Eduard Bf109 G-2 1/48 Build

This is a Full Build video focusing on the Eduard 1/48 Bf109 G-2 in Finnish markings.
I am working on making new content for the LPJ Models KZbin channel as we speak. I hope to provide quality tips and tricks and full builds for everyone to enjoy.
I film everything on a Samsung Galaxy s9 and edit everything on the same device, hopefully soon I will be able to source a computer and good 4k camera so that j can increase the quality of the videos.
Happy building
James
LPJ Models

[@Siencyns1989]

Your command of paint is absolutely astounding.

[@Bauhotte]

how can someone dislike this? All the effort in building this model with the camera in the way and the time spent in editing the video. I really enjoyed it, thumbs up!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks _ mfc ! You'll always get dislikes and I have learnt to not let it bother me now . Thanks for the kind words ! James

[@davidroberts2777]

Well done Sir.

[@julianpreston5298]

This is the first video of yours I have watched. Can I thank you for taking the huge amount of time and trouble to make these films for our entertainment. I feel inspired to make a model or two and cannot wait to get to the model shop! Thanks again, looking forward to seeing more of your work....

[@lpjmodels]

Julian , Many thanks ! People dont understand the time and effort that goes into it so thankyou for recognising that !

[@carlosteran8114]

the music not loud, the right voice....everything perfect !!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou again Carlos ! I'm very happy you liked the production !

[@davidduval8681]

Absolutely fantastic build.

[@lpjmodels]

Thank you kindly!

[@alanwalsh4021]

Excellent build video. Great description on paints colours & washes used.

[@FLEKKECOOK]

Perfect painted !!!

[@scottrice3549]

outstanding! thank you! Great build I am looking forward to more of your builds and your commentary.

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou Scott Much appreciated ! There are a few more on the way soon

[@alainvandenbosch2685]

I'm usually building armor stuff, but when it comes to aircrafts, I have to admit I'm become addicted to Bf-109 Messerschmit ... and as far as I know Eduard are some of the best kits for this model. Thank you so much for this video.

[@lpjmodels]

The 109 is such a good looking aircraft, and eduard imo make the best, not as easy to build as tamiya but not far off. Either wingsy or dora have made some early 109s lately and they look very nice

[@sophieannlouise5098]

AMAZING build GREAT music Keep doing you :) looking forward to more content!

[@melmoore6885]

Fabulous work, very impressed, eagerly awaiting the next build,.

[@natehancock7882]

Very nice tutirial , thank you. Your airbrush control is very evident.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Nate glad you liked it

[@nbaker01]

Very good tutorial, nice that you explain everything in detail. I might have to give this kit a try.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Nige the eduard 109s are really nice to build, highly recommended !

[@lautoka63]

I found this quite absorbing at the end of a working week. It's winter in the southern hemisphere, so some modelling may get done; your guidance is very useful.

[@lpjmodels]

Lautoka63 ! Thankyou ! Is it too warm in the summer to paint ?

[@lautoka63]

@@lpjmodels I'm a glider pilot and sailor: summer is for other things!

[@joemontgomery6658]

Very nice, I love the way your doing the transitions between clips now!

[@Gabryhunter]

You sir, have got yourself a new subscriber. Outstanding work!

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks YeGrayHound !

[@wasrio1403]

You devote a lot of time to the paint work, its great! I hope to see more Luftwaffe builds.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Was Rio, hopfully soon although I have a bit of a list at the moment 😀

[@flopse3947]

Great video and stunning result! Congrats!

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks !

[@robbo1068]

Avery enjoyable watch......every aspect of the build was great......I really liked your commentary as well. Congratulations!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou Robert ! I'm really pleased you liked it, putting your work out like this is daunting and its comments like this that make me keep wanting to add more videos

[@Kibar132]

Great job and very nice video too. Chapeau!

[@kitbi9368]

Beyond simple assembly and painting to arcanee artistry

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks! I'm very stoked you like it !

[@creophilus]

Beautiful!

[@michel3264]

beautiful job, I subscribed immediately, your airbrush's work is incredible, also your paint's job with oils paint. Nice to see you used the mission models paint as well. I like this product.

[@lpjmodels]

Michel thankyou very much. I really enjoy using mission models paint they are one of the best !

[@evanmclatchy6648]

amazing work!

[@lesvenus3788]

Another beauty James. Keep em coming mate

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers Mate !

[@dsmith8984]

This is the first video of yours that I’ve watched and I must say I’m impressed. Very good footage, music not overpowering, your voice was really well spoken and everything described in great detail. New subscriber. 😊👍👍👍👍

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou I'm glad you liked the video ! I'm still in my first year of making model vids and still have a great deal to learn !

[@josealejandroalvaradobotei8584]

@@lpjmodels ✈👌👌🇨🇱

[@richardmitchell3037]

Great work! I am currently building the Eduard 1/48 Bf-109G-6 [late] kit and it is a very impressive model kit. Btw, the Bf-109 actually DID have a rear fuselage centerline seam.

[@tomasperezluis4606]

Buen trabajo!! Felicidades

[@greglaw4451]

Excellent video. I like the color scheme as well.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Greg ! It's a nice looking scheme definitely nice to make a change from the usual camouflage!

[@markbaigent8373]

Amazing work

[@federicocolombatti3532]

Good work

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Excellent model!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks a lot !

[@BAST_master_MODELS_]

Very nice job! Congrats!

[@sofie7373]

Love your videos Keep them coming, great work!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Michel ! There are more on the way, it's a shame I dont have time to put them out more regularly

[@sofie7373]

lpj models i am already looking forward to them! Usually I get tired or bored by modeling videos except from a couple of users on KZbin, but your work truly keeps me entertained 😎 thanks!

[@SomeNordicMan]

Nice job! I have two of these "Mersu"s waiting to be built. Greetings from Suomi Finland!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou ! Eduard kits are always great fun to build !

[@fus149hammer5]

Great vid, great model well made and even the music was great.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks man ! I usually get bad comments about my old music , makes a nice change 😃

[@gianluigimarino8264]

wowww .... best model and great job

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks !

[@MrBluemarine007]

What a grate job you made of it nice work...

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks a lot MrBluemarine007 !

[@MrBluemarine007]

@@lpjmodels your welcome also can I say....wish I could paint (bust/figures) as have as good as you ...like you're videos please keep up the grate work.... Nick...

[@CrashEd1664]

Incredible!!

[@Christospap]

Very cool!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Chris !

[@autisticgamer9917]

This is really good keep it up dude, definitely worth sub, thumbs up and bell on

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks a lot mate !

[@tomasperezluis4606]

Muy buen trabajo excelente!!

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks !

[@ARS-77]

Excellent build ! A new subscriber here.

[@user-mp8pr8kn2h]

good nice job

[@carlosteran8114]

very vey nice job, vey nice model as well !!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thank you Carlos !

[@lpjmodels]

Thank you Carlos !

[@darrylleggaviationart2927]

Superb!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Darryl !

[@AllanGildea]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@lpjmodels]

Your welcome , thank you !

[@plasticmodels6781]

wonderful from Japan

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou !

[@RaduB.]

Hello! I am impressed. I can't help noticing the big improvement over your Hunter from March. At least what the painting is concerned. Looking forward to seeing your next projects!

[@hammmodjabeer7278]

Amazing

[@cantamayo]

great!! from japan

[@mikelritchjr5911]

I've watched a few of your builds & I'm amazed at how well & real you make these models look . You literally bring them to life. I will be watching all of your builds. I'm curious to know what you call a wet coat. You were describing your paint technique on the cockpit and you said paint it in wet coats. What are you referring . Plz keep up your great builds / videos

[@eduard1734]

Один из лучших мессеров на ютубе

[@SPITY2008]

i like you paint job ! I have one to do but 1/32

[@para1324]

Superior!

[@ruslandugalev1318]

Отлично!👍

[@loveant3d]

Amazing :)

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks !

[@clavakoko7398]

Красиво 👍👍👍⚡

[@girolamolorusso]

Good jib Sir

[@johnzaferes2257]

What a great finish! You break this build down in a very follow able manner. Who is your guitarist? Really Rocks!

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks John! The guitars are my Mate Doug and I . Good fun but ultimately it wasnt a popular music choice for the vids.

[@zlee11]

This was great. More videos like this please. I really need help with oily pain weathering. When you remove the washes, do you use anything on the cotton bud, or just bare?

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou ! I only used a camp cotton bud when the wash had dried too much. Otherwise dry !

[@jukkamaki-kuhna2252]

Great video, thanks. Nevertheless the marking on this plane is wrong and they are not on the fuselage ceter line as they should. Instead of having MT-232 it must be MT-230 representing 2nd flight in Finghter Squadron 28 in July 1944 at Värtsilä AB. The plane came strait from factory repair and so the "shy" weathering in just correct. Nice work!

[@lpjmodels]

Jukka thankyou and well spotted. The original 230 decal Silvered horribly and had to be removed . Unfortunately there were no spare 0's on the sheet so I had to make do. I was a bit disappointed when this happened because of the historical accuracy issue . Unfortunately these thing happen . Thanks for watching!

[@slgfranck8811]

I just found your videos. Great work on this 109! I also use the MMP, they work well. Did you use a different dillution for the normal painting and for the fine lines (for ex :black basing )?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks! I think I use a similar ratio, I just use less trigger when spraying and get in real close.

[@TJRohyans]

Well done! Are you still using the Mission Models paints?

[@jorgesicre8268]

nice finish on a Finnish fighter

[@petercavellini3232]

A great enjoyable instructive Video, I enjoyed the Guitar musak, and I agree with others, why put so much effort and detail into the cockpit and the partially hide it by not adapting and fitting an open canopy?

[@lpjmodels]

Many thanks Peter. The canopy I left unglued on this one just in case anyone wants a look !

[@carlperkins1812]

Cool Vid, are we going to see a Toon Tank build?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Carl ! There will be one after I get through some more of the stash

[@HeirweghB]

just found your channel and also watched your ArmaModels 1/72 Hurricane... both are very nice builds. Got a question: what is your reason for using Mission Models acrylic paint?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Bennet, I happened across mission models paint when doing an article for a magazine, up until then I had been using tamiya and mig paints, with tamiya I always got texture on the wing roots from the paint bouncing off one surface and planting itself on another, and tbr mig paints even after copious clear coats were affected by oil washes. The mission models paints I trialled were quite surprising, after some practice and getting to know the ins and outs of the paint it is one of my favourite acrylics to use, it sprays well, atomizes well, and is fairly hardy. I still use other brands as well, these are just my favourite so far,

[@HeirweghB]

@@lpjmodels thanks for your feedback, It wil be interesting to see how they will do against the newly announced AK Interactive "Gen 3" acrylics.

[@zlounberg6958]

Very nice build ! But I do have a question concerning the sand filter. Why was it needed on Finnish plane ? Airfields in Finland so dusty it needed one ?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks D-tech, there are several examples of Finnish 109s with dust filters, no idea why but they existed.

[@zlounberg6958]

@@lpjmodels i will definitely look into it further, thanks for the reply !

[@zlounberg6958]

@@lpjmodels Seems I was kinda right, apperently Finns used filters because once the ground defrosted after winter, their airfields were literally transformed to dust.

[@not1kd]

There should be a panel line that runs from the cockpit to the tail both top and bottom of the aircraft. Otherwise, great work.

[@Alex__S]

Second that - the panel line is present top and bottom of the fuselage.

[@jamesfender6717]

Just to let you know that ‘grim seem line’ is actually meant to be there

[@lpjmodels]

Yes it is you are correct. What isn't supposed to be there is a visible lip.

[@ONEKONIG]

Hey, could you do a 1/48 spitfire?

[@lpjmodels]

I will do ! I havent got one in the stash at the moment but I expect I will get another soon !

[@ronaldlabiche6007]

great job on the model to bad you closed the cockpit

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Ronald ! I left it unglued in case I wanted it open later !

[@ronaldlabiche6007]

@@lpjmodels ooh ok

[@PhuVet]

Nice looking model except you indicated the flaps level in the cockpit then set them to down on aircraft.

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou Phu, hopefully next time I will catch this mistake

[@paulwarren1173]

That’s just a regular hobby knife to pick up the PE parts?

[@lpjmodels]

Yep! Works great for tiny parts. Bigger parts need tweezers e.t.c

[@gailraby1722]

Stunning build. Why didn't you sand the mould lines off the beautifully painted exhaust ? My second favourite aircraft of all time. Sadly only 3 flying now, 2 in A-merica and one in the UKofGB. Fantastic video.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Gail Raby I appreciate your comments ! The mould lines on the exhausts are weld lines !

[@gailraby1722]

@@lpjmodels haha.. ok, we'll call them that.

[@lpjmodels]

See my community page, I have just uploaded a reference shot of late 109 exhaust stacks . Thanks for the feedback. James

[@desmondbyrne9619]

@Gail Raby 😂 they are supposed to be on the exhausts they are weld lines you should check up on things before posting smart ass comments like saying "OK we'll call them that" he called them that because that's what they are.

[@gailraby1722]

@@lpjmodels where is your community page ?

[@uglitor]

why put another layer of aqua gloss on top of the decals and then matt varnish? Wouldn't the matt varnish alone be enough to protect them? Sorry, I am new to this scale modeling hobby and trying to learn.

[@lpjmodels]

Really you can use matt varnish and sand the carrier film smooth, the gloss I have been using to blend the carrier film in more, ( even though the eduard decals are nice and thin ) and prepare for a wash.

[@uglitor]

@@lpjmodels Thank you :)

[@bullic81]

Hello. what slowly Super Glue you use?

[@lpjmodels]

These days VMS

[@bullic81]

Thanks@@lpjmodels

[@jean-lucantony9531]

Shouldn't you remove the seamlines on the exhaust pipes ?

[@lpjmodels]

No they are weld lines. See reference pic on my community page

[@jean-lucantony9531]

@@lpjmodels great thx !

[@organizm172]

wonderfly maded model, great paint job. but must say this central fuselage line must not be erased - it was on real plane

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou! In future I will remember to keep the seam.

[@user-ri2rr5gg6n]

PLEASE READ!!!! you shoul do the bf 109E with the blazing angels 1 camouflage yellow green and olive!

[@redwa11er]

You dont bother scraping paint before gluing?

[@lpjmodels]

Sometimes , not always though,

[@HenryLeslieGraham]

why didnt you remove the seam line on the exhausts? very strange. very good otherwise

[@lpjmodels]

They are welded, the seam is present PM the real thing

[@rdarchitect]

why the swastika logo printed in blue scheme?

[@Mosku94fin]

Old Finnish airforce roundel,

[@autisticgamer9917]

At the moment im building a tamiya chieftan mk 5 tank

[@lpjmodels]

Hows the kit ? Usual tamiya quality ?

[@autisticgamer9917]

lpj models i actually got it a day or two ago and i took it out the box and im so used to airfix and revel kits that i was amazed to see no excess plastic on any parts, im still debaiting on wether to put the figures on it or not

[@autisticgamer9917]

Ive also just gotten a compressor that actually works so ive been playing around with its air pressure and gotten it just right, first paint is being used tommorow (hopefully)

[@lpjmodels]

Cant Fault tamiyas consistency at all !. The big problem with Airfix and Revell are the constant reboxings of very old kits ! Some can be built up really nicely but a few of them just need retiring. Their new tools aren't bad at all though !

[@lpjmodels]

Good luck !

[@jackn4853]

Stunning model but please turn down the guitar noodling. Your commentary is ample.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Jack. My mic isn't very good on my phone so the music helps to alleviate nasty background noise. Thankyou at least for referring to it as noodling! When I have access to recording again I will write some quieter accompaniments. Many thanks

[@lothar29]

the decals is not correct, the SW, circle is not blue, is White. i'm no understand this fail in a Eduard model

[@dustprogamernew2048]

item number please thank you

[@lpjmodels]

www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-11114-mersu--1118097

[@dustprogamernew2048]

@@lpjmodelsTHANK YOU

[@user-oh3ss1cu7e]

полное говно. я не понял чнм вы гордитесь. я в 72 массштабе 20 лет назад, из обломкоа зубной счетки и старой мыльницы делал лучше