efrick Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Hello All, I am currently to the painting stage on my Hase 109G-6. I have had this in the stash for an age (i.e., since it was released). I decided to finally build it, not only because I was in the mood for a fairly simple project but if I build this one THEN I can justify buying the new Revell kit Since this particular aircraft is very well documented, I looked around the net and found this very good profile (which also seems to closely match actual photographs of the plane itself) Paints are Gunze aqueous and Tamiya, both thinned with "Mr. Leveling Thinner", which is really great stuff! I've never used it before and am both happy and impressed with the result. And here is my progress so far. The mottling, as usual, will require a bit of editing/toning down/addition/subtraction. Weathering and post-shading are yet to come. Hopefully, I will finish her up this weekend. Thanks for looking! Regards, Ed 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 really nice camo work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrick Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Thanks Rick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted March 27, 2014 Administrators Share Posted March 27, 2014 Lovely! Sharp demarcation lines! I like it a lot. Really cool.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikester Posted March 27, 2014 Members Share Posted March 27, 2014 Looking really good! I still love the Hasegawa G-6, still very competitive with the Revell kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Great mottling.Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUY5Y Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Nice nice nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Fran Posted March 28, 2014 Administrators Share Posted March 28, 2014 Great work! Fantastic mottling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahunaminor Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 Great stuff, I still like the Hasegawa G's despite needing some work. Yours is an excellent example. Thanks for sharing. Regards, Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repeater Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Nice paintwork Ed. Very nice. And I love the justification too! Watching with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrick Posted April 3, 2014 Author Share Posted April 3, 2014 Evening All, I have 'edited" the mottling, and I think it now bears a much closer resemblance to the reference profile. I have also applied a bit of Tamiya "Smoke" around the exhaust/wing root, although I will need to enhance that a bit more, perhaps with a mix of thinned black and brown Tamiya paint. I have also done a bit of post-shading on the panel lines. I have also laid down a coat of Future. A wash in the panel lines and decals are next up on the agenda, hopefully tomorrow night or Friday. Thanks for looking,and of course as always comments welcome!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One-Oh-Four Posted April 3, 2014 Share Posted April 3, 2014 Good looking paintwork!! Love the bit of patchiness in the colors. Brings life to those drab camouflage colors! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkranias Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 nice edit work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUY5Y Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Lovely job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Nice painting skills there. Was the tail wheel strut that tall on that model 109? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulster Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 Oh wait. My bad. I see it's just a piece shoved up there for painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTW6187 Posted April 5, 2014 Share Posted April 5, 2014 I really like the later models of the 109 with the Gustavs being my favorite. This is a super nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikester Posted April 5, 2014 Members Share Posted April 5, 2014 I thought you were pretty damn close the first time with the mottling, but nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahunaminor Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Looking great, well done. Regards, Kent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
efrick Posted April 7, 2014 Author Share Posted April 7, 2014 Hey Folks! Thanks for all the kind words! As is often the case, life intervened over the weekend but I did get some of the decals on last night. I was rather pleasantly surprised by the kit decals (so far). The upper wing crosses were thin, almost to the point of fragility. I did have a minor nervous fit (a "come apart" as we say here in the South) when appling Micro-Sol; the crosses drew themselves up into wrinkled messes that I thought could not POSSIBLY settle back down onto the surface. But, rather remarkably, they did snuggle down beautifully, to the point that the carrier film is now (almost) invisible, having quite literally melted into the Future gloss coat. To address a few previous comments... "Nice painting skills there. Was the tail wheel strut that tall on that model 109?" Yes, a very rare field modification, never photographed but alleged for years. With steel in short supply but toothpicks plentiful and classified as a non-strategic material, this seemed a logical solution at the time. However, the toothpicks were unable to withstand the rigors of improvised Eastern front airffields and this modification soon fell into disfavor. "Good looking paintwork!! Love the bit of patchiness in the colors. Brings life to those drab camouflage colors!" I (shamelessly) copied the brilliant technique delineated at the link below. It does indeed make the camo much, much more visually interesting and also captures the inconsistent application of paint captured in many photos of Luftwaffe aircraft, particularly mid - to - late war. Many many thanks to Rieser for sharing the technique via the build- in - progress tutorial! http://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/1215-fw190-a8r2black-8-11jg3/page-2 I (plan) to get a bit more decaling done this week. Regards, Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave J Posted April 7, 2014 Share Posted April 7, 2014 Thats looking Fantastic! Love the mottle also! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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