Mish Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 This kit was given to me as a birthday present earlier in the year by my very good friends Lloyd, Mike, Ray, Dave, Ian and Sean I will starting this build soon, just got a couple of bits to do on my Spitfire and I waiting for the paint to arrive for this one It will be built as this aircraft: and these aftermarket parts I may have to add some wheels and tyres... 2
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 24, 2015 Administrators Posted December 24, 2015 You might want to add some AMUR Reaver to the mix!
Mish Posted December 24, 2015 Author Posted December 24, 2015 I know the cowl and guns are wrong but this one is already over budget and I've wheels to get for it yet. So probably not.
rieser Posted December 24, 2015 Posted December 24, 2015 Yet another colourful scheme. Lovely choice Mish. Enjoy! Cheers, Ralph.
JG26 Posted December 25, 2015 Posted December 25, 2015 Agree with Ralph R, great scheme choice Mish. Looking forward to forthcoming pics. Regards, Dan M
Mish Posted December 27, 2015 Author Posted December 27, 2015 Did a little on the Gustav today whilst waiting on things on the Spit drying. Cockpit floor painted and weathered, I also added some tape toe straps on the rudder pedals. And 'debelted' the seat as I will be adding HGW cloth belts Before After More soon.
BevanBrooks Posted December 27, 2015 Posted December 27, 2015 Hi Mish good choice to getting rid of those moulded in belts, will be miles ahead with the HGW replacements. Nice touch with the toe straps too. Cheers Bevan 1
Wingco57 Posted December 28, 2015 Posted December 28, 2015 I see you are now hooked on using masks Cees
Mish Posted December 28, 2015 Author Posted December 28, 2015 Little bit more done today whilst waiting on washes drying on the Spit The cockpit is progressing. And I've ordered a figure to go with the finished build 1
Mish Posted December 28, 2015 Author Posted December 28, 2015 Well, Luftwaffe-helperinnen would have washed HIS trousers for sure... Probably needed to if he's just been bounced by a Spitfire
Mish Posted December 31, 2015 Author Posted December 31, 2015 Today I have been assembly the HGW seat harness, I love these fabric harnesses and I'm really happy the way this one worked out. And Mr Postie arrived today with my pilot figure
Members Mikester Posted December 31, 2015 Members Posted December 31, 2015 Nice, those HGW belts really are the bee's knees! 1
Mish Posted January 1, 2016 Author Posted January 1, 2016 Good progress today, got the side-walls finished, IP finished and the cockpit assembled. Port side-wall Starboard side-wall Instrument panel Starboard side-wall in place with the cockpit assembly Cockpit fully assembled Next job was to remove the small scoop intakes from the nose on both sides of the fuselage I then added replacement resin Barracuda scoops and exhaust stubs Really pleased with the way this kit is going together.
Mish Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 What do you folks think? These are some after-market parts for my 1:32 Revell Bf109G-10 The small wheel bulge insert compared against the part for the G-6 boxing (kit part to the front) As you can see the resin part is way out and if sanded to shape there will be no leading edge just a hole! The wheels (kit part to the right) I actually prefer the kit part. The oil cooler is a bit improvement over the kit part (kit part to front)
Mish Posted January 3, 2016 Author Posted January 3, 2016 So today's progress, quite a lot done today the cockpit was cemented into one of the fuselage halves and the mating halve cemented together. I then added the Barracuda resin carburettor intake and corrected oil cooler. Both fitted very well. Next up was to add the upper inner wing parts. As the plane I'm building has the narrower/smaller wheels it doesn't need the large upper wing wheel bulges supplied with the kit.For this I purchased the Ally Cat replacement, but as can be seen from a previous post it would be very hard if not impossible to make them fit. So my only other option was to 'steal' the inner wing parts from my G-6 kit. Lower wings were fitted next, closely followed by the upper outer wing parts. Some clamping and filling with Mr Dissolved Putty was required on the wing joins, but the fit is not too bad. 2
Iceman Posted January 4, 2016 Posted January 4, 2016 Looking good Mish, like the Wings Cockpit figure too, they really do add life to a model. Kirk 1
Mish Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 Finally got a couple hours back at the bench. Not a lot to see but the upper wing joins have been broken and reset meaning that one joint has had to have some more filler applied. And the upper tail, rudder, tail-planes and elevators all assembled and on the aircraft.
matto21 Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 Nice work Mish, it's coming together really well! 1
Grant Posted January 18, 2016 Posted January 18, 2016 I've really enjoyed reading through your creation Mish, thank you. Great choice of colour scheme by the way and the figure will add a great focal point I'm really looking forward to seeing it come to life Grant. 1
Mish Posted January 18, 2016 Author Posted January 18, 2016 Thanks guys, let's hope I can pull off the paint job
matto21 Posted January 19, 2016 Posted January 19, 2016 Which markings will you use Mish - or are you going to paint them? 1
kahunaminor Posted January 22, 2016 Posted January 22, 2016 Nice choice and start Mish, Well saved on the wings, that will buff right out! Those figures are looking good as an add on too. Regards,
Mish Posted January 22, 2016 Author Posted January 22, 2016 Which markings will you use Mish - or are you going to paint them? This one Will be decals apart from the green and white ID band Nice choice and start Mish, Well saved on the wings, that will buff right out! Those figures are looking good as an add on too. Regards, Yep one has come out okay so far.
Mish Posted February 6, 2016 Author Posted February 6, 2016 Finally found some time to get back to the bench and cracked on with the 109. First job was to apply the Mondex masks to the canopy, this is the first time I have used Mondex masks and apart from some lifting at a couple of the corners they worked well. After priming the next job was to spray the undersides with RLM 76 using the new Mr Paint range Then is was the topsides again using Mr Paint, only this time RLM 74 & 75 More soon. 2
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