2015 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build

OK, I was able to finish up today... All is all I liked this kit and the way it went together. I might try to find another, having seen several other aircraft they do like the JU87, F4U Corsair The Bf109G etc...

any way, here are some pics...

Well that's all for now... Thanks for having me here again, and there will be more 109s ... oh yes, there will be more...lol

Take care all , back soon...

Doug

Again, great looking builds all around!

About the coloured pencil crayons, I also use those for weathering.  I use only a little of  the silver, combining it with light grey or medium grey to illustrate both freshly worn metal surfaces and those that have aged/oxidized.  Suppose if you spray a flat clear afterwards, don't really have to worry about the silver having too much luster.

regards,

Jack

Thanks for the kind words, Mustang. After being away all day yesterday I was all set today to get the 02 masked and the 71 applied but a domestic crisis added to some papers to grade and some regular chores put paid to that... There's always tomorrow!

M/TB379

Those Prismacolor pencils are da bomb! I've got a silver lead pencil from them and it rocks!

Thanks one and all...yeah I think with a little luck I'll be done today.

Brandon , I believe Prismacolor is the brand I have. I bought a few basic individule pencils and they work great.

Mike: Looks like your a little further along and it's just looking better all the time. I hear you on being away. Seems like lately I've had a lot of distractions from the bench but I'll be getting back into the full swing of things shortly. Great looking progress so far bud.

Doug: Man that crate of yours is just beautiful! The paint and weathering are first class stuff.

That looks sweet Doug.

Doug - I love the way the paint came out. I thought it looked good before, but I really like it better now.

When you say an artist's pencil, do you mean something like the Prismacolor pencil, or something more like a paint pen? I have both, but found the pen to be unwieldy and needing touching up. I plan to use the pencil on my Spitfire I have going in another GB.

Again, great job - can't wait to see the finished pics.

-BD-

Afternoon all... I've got a bit done today, Its getting close now, possibly be able to finish up by tomorrow afternoon? Any way, here is where I stand now...

I've finished up the decals, and thankfully when I started to dull it down, the colors began to show again, that is lighten up some.

All the weathering and wear and tear is done, I used dry brushing and a silver artist pencil to chip and wear areas of the paint.

Tomorrow all I have left to do is the canopy stop cable and spring, the antenna and some minor fiddly stuff to do.

Well I guess that's it for now,,, More to follow!

Thanks

Doug 

Looking good, Mike. Glad you found some time to paint.

Jay

Rigidrider

And again Jay... RIGHTEOUS MILK PRODUCING BOVINE! That is one fine

Thanks, RR! Well, I managed to get an hour or two today, and managed to get my head back into hobby space instead of work space. I was able to complete masking the Airfix E-4, and then fired up the AB and applied the 02 to the topside schemes of both it and the Has E-7. They look like a pair of shaggy dogs right now, but here they are:

As I'll be away all tomorrow, the 02 will have plenty of time to cure before I mask for the final colour the day after. I think I have enough air to apply the 71 plus the clear coats -- we'll see. The 71 should be a quick enough job. After that's down and hard, there's plenty of unmasking and touching up to do before the finishing round.

Mike/TB379

Believe your right Bish... What I try to do is gather several references, pictures and like I found in the pictures, artist concepts and try to decide from there. The Luftwaffe does confuse at times.

Thanks Jay, I make my own springs also. I just take a wire garge drill bit and wrap about 6 or so coils with a fine wire, leave enough at either end for the hooks and VOILA! A spring is born. And again Jay... RIGHTEOUS MILK PRODUCING BOVINE! That is one fine looking 109!!!

Mike... Feel the same way when I have to walk by and see it sitting begging to be worker on, BUT... Hang in there Bro.

Looking really nice there Doug. The one your doing is in the Osprey book on JG 53, but they show it in Grey/Green, but they do admit there is uncertainly as to whether it should be grey or brown. At a guess, I would say that lower pic, with the yellow cowling, is a replacement aircraft, that's judging by the mottling on blue tail.

I've seen that done in the automotive world for return springs but yours looked so good I thought you'd obtained a small spring from somewhere.

I will say on my 1/24 scale builds that I use a wrist watch band retainer pin spring. Just cut the pin open and the spring falls out. Works great in the auto world too.

Joe, I use strands of copper wire. I save extra wire from the shop and just strip off the insulation. Made from two pieces. One straight piece and the spring is made from winding another piece around a thin brass rod and then slid over the straight piece and held in place with a little white glue, then painted. Kind of hard to keep from bending while installing, but it does need to be pretty thin to stay in scale.

Jay

What did you use for the canopy dampener spring Jay?

Getting pretty close. I still need to position the shoulder belts and make and install the pitot tube, but I think that's about it.

Jay

Doug, the decals look like they went on perfectly. Nicely done!

Brandon, I agree with Joe. I think Tamiya smoke would be a good alternative. I will probably have to use that myself at some point as the Gunze oil is from their Aqueous line which is hard to come by these days.

Jay

Brandon: I'm using that Tamiya smoke in the automotive world with some good results. Looking forward to seeing the outcome of it here.

Doug: Um......well..................I uh..........

Jay - thanks! I don't seem to have access to Gunze paints, so I'll see if I can get it working with Tamiya smoke on some scrap. If not, I'll try Sprue Brothers or something.

Doug - those decals look great!

-BD-

Doug, that is looking so, so, so good!!! It makes me want to get painting! (Meanwhile my hour for masking this morning was taken up with business, again -- GRRRRR!!

M/TB379

OK... Time for decals!

 Being Jg53, of course he flies "PikAs" on the cowling.

The pictures on the board were the ones I found for Hauptman Brandels Black 1. As you can see there are 2 different versions. the basic camo is the same but the lower has a yellow under cowling and a mottled tail, the upper has white wing tips on the underside. Oh well... I combine the 2, mottled tail and white wing tips.Like Brandon says, I love the Luftwaffe due to the variety, but they do get confusing at times. Well that's about all for now... Tomorrow I start the wear tear and weathering. Take care all!

Doug

LOLOL... That's right Bish! I like hearing and picking up on slangs and terms used from other countries. My wife being Filipina never fails to teach me new ones.

From what I had read about Brandel, he wouldn't give up his "E" when the "Fs" arrived due to lack of fire power and it wasn't until they hung the 20s in wing pods that he finally broke down and took one, (a dried up source of spare parts for the "E" may have played a small part in that too) ;) But even though it suffered from a reduction in maneuverability and performance, He went on to rack up an impressive score until KIA Nov 43.

Bish

Well, I least I am gett9ng through to one of you

Rigidrider

Bish, Yes there is , Just a little stub of a barrel end. And thank you... I saw you write that one time and I've been saying it every since! Thanks for an across the pond diction lesson! lol...

Doug

Well, I least I am gett9ng through to one of you

I was wondering because as it is, they look a bit like the Mk 108 barrels used on the R-5 conversion kit on the G models.

Doug,

That kit is coming along nicely, I like the green/brown camo.  Different and interesting.  One of the many reasons that I love to build Luftwaffe subjects, so many different paint schemes!

Jay,

Your K is looking great!  Really dig the subtle weathering aft of the radiator, not too much and not to little.  Keep up the great work.

I will get to posting (and taking) the better pictures of the F that I finished a while back, been busy with work and all that.

Thanks for sharing,

<Matt

BrandonD

Jay - This thing just keeps getting more and more beautiful. What did you use for the staining behind the radiator? I'd like to do a hint of that around my fuel tank spouts in the future as well as the radiators.

Thanks Brandon! I use Gunze Aqueos "Oil" thinned with MM Acryl thinner and streaked with a thin brush. 

Jay

Jay, agree with you on your comments, I've learned alot here and passed on some too. Also agree with the paint schemes. With single colors a carefullly executed detailing is what brings the subject alive. I have a good book that you might find interesting, its an Ospree book titled  109 aces of the Meditrranian. It shows many of the schemes used in the Med, and there are some pretty interesting ones. This was where I found my subject, then googled more info on the computer which made it more interesting.

And yes, this ti a large global family that I'm happy to be a part of.

Take care all...

Doug

Doug - I really like how that's turning out. Can't wait to see it progress. I wasn't familiar with that scheme until now, so thanks for sharing with us!

Jay - This thing just keeps getting more and more beautiful. What did you use for the staining behind the radiator? I'd like to do a hint of that around my fuel tank spouts in the future as well as the radiators.

Great, great work, all. I love seeing these pop up in my email when I'm at work :)

-BD-