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Completed Trumpeter 1:32 Messerschmitt Bf 109-G-6 Early Version

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  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 1:44 PM

Buckeye

Hey Toshi, sorry to hear about the crash.  I was looking forward to this build as I have the same kit in my stash.  You were off to a great start on this one.

Mike

 

My daughter recommended that I continue as is.  The 109 should be built as if it's in it's flight position and hung up from the ceiling.  so says my daughter.  I thought to myself; "How much worse can this be"?  Even after everything happened I still have the Eduard canopy mask on it's way, ETA Thursday or Friday.  

With all this excitement LOL, I've yet to stop any build thus far.  So I will forge ahead and finish this model no matter what!  Please continue to follow along, I will do my best to complete this wonderful, detailed kit.  Thank you so much for your support.  This makes me want to finish this project!

Toshi

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Posted by patrick206 on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 2:29 PM

Toshi

I'm glad to read that you'll carry on with the 109, even with some damage it's a perfect object to play around with,  to get a handle on some German camo schemes. Baby girl Daughter is quite right, finish it and hang it up, you'll be the only observer to know the poor thing got hurt.

Press on, I'm looking forward to seeing how you manage this "hangar rash."

Patrick  

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Posted by suomi39 on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:36 PM

That hurts! But very glad to hear you're continuing the project. 

I know the feeling... when the roll of tape fell on my D.XXI I almost couldn't bear to assess the damage. In the end it set me back a week's worth (at 1.5 hours per night at most) of filling and sanding, but in the end it will be no worse for wear. Every build is a learning build... get after it!

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Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:45 PM

patrick206

Toshi

I'm glad to read that you'll carry on with the 109, even with some damage it's a perfect object to play around with,  to get a handle on some German camo schemes. Baby girl Daughter is quite right, finish it and hang it up, you'll be the only observer to know the poor thing got hurt.

Press on, I'm looking forward to seeing how you manage this "hangar rash."

Patrick  

 

Patrick206, it brings me joy that you will be; "Looking forward to seeing how you manage this "Hanger Rash".  I so appreciate your support in my 109 build.  Matter of fact it's 10:45pm and I'll be starting some preliminary repair work on it right now.  Thank you so much for the read and reply!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:51 PM

suomi39

That hurts! But very glad to hear you're continuing the project. 

I know the feeling... when the roll of tape fell on my D.XXI I almost couldn't bear to assess the damage. In the end it set me back a week's worth (at 1.5 hours per night at most) of filling and sanding, but in the end it will be no worse for wear. Every build is a learning build... get after it!

 

I so agree, especially with this build; "Every build is a learning build..."  I will continue on and forge ahead!  Thank you for your support and the wise words of advice.  Thank you again suomi39!

Toshi

Toshi

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Posted by BrandonK on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 10:02 PM

Press on, Toshi.

 

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Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 21, 2016 5:23 AM

BrandonK

Press on, Toshi.

 

 

BrandonK, I love the little clips of videos you send me.  It's either a extremely a funny one and or one of inspiration like this one!  Yes, I can do it, and I can.  I lay dawn the first coat of paint today with my trigger gun.  

Toshi

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Posted by scottrc on Thursday, January 21, 2016 9:29 AM

Toshi, if you don't drop, snag, spill, step on, or have chewed on a model thats a work in process, then your not enjoying the full experience of scale modeling.

EVERY one of my builds ends up a partial rebuild because of my butter fingers.  I'm captain Klutz of the modeling world.  And whats funny, I build sailing ships, which is why it takes me three years to complete the rigging.  There is nothing like the feeling of spending 30 hours setting all the rigging on a mast and then catching a spar with a shirt sleave and ripping it all into a tangled ball of thread and plastic.  The most common experience I have is knocking a fully rigged bowsprit off a sailing ship with either an arm or when moving it.  I'll try to post a picture sometime of my CSS Alabama with the top main mast sheard off when I was taking it out of the case.  Oh what fun!

The first feeling is to throw the model in the trash and walk away, never to see it again.  The best thing is to do the latter and just walk away from the project for a little while.  Let the dust settle a bit, then go back and start fixing the damage.  Its all part of the hobby.  

Keep up the good work Toshi! Scott

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Posted by Buckeye on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:18 AM

Good for you, I'll be following along.

 

Mike

 

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Posted by Jay Jay on Thursday, January 21, 2016 11:44 AM

SadOh Nooo Mr. Toshi  , I feel your pain Buddy, been there, done that...Semper Fi, Carry on, you'll fix it good as new I'm sure.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:28 PM

scottrc

Toshi, if you don't drop, snag, spill, step on, or have chewed on a model thats a work in process, then your not enjoying the full experience of scale modeling.

EVERY one of my builds ends up a partial rebuild because of my butter fingers.  I'm captain Klutz of the modeling world.  And whats funny, I build sailing ships, which is why it takes me three years to complete the rigging.  There is nothing like the feeling of spending 30 hours setting all the rigging on a mast and then catching a spar with a shirt sleave and ripping it all into a tangled ball of thread and plastic.  The most common experience I have is knocking a fully rigged bowsprit off a sailing ship with either an arm or when moving it.  I'll try to post a picture sometime of my CSS Alabama with the top main mast sheard off when I was taking it out of the case.  Oh what fun!

The first feeling is to throw the model in the trash and walk away, never to see it again.  The best thing is to do the latter and just walk away from the project for a little while.  Let the dust settle a bit, then go back and start fixing the damage.  Its all part of the hobby.  

Keep up the good work Toshi! Scott

 

Thank you so much for sharing your experience with me.  I've never gone through something this bad as far as Model kits are concerned.  But I feel really good as I started the camoflauge process on the 109 and it's looking really good to me (In my humble opinion).  Once again thank you sir!

Toshi

 

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Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:29 PM

Buckeye

Good for you, I'll be following along.

 

Mike

 

 

I should have some thing to show by tomorrow.  Thank you for the visit!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 21, 2016 12:31 PM

Jay Jay

SadOh Nooo Mr. Toshi  , I feel your pain Buddy, been there, done that...Semper Fi, Carry on, you'll fix it good as new I'm sure.

 

Thank you my friend!  I'm in the camoflauge stage and I feel really excited about it.  Thank you for the support!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:28 PM
Sorry Toshi. That was looking sweet. It happens to all of us. You could use the air frame to practice mottling. .

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Thursday, January 21, 2016 8:31 PM

scottrc

Toshi, if you don't drop, snag, spill, step on, or have chewed on a model thats a work in process, then your not enjoying the full experience of scale modeling.

 

I was about to say the same thing, Toshi. Its part of the whole deal?

You know what can be worse?  Dropping a fully completed kit. Ive had an FA-18 drop to the floor after someone bumped me during contest egress in the late 90s.  And I was lucky enough to have won an award for that kit.  A month later I gathered up the courage to rebuild it.  It wasnt perfect anymore but I got Humpty back together again.

So just keep going my friend!

 

 

 

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Thursday, January 21, 2016 10:21 PM

lawdog114
Sorry Toshi. That was looking sweet. It happens to all of us. You could use the air frame to practice mottling. .
 

I actually almost completed the project at 11:00pm!  I'll have photops

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Posted by Toshi on Friday, January 22, 2016 6:42 AM

Still there's much more work to do, but this is how far I got!

Toshi

 

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Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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Posted by scottrc on Friday, January 22, 2016 7:50 AM

Perfect Toshi, that will look sweet hanging down from the ceiling or on a stand.

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Posted by Toshi on Friday, January 22, 2016 4:32 PM

scottrc

Perfect Toshi, that will look sweet hanging down from the ceiling or on a stand.

 

Thank you ScottRC.  I didn't know they make a generic stand for aircraft.  I'm going to look into it.  Any recommendations?

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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Posted by TempusFugit on Friday, January 22, 2016 4:55 PM

This is looking really good, Toshi! I applaud your decision to proceed. I nearly trashed my Tamiya P-51 after screwing up the paint job a few times in a row. I suspect that your experience was more heart-breaking though, lol!

Very convincing work. I particularly like the pit and engine work. Forge on!

 

TF

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Friday, January 22, 2016 5:03 PM

Sorry to hear about the nose dive Toshi. Now, if it had been a Stuka, it would have pulled out of that Wink

Glad to see your not ditching it and are going to finish this build.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by allan on Friday, January 22, 2016 7:47 PM

Its looking like a good save to me, Toshi!  Nice!

No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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Posted by patrick206 on Saturday, January 23, 2016 12:02 AM

Toshi

Mighty nice recovery, it's looking like a 109 that did hard work and keeps on trucking. Good work, buddy, how about a photo when you get it hung up?

No matter the hard landing, you can't keep Toshi down.

Patrick 

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Posted by roger_wilco on Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:12 AM

Toshi, So very,very sorry to hear this! Your attitude is admirable and a positive one regarding the aftermath. I too have put aside defunct projects and used them for paint practice. I have a box called "Paint Mules" where all discarded models get a second lease on life. Happy to see you're continuing on with it and it's looking nice so far.

"Build what YOU want, the way YOU want, and above all have fun!" - RIP Modeler Al. 

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Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 23, 2016 3:59 AM

Gentleman, thank you so much for the support and the words of encouragement to continue to move forward.  As you can see, I have heeded your advice and you can see some of the progress here.

I went really heavy with the weathering, it was due to several cracks that needed to be sanded and CA.  But at least it looks exceptable compared to what it looked like last week.  Once again, thank you gentleman.

Toshi

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Posted by BrandonK on Saturday, January 23, 2016 10:54 AM

It looks great, Toshi. Nicely done.

BK

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Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 23, 2016 11:59 AM

BrandonK

It looks great, Toshi. Nicely done.

BK

 

Thank you sir.  Thank you for the visit as well.

Toshi

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Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:49 PM

First, NICE RECOVERY!

Mistakes are part of this hobby and correcting them is an important skill to have in your arsenal. If you don't make mistakes, you're not trying hard enough! LMAO!

Not a bad mottling job, Toshi. If you think that was challenging, you haven't tried to brush paint that scheme yet lol. That's a challenge!

Again, nice recovery, my friend. Stuff a little cotton "Smoke" in the cracks and have a Mustang on it's tail.  ;)  You got this licked.  :D

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

GAF
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Posted by GAF on Saturday, January 23, 2016 2:57 PM

Glad to see you pulled her out before auguring in!  Smile

Just remember:  Mistakes are what make us better modellers!

Gary

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Posted by Toshi on Saturday, January 23, 2016 7:27 PM

Thank you M.Brindos and GAF.  Your words of encouragement are very inspiring.  I have learned a lot from this build and will carry this experience on to the many up and coming builds.  Thank you for the read and replies!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

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