Bf-109: Reich Defender GB The End

Stickpusher-good progress! Keep those updates coming.

Soulcrusher-Fantastic work! I love the paint job, excellent!

Frank-Wow! Very nice work indeed! You're having way too much fun at work mate!

Not much happening today as I'm spending the day with the family, perhaps I'll get some benchtime tomorrow.

Thank you everyone for the positive input. The kit is no show winner. I think I spent all of about 3 hours building it and filling in seams. About 5 airbrushing it. I enjoyed this build even though it is far from accurate and all fine detail is non existent. it still looks good in the display case just do'nt look to close!

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Hey all, its me agian, poking my nose in to see ow everyones doing. You guys are seriously knocking out some stunning stuff.

Crusher, Great job mate.

Frank, nice jewlery. Is that your day job?

...Guy

Hello again Chaps!

Here is what I managed to cobble together today...........

Frank, I think your idea for the exhaust guards is a good one, I will get onto finding some nice thin card for the job.

Thanks Guy now that I am done with number two I can go back to play some more in the Reggia Aeronautica GB. Ro 37 here I come!

Looks like a good start there Darren.

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Luftwoller wrote:

Frank, nice jewlery. Is that your day job?

Yep, sure is!  And busy it has been too with V-Day yesterday.  Hope tro get to the bench sometime soon!

Darren- Looking very good, are you sure you haven't built one of these before?

SC- I'll look for that bipe over at the RAGB, and probably try to entice you back with promises of 109's in the mail.

Today was a modeling frenzy! In addition to the other two kits I am working on ahead of this, I was able to airbrush the lower surfaces of my K wth Testors MM Enamel RLM 76...

more to follow as progress happens...

Very nice Stick, good to see some paint being slung around.

Darren, its comming along nicely and cant wait to see some paint on this one.

Keep up the work guys they are all looking great.

Steve

OK guys here is my Me109G-6 WHite 7 4./JG51 flown by Obfw. Elias Kuhlein.  Fujimi 1/48 Eduard Zoom Set.  Ministry of Small Aircraft decals which were absolutely horrible.  Final weathering has yet to be done.

Hope you all like.  This was a nice build except for the decals.

Carlos- It may be just the camera settings, but that RLM 76 looks a bit dark.  Is it just me?  The spray work looks top notch.

John- Well done!  Love those markings, too bad the decals were such a PITA.  Overall, some excellent work and a stunning 109.   I updated page 1 for you! 

Stikpusher, nice job on the 76.

Johnny, great looking K.

The decals look great despite the problems you had with them.

Karl

Carlos- Amazing isn't it how a color can be just right, yet appear so different on the computer screen?  I look forward to seeing more pics as you progress.

I worked on my 109 twins today! The G-10 has it's seams all sorted out, and the cockpit is mostly finished and installed- just need to finish the shoulder harnesses.  I also glued the wings on, and have to wait for them to dry before I remove the tape for photos.  Hope to have some tomorrow.

Hey ho, me again, and what a cracker to come back too. John, white 7 is a stunner. Its something about the eyes. Theyre not mean looking as you would expect, they are sort of aloof. Like the planes saying 'Tum tee tum, ooh look at that cloud it looks like Father christmas in a wig' not 'Lets get at em boys' as you Would expect. I do like em though and it does set off a great build. Sorry about that, sometimes i go off at a tangent LOL.

...Guy

dupes wrote:

I've been completely lacking in the pic department - actually started firing some paint on my Revell G-10 last night.

WE WANT PICS!!!

Well, if you didn't east them so fast they'd probably stay down...

TB379

Luftwoller wrote:

Hey ho, me again, and what a cracker to come back too. John, white 7 is a stunner. Its something about the eyes. Theyre not mean looking as you would expect, they are sort of aloof. Like the planes saying 'Tum tee tum, ooh look at that cloud it looks like Father christmas in a wig' not 'Lets get at em boys' as you Would expect. I do like em though and it does set off a great build. Sorry about that, sometimes i go off at a tangent LOL.   ...Guy

What do you mean 'sometimes'?

I thought tangent was your general direction!

Karl

Thunderbolt379 wrote:

Well, if you didn't east them so fast they'd probably stay down...

Haaaaaahahahahah...too true!

Alright, here we go - first pic is post-construction with the RLM 76 of a 83/75/76 scheme laid down. Using all Model Master Acrylics, because I'm colorblind, and can't eyeball colors to save my life. SOOO, despite the fact that I have issues with the paint (namely inability to mask with out peeling up, and issues thinning it to my liking) that's the route I went.

Pic number two is after I added the RLM 75 - forgot to take a pic of that stage. Masked the wing roots with Tamiya tape (which peeled up the 76 despite being the friendliest masking tape on the planet), and then freehanded the top section and the "squiggles". Silly putty was then applied to add the hard-edged portions of the RLM 83.

Final shot here is post-firing of the RLM 83 a few minutes later. Have never done a scheme with this color before. Seems awfully green? Anyone have experience with this color? Does it look right?

Whole bird got a generous coat of future this morning to aid in the decaling, and also (HOPEFULLY) to prevent any lifting when I add the white stripe later today (fingers crossed) around the fuselage with some gloss white. Decals after!

Any and all comments highly appreciated.

Good to see you making some progress there Dupes. The masking looks good. The 83 is definetly to light. I also have some eye trouble with greens browns and reds but I usally never have a problem matching colors. They appear different in my eyes than others but I have learned to make the adjustments and I have become pretty good at comparing colors to ensure my colors are not off. As far as having a problem with pulling up paint it sound like the paint is just not adhearing to the model very good. I like to give my models a good wipe down with some alcohol on a lint free towel to remove any skin oils from the model being handled during constructing. Since I have started doing this I have not pulled up one speck of paint while masking. Here is a pick of my G-14 with the nose painted in RLM 83. This is more of the shade it should be. Keep posting pics. can't wait to see more.

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