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Messerschmitt BF109 GB 2012

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Posted by taxtp on Friday, October 5, 2012 12:38 AM

Good job Stoutfella. The paint job, finish and weathering look terrific.

Here are some progress pics of my Italeri 1/72 109G-6. No one could ever accuse this kit of being a good fit, but it's only little so it still won't take long.

The cockpit is out of box, plus  some Extratech harnesses. Very quick job on the highlighting and shading of it, experience tells me what you can't see inside a closed 1/72 109 cockpit.

Cheers

Tony


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Posted by Tucohoward on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:24 AM

Looks great Stoutfella! Really nice build.

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Posted by Reasoned on Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:33 PM

Bravo stoutman, looks great!

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Posted by stoutfella on Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:26 PM

Mustang: Well, retirement helps, though I've also had some important business on the golf course the past couple of weeks ;-)

And I'll probably start working part-time next month, so I might not be able to sustain this lightning pace.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by mustang1989 on Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:11 AM

Stoutfella. Two weeks??????????? Holy Shmokes! It takes me the better part of a year to complete a kit and you can pull off something that awesome in two weeks??? You sir................are the man and that birdie looks friggin awesome!

                   

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Posted by Rigidrider on Friday, September 28, 2012 8:10 PM

Very nice build Stout fella! Bravo!!!

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Posted by jgeratic on Friday, September 28, 2012 12:06 PM

Sounds like a pancake landing, or was landing gear already installed...

Great build and equally great photos, nice one! Yes

regards,

Jack

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, September 28, 2012 11:55 AM

Nice finish & a lucky landing stoutfella. Nothing worse than closing in on the finish line & hearing a crunch, glad she made it out alright. You'll have to do a little research to see if the real thing survived a crash-landing!

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Posted by Buckeye on Friday, September 28, 2012 11:25 AM

Very nice build!  Love the paint job and weathering.Toast

Mike

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  • From: East Peoria, IL
Posted by stoutfella on Friday, September 28, 2012 10:59 AM

Greetings,

Well, this little Emil just zipped right along. Less than two weeks from sprue to completion. So, here he be:

One thing I couldn't bring myself to do was add those 18 tiny number decals along the fuselage panels. I called good enough after wrestling most of the other Tamiya stencils into submission. My airbrush cooperated nicely and my MM acrylic flat coat went on smooth and even.

One terrifying moment: I was looking over the flat coat, just about to touch up a few spots, holding the plane by a piece of plastic tubing I had slipped over the propeller rod on the front. Holding it at chest height above the concrete basement floor, the rod suddenly snapped and Emil dropped straight down, landing bottom side up as I heard the horrible sound of plastic skittering across the floor. I stood paralyzed for a moment, then bent down, bracing for total disaster. Unbelievably, the only damage was a bit of a bend in the trailing edge of the rudder, which had landed in a dusty corner behind the laundry sink. Two of the three canopy pieces popped off, but landed in plain view. I was able to carefully re-bend the rudder and reattach the canopies after unmasking. And all was well. No damage to the finish and all the little fiddly bits I had put on the night before -- cannon, aileron balances, pitot tube -- all stayed intact and attached. So this bird apparently has a charmed life.

Thanks much to tucohoward for sharing his technique on the antenna wire insulators and such. I used the fishing line I have on hand, rather than the EZ Line he recommended, but I followed his trick for making the little cones by softening plastic lids and poking with a toothpick. I didn't execute it as well as tuco, but I'll try again on the next 109.

I'm moving on now to Tamiya's F4F-4 Wildcat for the Grumman Iron Works GB.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by stoutfella on Friday, September 28, 2012 10:41 AM

Geof: Great diorama! 70GTvert: Some nice work on those birds!

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by stoutfella on Friday, September 28, 2012 10:40 AM

mustang1989

Stoutfella....man that looks good! That Mr. Surfacer must work great at getting the MM paints to stick to it. I can never get MM to stick when I am masking. It almost always lifts. Anyhow great job. She looks beautiful

Yeah, it seemed to provide a great bite for the acrylic to stick to. I had no lifting problems at all.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by Rigidrider on Thursday, September 27, 2012 3:45 PM

Geof, 70GTvert... beautiful work! 3 excellent builds!

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Posted by handiabled on Thursday, September 27, 2012 1:17 PM

 

 

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Posted by Geof on Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:52 PM

Wow! Great job on the camo scheme on the K4!!! Very convincing.

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Posted by 70gtvert on Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:40 PM

  This one is an old 1-48 E-1 from Hasagaw (sic?). I tried to scratch build an engine for it but it didn't work out so it got set aside. Just finished up per the kit.

 

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Posted by 70gtvert on Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:35 PM

  I got burnt ou on the Edward 1/32 E-3 because of the poor fit. Decided to take a hiatis from it for a while and made a pair of older kits I had started in the past but never completed. This one is the Fujimi 1/48 K-4, a fun little build that I tried to look like the painting on the rear cover of the Squadron 109 in action part 2.

 

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Posted by jgeratic on Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:06 AM

Geof, awesome display!

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regards,

Jack

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:09 AM

Nicely done Geof! Love the diorama setup.

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

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Posted by Geof on Thursday, September 27, 2012 12:58 AM

Wow, after 10 months, this little project is finally DONE. This summer has been a crazy busy time, with getting evacuated for fires (all is well!) and tons of work stuff. But, things have quieted down and I was able to finish up my little vignette. I call it... (wish I had a few better pics!)

The Shakedown:

Sometime in Martuba, Libya May, 1942 a young LT. Rudolph (Rudi) Sinner prepares to board his F4/Trop prior to one of his first victories.The crew preps the plane to be certain all is well for his mission. A quick brief from the commander and off he goes...

BF 109 F4, Stab II./JG 27, Lt. Rudi Sinner, Chevron + T, Martuba Lybia May 1942

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Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:12 AM

Stoutfella....man that looks good! That Mr. Surfacer must work great at getting the MM paints to stick to it. I can never get MM to stick when I am masking. It almost always lifts. Anyhow great job. She looks beautiful

                   

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Posted by Reasoned on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:29 PM

Stout that looks fantastic, you deserve a................Beer stout Embarrassed.  Sorry, couldn't resist. 

PZL I'm always up for more 109's, I just got to get back to the bench soon, I took off about 2 months with summer and kids and life and.....

I'd also be game for a 190 later.

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Posted by 70gtvert on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:14 PM

 

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 11:35 AM

Mostly just checking everyone out & reminding MYSELF that I've signed on to this one! ;)

Hmmm - September 25 already??? I predict a 1/72 kit, probably one of Airfix's new offerings.

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

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Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:14 AM

Greetings,

Zipping right along on the 109. I primed with Mr. Surfacer 1200, found that it went on a little rougher than I expected and had to sand it a touch. But my airbrush has also been giving me fits, so that might be the culprit. After priming, I sprayed the underside and fuselage sides with Polly Scale RLM 65. I cut paper masks for the fuselage, then sprayed topside with MM acrylic RLM02. More paper masks and lots of fiddly bits of Tamiya tape followed, becoming a bit of a chore:

I sprayed MM acrylic RLM71 to complete the splinter pattern. Once again realized I'd forgotten to take pictures until after I'd moved on to gloss coat and started the Aeromaster decals:

The Aeromaster decals, of course, went on without incident, though I may hit them with Microsol or Solvaset to snug them down a bit more. Holding my breath, I started putting on a few of the Tamiya stencils. I've found Tamiya decals to be utterly dreadful, but the ones I put down so far don't seem as horrible.

All for now.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 8:00 AM

Go for it!

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

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Posted by mustang1989 on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:31 AM

Well alrighty then....It seems we have a group build starting to assemble here. You guys want me to post an official start date for an FW190 build?

                   

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Posted by stoutfella on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 6:17 AM

January would be fine for me for an FW190 build. I've got a couple of other kits I'm planning to do to finish out the year.

And I do plan to do another 109 -- a BOB E4 this time -- so I'd be up for another GB there, as well.

Cheers,

Stoutfella

On the bench: 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter

On deck: 1/48 Tamiya P51-B

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Posted by Rigidrider on Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:53 AM

Mustang... Jan is great with me! I'm sure more will jump in too. What a great build this could be!

PZL... Makes no diff to me... As stated earlier, Me109, Fw190.... Any where any time,...

Doug (RR)

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Posted by Luft Modeler on Monday, September 24, 2012 10:32 PM

Excellent work stoutfella!!

Sorry for the long absence from here guys, work and other builds have been keeping me busy!

Question though, next BF109 GB do you guys want it to be a limited run or an no end date GB??

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