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Peter... honestly there was one point where I convinced myself that I would never be a slave to aftermarket. But here I am... chained up. To keep me busy.... I already am working on a Takom 1/16 scale Panzer I. I'll work on that, and the cockpit of the 109 when the mood strikes. This weekend is pretty much gone, so I'll bang away at the tank for a bit. It's also on this forum.

I edited that for you, my friend!

You're doing great work, Peter! Now that KH is going out of business, you'll have a collector's item once finished.

This Project is now on hold pending the arrival of AM. Shipments I'm expecting are from the Russian Federation and the USA. As I don;t expect any to arrive for at least 6 weeks... I'll spend time elsewhere.

Shit Harv... when I read the title of the thread I thought is was about some strange breed of animal.

Man... that is one thing about scribing and rescribing that kills me. It's truly the biggest put off. Otherwise.... great work!

Hah! a small success. I just remembered I have donor kits. I have a Hasegawa G6 (which I really don't want to strip) and a Trumpeter F4 (really a G2) donor kit. So, the Turmpy kit will give up it's 151 pods. Unfortunately, the Trumy spinner is almost 2mm too skinny. I was going to use my Dremel as a lathe (it works, really) and reshape the too-bulbous for-end. But....that's not gonna happen now. Anyway... Ebay will provide a spinner and bays.

The slippery slope just keeps getting steeper. You know... I have seen a fair number of modellers complain about this airframe being "done to death". But the truth is... it has been done very poorly by Revell. 1. The LG are scheisse (prone to breaking) and here I'm replacing them with brass. 2. The beulen, all four of them are bad. I will sand the wing beulen trying to get them closer to correct, and the fuselage beulen are being replaced by resin parts. 3. The spinner is too cone-shaped and the propeller blades are poorly shaped. I will have to order them. 4. The supercharger intake is wrong, and I have a brass one to replace it. 5. The oil cooler is wrong... I have a replacement for that. 6. No R6 gun pods. I will have to order them. Number 7... is a recent addition to my knowledge about this kit. The troughs for the MG 131's are too close together. I sought to order the part... but it doesn't seem to be anywhere. It is by Barracuda studios but doesn't seem to be in stock anywhere. It's called: Barracuda Studios BCR32157. I will do some online begging... and if worst comes to worst... I will try to make alterations to the kit parts. So... I have AM for this kit twice what the kit cost me to buy. There is more to get, yet.

Thank you Kai! The best part is seeing your grandchild happy. Thank you for the offer. I haven't had a chance to look, yet. No need to worry, Harv. It certainly won;t be done quickly. Thank you Martin. Yes, the high gloss finish is tempting. But you don't want it to look like a car. I think... and I could be wrong... for it to look right, you would need to furnish some imperfections in the aluminum. Certainly not major oil canning... but slight signs of metal stress here and there. Lemme know what you think.

Thank you for the confidence. Inter-war stuff doesn't really interest me that much. Just too much ugliness and tubby-ness... sounds like my family reunion.

Crossing my fingers for that middle-finger salute emoticon.

Not sure if I have anything like that... will go through kits and decals. Think I have a couple of armored cars... the rest are tanks.

Sorry... that's not mine. I plucked it from the web guessing that it might interest Peter more than European designs.

Not much of an update here. Just slapping together the largest parts with tape to check for fit and alignment. Most of the joins seem pretty close to where they should be, though there is a fair amount of flash. Interestingly the rudder is meant to be positionable and is equipped with interior hinges. Not sure I'm happy with the spinner. It looks a little bit more cone-shaped than I'd like. But... it is better than Trumpeter's. Probably going to have to buy one of those, too. Anyway... no time for modelling. It's my granddaughter's fifth birthday and we'll be heading over soon. Happy Modelling!

Thanks, mate! That added photos and information with come in handy! Not sure how I'll fudge the W.NR... but I'll do my best.

Kai, Thank you for the information. I can't really argue with a published book regarding the color of the '3'. Honestly... I have always been suspicious about blue, green, and brown markings on 109's and 190's. Inexplicably, the R6 gondolas and barrels are not included in the kit. I imagine I shall have to acquire some. Every 1/48 kit of a 109 G that I have ever had came with the R6 equipment. Pretty staggered that this one doesn't. Weiroster's plane does have the zigzag camo which will be interesting to replicate.

Glad to be of help. Peter! Maybe you'll find yourself building something like this some day: Hasegawa 1/32 scale Boeing P-12E. Not my work... just one I saw on the net.

Gottfried Weiroster was a luftwaffe ace with 6 kills in only 19 missions. He flew with Jagdgruppe Sud, Stab/Jagdgruppe 50, and JG11 He gave his life defending his country in aerial combat against against US Bombers and their escorts over the Jade Bight on 26 November 1943. The materials at hand are the Revell Bf 109G6 early/late: And a whole bunch of AM. I don't know the W.Nr of this machine, though it is written that he fell flying a bf109G5/U4 W.Nr 26112. In the color photo, you can see a small hint of the gondola under the port wing which would house a single MG 151. This has been reported as being 'green 3', but I much prefer the red and will be working to emulate the color photo. Of course... if anyone knows more, I'd be happy to learn.

Looking forward to the WIP, Ern!

Excellent!

Those are some great details! Love that bed. Red. Red with pin stripes. Red and white, Red and black, or red with black and white. Please... no Pink, polka dots, nor JB Hunt Livery.

Thank you, Steve!

Thank you, Paul!

Thank you, Rob!

Thank you, Hubert!