Hi All,
Here's one I built while deployed this past winter. No airbrush, so I painted it with enamels and a brush. It sucked. Mailed it home, and let it sit for a month or 2. Threw it in a bag for a couple hours last week with some EasyOff oven cleaner, rinsed it off, and started over. This is what I got with Tamiya and PollyScale acrylics (I need to go shopping!). After painting the rudder yellow, I looked at my pictures of Marsailles' plane and realized it was RLM 79. Too bad, I like it now....!Hope you like it too.
JK

Hi James, I always like the planes of Hans Jochim Marsaille. I have a similar Bf 109 in 1/48 scale, what scale is yours? it's looking good
Mal

Hi Mal,

And thanks for the kind words!!
I kinda spaced out and forgot to mention....This is the Eduard 1/144 scale Bf 109F. A sweet little kit, you should try one!!

Cheers
JK

1/44? looked good enougth to be 1/72!

Frank

1/144? Holy guacamole! Seriously, that looks wonderful...especially considering the scale! Well done!

And a question for you... how did you protect the canopy? I've heard that easy-off can fog a canopy quickly. Did you remove it? Or am I just crazy and making things up?

-Scott

Hi Scott & Frank,
And thanks! for the encouragement....!I hadn't done the canopy yet at that point. But you're right...EasyOff would most likely ruin clear plastic.The active ingredient is Sodium Hydroxide (LYE). I should mention to everybody, as a safety measure, to WEAR HEAVY RUBBER GLOVES and WORK IN A WELL-VENTILATED SPACE when using this stuff..it's especially nasty!
After I re-did the project, I simply sprayed a corner of clear decal film with RLM 79, then cut very thin strips of it.....dip and water and apply! Presto, canopy frames.