1/72 Monogram Messerschmitt BF-110

       This model is one of the very first models that I built after I started to take modeling seriously (as opposed to building targets for my BB gun). I managed to fond an original production one from the early '70s so the experience was very close to that first build. It was a straightforward build, I am constantly amazed by the quality of these old kits; no putty needed, little sanding, near-perfect parts fit. The decals were another matter, half a century bouncing around from one basement to another before being built left them in pretty rough shape. It was a fight but I stuck to my guns and used them. I ended up with some silvering around a couple of the decals, much to my dismay. I console myself with the thought that these are wargaming toys, not IPMS competition pieces.

 

a sleek-looking plane even if it wasn't much of a dogfighter

 

most countries experimented with the "heavy fighter"concept

only the P-38 could be considered truly successful 

 

 

hand-painting the framing on that greenhouse was a pain

 

don't look too close at those markings,

 I stuck the worst decals on the bottom where they wouldn't often be seen 

 

 

ah, the semi-sweet taste of nostalgia, 

it even came in the same box as the kit I built all those decades ago