Hasegawa 1/32nd Bf 109F-4 Completed pics Page 3.

Firstly, no, you are not seeing things, its not a typo, I have not been replace by an alien. After several years of building up a small(ish) stash of 1/32nd German aircraft, I am finally building one. This is a bit of a jump up from 1/72nd. I decided to start by building a kit with a simple paint scheme so I can concentrate on the construction side and working out what, if anything, I should do differently than I would do in the smaller scale.

The kit is the Hasegawa Bf 109F-4/Trop. It comes with markings for 4 aircraft flown by Hans Joachim Marseille in 1942. I am building the last option, the aircraft he flew in early Sept 42, just before he switched to the G-2 which killed him. The kit also comes with the bonus figure. I will be adding some PE from Eduard and RB Productions, Aires resin wheels and a couple of HGW sets.

 First thing I have been working on, I am sure you will not be surprised to hear, is the pit. After removing the moulded on detail, the PE and plastic parts were attached.

 Next up, a coat of Alclad black primer followed by Xtracolour RLM 66.

 This was followed with a dry brush mixing the enamels with white oil.

As I have used oils, I will leave it until tomorrow night before painting in some details, adding the pre coloured PE and doing the washes. In the mean time I have made a start on the wings.

All comments and suggestions are extremely welcome.