What happening? Well, I'm finally done. I must say the fine work from you guys on here has kept me motivated and this is probably a record build for me. I did the base and pilot figure last night. I'm sure the ease of the Hasegawa 109 had alot to do with this. To recap briefy, I used a True Details 'pit and Eagle Cal decals. I think I need to replace my Micro Sol since I had trouble getting the spiral then underwing and fuselage crosses to snuggle down. There were a few small wrinkles which were a bear to iron out. I've used Eagle Cal in the past with no such problems, so its safe to say its either operator error or the softener. I may later replace the tires with a True Details set because I had to sand out a large mold separation seam which removed alot of the tread detail.
Anyways, I built the JG 52 mount of Heinz Ewald. According to the decal literature, he was one of Eric Hartmann's wingman on the Russian front. Unfortunately I would discover VERY late in the decaling process that Ewald's machine (according to the profile on the sheet) had the shorter metal tail and I had a wooden-tailed G-14 in my hand....DOH!
I'm lighthearted about such stuff and am the furtherst thing from the so called AMS modeler. Ehh,...99.9 percent of the people would notice anyways
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The figure is from the Hasegawa Aircraft Action series which comes with a bunch of pilots from US, Britain, Japan, and Germany. I was disappointed in the detail which was soft. In my opinion, the ICM and even the old Revell Monogram figures from the bomber kits were much better detailed. I had it so I figured I would use it. Heres the photos and thanks for having me.
Joe
