rieser Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 Hasegawa's 32nd scale Bf109 modelled as a Finnish Air Force G-2 for Geoff Coughlin's website. Thanks to Geoff for sourcing the kit, Mika Heikkila for conversations about FAF 109s, and Mal Mayfield for cutting the custom paint masks. Build should be up in a few days... Thanks for looking. Cheers, Ralph. 5
wackyracer Posted July 28, 2015 Posted July 28, 2015 WOW, great work Ralph, look forward to seeing the build over on SMN. Aaron 1
JG26 Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Beautiful work Ralph. Those Finn colours look great in the pics, but even better in the flesh....looking forward to seeing it. Regards, Dan 1
faustobazzurri Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Lavoro sublime! Come sempre. Atmosferici perfetti molto delicati. La definirei realistica tridimensionale. Saluti 1
BevanBrooks Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Hey Ralph, the scheme makes for a refreshing change to the norm something you don't see a lot of. Love your work. Cheers Bevan 1
ophthoidoug Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 V nice indeed, just the right amount of weathering & superb rivet lines Does your first pic imply that you riveted with a punch-wheel or individually with the punch? Did you tape down the steel rule/guide or free-hand it? Rivets are still a bit of a learning curve for me... Thanks for posting 1
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted July 29, 2015 Administrators Posted July 29, 2015 There's no stopping you! Amazing stuff... as always... 1
Members Mikester Posted July 30, 2015 Members Posted July 30, 2015 Absolutely gorgeous, Ralph! Glad you were able to track that kit down! 1
rieser Posted July 30, 2015 Author Posted July 30, 2015 Hello ophthoidoug. I used Radu Brinzan's Rivet-R pounce wheel tool to add the rivets. Great little tool that comes with different wheels for different teeth spacings. I prefer it to some of the other offerings as it leaves a hole rather than a square-edged slot. I followed in places with the metal pin in areas that I couldn't reach with the wheel. The steel rule is a broken piece of a carpenter's retractable measuring tape - nice and flexible with a good crisp edge. It was simply held in place by hand - no tape used. As for a learning curve, I find that rescaling plans so that you can use a set of dividers to simply measure/transfer the measurement directly from the plan to the plastic helps to speed things up. It also helps to get reliable measurements when working with mating/matching parts like the fuselage halves. Measure start and end of a rivet line from the plan. Mark the points on the plastic. Join the marks with a flexibel guide. Roll on the rivets. Hope this helps. Cheers, Ralph. 2
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