Axis Aces Sep 2006 - Jun 2007

I'm going to have to pick up the Bf109D "Molders" kit as well.  I love these little CA early 109s. 

I need to get my hands on some F series 109s, as that is the one major variant that is missing from my collection.

Jay, A brrrrrr, brrrr, brrrrush what the heck is that???

Ok I kinda did walk in to that one

Scott I know what you mean (except the Jennifer Aniston thing) about the 109.  I managed to pick up Hasegawa's F4 Trop yesterday with Hans-Joachim Marseille decals and I am one happy camper.  I have been after Friedrich for my 109 collection for ages now and the Marseille decals are just icing on the cake.

I have also got an order with Great Models at the moment for the CA Bf 109D with Werner Molders markings and I can't wait for that one to arrive

Cheers

A little bit of masking and those wheel wells would be easy enough to spray. 

I don't know about you guys, but I get almost as excited seeing pics of Bf109s as I do seeing Jennifer Anniston.... almost. 

Darren, there are these handy things called bristle brushes I use from time to time...

Sorry, dude, you walked into that one.  Seriously though, for small stuff like 1:72 I usually use brushes for areas like wheel wells and since it will get a light wash, most brush strokes will disappear and be hard to see anyway. 

Thanks for the tip Darren!  I can try to use that technique on my Bf-109g.  I tried spraying through holes punched into cardstock on my fw190 for the BforG GB and it turned out okay but not really great.

 Anyway, here is some progress on my Bf-109g for Eric Hartman, the silver one is a Bf109b1 for the Spanish Civil War GB.

silentmodeler wrote:

darson, nice job on ur aircraft!  impressive with the airbrush smiles.  and wondering how do u do the mottle on the side of the aircraft?

Joe thanks for the kind words.

The mottle on the side of the aircraft is done by using a 40/60 mix of paint and thinner sprayed at about 12psi.  What I did to achieve the results I wanted was to thin the paint enoungh so that it came out as a cloud with no splatter and then dropped the air preasure on my compressor until I was happy with the force the paint was being applied to the model.  I found that unless I did this the paint would appear on the model as a spot rather than the mist that I was looking for.  Then I just played around by spraying at various heights on to scrap paper the model until I was happy with the effect.

espins1 wrote:

Many of us (myself included) have so much interest and enthusiasm, a ton of kits... but just not enough time.

Boy aint that the truth.

Chers 

Cheers 

Many of us (myself included) have so much interest and enthusiasm, a ton of kits... but just not enough time.   

silentmodeler wrote:

darson, nice job on ur aircraft!  impressive with the airbrush smiles.  and wondering how do u do the mottle on the side of the aircraft?  i havent start on my kit yet since i had some guest staying overnight in my basement which put me in halt argh.  but now the guest is leaving  so i can get start on it soon and try to finish up before the deadline which is soon  eeek!  and is deadline due on end of june or 1st day of june?  let me know thanks smiles

The dates etc. are just like the Pirates code.... it's just a guideline.  Technically the end date would be the end of June.  I'll be more than happy to keep this GB going for as long as people are interested in the subject matter and keep posting. 

I've got so many Luftwaffe aircraft in my stash that I could build at least 10 more for this build, like my 1/32 Hasegawa kits - FW 190A8 and FW190D9... and even their 1/32 Japanese Frank.....

darson,

nice job on ur aircraft!  impressive with the airbrush smiles.  and wondering how do u do the mottle on the side of the aircraft? 

i havent start on my kit yet since i had some guest staying overnight in my basement which put me in halt argh.  but now the guest is leaving  so i can get start on it soon and try to finish up before the deadline which is soon  eeek!  and is deadline due on end of june or 1st day of june?  let me know thanks smiles

Thanks very much for the kind words guys, it's really appreciated .

I must admit I'm having a lot of fun with this build and so far everything is turning out OK.  The one thing that does worry me is that paint from the camo will have crept into the cockpit area and misted up the canopy.  Unfortunately that's something I'll only find out right at the very end.

Cheers

Darren:

Wow! what an outstanding job with the airbrush so far! The 190 is looking terrific so far. Dressed up for the kill with markings, she'll be stunning.

OK time bump on this thread and a little progress update on my Fw 190A-7.

First off this is Heinz Bar's Red 13 Fw 190A-7 that I am trying to reproduce in 1/48

The underside was pre-shaded with RLM 66 and then painted with a couple of different shades of RLM 76 so that it wouldn't have a monochromatic look.

My first two tries at mottling on this beast turned out horrible IMHO so both were over sprayed. This is attempt no 1 which was the better of the two aborted attempts, but still looked nothing like what I wanted.

Here is attempt no 3 with a pic of Bar's aircraft behind it.  The mottle is not perfect by any means but I am happy enough to not bother trying again.

The RLM 74 & RLM 75 were both painted free hand using a thin mix at about 12psi to avoid overspray.  All the paints are Gunze and the RLM 75 was lightened with a touch to provide a little more contrast to the RLM 74.

Next stage will be some post shading with the old trusty Iwata.  Once that's done I'll post another update.

Cheers 

Darren-you're welcome and thanks for the kind words. There are areas that I know that I need to focus on next build. And I have the Eduard FW-190A-5 sitting in the stash awaiting a good GB 'fit'...

Glad to hear that the humidity broke for you.  We have had bad humidity here lately....in the form of snow & ice....but spring is just around the corner.....

Bob, thanks for posting that shot 5the camo looks excellent; you must be very pleased with the overall result

On the progress front things have finally started moving again with the humid weather taking a break for a while.  Even with a moisture trap on the compressor my a/b was still spitting great blobs of water onto the aircraft after only 5 minutes or so, which made painting all but impossible.  Last night however after two weeks of frustration I was finally able to start the spraying on the main camo on the wings of my 190  

Cheers

Darren, per your request for a better overhead of the Model Master Acrylics:

darson wrote:

Hi Scott, my kit is the Tamiya Fw 190 A-8 backdated to an A-7 variant. Cheers Darren

Thanks.  I'm looking forward to seeing your A-7!

Hi Scott, my kit is the Tamiya Fw 190 A-8 backdated to an A-7 variant.

Cheers

Darren 

Darson, updated the front page.  Is your FW190 Tamiya, Hasegawa?

espins1 wrote:

Hey guys, I've updated the roster on the front page to include a hyperlink to the page with your completed build pics on it. When you get a chance, double check the roster to make sure I have your build listed correctly and that I didn't miss any completed builds.  I was thinking about adding a page on my website for this GB (similar to what I'm going to do with the Panzer Aces GB).  Does anyone here NOT want pics of their completed build posted on my website (full credit will be given with whatever information I have for you to include your name as listed here and your screen name.) If you only want your FSM screen name listed for privacy reasons, that's ok too.  Let me know what you all think.

Scott can you do me a favor and change my build from the Heinz Bar 262 to a Heinz Bar Fw 190A-7 Red 13.  I'll still try and finish the 262 by build end date but at least I know for sure that I finish the 190.

I've got no probs with any pics that I post ending up on the website.

Cheers

Hey guys, I've updated the roster on the front page to include a hyperlink to the page with your completed build pics on it. When you get a chance, double check the roster to make sure I have your build listed correctly and that I didn't miss any completed builds. 

I was thinking about adding a page on my website for this GB (similar to what I'm going to do with the Panzer Aces GB).  Does anyone here NOT want pics of their completed build posted on my website (full credit will be given with whatever information I have for you to include your name as listed here and your screen name.) If you only want your FSM screen name listed for privacy reasons, that's ok too.  Let me know what you all think.