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.
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