Eetu, the gunsight is fantastic. Nice work so far keep the photos coming.

Bob

I made a little more progress on my G-10 night fighter. Waiting on some Mr. Disolved putty to dry so I can continue. I got the small items such as the spinner, props, exhaust and lading gear painted. I added brake lines to the gear legs and installed and painted the tires. The compression struts are wrapped in BMF rather than painted. They will tone down in apprearance once a flat coat is applied. There is a seam that is visible on the bottom scoop. Rather than try and dress it I cut a piece of .005 sheet and glued it over it. Once painted it won't be seen inside the scoop. Thanks, "Q"

Matt: nice job so far, have you run into any fit problems with the wing?

Here is where I am at with my Airfix Bf109F, poor fit at all joints fuselage, wing, tailplane, canopy, but tape and Squadron will help me to destroy any detail that was on the surface. I may even try to rescribe after the sanding and filing. The only item that I was pleased with was the Tamiya tape ida for seat belts that I borrowed from this site. Well look and laugh, I cried




Notice the plastic shims to fill the fuselage seams, I did not sand the halves but there was a gap that ran from the nose to the cockpit thas connected at the nose became wider in the middle then connected at the cockpit again. I wonder what happen at the manufacturerer Oh well Airfix and Revell keeps me on my toes.

Bob

No major fit issues with mine Bob. The rack for the drop tank ended up sitting off center when I went to install it into the holes I opened up from inside the wing. I popped it off, removed the locating pins and then re-attached it so that it was centered on the wing bottom. Otherwise it is fitting very nice. Keep at it with the Airfix kit, you'll be a better modeler when you're done. Instead of trying to rescribe, try painting them on. Same method I did with that U2 over on the Cold War forums. You could use a really diluted black and just mist the trailing edges of where the panels would be. Trying rescribe over putty is usually never productive as it ends up cracking/breaking. Just a suggestion.... I hear ya' about Revell and Airfix keeping you on your toes.. lol. "Q"

Matt, you have pricked up my ears re: the painting on scribing lines. I will look at your U2 post, have you any other advice on the matter?

Bob

No problem. Glad to help. Don't try to replace every single one of them. I would do the main ones that follow the wing spar, and a few front to aft, a couple lengthwise on the fuselage, and again, a couple that go around it. You can trick the eye into believing it is seeing what isn't there. Go lightly at first and build your color. Easeir to darken it a bit than knock it down if it gets too heavy. If the paint is more pronounced in some areas of the line than others, don't sweat it. As long as they are complete from start to finish it'll look the part. Would suggest giving it a try on a scrap kit first. Hope it helps and good luck.
"Q"

Hiya folks (volks ??). I have managed to spend some time on this build last night and most of the top/port side decals and stencils are in place. I'm very happy with the performance of these decals, from the Revell Bf 109 K-4 kit. I use Mr Mark Setter and Softer, very sparingly, and the decals settle very nicely into the contours and panel lines. Once the decals are on I will give it a coat of clear and then on to some weathering.



All critiques welcome, I'm enjoying this build a lot.

P.S. Thanks Q for the advice via PM

P.P.S. This is a Hasegawa kit, the Revell decals were swapped for the kit decals with Tony (Longknife). Has anybody heard from Tony, he has been AWOL for many months now ???

Cheers, D

Nice progress Matthew and Bob My build is still waiting for it's primer

Damian , wow dude ! you are doing one very nice job on this build . One of your best so far . Might not be a Chevy , but still very impressive

Damian I agree with Terri, very impressive even though it is not a chevy . Very nice camo, decals so far, keep the photos coming. I have not heard from (longknife) either.

Bob

Yes, but D sees it as the lone Chevy in a sky full of Ford built bombers.

Looks really good Damian!

As far as I know the fuel tank was off set from centre to compensate for the torque. As for adding photos to the forum I am confused. I read the faq et fail to obtain the page or such which it is talking about. Thus I have up loaded my photos on my gallery. Would graciously accept any assistance in solving my delimina.

[quote]Yes, but D sees it as the lone Chevy in a sky full of Ford built bombers.

md72 [quote]

Mark can I use your quote, sounds great!

Bob

I cut the shims off, applied plastic over the bad fit at the air scooop, tape, nasty putty, and sanded a little.


Took the tape off and found that I will need to reapply tape and sand much more.

Bob

Well, late to the party again I see. Oh well, here is the entry I intend to build for this campaign. Of course it is in the somewhat small scale of 1/72. Yes, those are my feet at the bottom of the photo! Russell



I'm actually thinking of doing the underside and side fuselage color in the dreaded RLM 84!!! No say it isn't so! Where is your supporting reference material Russell!

My G-10 night fighter is making progress. I attempted to apply the the spinner spiral decal and was rewarded with a shattered decal. I cut thin strips of Tamiya tape and made a spiral with it, then filled in the areas I didn't want black paint on. Didn't come out too bad, but I think I will redo it. Camo is applied and is drying. The green initially called for RLM 83, but after shooting it, I decided it was too light in color, so I found a slightly darker color and went with it. I like it much better. All the paint pattern is free hand. Paints used were Aeromaster, Floquil, and Humbrol cut with lacquer thinner. All three go down really smooth. Only drawback is they take a while longer to dry than say Model Master. I can live with that. This particular paint scheme is why I chose this plane. Different than most 109's, plus the heavy weapons load out. More pics to follow as I make more progress. Thanks, "Q"

Great job Matt. I don't know if I knew that 109's were used as night fighters. Of course I am familiar with the Wild Sau tactics used by 190's, just didn't know 109's did duty. Interesting. Russell

P.S. Damian, your 109 looks great, I like it!

Nice job Matt, love that spinner.

Bob

It's nice to see so many nice builds coming along. I finally got around to doing some more work on mine. I decided to go with a different paint scheme.

Excellent details Werx.
Here is my 4th Gunsight. Pinged the kit one.
Built 4 up and lost the best 2 pinging into the boxes in the spare room. Grrrr
This one is the third best but it will have to do. Not much return for 2 hours bench time

the gunsight looks great JP, and the 109 also looks good.

Bob

Hi gang

some very nice builds already!!!

I started the Academy Bf109E-3 "Heinz Bär" kit as a "quick" build for the campaign. I just want to try the camo-decals, but I will not do Heinz Bär but Gerhard Schöpfel. The personal markings will come from an old Techmod sheet ... here is the pit so far:



all the best

Steffen

Nice office there Steffen, how did you wash it and what were the colors. I am not an RLM intuitive person (I do not know much about German colors).

Bob

Hi Bob

it is Gunze with Devlan Mud Wash (Citadel/Games Workshop) also a bit of Badab black here and there. Colour balance is a bit to the red ... it looks better in person. All in all this shall be OOB and no fancy stuff. I just want to try the decals...

I have another 109 project running .. .started it at the beginning of the year but cannot forsee when it will be finished (so you may have guessed already) it is a slight bit more ambitious

BTW I started a BLog in "WW2"

cheers

Steffen

Steffen, thanks for the reply I will research those colors more.

Bob

Not much left to do on this one. Waiting on the gloss coat to dry, then decals flat coat and final assembly. More to follow. Thanks, "Q"