Vic Balshaw
Major General
As usual Andy your doing a great job.
**** DONE: 1/48 Bf 109G-4/R6 "Yellow 11" of 13.(Slow)/JG 52 Eastern Front GB
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
With all above! 8)
great attention to detail
Catch22
Major
Looking good Andy!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all.
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Benevolens Magister
Good stuff Andy.
T Bolt
Colonel
Great detail work Andy
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks Terry, Glenn. Bit more to show now.
We'll start with an overall shot showing a few more bits and pieces added. As you can see, the lower rad louvers have been installed and the slats are now on.
Close-up of the port rad louvers. The lower louvers were filed down significantly to get a sharp edge at the back and to have the sides resemble thin sheet metal. The area was sprayed with RLM 02 before attaching the lower louvers.
The next two shots show the starboard slat installed into position.
Finally, we have the spinner. Oh boy, this one's going to be tricky. The white/blue/red Slovak colour rings have been started with an overall coat of white. I then punched a small circle of Tamiya tape and masked the spinner tip to start the blue ring which you can now see. The hard part will be to get these rings concentric and I think I already messed up the white center slightly. I may redo this as the white cap might be slightly too big anyway.
Should get some more pics up over the weekend. An initial prime on the seams shows that I have some filling/sanding work ahead of me yet, especially around the fuselage gun insert. I'm so looking forward to that!
We'll start with an overall shot showing a few more bits and pieces added. As you can see, the lower rad louvers have been installed and the slats are now on.
Close-up of the port rad louvers. The lower louvers were filed down significantly to get a sharp edge at the back and to have the sides resemble thin sheet metal. The area was sprayed with RLM 02 before attaching the lower louvers.
The next two shots show the starboard slat installed into position.
Finally, we have the spinner. Oh boy, this one's going to be tricky. The white/blue/red Slovak colour rings have been started with an overall coat of white. I then punched a small circle of Tamiya tape and masked the spinner tip to start the blue ring which you can now see. The hard part will be to get these rings concentric and I think I already messed up the white center slightly. I may redo this as the white cap might be slightly too big anyway.
Should get some more pics up over the weekend. An initial prime on the seams shows that I have some filling/sanding work ahead of me yet, especially around the fuselage gun insert. I'm so looking forward to that!
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imalko
Chief Master Sergeant
Inspiring work there Andy! Looks great! The white circle on the spinner does look slightly off center though, but not much. It's a tricky part with those concentric spinner rings in a small scale.
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Looking good mate!
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Benevolens Magister
Rather tasty old chap.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all. I'm going to give the white tip another go today.
Vic Balshaw
Major General
You have that magicians wand out again Andy, stunning work.
T Bolt
Colonel
Looking good Andy! Painting multi-colored spinners is one of my least favorite things to do, but in the end it really makes finished model look sharp!
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Thanks all.
Here's the spinner again. The blue was re-done, centered this time and the red has been applied. Will mask the red today and apply the RLM 70 to the rest of the spinner. The brutal close-up reveals some requried minor touch-ups that will be done later.
Next are before and after pics of the wheel wells. I didn't like the gap formed between the upper wing and the wall of the well so glued in a thin strip of card and, while I was at it, added the two ribs. The filled holes are where the holes for the upper wing bulges were supposed to have been drilled out but this would have been ugly.
Thanks for your continued interest.
Here's the spinner again. The blue was re-done, centered this time and the red has been applied. Will mask the red today and apply the RLM 70 to the rest of the spinner. The brutal close-up reveals some requried minor touch-ups that will be done later.
Next are before and after pics of the wheel wells. I didn't like the gap formed between the upper wing and the wall of the well so glued in a thin strip of card and, while I was at it, added the two ribs. The filled holes are where the holes for the upper wing bulges were supposed to have been drilled out but this would have been ugly.
Thanks for your continued interest.
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