**** DONE: 1/48 BF109F-2 "Hermännchen" - Winter War / Eastern Front WWII
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Crimea_River
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Resisting the urge to rush this. Sprayed on some pre-mixed RLM75 yesterday but need paint for the 74. Pics tonight maybe.
I have not planned on yellow wing tips on the uppers unless some Experten tell me otherwise.
I have not planned on yellow wing tips on the uppers unless some Experten tell me otherwise.
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Very clean build! The canopy fix looks great!
dneid
Staff Sergeant
This is looking very nice, Andy. Great save on the cockpit. I love on Colgate can make that job so much easier. I even polished an entire motorcycle frame years ago with tooth paste! Damn thing came out great until the aluminum oxidized on me.
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Crimea_River
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Thanks very much guys.
Well today started on a downer and ended on a higher note. Last night I sprayed the basic 74/75 camo but I walked away not liking the look. I had not yet mixed RLM 74 from Tamiya paints yet and tried 3 recipes before I ended up with a colour that looked right to me. However, when I sprayed it next to the 75 I had made for my Dieterle 109 build, in which the 75 was just sprayed in a wave pattern over 76, I ended up not liking the combination. The 75 looked too violet-ish and a bit dark. Also I was pressed for time (never good) and because I used my fine tipped Iwata, I was left with a very unfinished look in addition to an unsatisfactory colour. I decided to sleep on it and see how I felt about it today.
The hangover was still there this morning so I decided to add another coat of 74 on and lighten the 75 a bit. Both were applied with my bull-in-a-china-shop Paasche VL freehand. I was not that concerned with the demarcations as much of the underlying camo would be obliterated by the modified green scheme. Here's how it looked after that was done. Comments on the colours guys - please! - as I want to settle on a mix recipe for all future builds.
As soon as that was done, I launched into applying the 02 and 70 colours over top which went pretty good. Below is the result so far.
This is not done yet as there still needs to be some RLM 79 Sandgelb and then, no doubt, some tweaking to unify the pattern. I can see alreday that some more 02 will probably be needed as well.
Again, constructive comments on the 74/75 please as I'm still not 100% OK with it. Thanks again all.
Well today started on a downer and ended on a higher note. Last night I sprayed the basic 74/75 camo but I walked away not liking the look. I had not yet mixed RLM 74 from Tamiya paints yet and tried 3 recipes before I ended up with a colour that looked right to me. However, when I sprayed it next to the 75 I had made for my Dieterle 109 build, in which the 75 was just sprayed in a wave pattern over 76, I ended up not liking the combination. The 75 looked too violet-ish and a bit dark. Also I was pressed for time (never good) and because I used my fine tipped Iwata, I was left with a very unfinished look in addition to an unsatisfactory colour. I decided to sleep on it and see how I felt about it today.
The hangover was still there this morning so I decided to add another coat of 74 on and lighten the 75 a bit. Both were applied with my bull-in-a-china-shop Paasche VL freehand. I was not that concerned with the demarcations as much of the underlying camo would be obliterated by the modified green scheme. Here's how it looked after that was done. Comments on the colours guys - please! - as I want to settle on a mix recipe for all future builds.
As soon as that was done, I launched into applying the 02 and 70 colours over top which went pretty good. Below is the result so far.
This is not done yet as there still needs to be some RLM 79 Sandgelb and then, no doubt, some tweaking to unify the pattern. I can see alreday that some more 02 will probably be needed as well.
Again, constructive comments on the 74/75 please as I'm still not 100% OK with it. Thanks again all.
Wildcat
Major
I can't comment on the colours Andy as I know SFA about Luftwaffe camouflage, but the green squiggles look great.
JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
It looks good to me Andy. Impossible to do now but... based on how the green mottling disrupts the original finish, I would maybe try to get more contrast between the 74 and 75 next time?
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Crimea_River
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Yeah thanks John and everyone else who commented. I did lighten the 75 a tad between pic 1 and 2. The difference would more once a clear coat goes on as the colours are very flat and tend to darken a bit. Also, the photo turned out a lot lighter than what it really looks like. At this stage I won't fix it but I do need to get this right for future builds.
The mix I used for the 75 in the first pic was this: 3:XF-2 + 4:XF-24 + 2:XF-9. The XF-9 is "Hull Red" to add the violet tone and the XF-2 is white. I think the ratio will be tweaked to be more like 4/4/1 for the next one. I think the 74 turned out OK but will listen to any other opinions yet to come.
The mix I used for the 75 in the first pic was this: 3:XF-2 + 4:XF-24 + 2:XF-9. The XF-9 is "Hull Red" to add the violet tone and the XF-2 is white. I think the ratio will be tweaked to be more like 4/4/1 for the next one. I think the 74 turned out OK but will listen to any other opinions yet to come.
dneid
Staff Sergeant
I like the color mix you have. Andy. Maybe a tad lighter for contrast. Lovely work with the iWata. Which one are you using? I tried a Neo and just did not like it compared to my Paasches.
mikewint
Captain
Andy, always tough to comment on colors as seen via pics on a monitor and I'm PP on color in any case. The cammo squiggles looks great
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Crimea_River
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Thanks Mike, Dale. The airbrush is an Iwata HP-C Dale.
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Squirted on the 79 and decided to gloss it. It's easy to overdo this scheme and I may yet go over again with a few spots of 70 and 02 before I'm done. And yes, the port rad flap broke off but no big deal.
Andy, well done on that paint job it looks magnificent !
Vic Balshaw
Major General
I'm also not in a position to comment of colour shade Andy, but what I see, I like, technique and all.
le_steph40
Senior Master Sergeant
A great and amazing paint work 
Like your respray of 75 and the 74 looks ok too Andy, and definitely NO yellow upper wingtips this was not common to JG54 109's....JG5 however was a different story!
green squiggles not bad look forward to the next colour bending with the Green!
green squiggles not bad look forward to the next colour bending with the Green!
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