so thats great to hear

[@kevinkelly6524]

This was a great series to watch

[@lpjmodels]

Glad to hear Kevin, series of videos are something I haven't explored a lot. Maybe more in the future eh !

[@geofftaylor4]

Absolutely brilliant! Can't get enough of your videos. So many great tips and techniques.

[@simonleach6632]

That schmitt, is properly stunning mate, beautiful work!

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers Simon !

[@andygorman858]

Beautiful model painted by a master! I love these deep dive type of vids as they show in depth more than the usual ones you see on that web. I hope you plan to make more like this, even if it’s only just the odd kit you wanted to show. Thanks so much for sharing this with us mere mortals!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Andy, I'm definitely considering doing more partwork builds, well see what the future brings mate !

[@andygorman858]

@@lpjmodels can’t wait!……well I guess I have to but you get the idea!!

[@StaplesandVine]

Great subject, brilliantly executed, love it.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Sera ! 😁

[@fus149hammer5]

That's what's called a masterclass. 👍

[@lpjmodels]

Woah, thanks !

[@alainvandenbosch2685]

Awsome !!! You explain everything like no one other. You're my hero !!!

[@lpjmodels]

That's so very kind thankyou my friend!

[@lukec31]

Love the 3 part series. More like this please. Next time a bigger project? 1:32 Tamiya Corsair perhaps 😉

[@lpjmodels]

I dont know of I have the patience for one of those 😅

[@robbo1068]

A thoroughly enjoyable series, James.....the in depth approach to this build was great, especially explanation of techniques and the methods used during the weathering stage. I would be very happy to see other series in the future.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Robbo, I'm pretty heartened by the results of this little partwork experiment, there may well be more soon 😀

[@mr.modern4419]

Sweet build!! Excellent job, what a beautiful model !!!

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers mate 😀

[@wasrio1403]

Very nice build series

[@PanzerdivisionWiking]

This video helped me a lot with weathering my Stuka, thank you for the very clear and detailed video definitely subscribing!

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Excellent work, James 💪

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers mate 😄

[@SomeNordicMan]

Good looking model, my favourite airplane of all time

[@lpjmodels]

The mersu boxing is great, I tackled one a little while ago. Nice and interesting schemes, a nice change from standard luftwaffe

[@michaeldillon3022]

That looks amazing with all the decals on!!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Micheal 😊

[@peterwikvist2433]

Great paintwork Sir!

[@johnking6398]

Nice me 109 well done you have given me a good idea for my next model ✌️

[@lpjmodels]

Best of luck with it John

[@andrewgray9663]

Really nice result. I like the restrained weathering.

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers Andrew ! I like to change things up now and again

[@firefox3187]

@@lpjmodels how long do you leave VMS varnish for, before using any thing like oil’s / decals over it?

[@seanfoster3052]

Incredible stuff. Great suttle weathering. I have built a few of the Eduard bf 109s, they are unreal. Loved the video format as well. Learned a good few handy things that I am eager to translate onto my future builds.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Sean, they are among my favourite kits to build !

[@gavingiles5079]

Nice build. I liked your chipping efforts. Too many on KZbin think they need to chip every single panel line, which is not the case. I've seen people chip with silver German aircraft that were built with plywood! (all over the airframe as well) Nicely done and very realistic weathering. Good job.

[@lpjmodels]

It's a good idea to check what material was underneath the paintwork for sure 😀 I appreciate the kind words Gavin

[@Z3kyTw0]

This whole series was awesome bro. Learning so much!

[@lpjmodels]

Glad it was a help 😀

[@Alwayswithmustard]

nice job James ...

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Thierry, much appreciated !

[@jbw3118]

I love your effort!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks mate

[@RaduB.]

Ok, I got the location: Tudora! 🙂 That was right on the border with the Soviet Union... I have also checked the instructions from Eduard. This exact airplane had an interesting story!... Great end result!

[@lpjmodels]

That's the one ! I found the airfield on Google maps ( satellite) just north of the town , interesting stuff

[@MrBMBuilder]

Every time I watch one of your vids I know why I subbed :)

[@lpjmodels]

That made me smile thanks mate !

[@Vmssupplies]

That's what I'm talking about!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks VMS !

[@kennethlane8885]

Cracking series on the 109. Any chance of doing another 109 of the Eduard G series ?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Kenneth, I did a G in Finnish marking early on in the channel, it is due an update but I can't give you a time on when I'll get round to it. I have a g-6 with engine and all the extra gubbins in the stash for the future

[@kennethlane8885]

@@lpjmodels Hi I saw that Eduard G-2 and gotta say that I love the way you explain everything . Can’t wait to see that G-6 one 👍

[@SullysScaleModels]

Stunning

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers my man !

[@sawarnimola251]

I have a doubt in modellling that Tamiya plastic cement is best or revell cement

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very nice great video!

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers mate 👍

[@hotelcharlie-six5408]

Superb!

[@SmallSoldier]

Nice looking 109 James! Hey, what camera, microphone and lighting are you using to shoot your videos? Cheers.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks mate ! I'm using a Samsung s10+ phone and my mic is a Rode videomic Me. Lighting I have the benq lamp and a daylight lumi task lamp. It's still not quite bright enough but when I have my pc sorted I'll be getting some more lighting 😀

[@SmallSoldier]

@@lpjmodels So pretty simple. You sure get great production value out of your phone. I'm using an IPhone 8 but need to upgrade to a better camera soon. Cheers.

[@neilhaas6024]

I enjoyed this bf-109e theory video nice plane

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Neil !

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

Were do you get you paints and brushes from?

[@lpjmodels]

Hi mate. Paints usually from scalemodelshop or any tamiya from the local, brushes my old work before it closed !

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

@@lpjmodels ah, thank you LPJ, i will take a look.

[@the-creech4790]

Bravo! 👏👏👏👏

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Looks great! Amazing finish! Might just be your accent, but you have sort of invented a new way to say decals, deculs

[@lpjmodels]

The lazy brit slur , I know it well 🤣

[@Raul-hr5ly]

Nice model of a nice plane. Great work you've done. Congrats! One thing thou, the swastikas are from the Eduard's decal sheet? They are a bit off register.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Raul, some were in register very well these were slightly off I just ran with it

[@engelbertstrauss2354]

Sensationell👍🏼 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@sawarnimola251]

Nice job

[@laszloharsanyi8320]

It's late to the party, but Eduard recently officially confirmed the "remove the carrier film" technique with their new decals. It is in detail in their 2021 May Info brochure, from page 54. Unfortunately it's not on their website now, only the latest and much older issues. They used Mr Mark Setter under the decals, but it wasn't brand specific, tampered them with cotton buds like you normally would do. After half a day drying the carrier film edge could be lifted with a pointy blade and removed with a tweezer. It can be done with small decals and stencils as well, or decals like the 10 on the side, where the two digit is on one film. It leaves a clean, drytransfer-like decal which then can be coated.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks László, I'll have to take a deeper dive into the removable decal thing. I forsee a few test before I get stuck in with my next Eddy build

[@laszloharsanyi8320]

@@lpjmodels Hi, I don't know, why they stopped archive the latest issues, but I saved the relevant pages into a separate pdf and uploaded to the google drive. drive.google.com/file/d/1K-tAf4Tunz2BACybitV0EhAZNah9cFKE/view?usp=sharing

[@MF-kv8cn]

any plans on painting any more figures or doing dioramas 😀?

[@lpjmodels]

Figures and small vignette incoming

[@epicforger12345]

Cracking job on this, I have a question about the oils when you were raiding the panels, how long did you wait before blending and was your brush moistened with thinner or dry?

[@lpjmodels]

Hi mate I waited until the thinner had evaporated. About 5-10 minutes, and no thinner on the brush

[@neilhaas6024]

Nice luftwaffe fighter plane german air force. Nice bf-109e

[@MF-kv8cn]

so i see you used a satin varnish in the previous video to seal your paint job and you weathered the plane over a satin coat. Did the pin wash clean up properly from everywhere or did it leave a tint/ filter? It looks great on camera but just wondering how it looks up close and personal. I'm not a fan of varnish and im seeing more and more people weather their tanks over straight up Tamiya acrylics.

[@lpjmodels]

The camera is much less forgiving than the eye, any mess or dust or anything is much more likely for me to spot watching the video back. The camera is closer than my eyes are as well. There was no apparent staining on the upper surfaces and on the lower it was fairly easy to remove with the blue being less forgiving. Your different surfaces give you different levels of grip, I would only weather over tamiya if it was thinned with Mr levelling thinner just to smooth down some of the rougher areas and to decrease the chance of paint staining and the matt surface absorbing the colour beyond fixing. This won't always happen though and a lot of factors can determine the final outcome . The thing I like about the vms matt and satin varnishes is that you literally hose them on and they self level nicely and give you a either dead matt, or silky satin sheen. Too many layers of varnish can be a right pain but for sealing over decals ( applied over a matt or satin or paint) is essential to help hide carrier film. On the Minerva Build this is very apparent as I decalled straight onto the ak real colour. The one thing you risk when weathering straight onto the paint is potential damage of the substrate if you are using a particularly hot oil thinner. But if you're careful it's fine.

[@MF-kv8cn]

@@lpjmodels thank you for the reply. ill be using Abteilung odorless thinner, that's not strong from the research i've done, hopefully im right🤔. I'm gonna use tamiya semi-gloss, then weather, then apply a matt coat. does the matt coat completely eliminate the presence of the previous semi gloss? im using the tamiya TS spray cans.

[@MF-kv8cn]

@@lpjmodels hey got a question, i was just reding the Tamiya TS -79 semi-gloss can and Ts-80 can i purchased and there's a warning saying not to use these products on decals. I don't get it. i see people use gloss, semi-glosses, matt finishes over decals all the time, be it they come out via airbrush and not can. what gives? The TS Tamiya cans are synthetic lacquer.

[@HAYAOLEONE]

👍

[@jordanelder2627]

can someone tell me what the yellow L marking on the fuselage is?

[@the-primered-thumb]

Dude 😆👌

[@SoloRenegade]

personally, I never build a model with canopy open or gear extended. I build airplanes as they are meant to be, flying. plenty enough people doing amazing jobs with everything extended. Though, I may opt to do one like that from time to time, who knows.

[@neilhaas6024]

Of all the bf-109s the e version is unique in many ways

[@epicforger12345]

Completely agree

[@Vorpal_Wit]

I love your videos, but mate, you make me a nervous wreck everytime you touch those decals with that scalpel. Ever try using a pointed clay-shaper instead? It would add years to my life.