Axis Aces Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

Not much progress to port on the 262 other than the fact that the Alclad went on last night, boy I love that stuff!  Still no sight of my Cutting Edge pit, but I only ordered it the other day so I'll just have to be patient.

Cheers

espins1 wrote:

Welcome to the build Yeti.  I added you to the roster.  Is that the 1/32 Revell kit or the 1/48 Tamiya kit?  And just let me know the pilot once you decide.

Its the 1/48 tamiya kit.  It should be ariving next weekend

yeti0010 wrote:

i just ordered an He 162 with eduards detail set from squadron put me in. not sure whose plane I will do.

Welcome to the build Yeti.  I added you to the roster.  Is that the 1/32 Revell kit or the 1/48 Tamiya kit?  And just let me know the pilot once you decide. 

Nice pick-up on the Big-Ed Matt, all that gear should really trick out your 190

Yeti I picked up the He 162 as a fathers day present on the weekend and it looks really nice kit, I'll be looking forward to seeing yours.

Good score today at the LHS... I found the Big Ed set for Tamiya's 1/48 scale Fw 190A-3 for 50% off.. It includes the following:

XF 009 Fw-190 A/F Express Masks

XF 525 Fw-190 National Insignia Express Mask

XF 564 Blotch Mask Photo Etch Set

48396 Fw-190 A/D Landing Flaps P/E

48449 Fw-190A Access and Scribing Templates

49214 Fw-190A3 Color and Standard P/E set

The kit is already pretty slick out of the box but getting the above set for $22.00 was a real treat

I was reviewing the instructions before I began on the Hasegawa 1/32 Bf109G-14 and have already found a huge glitch in the paint chart.  Somehow in the middle of the legend in the right hand column where they actually describe the color, it looks like a cell got deleted in the spreadsheet and the descriptions from about 2/3 of the way down to the bottom are all shifted up by 1.  So they show the RLM04 color lined up with description RLM66 Black Gray, RLM66 Black Gray lined up with the description RLM76 Light Blue.  RLM76 is lined up with RLM80 Olive Green, RLM80 lined up with Tire Black.  If I followed the instruction literally the cockpit would be RLM76 Light Blue when in fact it should be the color above, RLM66 Black Gray.  I'll make a scan of the chart and post it next week, with the necessary corrections.

So, I need to figure out exactly on which color the glitch is, and then figure out which color is missing it's description.  Fortunately they reference the GSI Creos Aqueous Hobby Colors, which I should be able to cross reference on this great color guide on the IPMS Stockholm website:

http://ipmsstockholm.org/colorcharts/stuff_eng_colorcharts_germany.htm

Well here in the good old southern hemisphere it's already the 1st and I've spent the night priming the wheel wells on my 262 for the Alclad that will follow.  I can't do anything much with the front office until the resin cockpit arrives from Cutting Edge.

Cheers

espins1 wrote:

Only one more day gentlemen!

I'm glad you reminded me. I was thinking today (8/31) was September 1st! I was about one minute away starting on my 109. Bummer, I was looking forward to it all day at work.

Thanks for the pics Chris.  I was watching that thread as well.  In fact, I'm going to pick up a G-14 kit at lunch today.  I really want to do the white scheme in the first picture as I've always liked the look of that aircraft.

Chris_in_Japan wrote:

Hi guys.. I am not a part of the build.. But I have just started building the 1/32 Hasegawa  Erich Hartmann Bf109G-14, and he actually had 2 colour schemes.. The first was an all white aircraft with the yellow band and the sharp black markings on the nose.. The later scheme was a grey green, and violet grey camo with a yellow stripe and large white number (1)...  I will be doing the all white scheme.. Chris

Hi Chris, Thanks for the info on Erich Hartmann's G-14.  You are welcome to join the build if you like.  Shall I add you to the roster? 

Ok Shayne, I put you down for both.

Luftwaffe markings changed all the time, depending on the unit, Luftwaffe rules, time frame of the war, ranks etc.  I'll see what I can come up with regarding Alfred Hammer. 

shayne wright wrote:

Have a problem the acadmy kit that I have it not very well detailed ,so have gone brought a 1/32 Hasegawa version of the Bf-109 and hope to do this one as well and will be easier to do a bit of detail Shayne

Hi Shayne, I updated you to the Hasegawa kit.    Is it still going to be a G-14?  And are you going to build both of them for the build or just the Hasegawa kit? 

Welcome to the build Matt!  I've added you to the roster.  

Mike, I updated your build on the roster as well. 

Now, back to pouring over my "Gustav" research material and drooling on the kit!   

espins1 wrote:

Bummer Mike, did you decide what you're going to do with your Bf109E4/7 (/3)?

Well, I stopped at a LHS and they had a E3 that was opened. I took a look and it had the same sprues as mine. So I will be building Gruppenkomander Adolf Galland's Bf-109 E3 from III/JG26,  June 1940 in France.

I would like to join up after a short 3 year hiatus from modelling in general....I'm going to do "Assi" Hahn's aircraft as well, only the Tamiya 1/48 offering... it's been sitting in the closet for a while and it's time to knock the dust off....

Well Gentlemen, only a few more days before this build kicks off. 

I don't know about you but I'm going to spend some time this weekend drooling all over my Hasegawa Bf109G-6 this weekend and some final research to get ready for the build. 

OK. This is weird.

I had a big box waiting for me when I got home from Squadron today. Sunday night I ordered 3 kits one being a 1/48th scale Tamiya Bf109E4/7 Trop item no:61063*1800. I opened my big Squadron box and right on top was my 109 in a slightly dented box. No worries, I thought. I doubt it was going to be damaged or anything. When I open the box everything looked fine except when I got to the decals. They were from the Tamiya Bf109E3. I thought it was weird but I didn't care because I wasn't going to use them anyway. But the Instructions & painting guide were also for an E3. I checked out the clear parts and they are also from an E3. Now my question is are the 2 main sprues from an E3? Is there any difference between the 2 kits other than the clear parts, instructions & decals. If  I wound up with the E4 sprues, which I think I have because they have the tropical air filter & drop tank. Can  I use the kit as an E3? I have decals for an E3 in the Aeromaster Galland decal set. I was planning on an E4, from JG26 in Galland's markings for the build. I even have a cool little telescope leftover from a recent build that I was going to use as Galland's gun sight. Should I return the kit? Or can I just build an E3 with the kit I have?

Thanks

Chris as promised here are some shots of Pips Priller from my references.

Priller and his wingman Walter Grunlinger in 1942


I really like this shot, it's Priller posing in front of his BMW tourer and his FW 190A-5 "Black13"


Priller & Rommel during the Generals inspection of JG 26 immediately prior to the D-Day landings.  Check out that Priller's 190 still has his wife’s name Jutta in the Ace of Hearts but the Black 13 has gone and has been replaced by Kommodore's chevrons while the brass is around.  This may be the aircraft he flew in his run along the D-Day beaches.


Cheers