matto21

Thank you James - that is praise indeed!

Hello all, Lovely model to build - great fit and most importantly, it captures the graceful lines of the Ta152 in my opinion. I painted it using a combination of Tamiya, Ammo and Mr Hobby acrylics and it's my first attempt at a complex mottle camo. There's no aerial wire [didn't have the patience], footstep [carpet monster got it] or hooked cross. Thanks for looking Matt

Stunning!

Amazing - no other words for it!

One of the excuses I keep using for keeping this on the shelf is I "lost" one of the wingtip lights and a few of the other clear bits were damaged in the box. Took the plunge today and contacted Revell for replacements. Time will tell if they arrive but if they do, it'll be one less excuse!

I'll give it a go this year!

Great work - looks brilliant!

Thanks for the comments guys! I don't really know why I lost motivation/interest because I was enjoying it up to that point. Maybe I'll start it up again next year!

Hi Mish, I haven't touched this model in about 6 months. It's on the shelf of shame at the moment - I don't really know why, I just lost all motivation for it. Maybe next year...sometime...

Thanks for the info Mike - looks like I've got some more filling and sanding to do then. My favourite!

Can't wait to see more progress!

Hi all, Just by way of a further introduction, I thought I'd show that I have actually built a model! This is Academy's F-86 Sabre [originally 'the Huff'] painted as an RAF aircraft. Thanks Matt

Jeroen - I can see this happening to me...! Some further progress - the airframe has been assembled, I'll be adding the flaps etc later to minimise the potential for damage. The upper cowl section required a bit of filling and sanding to get a decent fit. I've also added the replacement intake from Barracuda. Can anyone advise me if the G-10 should have the small rod/pipe [or whatever it is] in the centre of the intake? This photo also highlights my dodgy painting [i.e the missed bits that I only noticed after looking at the pic myself!] Thanks Matt

Thanks for the comments! Ted - the cockpit is sprayed with Tamiya XF-75, the black basecoat and washes darken it up. Matt

Hello, This is my first 1:32 scale model. Up to now I've always built 1:72 or 1:48 aircraft - I was always put off the bigger scales by cost/space/skill etc. I recently took the plunge and bought the Revell kit figuring that it was a relatively easy to build model at a great price. I've been working slowly on this model since the beginning of December and below is a summary of my progress to date. I've bought a few aftermarket bits including decals and my intention is to build 'black 22' [or should that be 'blue 22'?] from the BarracudaCals 'Erla Bf109 G-10's part 1' set. I also bought some Eduard PE seat belts but, after thinking about it, decided to make my own belts and just use the buckles from the set to try and make them look a little less flat. The cockpit was base coated in black then oversprayed mid grey to try and get a subtle shading effect. The IP has been decalled with a combination of Revell and Airscale decals and a drop of Klear for the lenses. Typically I snapped the fuel line when removing it from the sprue so it's been patched back together [luckily the join is barely visible once the cockpit has been installed]. Having tried to drill out the exhausts, I decided that life was too short and used the Barracuda resin replacements instead - well worth it for the hollowed ends alone. The wings were a pain to asemble and there were several sink marks in the wheel bulges that proved difficult to fill [i'm sure a primer coat will show that there's more filling to be done]. Here's where I'm up to - the wings have been fitted to the fuselage but there's a fair bit of filling required at the wing root. Thanks for looking, any comments or adviced gratefully received! Matt