1:32 Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4/Trop "Yellow 10", II./JG5, Finland 1942

[rieser]

Hasegawa's Bf109 F-4/Trop done out-of-the-box in 2011 with some Tamiya tape seat belts and left-over "Yellow 10" decals from a Kagero sheet...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.  Cheers, Ralph. 

[Dave J]

 

We aren't worthy!

[Mikester]

LOL, what Dave said!

[Out2gtcha]

No doubt! Thats CRAZY good! And thats from someone whos not even that much into 109s.  Really tremendous job, the weathering is something I aspire to for sure

[Grant]

That's way too cool! Beautiful, shabby, well used 'Schmitt ... Fantastic

[Guest styrenedemon]

Another absolute stunner. I seriously am digging this scheme too which I've never seen before. 

 

I'd really love you to do a build and give an extensive tutorial of your painting and weathering process. That splotched variation you achieve in the individual colors is awesome. Is that from salt masking?

[wadoux]

Great !

Gérard .

[Jamme]

Fantastic job.

Cheers,

Jamme

[One-Oh-Four]

Great model Ralph! I really like the colour scheme and the weathering you did on it!

Dirty in just the right places and nothing like the Mondriaan-Syndrome visible! Top-notch!

[Steve D]

Ralph,

 

That is stunning! The weathering is superb! Congratulations.

[pfuf]

Fantastic work.

Johan

[coolboxx]

That is just a fantastic finish/look well done

[rieser]

Thanks Gents - very kind words - much appreciated.

 

styrenedemon:  the tonal shifts in the paintwork were done by pushing the contrasting tonal variation during postshading.  The limitation with applying the colours by airbrush is that they always look soft-edged.  Most of the wing root chipping on this one was done with a 2B lead pencil.  The pencil was added in a couple of layers, and blended in with airbrushed grimy-coloured filters.  "Fresh" chips were added after the pencil-filter layers, just to pop out a few spots here and there.  I've been trying to use thinned Vallejo acrylics and the AFV "mapping" technique to add hard-edged scuffing.  Still trying to get the hang of it.  I've not tried the dissolved salt technique - think it would be very interesting to try on an Olive Drab-Neutral Grey subject. 

 

Cheers, Ralph.