Aces on the Wrong Side of History GB - 2018

Very nicely done Waggish. Great job on the scheme, the mottling look really well done.

Great job WA, hard to believe that's a 1/72!

Also WA, I was thinking of picking this up tomorrow, if someone dosn't buy it before I do.

It was flown by Tetsuzo Iwamoto who was credited with at least 87 victories based on the RAF and FAA scoring systems, but his diary claims 202 alied aircraft. Either way he was one of the top scoring aces in the IJNAS.

I'll let you know if I get it.

Steve

Waggish, excellent job with the Airfix Emil.
Colours look very good, and great stuff with the mottling at this scale.

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Thanks  Bish.
The bust is a total of six parts if one includes the brass rod to mount - note no base.  Also have the option to go hatless.

regards,

Jack

Wag - Nice Emil!  Those decals look great.

WA, your 109E looks spot on. Nice job !

Jack, I'll be interested to watch you paint that bust.

Cheers

Tony 

Cheers Jack. I like the look of that, nice detail and the two heads is a nice touch. Will have to get a couple of theirs.

Waggish, great job on the Emil!

Really lovely work on the Emil.

An inspiring bench-mark for the rest of us!

Well, now you have me thinking.

I've got a cute model in the stash of Marseille and his car "OTTO". 

I'll see if I can get it out and if it's intact.

TomcatModelKits

. Whenever I try upload photos to this forum they never appear, so I'll probably post updates on my youtube or twitter.

Tomcat, I entered you into the roster. As for your picture problem- here the solution. NEVER use the upload button. Upload your image to flickr, right-click on the image in the camera roll, click copy, then come back to the forum and ctrl+v the picture directly to your post. 

Bish, ModelCrazy, Rambo, mopar, hogfanfs, and gregbale, thanks! I've actually finished my other submission as well- but I didn't take a whole lot of WIP pics, so I don't know if I'm going to post it or not. 

GMorrison, thanks! I you find it and you still want in, let me know. I've never heard of 'otto' before- very interesting. 

jgeratic- Thanks! That looks like a very nice molding. Are you planning on hat, or no hat?

taxtp- thanks, and I'll be watching with great interst as well. 

waggish great job on the 109 ! And the 1st one done.

I found this kit in the stash. Actually I have a second too, not Marseille.

TheWaggishAmerican

 

jgeratic- Thanks! That looks like a very nice molding. Are you planning on hat, or no hat?

 

Right now, I envision the build to be with the hat.

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GMorrison, if you do decide to go with 'Otto', that would be cool to see another figure build.

regards,

Jack

Waggish, I'd like to enter with "OTTO". I'll do the Marseille figure, it'll never come anywhere close to what Jack can do but it's 54mm big enough to see what I'm doing.

This guy was something, 150 some kills against Western Allies. Died at the age of 22.

GMorrison

Waggish, I'd like to enter with "OTTO". I'll do the Marseille figure, it'll never come anywhere close to what Jack can do but it's 54mm big enough to see what I'm doing.

This guy was something, 150 some kills against Western Allies. Died at the age of 22.

I've entered you. He truly was something. Can you imagine the tole he would have taken if he had survived long enough to hunt the American bomber streams pre-escort?

I'm looking forward to seeing your Marseille GM, I'm painting one in another GB.

Cheers

Tony

I guess I might join. I've got an Academy Bf-109 G-6 in 1/72 I'm going to decal as Franz Stigler's plane, from when he escorted the badly-damaged B-17 "Ye Olde Pub" to the North Sea, saluted, and flew away instead of shooting them down. Just need to get the right paints for it.

I also have revell's 1/32 Fw 190A-8 I hope to make as Otto Bach's plane (https://roncole.net/collections/authentic-aircraft-relic-displays/products/luftwaffe-fw190-ace-otto-bach-relic-display-ron-cole-aviation-art-wwii), which I have a piece of, but I'm still trying to find enough decal sets to make the scheme before I get back to it. But that'll have to wait for another time.

kyleSD70MAC

I guess I might join. I've got an Academy Bf-109 G-6 in 1/72 I'm going to decal as Franz Stigler's plane, from when he escorted the badly-damaged B-17 "Ye Olde Pub" to the North Sea, saluted, and flew away instead of shooting them down. Just need to get the right paints for it. 

Stigler is a really interesting guy. He ended the war flying 262's from an airstrip made out of an old highway. When you're sure you want in, let me know and I'll add you. 

I got out the two Kubel kits I have. The first one is a straight DAK car, the second is the same kit with Marseille and the OTTO decals. For those wondering, OTTO is "eight" in Italian. He was given the car by the Regia, why they added the OTTO is in some dispute.

I had started the DAK car, and then found OTTO and bought that kit too.

Here's the DAK car, a real glue bomb. I'm going to rescue it and keep the second kit in the box.

First things first, take it apart.

GMorrison: Looks like your going to have a lot of clean up there.

I only have myself to blame. At the time I was trying runny CA and it got all over.

I've since gone back to solvent cement, and gotten better at this gig.

At least the CA is pretty easy to scrape off. I was able to snap this thing apart in about an hour.

Yes, cleanup will take a couple of beers tonight.

I got my 109 G-14!  I built the G-6 version of the kit a few months ago, and it was really fun!  I can't wait to start this one tomorrow!  WIP pictures will be posted too.  

(you might have to click the picture in order to see the image)

TomcatModelKits

 

(I'm replying to this post because I can't seem to find a button which allows me to post something without replying to someone else's.  If anyone can point it out to me, that would be highly appreciated.  I don't use this forum very often so I haven't familiarised myself with it yet.)

 

Tomcat, you can hit any 'reply' button in the thread, but your post will still end up in chronological order, i.e. as being the last post until the next person comes along to reply.

The only advantage of picking a specific response to reply to, is you are given the option to directly quote them in your post (like I just have done).

regards,

Jack

Thanks!

GMorrison, how did you get those seperated? It'll be interesting watching you salvage her. 

Tomcat, it's great to see that you're getting started!

I'll be working on my 21stCentury Bf109 slowly at first, since I'm about 3/4 of the way through another labor-intensive parallel project. But I've cut my first plastic, and started to work out details of the build. It's not going to be 'super-detailed,' but I'll replace or improve enough to dress it up a little.

I'll probably be content to leave ailerons and flaps in a 'neutral' position...but to me a 109 doesn't look right without the radiator flaps split. I used my micro-saw and a scriber to dismount said flaps:

The molded-in interior detail is way-simplified for 1/32 scale...but really not too bad, with deep relief, and judging from other online builds I've seen, paints up quite nicely. The 'bucket' and IP are also a good start:

I do, however, have a nice pre-colored intstrument panel from Eduard that I intend to use; so the prominent 'pockets' to hold the kit part need to be removed:

I've started work on the IP, but no photos yet.

Glad to see new 'faces' jumping on the wagon. I look forward to seeing all the projects develop!