1/24 Airfix Bf-109G

[Martinnfb]

Look Mom , I’m spitting three shades of grey.

 

[Spitfire]

This should be a most impressive beasty when finished.

Cheers

Dennis

[PanzerWomble]

RLM approved 😃

[JohnB]

I look forward to seeing the finished bird! 🙂

[Martinnfb]

Thank you guys, today was painting day. Everything black

black paintmatters….

 

[Martinnfb]

Guns needed to be drill out. Brass ones would be nice. But this will do. 
 

[PanzerWomble]

Looking good , I take it the placards are Airscale stuff not with the boxing? 

[BlrwestSiR]

Nice detail. I was wondering about the placards as well. They really add an extra level of detail. 

[Martinnfb]

Thank you guys. The placards are from the Airfix decal sheet tyt is actually quite comprehensive, minus the selection of markings, which is utterly boring considering the endless options to shine. 
I tried new ATOM series paint from Ammo and the result is satisfactory. To the point that I’ve purged the rest of my Mig and Arcus paint. 
 

[PanzerWomble]

10 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Thank you guys. The placards are from the Airfix decal sheet tyt is actually quite comprehensive, minus the selection of markings, which is utterly boring considering the endless options to shine. 
I tried new ATOM series paint from Ammo and the result is satisfactory. To the point that I’ve purged the rest of my Mig and Arcus paint. 
 

👍👍👍🕺

100% approve , have I? .....at all.?.... mentioned they may chip/reduct very well using odourless thinners .🤪

 

Took me a little while to make the change but not going back . Tamiya / MRP makes a good undercoat as it is more robust. 

Oh and also they level very well , brush touch ups over sprayed areas blend pretty good. 

 

PS I thought Arsfix putting an RAF colour scheme in there was just kinda silly TBH for a first release , although if you can't do mottling or use an airbrush at all I guess it gives you a way out . 

[Martinnfb]

And now we wait.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

[PanzerWomble]

Uh oh ...squirrel approaching ......

 

[Martinnfb]

I'm not saying that You guys are needy, but let the putty dry for a minute

[BlrwestSiR]

19 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

I'm not saying that You guys are needy, but let the putty dry for a minute

You could use a faster drying putty. 

Just saying ...

[PanzerWomble]

6 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

You could use a faster drying putty. 

Just saying ...

Hairdryer ?

[Martinnfb]

Well seems like ages filled with putty and mild frustration. I managed to create a semi decent seam line at the front and scribed some seal along the rear. Then placed the hinge decal on top. After priming the top I realized that the hing is sinking in. What are you sinking about hinge? 

and then I discovered the famous seam line that I failed to sand enough. 
 

[BlrwestSiR]

Martin, I've got the perfect tool to get rid of that seam. 

It's a circular sanding pad that goes in a rotary tool. 

You can get different grit sanding pads for them. 

They're made by Dspiae and come in two sizes. 

They're fairly inexpensive too.

[PanzerWomble]

Or gently flat blade scrape it ?

 

 

 

[Martinnfb]

I am ok with sanding seams, the point is I have to see them first

 

[Count0]

3 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

perfect tool

That's an accident waiting to happen...

[Martinnfb]

This model was designed to be build  in the open configuration, closed up version was an afterthought. It is lacking detail where is not needed for the open version.

 

Gondolas are back on the table , nothing to see there just lots of hacking and blobs of putty.

 

[DocRob]

A lot of extra work needed for such a relatively new kit. But is there something like the perfect kit out there Martin? The worst decision might be to allow only for opened cowl and hatches, weird.

Cheers Rob

[PanzerWomble]

2 minutes ago, DocRob said:

A lot of extra work needed for such a relatively new kit. But is there something like the perfect kit out there Martin? The worst decision might be to allow only for opened cowl and hatches, weird.

Cheers Rob

Mirrors Revell's approach with their 1/32 Fw190 , have to shave a lot off the engine to close up the nose . 

[Martinnfb]

Well, it is what it is. Still beautiful kit, just  takes some tlc. 
such us gondolas, I took out the protruding ammo feeds that would be entering into the wing. Just don’t feel like hacking the wing. The plastic barrels are nice from the box, actually very nice . This time with hollow ends, but I have brass ones on hand so that will be addressed shortly.  I know , the plan was to go OOB, so scratch it and we will call it AOOB, Almost Out Of The Box.