Continuing building up the engine and cockpit on the Bf-109 F2:

Nick: That's a beautiful job on the F-104G. Lovely work!!! Nice work on the base too!

Zvezda: Great job there too! Love the yellow nose and mottling! 

Bish: She looks good! Nice going! 

Zvezda. fanstastic Me 109E !

The works in this GB are phenomenal.

The precious  little time available for modelling was devoted to building, thus:

Below a summary of the progress during the last few weeks.

Gloss coat and decals

Flat coat, assembly of landing gear, canopy, IP & gunsight, cannons, etc.

Kit placed in a generic scenery, used for photo shooting

Awesome job on those 104s Nick!

the finish on the 262 came out great Bish, I have been wanting to try some of the Flory washes but haven't gotten a chance to order any. Everytime I check with the supplier here in the States they don't have any of the Black/Grime available.

I never heard of that movie so I just found it on YouTube. Sounds like a good watch for a Sunday of working on kits.

Great movie indeed. It's amazing all he went thru to make it back to Germany only to get killed shortly after he arrived back.

Roster updated. I haven't seen that movie in years.

The one that got away..pretty good movie.

thanks Steve.

Nice build Nick. Love the camo.

Here is the box art Bish. It's a 109E-4 not E-2.

Flown by Oberleutnant Franz Xaver Baron Von Werra. On Sep 5th 1940 he was shot down over Kent and was sent to a Canadian POW camp. He escaped (he was the only POW that ever escaped a Canadian POW camp) He returned to Germany and was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross. He was instrumental in improving German treatment of Allied prisoners in German POW camps after reporting to the High Command how he was treated as a POW. Werra was presumably killed in a 109F-4 during a practice flight, crashing in the sea after an engine failure. His body was never recovered.

That is a lovely looking build Nick. Great paint job and i love the finish. Thanks for building that here, i had not expected to see one of these. I'l get you on the front page.

Gamera and Bish thank you for your comments much appreciated.

Bish. another great build, stunning Me 262. very unique camo.

The F-104G is done. Hasegawa 1/48 the decals are from the kit.

Paint. A/K interactive Luetwaffe 1960/70 colors with tamiya clear gloss and flat.

weathering. I used watered down Gamblin pigments.

Thank you for watching and your comments.

Thanks Steve, and yep, thats fine. i will make the change.

Cracking Swallow Bish 

I'm going to start my build but if you don't mind, I want to switch from the 410 to the 72 Airfix 109E-2. It'll be a much faster build and believe it or not, I don't have a single 109 on my shelf although I have 3 in the stash 

Plus, it'll go with the Mk.1 Spit I'm working on. I'm thinking of showing them both in a case as a nemesis display.

Got the 262 completed a couple of night ago. I changed my mind for the weathering and just went with a Flory wash, but i didn't use my usualy mix of greys but followed PJ's lead and use grime and it had a nice effect.

All the final bit were adde and it was secured to the base. I was surprised that it was a tail sitter, early on i didn't think it would be. I used some of the Eduard PE wire but also used my own wire in some places such as the brake lines. I didn't wire up the engine, preffering just to leave as is.

The panel on the right side of the fuselage is not held in place, so that can be remove.

The forward panel over the guns and the one for the left side of the gun bay are removable. I figured after geting metal barrels, it would be a shame to have them covered up.

I have not aded chocks to any of my 32nd builds as they have all been on grass or sand till now. But i figure this could do with some so going to order a set from Hannants next week. This was a nice bild with some great detail, though some of the fit could have been better, but nothing that could not be solve.

My next build for this GB will take me from the world first operational jet to one of the worlds most advance modern jets, the Eurofighter Typhoon later in the year.

Superb job Nick!!! Just beautiful!!! 

Looking forward to seeing the G finished up. 

That loks amazing, awsome job on the metal finish. I will add a pic of that on the front when the G is done.

F.M. and Gamera. many thanks .The F-104C is done with some quick pics its not the Me.built one but, it gets honorable mention..

Hasegawa. F-104C in 1/48.The decals are from the kit but w/o the flashly colors.

painted with Vallejo metal color sets and tamiya gloss and flat clear.

Weathering was done with Gamblin black pigment.

The F-104G pics soon to follow. 

They look fantastic!

I too love the look of the Day-Glo orange on the wing tanks, it really stands out against the camo. And the white wings on the NM F-104.

I sprayed the hi-viz section with light gray and pannel shaded with dark gray. I used AK-2171 luminous orange air series,(i thinned out about 1 to 3) sprayed about 3 light coats . then I sealed it with tamiya clear gloss over all for a semi gloss finish.

How did you get the variation on the tip tank hi-viz paint?

my latest pics.

final pics to come soon. I still dont like tip tanks.

crown r n7

No the paint needs to be thinner. This is common when you paint car bodies . As for me I thin gloss paints more then flats so the thinner doesn't evaporate, gloss is some sticky stuff. 

 

I think you nailed it. I used a bottle that was about a third full and the paint had started to thicken up. Next time I'll thin it more.

Thanks!!!

No the paint needs to be thinner. This is common when you paint car bodies . As for me I thin gloss paints more then flats so the thinner doesn't evaporate, gloss is some sticky stuff. 

Nick: Those look so good! And sooooo close to the finish line!

Thanks, and it's just Model Master acrylic gloss clear. I've been using it for years. Maybe I put it down too heavy?

gamera. wow an Me 109 w/ meat balls. The flat clear should help even out the orange peal. Let me ask what type of gloss clear did you use?

Both 104's at the same point, some small things to do.

Joe: She looks fine to me. I've heard of but never used Peddinghaus decals. Thanks for the warning, I'll consider that if I ever look at any. 

Finally I got photos up of my Bf-109. I took these Friday, I've got about half of the panel lines washed yesterday. 

The biggest of the weird spots in the gloss overcoat. Under examination there are a few more just smaller. I'm hoping they go away with the matte overcoat. Looks like I need to trim the decal a little more too. 

Looks good with the markings on Joe.

I have had a couple of sets from Peddinghaus. The Bismarck set i have not used but they look ok, but for my S boat i had to get 2 sets as one had the panther but only had one of the boat insignias and they didn't responed when i e-mailed asking if that was an error. And they are not cheap either.

Joe. You got to love decals so much fun... but the 262 is real pretty nice and shieny . looks like the clear coat setteled down.

Thanks Nick, Cliff and Martin.

Martin.....mostly yes...read on bud...

Been going on with the decals for the last few days. Those #3's were giving me a little static but other than that everything else worked out well. NOTE......Do NOT EVER purchase decals from Peddinghaus. OMG they're bad. I only used the big 3's and the tail number out of the whole set. Just terrible in termos fo out of scale stencil lettering and walkway red dashed lines. It was like there was little to no research on them at all. For the rest of the stenciling decals and markings I used everything from the EagleCals set that I started out with on this one before I decided to build "White 3".