2015 Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build

Joe, thanks and thanks for another awsome GB.

BK, thank you, much apprexciated. Its great to be in such awsome company.

Bish and PJ, not sure why I haven't said anything in here but what a great pair of builds. Both your birds look just crazy nice. Steller work by you both!! 

BK

BD and Kim, thanks again!

Bish and PJ: Got both of your builds posted in the intro. Bish I think you'll like yours...lol

Excellent work Bish.  I love the weathering and the colors of your 109 are awesome.  I seriously need to finish an armor build for a friend and get out my E-4.

PJ  your G-6 is a beautiful bird.  I love the colors on yours as well.  You have a bird that you can be proud of.

Keep up the great work Bish and PJ.

Kim

Thanks for the kind words, guys!

PJ, Bish - outstanding work! I keep seeing what you guys do, and it is always inspiring!

-BD-

Thanks gents for the positive comments and thanks to mustang for hosting another great GB. You can use any of the photos for the completed build page so it's your choice.

Bish, pj-  Holy crap,I have a bit of a ways to go.......

Nice work, PJ. Congrats on your completion. I like the pin washes and overall weathering.

Thank a lot guys, much appreciated as always.

PJ, I have heard of that but have not been able to find it over here. But I think I came across something similar but did not pick any up, I will have to check it out again.

Joe, thanks buddy. It was not as bad as I thought and once I got going It just felt natural. But it certainly was nice to try something new.

Jack, thanks. And I will admit I took a risk with that. I did a search for streaking on 109's and found a few pics with the grime like that, but I think they were all models. I could not find any decent pics of the underside of 109 in service so after some thought I decided to risk it. It may well be totally wrong, and if so I will take that as a lesson learned.

That and I think I was getting a bit carried away with myself having such a big canvas to cover.

Bish, a very succesful forray into 1/32 scale. 

Love the subtle varions of colour, particularly topside.  A great overall presentation with the base and figure as well.  One question on  the dark streak on the bottom fuselage - I need some enlightment on what would cause that?

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PJ, an extremely fine example of the G-6. 

Your attention to specific detailing is quite impressive and you should be proud of your handiwork.

regards,
Jack

Was meaning to respond to this all about 3 hours ago but my computer/ internet connection was acting up and I couldn't see the pictures.

 Bish: I have to say that your skills never fail. I'm sure it's a bit uncomfortable building out of your comfort zone of the 72nd scale realm but you've managed to pull them all off magnificantly. I'd like to extend some gratitude to you for participating in this GB bud. Your contributions are a welcome addition to it.

 Ernie: Wow!!! All weathering and paint are drop dead gorgeous and if there's a fault I can't find it. Let me know which picture you want to use for the front page and thanks a million for being a welcome part of this GB as well.

Brandon: It's great to see you back on your E-7 again. I just love looking at 109's all opened up. It's lookin' to be an awesome finish.

Tbolt

Tahnyou kindly sir.

Bish

Thanks buddy. Hey forgot to tell you  that Durham's Water Putty is great to create desert sand or regular terrain. I use that along with unscented crushed kitty litter for rocky areas or rubble. Don't know if you can get this product in your side of the pond. 

Again great job on the figure, terrain and the Friedrick.

Forgot to add the pitot tube so now it's complete.

Just a short description about the plane and markings. This G-6 was flown by Hauptmann Karl Rammelt of II./JG 51 while based in Rumania in 1944. He flew 450 missions scoring 46 kills. He lived to the ripe old age of 94, passing away on May13, 2009.

Got the lights painted

and mounted

Made the canopy cable and spring along with the radio antenna insulators

Wheels got some MMP earth powders

tail tire was flatenned a bit

Some chipping was added and MMP black powder was applied for the exhaust stains.

More fluid streaks here and there, or as Bob Ross used to say, there and here.

 Finally completed this great kit. Hope you like it. All comments welcome.

You nailed it Bish, great job overall! The base and figure adds tons to the build.

Fantastic, Bish! Nice base, figure, and weathering. Very well done. 

Well, i guess its time to call this done. My first 32nd scale aircrfat is almost 30 years of building models.

After the last thread i tok PJ's suggestion and did a filter wash with Yellow Orche oil. I did add a small dropofwhite and did the wash very thin and the result was just what i wanted, so thanks again PJ.

On the underside i re-did the flory wash with dark dirt and then another with sand.

Next upwas fitting the clear parts to the canopy. As you can see, the clear acotate has a paper backing with the outline of each piece. the instructions say that once cut, they should be soaked in water toremove the paper, but it came off easily enough without.

I cut two piece out at a time to avoid mixing them up, dipped them in future and after 30 mins drying fitted them. Most fitted no problem, but the centre pieces, which should have been fitted before the inner frame, needed some trimmng.

Once all fitted, the canopy was fitted along with the antena wire and that was it.

I added some MiG and AK pigments to the wheels legs and around the wheel wells.

Then it was just adding it to the base, fitting the propand adding the figure and its done.

And here, along with my otehr build for this GB, the 1/18th DB 605.

And finally, i wanted to do a comparison. For those who may have only built in one scale, or only made a small change, here you can see what a big jump this is for me. Apart from a few 48th kits early on, i have been building 72nd aircraft ever since i started modelling. But now my sole 72nd 109, a hase G-6, has a big brother.

And tehre you are. Thanksall for the support and making this yet anotehr great GB. Thanks to all those who gave tips and advice.

And a huge thanks to Mustang for yet anotehr great GB and the excuse to build twokits that both challenged me and were a rel joy to build, as well as adding somthing new to the collection.

I will leave which pic you add to the front page all toyou buddy.

O, almost forgot.You will have to excuse the differant colours in the terrain. I added some fresh celluclay after the model was added so this is still wet. Once it dries it will all match.

Here we go with another stunner in progress courtesy of BD! It's looking super!

I'm almost done with my G-6 and will be posting pictures soon.

There is so much fantastic work going on here. Plastic Junkie and Bish, great, great job.

Everyone else is doing amaing work, too. In fact, you all inspired me to get back to my Bf-109 E7 Trop kit from Eduard that has been sitting around in my stash for a bit.

I decided to do this one with the front end opened up. I have the weekend edition kit, but bought the PE set for it, so it's closer to a Profipack.

Anyway, here is the cockpit before final assembly.

And here is the engine, firewall and cockpit installed in the fuselage.

I'm looking forward to gettingthis one painted up and weathered. I want to try out some new techniques on weathering, and this kit will be perfect for it, given the climate inwhich it served.

-BD-

Good to hear Bish.

Thanks Kim!

Looking great PJ.  The oil streaks look awesome.  Keep up the great work.

Kim

Will comment on this more in depth when I get home. Time is short at work today.