1/33 Bf-109E-4 Battle of Britain/Fall of France 1940

**Zenon1947** · #1 02-29-2020, 03:38 PM

Here's my new build thread with the promised Bf-109E-4 of Jagdgeschwader 3 from Battle of Britain/Fall of France 1940 period.
Model is in 1/33 scale and it's a Marek's design.
So far, everything is really good, no problems, parts fit excellent...
Should be a very enjoyable model, just like my previous Marek's, RAAF Vengeance Mk.I.
What I really like in his kits is the great texturing and the lack of "white areas"(positions of the parts; Marek does them in model's colors/camouflage).

This Bf-109E-4 is a quite easy model in my opinion. Maybe not the greatest choice for beginners but if you built 3 or 4 planes in 1/33, Marek's Bf-109 can be a great introduction to more difficult models.

At the end of my post, I leave a few words about history.

Jagdschwader 3 "Udet" was formed on 1 May 1939 in Bernburg/Saale from JG 231. JG 3 was one of the Luftwaffe's fighter units that took part in the Battle of France. A particularly fruitful period over France occurred from 14–17 May 1940. Allied sorties over the area of German advance had attempted to prevent the German armour from crossing the Meuse and sent waves of inadequately protected bombers to do the job. As a result, 90 Allied bombers were shot down and the 14 May became known as the "day of the fighters" within the Luftwaffe. I./JG 3 destroyed seven fighters without loss on this day. On 15 May five were destroyed, again for no losses. On 17 May an entire formation of 13 Bristol Blenheims were shot down by I./JG 3. A total of 19 Allied aircraft were shot down by I./JG 3 alone on that day. The unit claimed some 179 aircraft shot down. Oberleutnant Lothar Keller was top claimant with 10 kills, and I./JG 3 Gruppenkommandeur Maj. Günther Lützow scored 9. I./JG3 was the most successful Gruppe, with 88 enemy aircraft destroyed for ten Bf 109s lost while six pilots were killed and one wounded.
JG 3 later flew intensively in the Battle of Britain. On 21 August 1940, Oberstleutnant Lützow was appointed Kommodore of JG 3. He recorded 8 more victories during the aerial battles over England. Lützow was awarded the Ritterkreuz (Knights Cross) on 18 September. By the end of 1940 its most successful pilots were Oblt. Erwin Neuerberg (11 claims) and Lt Helmut Meckel (9 claims). The Geschwader lost some 51 pilots killed or POW July–December 1940. I Gruppe alone had destroyed exactly 50 enemy machines, but in exchange of 32 Messerschmitts of which 20 were lost to enemy action. Ten pilots were killed or missing while a further 11 were captured.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagdgeschwader_3

**wireandpaper** · #2 03-01-2020, 11:59 AM

Thank you for sharing. The 109 is probably in the top 5 most modeled planes in history!

**Butelczynski** · #3 03-01-2020, 12:35 PM

Yes,it is.Marek of course is making a lot of them too in both 1:33 and 1:50 scales.

I did some small ones and they were fine,I'm yet to grab the big one.

Then again I have a feeling I'll grab one of Mr Zarkov Gustavs,I'm not sure if Marek did G-6 model.

**Don Boose** · #4 03-03-2020, 07:24 PM

Looks like another great build, Zenon.

Don

**Zenon1947** · #5 03-04-2020, 10:13 AM

It's time for a new update.
I did some more work on the Bf-109 and there's quite a lot to show.

Some of the parts you can see in the pictures are not glued yet, just dry-attached.

**rifleman** · #6 03-05-2020, 12:00 PM

Zenon that's a nice clean build well done you

**MichaelS** · #7 03-08-2020, 06:59 AM

Outstanding work young fella!!!

**Zenon1947** · #8 03-09-2020, 08:55 AM

Thanks guys. Today I finished the model and I hope to post final pictures this weekend.
Michael, it's nice to see you back. Even though I'm not too often here, I've noticed your disappearance. I remember your comments under many of my models I built in the past.

Here's the last set of photos with Bf-109 "in-progress".

**Vinalssergio155** · #9 03-10-2020, 07:15 AM

Go Zenon speed! We look forward to the final photos of Kacper!

**Zenon1947** · #10 03-14-2020, 06:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vinalssergio155

We look forward to the final photos of Kacper!

Ha! Yes, Kacper often take high-quality photos of my models. Not always but quite often. In this case, yes, photos are his work once again.

Anyway, it's time for the final pictures. Bf-109 is finished.
Like I said before, model is very nicely designed, parts fit really good, textures are excellent...
The only thing that needs a little adjustment are joiner stripes. Their "teeth" are too short and have to be extended. Instead of cutting through black line, just cut slightly higher above the "teeth".

Thanks for following!