1943Mike

Where do you display all your models? (I may have asked you this before but my aged brain doesn't recall ). Do you have a basement full of finished kits? Do you have a special room for them all? In my 1500 sq. ft. condo I don't really have much room for many finished kits. My hope is that as I build a few more I may find 5 to 8 that I really want to display. The rest are for the trash - until I win lotto and can afford a mansion to display everything .

 

Thanks all, way too kind...

Mike, I don't store them.  At this point in my life the enjoyment comes from the building aspect.  They are either commission builds or built and sold online.  I've managed to snag a few regular customers in this manner, as evidenced by me building three Corsairs .  I'm in the same boat with the storage issues, but I have a few I will not part with.  I have a wife and a pre-teen daughter that up all the space...

Another awesome finish there, Joe.

The undersides particularly are an attention graber.

regards,

Jack

More splendid work Joe.

Where do you display all your models? (I may have asked you this before but my aged brain doesn't recall ). Do you have a basement full of finished kits? Do you have a special room for them all? In my 1500 sq. ft. condo I don't really have much room for many finished kits. My hope is that as I build a few more I may find 5 to 8 that I really want to display. The rest are for the trash - until I win lotto and can afford a mansion to display everything .

I agree with all the above. Beautiful.

BK

There are many words in the English language to describe perfection, but the only one that comes to mind after being shown your latest creation is

WOW

Again, you have created another award wining build.

Great work.

Damian

Another great looking build LD. Always a pleasure to watch.

blackdog62

Are you using really thin coats?

 

Thanks guys

B-Dog, I'm using very light coats at about 15 psi.  

Going with done.  To recap, it's the Hasegawa 1/48 Bf-109 G-2 in Gunther Rall's JG 52 markings in the spring of 1942.  Rall was remarkable pilot being shot down 8 times and wounded three times.  He was a 275 kill ace, with all of his kills being in the Bf 109.  

The Hasegawa kit is decent but very basic. This particular boxing was the newer-tooled G-6 version that had a resin top nose and wheels for a G-2, which incidentally didn't fit, either of them!.  I ended up using the kit supplied nose and Ultracast wheels.  

To sum it up, It's no match for the new Eduard kit, but these can be found half the cost. I spruced it up with some PE inside the pit and Ultracast tires. I drilled out the deck guns and added brake lines.  The decals are Aeromaster and worked great, but they reminded me how much I like spray masks.  

I've been using Testors dullcote for years as it delivers the sheen I like...flat with an ever so slight sheen and dries almost immediately. The problem is the noxious fumes.  I decided to see if there were better options.  I obtained Mission Models flat and Alclad's Matte.  First I tried the Mission and found it to be too shiny.  I then hit it with the Alclad which seemed to work the best of the two, but I still prefer Testors. I'm open for ideas.

Thanks for following..

Lapdog looks great. Are you using really thin coats?

Keep plugging away at it you will get it. Mine don't always look the way I like.

Joe, Your weathering/painting/pre-shading, etc. finishing skills are the cat's meow.

I've always wanted to try to do what you do with the pre-shading but I guess that A) my hand with the A/B in it is just not steady enough and, B) I don't seem to end up with the shading showing through. I have some kits that, although I bought them thinking I might someday build them, I now am sure they'll never be built. In many cases I've changed my building philosophy from "get a cheap kit to start with" to: "Get the best kit you can afford since we're only on this delightful planet for a very short stay." Some of the kits I know I won't ever build may become my test beds for painting/weathering techniques. Practice, practice, practice.

The paint looks great!

Beautiful work so far!

Bill Morrison

Excellent work Joe, I hadn't made any comments to date, because you should know your work is brilliant!

I always look forward to your builds for personal motivation.

Looking awesome as always. Your color modulation is top notch. I did the same kit a few years back and yes they do go together nicely. Black 13 is one of my favorite versions ,looking forward to seeing the finish

Absolutely love the weathering.

Nicely detailed weathering.

Toshi

Thanks guys.  

I thought I updated this, but apparently I hadn't. It got basically the same treatment as the Fw 190 with Mission paints as they were painted simultaneously.  I did add the yellow ID markings as needed using Tamiya flat yellow with a touch of flat red and taped them off before the RLM 76 went down.

I used Blue Tac worms to mask off the pattern here too.  

I then weathered it with dilted red brown (XF-64) and NATO (XF-69).

Almost time for some gloss.  

You're off to a fine start lawdog! I'm sure you will build another beauty here for us!

Looking good, nice addition with the prop cannon.

This WIP build is turning out to be just awesome.  I'm looking forward to more!

Toshi

A really good read is Gunther Rall's book "My Logbook". It chronicles all of his air to air combat victories. Post WW2 Gunther Rall was the father of the modern Lufwaffe. He flew F-104s in the jet age. - Mike

Great start!  I've seen a few documentaries that included Mr. Rall.  He seemed to be an all around good man with many great stories!  Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Got a nice little assembly line going here Joe:) Another nice start. I've found myself falling in love with the 109 so I'll have to look to pick up one of these Hase kits. Looking forward to seeing the paint go down!