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Messerschmitt BF109 GB 2012

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Posted by Geof on Monday, March 5, 2012 9:38 PM

Shiny, color AND decals, mostly done. A bit more data. Enjoy!

 

 

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On the Bench: Tamiya's 1/48 A-10a Thunderbolt 

In the Hangar:  Hmmm???

 

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Posted by randypandy831 on Sunday, March 4, 2012 10:45 PM

black wing roots done. future coat sprayed. 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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Posted by Nathan T on Sunday, March 4, 2012 2:32 PM

Rob, excellent job mixing the colors, looks right on. I know how sketchy mixing can be, I've just been trying to mix my own soviet colors for a Yak 3, Very tough to get right and no ratios to guide me either.

 

 

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  • From: Chino Valley, AZ
Posted by Handsome Rob on Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:55 PM

Painted the Emil a few days ago.  I have never mixed the Tamiya paints before and was worried the colors would come out either too dark or too light.  However I think it is pretty close to what the instructions called for. 

Future will be sprayed tonight and decals in a few days....oh and look who decided to show up...figures that when a 109 E is present one of these guys is close at hand Cool

 

I love seeing all the WIP pics...there are some great looking 109's being built!

 

On the Bench: , Tamiya 1/48 Corsair Birdcage, Revell B-25J, Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. I

Up next: Revell 1/48 A-6 Intruder

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Posted by Handsome Rob on Sunday, March 4, 2012 12:49 PM

I really like the NMF on the 109, I never knew they did that.  Good looking build, I can't wait to see it finised

On the Bench: , Tamiya 1/48 Corsair Birdcage, Revell B-25J, Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. I

Up next: Revell 1/48 A-6 Intruder

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  • From: Monterey Bay,CA-Fort Bragg, NC
Posted by randypandy831 on Sunday, March 4, 2012 11:10 AM

yeah, the cowling was a undersized. i compared it with another hasegawa cowling. no bid deal to me. 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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Posted by Luft Modeler on Sunday, March 4, 2012 10:04 AM

Nathan your 109 is looking great! Hans I will update your info, cant wait to see the Von Hammer edition 109! Is that going to be a gloss or flat finish? (Flat I assume..)

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Posted by handiabled on Sunday, March 4, 2012 8:47 AM

 

                             You Guys are doing awsome work!!,,,,  I'll be joining again with some wip pics ,,, till then keep'em comin guys!!  Yes

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Posted by Nathan T on Sunday, March 4, 2012 1:16 AM

Looks nice Randy, feels good to get some color on. Only thing I notice is a little step on the top cowling seam. I think that was a flush seam on the real thing. I finally go to work painting black 12 as well. Heres the various stages of mottling, 7 colors so far I think.

Had to re-mask the rudder and spray some 81 as its the backround where the Werk No. goes.

Heres cutting masks for the center of the white fuselage cross. The center gets RLM 70, so it looks like in the photo.

And mottling pretty much done-

....Still trying to get used to the rlm 82 light green and 75 look, that green is a little brighter in the photos but a gloss coat and weathering will tone it down. All thats left for color is to mix some RLM 77 they call it, a light gray primer that was sprayed on this particular 109 to overpaint the yellow fuselage band and other spots along the rear spine.

 

 

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  • From: Monterey Bay,CA-Fort Bragg, NC
Posted by randypandy831 on Saturday, March 3, 2012 10:48 AM

paint finally. hit with RLM76. first time actually using mm enamels. they always gave me problems. decided to give it a try one more time and it came out great. 

 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, March 2, 2012 5:35 PM

I'm not much of a rescriber... Most of the time, it's unnecessary, and oftentimes inacurate and/or out of scale.... As far as changing the panel lines to reflect an F vs. a G, it's only going to happen where there are lines that are either missing or are glaringly  or "wrong enough" in location to warrant it... Don't need a new canopy either, just need to modify the fuselage at the bottom of the windscreen to have the clear panel..

That said though, the model itself has some nicely done recessed lines, with a neat row of rivets running alongside each one..  I'll have to study them to see if they require relocating...   For 16.95, it's an out-standing kit, far beyond what I expected in a Revell kit, so I'm thinking that perhaps it's a reboxed one...

The decals are a bust though, apparently having gotten wet at least once at one or more points along its journey...  But I think I can save the majority of them anyway, with a little help from Testor's Decal Bonder...  The best ones on the sheet are the Hakenkruezen ( swastikas), however, Von Hammer refused to allow his aircraft to displayed with them, a sore-spot with Dicke Hermann... 

But there was no arguing with the "Hammer of Hell" on that point, with his being Germany's leading Experte from WW1 (out-scoring even Von Richtofen), and being one of only two men in Germany's the Luftstreitkräfte (the Imperial German Air Service, forerunner of the Luftwaffe) to ever receive the Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle, which was the Kingdom of Prussia's highest decoration, and rated above the "Blue Max", and the order was only conferred to less than fifty men from 1707 to 1918... He was decorated with it in 1918, after being knighted in Decemeber of 1918.

 He wore the traditional WW1 Imperial German Air Service Pilot Badge, rather than the Luftwaffe version... However, the Nazi Luftwaffe Eagle was part of the uniform, so he was forced to bow that particular regulation...  He also wore it to "identify" with his pilots and ground crewmen (who may or may not have felt the way he did about the ***)... However, I digress...

The next kit in the line of Von Hammer's aircraft are going to require another Bf109G model, then the Me 262...  I haven't decided if Von Hammer went onto fly in the new Bundesluftwaffe (he's kinda gettin' up there ya know) with Hartmann or not, but an all-red F-86 would look pretty cool, I think, lol..   Then too, there's always his grandson, Leutnant Franz von Hammer... That would allow an all-red F-104, then maybe even a red Phantom(?) too, lol..  'Course, Franz von Hammer later got in a dogfight with Batman and was shot down and killed in the crash...

Maybe I'm reading too many comic books works of pictorial fiction these days...

 

 

 

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Posted by Nathan T on Friday, March 2, 2012 2:26 PM

Interesting Hans, some rescribing, filling, new canopy, all that fun stuff in order for you. An all red Frederich?Confused

 

 

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  • From: Iowa
Posted by Hans von Hammer on Friday, March 2, 2012 1:31 PM

You may have missed the change here for me..

The

13) HANS VON HAMMER - 1/48 Revell BF109

has been changed to 1/32 Revell Bf109G from the Graphic Novel, Enemy Ace-The War in Heaven...

I'll be back-dating the Bf109G to a Bf109F for Major Von Hammer's mount on the Ostfront...

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 2, 2012 7:40 AM

I love the Bf109---just sayin'...

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Posted by Nathan T on Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:15 PM

Nice lookin Emil so far. Looks like we're about at the same spot. Got the preshade goin on and did the alcad aluminum for the bottom wing panels. Late war stuff left some skins unpainted, ususally undersides only. next up is the green/gray sky sides, then 76 in some areas, then mask yellow and shoot greens/browns.

 

 

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Posted by Handsome Rob on Thursday, March 1, 2012 12:18 PM

I got to working on my 109 and I forgot to take WIP until this point.  I will post more when I get more...just wanted proof that I actually built a plane and didn't just post pics of one that I had already built Cool

 

I am building the Tamiya E-3 that I bought off ebay.  When the kit arrived all the parts were off the tree and in a  plastic bag...I mean all the parts.  I was only missing the parts to build this plane with the flaps down which I wanted to do....oh well maybe next time.  

On the Bench: , Tamiya 1/48 Corsair Birdcage, Revell B-25J, Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk. I

Up next: Revell 1/48 A-6 Intruder

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Posted by Luft Modeler on Thursday, March 1, 2012 1:25 AM

Sure!

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Posted by eddiek1015 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 7:04 PM

Can we still throw our hats in the ring on this? I hadn't planned to join, but I came across an Academy Bf109G-14 at the LHS for about $12. I've been wanting a -109 to pair up with the B-17G hanging in my History classroom at work. It might be later this summer before I can get started. I'm still up to my elbows in the Revellogram B-29 for now.

 

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Posted by randypandy831 on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 6:47 PM

thanks! the revell G-10 is such a fun build. no problems at all. 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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  • From: minnesota
Posted by handiabled on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:47 AM

Geof

On to a little color finally! White tips, Hellblau lowers... some tiger stripes up top... Kinda cool! One nice thing about these Afrika Korps planes is they have easy paint schemes... a welcome for this one since the next kit is probably going seriously test my skills.... Enjoy.

 

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                                 She's lookin great!!Cool

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Posted by DoogsATX on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:59 PM

Nathan T

Doogs, interesting scheme, a G-6 with the tall wooden tail and Erla canopy. Never knew the Swiss flew the G series..

It does have the tall tail, doesn't it? In that case, double-win! I get to use my G-14, which I was having trouble finding markings for. 

Yeah, zee Germans gave Switzerland 12 G-6s in exchange for destroying a 109 carrying sensitive equipment that landed in Swiss territory. 

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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Posted by DoogsATX on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:59 PM

Nathan T

Doogs, interesting scheme, a G-6 with the tall wooden tail and Erla canopy. Never knew the Swiss flew the G series..

It does have the tall tail, doesn't it? In that case, double-win! I get to use my G-14, which I was having trouble finding markings for. 

Yeah, zee Germans gave Switzerland 12 G-6s in exchange for destroying a 109 carrying sensitive equipment that landed in Swiss territory. 

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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  • From: Colorado Springs
Let there be Blau
Posted by Geof on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 10:17 PM

On to a little color finally! White tips, Hellblau lowers... some tiger stripes up top... Kinda cool! One nice thing about these Afrika Korps planes is they have easy paint schemes... a welcome for this one since the next kit is probably going seriously test my skills.... Enjoy.

 

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On the Bench: Tamiya's 1/48 A-10a Thunderbolt 

In the Hangar:  Hmmm???

 

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    March 2010
  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:54 PM

Doogs, interesting scheme, a G-6 with the tall wooden tail and Erla canopy. Never knew the Swiss flew the G series..

 

 

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  • From: Austin, TX
Posted by DoogsATX on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 5:11 PM

Hey plz - so I've had an absolute and complete cratering of interest to build the Airfix kit. Don't know why. Happens sometimes. 

Put me down for a 1/32 Hasegawa G-6 instead. Still Swiss neutrality, just...bigger!

On the Bench: 1/32 Trumpeter P-47 | 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G | 1/144 Eduard MiG-21MF x2

On Deck:  1/350 HMS Dreadnought

Blog/Completed Builds: doogsmodels.com

 

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 7:02 AM

randypandy831

still working on the hase kit. hopefully primer tomorrow. 

panel line wash on the revell kit. 

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Looking good Randy - how do you like the Revell kit? I finished one up in the fall & was kind of surprised at how well it went together.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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  • From: minnesota
Posted by handiabled on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 6:37 AM

Geof

 randypandy831:

still working on the hase kit. hopefully primer tomorrow. 

panel line wash on the revell kit. 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/randypandy831/DSCN3410.jpg

 

 

 

Lookin' good!

 

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Posted by Geof on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 12:07 AM

randypandy831

still working on the hase kit. hopefully primer tomorrow. 

panel line wash on the revell kit. 

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y63/randypandy831/DSCN3410.jpg

 

 

Lookin' good!

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On the Bench: Tamiya's 1/48 A-10a Thunderbolt 

In the Hangar:  Hmmm???

 

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    February 2011
  • From: Monterey Bay,CA-Fort Bragg, NC
Posted by randypandy831 on Monday, February 27, 2012 7:56 PM

still working on the hase kit. hopefully primer tomorrow. 

panel line wash on the revell kit. 

 

tamiya 1/48 P-47D $25 + shipping

tamiya 1/48 mosquito $20+ shipping

hobby boss 1/48 F-105G. wings and fuselage cut from sprue. $40+ shipping. 

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, February 27, 2012 8:22 AM

VanceCrozier

handiabled - Hermann is far too rough on you, that 109 looks great! I'm loving the cam splotches, you see a lot that have edges that are too "loose" but yours look nice.
satch_ip - paper? seriously, those were paper models?? And knee surgery - what are you going in for?
Manny - no Hasegawa "Wick" a/c in my stash. I've got a Tamiya E4/7 in the stash, don't recall the markings options there though.
Geof - Don't let that Zvezda kit beat you buddy!

I see the exact boxing I need in Tuchohoward's stash---maybe he and I can work something out...

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