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World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
Hosted by Rowan Baylis
Bf 109 finished
matrixone
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 07:04 AM UTC
Here are some pics of my 1/32 scale Hasegawa Bf 109G-14.

This model was built OOB except for resin wheels and decals from EagleCals.
I used ModelMaster II enamel paints and I lightened the colors slightly with some white paint until they looked 'right' to me.
Weathering was done with an oil wash and careful airbrushing...no pastel chalks used on this model.









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wingman
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 09:24 AM UTC
Very nice Les. Weathering looks great. Nice photos too, good job, Wingman out.
WingTzun
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 09:24 AM UTC
Looks like the real deal to me. Nice job!
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 09:57 AM UTC
Hi Les,

Another incredible model by you! So well done!.
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 10:12 AM UTC
Outstanding!

Really, I have not seen to many 109's posted on here, compared to the latest Tiger I, II pzwkfphzkMk.IIV Ausf Z that are posted on another Kitmaker site. Not that there is anything wrong with that! :-)

Again, wonderful job, but could you throw in some cockpit photos as well?

-Derek
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 10:26 AM UTC
That is a great looking 109. WOW
Where did you get or how did you make your background? Those are some excellent photos too

Great modeling,
Wayne
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 02:11 PM UTC
That is just great! Really good job

Great job with the pictures and backgrounds
alpha_tango
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 02:53 PM UTC
Hi Les

I agree with the others: "That is just great!"

but why do you always build in wrong scales .... 1/48 rules :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

best wishes

Steffen
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 04:31 PM UTC
Beautiful 109 Les!
trahe
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 07:32 PM UTC
Very nice indeed! Looks about ready to take off!
Wad_ware
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 07:56 PM UTC
Hello me again

I took a look at your gallery photos and am really impressed with your photography. I was thinking that if you had the time, teaching us in a feature about your photography tools, backgrounds, and technics would be really cool.

Just a suggestion but something to think about

Wayne


matrixone
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Posted: Friday, February 02, 2007 - 08:46 PM UTC
Thank you wingman, WingTzun, Fred, Derek, Wayne, Jesper, Steffen, Jan, and Thomas!

About my pics...I use a FujiFilm FinePix 3100 camera and shoot all my pictures outside on a photobase I made for taking pictures of my models.
I have three different backdrops I use, 2 of them I airbrushed myself the other is from a model RR scenic set. I am very picky about the time of day when I shoot my model pics, if the sun is too bright the glare ruins the pics, if its too dark I can't get the focus just right.

Here are a couple in-progress pics of the cockpit...



The real ''white 21'' from the EagleCal instruction sheet...






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Posted: Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 05:13 AM UTC
Great job & great pictures too. Congratulations.
matrixone
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Posted: Saturday, February 03, 2007 - 08:38 AM UTC
Thanks very much Carlos!

Matrixone
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