I am building this for a very close friend of mine. He met with a road accident in Nov and for almost 2 weeks was in a coma. Now he is on the road to recovery and should be on his feet soon. So i thought the best gift for him would be to give him a model of a fighter plane - after all he too is a fighter

The progress so far :

Test fitting of the wings and fuselage


The flaps have not yet been attached


My figure painting skills are non-existent
I cut each instrument decal individually and transferred them to the instrument panel


Trying for the optical glass look for the gun sight.


All primed up....hmmm need some more sanding on the fuselage

As usual, i welcome all comments / suggestions. And do point out any obvious mistakes that i am making so that i can improve myself.

Painting is finished finally
Trying to make an K-4 from JG27. I know the camo in all likely hood is wrong, but hey - i'm still learning

Interesting camo scheme;I do like.These Hase/Rev kits practically fall together I think probably one of the best engineered .

According to the books AJ Press, Kagero, ect you should have left the dorsal seam alone. For the fuselage was built in two pieces and joined as a clam creating a fuselage section then attached to the fore and aft fuselage piece thus creating the fuselage. Great paint job.

Thanks for the bit of info. I will keep it in mind for my next build

Essentially true,here is an extract from an allied report on the construction od the Bf109.



The top (and bottom) seams are all but invisible on most aircraft. The vertical seams are much less pronounced than the insect like segmentation so fashionable with modellers in recent times.
I'd say this picture of one of Moelder's aircraft is about typical.



Cheers
Steve

Thanks for the pic steve. It really explains a lot

Decal work in progress :




First time with the spinner spiral
Still need a lot of practice.

Now i have a general query to all the experten out there. How do you manage to avoid the paint ridge line while painting the camo using masks??

Brush or spray away from the edge of the masking,don't apply too much paint in each coat and remove your masking as soon as it is practicle to do so.
Cheers
Steve

Finished finally
Only thing left is to add some exhaust stains.

One last pic taken in natural light before gifting it to my pal.

Very nice Raj. I am sure your friend will enjoy it immensely. Russell