Bf-109: Reich Defender GB The End

Frank good to see some progress.

Mike great work

SC that is a really cool camo job.  What color is up front?

Great work going on guys.

Frank, nice to see you whipping that kit into submission. Looking smooth so far.

Mike, mike, mike, mike. You da man. Another great looking build. As impressive as the finished plane is is the fact that you had all the stuff to make it like it should. Amazing finish.

Steve, oops, my bad. Why did I think those were 72nd? Getting old I guess. Nice builds, all! How about a shot of all of them on the shelf at the same time?

Thanks Darren thats why I picked it. If I had know how much work t would have been I might not have. I had to make all of the masks for the field paint overs of the plane numbers and squadron markings very tediuos. The Acadamy kit is no shinning star but I hope the cool camo will draw attention away from the kits short comings.

John the color on the nose and tail mottleing is RLM 83 Lichtgrun. It is usally only seen as an extra color on the mottleing on the side of the fuselage camo. I do not know how it ended up on the nose of this bird but it looks pretty cool. Like Mike said this bird took place in operation Bodenplate. The luftwaffe scrapped up what ever they had and threw them in the air resulting alot of weird markings.

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Thanks fellas.  Glad you like!  Modeling with the talent we have here is quite a thrill, great bunch of lads to be sure!

Thanks SC, I appreciate that.  I wouldn't miss a chance to build 109's with you guys, the best modelers I have had the pleasure or building with.  Thank goodness you guys are building like you are, if we were waiting for me to finish everyone would have left by now!

Hey Mike,

 Your build is right on my man..!! Wow she looks great!! I like the over all apprearance and the setting makes it all the more stand out..

Hey SC,

 Your attention to the paint scheme is turning out just fine.. I too at times get a lil frustrated with the abing but as you mention I soldier one..

 Looking forward to seeing her finished..

Wuz up Frank,

 I really like your progress thus far!!.. Ggeeez I thought my Hasegawa build would be a lil easier..

 The fit is ok but the fit of the radiators for the wings are reversed to what the destructions say..

 Had to do a little test fitting and realized the the radiators were set in the wrong direction in terms on how they were shaped!!

 I just flipped them around and tada... My wings fit rather nicley..

Again I am really enjoying your progress just like I am with the rest of the fella's builds!!

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

Howdy all,

 Just like Frank, I too am a lil bit slow at this build.. So far I have the fuselage buttoned up and the main wings as well as the stablizers in place..

 Had a lil set back with the radiators as I explained to Frank in my previous posting.. Never knew directions could be wrong... I was smarter than them and after about 15 minutes of test fitting, I figured out that they were reversed!! Lol....

 Anywho, I have to go over the seams, attach the air scoop, the antenna's, attach the main canopy since it's going to be a closed pit and hopefully I'll be able to start thrown paint on her..

 One thing I noticed when I attached the upper cowling, the panel lines seem a lil wider in certain sections.. I may use some Liquid fill to close up the seam to make it closer to what the rest of the cowling is like! What do you fella's think?

 Included are a few pix.. Thank you for looking and as always, comments welcomed!!

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lea The Way

Very nice Mike, I love them when they are at that stage. All ready to be painted, mmmmm, yummy. Great shot from the rear looking into the pit.

...Guy

Man, 7 weeks and you guys have been cranking out some SERIOUS builds! WOW!

I'm hoping I can find some time to squeeze something in for this one...I have the Monogram 1/48 beast, my question was going to be "what kind of G" is this, but I think it's been answered from the front page - a G10? Have some nice AM decals for a -6, was hoping it might be that. Think anyone would notice? Knowing you guys, probably.

Also have a Hasegawa G10 I could bang out if necessary.

Once again...WOW!

OK a little more progress. Have the yellow and white sprayed and just finished the RLM 76 bottom. Comment critiques please.

Hey John,

 Really like how the underside has that worn look!! The panle lines are just right!! Looking forward to seeing her done.

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

John- Great work, really like the pre-shading.

Mike- The refined cowl didn't really fit that well in many cases, so a perfect fit would be the exception.  By late in the war much of the assembly was being done by forced labor so the quality wasn't nearly as high on these aircraft.

Mike, stunning job on the little 109.

Sounds like the spares box is a little emptier!

SC, cool looking camo.  You have to love late war Luftwaffe camo!

Karl

Very nce progress John, really like the pre shading it turned out well

Steve

Hi all,

Great work going on here, I'm ashamed to say I've still not found a shipping source for those paints I need to get on with the K-4. My HS is due to restock in a few weeks, I could cool my heels till them and work on other projects (like I don't have enough on my bench...)

I dug into my stash and pulled out Promodeller's 1997 G-10 in 1:72 and it's a very sweet lil kit! Recessed panel lines, good quality decals (if a tad shiny) for two planes Jan 1945, one in Hungary, one in Norway. There are only 38 parts! Red legs, they must have been high altitude interceptors.

But the paint scheme is RLM 74/75/76... WAAAHHHH!!! So the same thing applies to this as to the K-4, even that Hasegawa 1:32 Fw 190 A-8 I took down from the stash and ogled the other day (not that it's appropriate for this build...)

That's where I am, guys -- still eager to build but nothing to paint with at this point.

Cheers,

Mike

Thunderbolt379 wrote:

I dug into my stash and pulled out Promodeller's 1997 G-10 in 1:72 and it's a very sweet lil kit! Recessed panel lines, good quality decals (if a tad shiny) for two planes Jan 1945, one in Hungary, one in Norway. There are only 38 parts! Red legs, they must have been high altitude interceptors.

Mike,

That kit is a good base to start with but takes some work to make into an accurate 109.  See my posts on the one that I converted to a G-14/AS and good luck!

Also be careful of red legs...there are only a handful of photographs that actually document 109's with red legs.  Most C-3 fueled 109's had RLM 02 landing gear.

Layed down my second coat of Future tonight. Hopefully tomorrow night I will be posting pics of decals being applied. I hope the decals pull the whole thing together and make it look as interesting as it does in the color profile.

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Mike (Butz)- Looks like you're sailing through your build as well!  For the panel lines on the cowl, if you are referring to the one between the top insert and the fuselage sides, the line there is almost invisible.  Here's a photo I found at the 109 Lair:

Hope that helps!

Marc- Yep, the fellas here would notice!   Of course, you could possibly change around the camo or modify the markings, and no one would know!

John- Oh yeah baby!  I'm lovin that one!  You extra work on the paint really paid off, looks very nice from here!

Mike (Tbolt379)- Bummer about the paint!  Don't worry about falling behind, you'll still finish before I do!

SC- See?  You're doin g quite well too.  Can't wait to see those markings, should go very well with your camo job.

Hi Lufty --

I shall review those posts most carefully, thanks for the heads-up! The parts are distressingly tiny in the box (or my eyesight is getting worse!), I'm not sure how much modification I'd be able to do on such a small subject! The plans of this edition cited the 109 at Planes of Fame Museum are the main reference source, plus Detail & Scale photos, so I'd be guessing it's not too bad a starting point. if I can get am AM or two, that'd be great. Quickboost make 1:72 but I've not found anybody carrying that part of the range yet...

Cheers,

Mike

Hey Mike,

 I will definitely take that into consideration my friend!! Thank you for your assistance!! Hopefully the cowling turns out to my liking however, fit to what you described without looking to out of scale.. Thank you again

Howdy Frank,

 Interesting indeed!! In this pix, the upper cowl looks to be part of the whole cowling itself correct at least in this photo? I can totally see how smooth it is as well which is interesting..

 Between you & Mike, you have me craving to do more reseach on this..

  Below is a closer view of the cowling.. When I glued it in place using TenX, I was actually squeezing in the sides of the fuselage a bit for a more snug fit..

 Thank you again Frank & Mike for your input, very much appreciated!!

Flaps up,

Mike

Rangers Lead The Way

Since I had this guy withthe wheels up I played around with the photos.  What do you think?

Nice photograpy work there wingnut. I like the second photo better. Make it grainier and it could pass for something shot out of another plane during WWII.

I got my decals down tonight. The usual crappy out of register decals from Academy. Going to shoot it with some dullcoat tomorrow and then deal with all of the fiddly bits. I'm already thinking of building another on for this GB since the Academy kit is really not that spectacular and thier is still alot of time left. I will have to see how much trouble Frank's Knights of the Skies GB gives me as I am not that good at stacking wings.

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Wow this thread has slowed down a bit. So I thought I would post the little bit of work I have done in the past two days. Decals are on and under a flat coat. Tommorow all of the fiddle bits hopefully will find thier respective places and behave nicely for me. Here is a pic so far. Still have a bit to go as you can see.

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Glad to help Butz!  Hope you guys don't mind me using handles, so many Mikes around here!

Marc- I like those photos too!  Especially the second one, looks like a period photo.

SC- Those decals look very good, tying in all of those cool colors.  I'm really liking your build!

Wing nut, very cool bleck and white photos, I like them a lot.

SC, nice progress on the painting and hoping to see this one finished soon.

Steve

Nice B+W's Marc, thats something ive fancied trying. I like the way you got the prop to blur as well. Cool. Now i have photoshop (Ask Sfcmac ) ill give it a try.

SC, looking stupendous, my friend. Are you going to weather the bird? If so, do you do it over a flat coat?

...Guy

I am stuck on that very point Guy. This plane was obvoiusly reasigned at one point fom the painted out numbers and emblems on the nose. So it is an plane that has probally been in service awhile and should have some weathering I have no real photos of the plane to go buy only the color guide that came with the kit. I think. I just have to be carefull with the washes because the panel lines on this kit are not that great so I think I will apply the washes carefully so I do not accent some areas that are not up to par. I am going to apply another coat of Future before adding the wash. I have heard some models say they apply it over flat finishes with no problems but I think I will stick to applying it over a gloss coat.

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