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A Nose Full of Teeth: The Bf110 Haifisch Zerstorer

a build story by Shekar K Rao
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Starting Off With the Cockpit

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At the beginning, let me mention here that I have not used any of the commercial model paints like MM/Tamiya/Humbrol/etc, for the simple reason that I don’t get these in India. Instead, I use an acrylic paint called Fevicryl, which is a combination of white glue and acrylic colour, and lends itself very well to airbrushing. I use references from the IPMS Stockholm site, and brew up the colors approximately equal to the color chips from primary colors. I first spray all the parts on the sprues with grey automobile paint from a can, which helps the camo stay on better.

As usual, I started off with the cockpit. I generally find this to be the most intense of all my activities, and this time it was no different. I first painted the cockpit tub, instrument panel, seats and interiors of the fuselage in RLM02 Grau. Seat belt painting in a brown drab followed this, and then I sprayed the whole set with Future, followed by a black wash to bring out the depths.

Finally, the instruments on the panel were picked off with a toothpick. This is a very painful, finger numbing process and took me about 2 hours to complete to my satisfaction. After this was done, I inserted this into the cockpit tub, and attached it securely to the interior of the fuselage.

Making the Wheel Assemblies

The wheel assembly process was started off in parallel with the cockpit tub painting. First I masked off the wheel hubs using Scotch tape, and gave it a spray of Matt Black from a can.  Then I reversed the masking, and painted the wheel hubs in RLM02 Grau. The wheel carriages were assembled, painted and attached to the wheels when dry and kept aside. The interiors of the wheel bay doors were also painted in Grau, as was the well base before attaching to the underwing piece.

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About the Author

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FROM: KARNATAKA, INDIA / भारत


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bytepilot
Hi TinCan, Thanks for putting up my article. BTW, the callsign I use at Armorama is bytepilot(just to confirm if you haven't got it already!) Cheers, BP(alias Shekar Rao)/
JUL 29, 2003 - 03:49 PM
capnjock
Cool plane. Good recovery on the canopy. Happy modeling and a beer too! capnjock
JUL 29, 2003 - 03:59 PM
shonen_red
Wow! Looks like the real thing!
JUL 29, 2003 - 10:59 PM
Holdfast
:-) Nice one BP, the recovery from the canopy was an inspiration to all on the campaign. Again well done and a nice article. Mal
JUL 30, 2003 - 07:19 AM
tazz
wow cool plane,,, iam going to build the same kit really soon i hope, the fuji kit has the shark theeth. thats the kit iam geting
JUL 30, 2003 - 08:30 AM
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