Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109 Yellow 6

Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:43 AM

tempestjohnny
Excellent finish. The pilot looks great.

Thanks tempest. It's greatly appreciated

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:42 AM

lawdog114

Outstanding work Robert. I'm glad you have been sharing your work here. The star looks fine to me.

Thanks Joe I apopreciate all your help!

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:41 AM

Thanks Hoss That star caused me a lot of lost hair......and I don't have much to spare

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Sunday, April 12, 2020 10:40 AM

cbaltrin

Outstanding Work. Love the pilot figure--face looks great!

Thank You cbaltrin

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tempestjohnny

Member since
November 2003
From: Naples, FL

Posted by tempestjohnny on Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:51 AM

Excellent finish. The pilot looks great.

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Brembo

Member since
April 2020
From: Surrey England

Posted by Brembo on Sunday, April 12, 2020 4:04 AM

Very nice, particullaly the underside shading , well done

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:57 AM

Outstanding work Robert. I'm glad you have been sharing your work here. The star looks fine to me.

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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Hoss WA

Member since
July 2019

Posted by Hoss WA on Saturday, April 11, 2020 9:43 PM

Nice work Robert! That's a great scheme you chose - and very well executed. Congrats. I think you worked through the mask issues on the star very well. I'm also torn sometimes on the pilot, but I think it adds some character to the model and gives it a sense of scale.

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cbaltrin

Member since
May 2004
From: Land of Lakes

Posted by cbaltrin on Saturday, April 11, 2020 9:03 PM

Outstanding Work. Love the pilot figure--face looks great!

On the Bench: Too Much

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, April 11, 2020 4:27 PM

Thanks Chad I tried to use of drop of tamiya black stain and used compressed air to streak it

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Mopar Madness

Member since
April 2015

Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, April 11, 2020 3:15 PM

Awesome Robert. Nice weathering on the undersides!

Chad

God, Family, Models...

At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

On deck: Who knows!

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, April 11, 2020 1:37 PM

UnwaryPaladin

Looks great! I'll second Patrick, the pilot's face is very well done. I have nothing against pilot figures, they bring life to the model. Everybody does seatbelts, go with the pilot figure.

Joe

Thanks Joe. I used Tamiya flesh mixed with alittle red and then a faded flesh for the highlights

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UnwaryPaladin

Member since
June 2017

Posted by UnwaryPaladin on Saturday, April 11, 2020 11:41 AM

Looks great! I'll second Patrick, the pilot's face is very well done. I have nothing against pilot figures, they bring life to the model. Everybody does seatbelts, go with the pilot figure.

Joe

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, April 11, 2020 11:30 AM

patrick206

Hi, Robert - That is a really exceptional job you made of it, for one thing the pilots face is very well done, as is the rest of him. The build and finish of the 109 is super neat and looks great.

Thanks for the post and photos, I enjoyed seeing it.

Patrick

Thank you Patrick!

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patrick206

Member since
March 2013

Posted by patrick206 on Saturday, April 11, 2020 11:09 AM

Hi, Robert - That is a really exceptional job you made of it, for one thing the pilots face is very well done, as is the rest of him. The build and finish of the 109 is super neat and looks great.

Thanks for the post and photos, I enjoyed seeing it.

Patrick

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Greatmaker

Member since
April 2013
From: Eleva, Wisconsin

Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109 Yellow 6

Posted by Greatmaker on Saturday, April 11, 2020 10:11 AM

This Is my attempt at Walther Dahl's yellow 6. He had 128 aerial victories in 678 missions. I was unable to find much info. on this plane other than the pic presented and the pic on the montex supermask that I used for the markings. The shooting star mask did not adapt well to all the curved surfaces of the model. The "negative" image of the mask worked the best but it also popped up. I kept damaging it and I got the yellow way too thick. I used AK paints for the build and used a thin mixture of RLM 75 to fade the shooting star. I wanted to make this one the convertable version with the engine cowling but the cental spire engine support was warped and I couldn't get it straightened. That left a 2mm gap on one side and an overlap on the other so I just cemented it closed. I know pilot figures are frowned upon but I do enjoy painting them and I hope I have improved somewhat. I did not paint the figure as per the instructions. I used the colors that Tamiya did when they unveiled the kit. Overall it was a good kit Thanks for looking

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr