**** DONE: GB-36 1/48 Bf 109C - Axis Manufactured Aircraft of WWII

• Jan 29, 2018

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Nice Glenn.

 

• Jan 31, 2018

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Yep, agree with all

 

• Jan 31, 2018

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T Bolt said:

How's this for different look. The Bf 109V1 with the 695 hp Rolls-Royce Kestrel engine.
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Just curious here, I am NOT a modeler-but the British RR engine in a German Messerschmidt bf-109 series? How did that happen??

 

• Jan 31, 2018

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It was the first prototype Bf109, pre-war, and there wasn't a German engine ready at that time.
Full circle post-war, and the Spanish, licence-built Hispano 'Buchon' (basically a '109G) got the RR Merlin, as the supply of DB engines had ceased.

 

• Jan 31, 2018

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Yes, that's the first prototype of the Bf 109 marked as V1 and powered by the RR Kestrel V12 engine. The pic was taken in May 1935 as memo serves.

 

• Jan 31, 2018

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My first attempts were with a fine tip paint brush and thin paint and I thought it looked like crepe. Then I tried the silver pencil and liked that a lot better. I was never able to get them random enough in placement and size. Then I came across this sponge technique and I really like it. You just have to have a really rough texture sponge and just a bit of paint on it and dab away. The chips are nice and random and variously shaped. Me like!

 

• Feb 11, 2018

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Another one of your great looking builds Glenn, nice to see..

 

• Feb 11, 2018

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I haven't updated in a while, but here it is with the weathering and panel lines done, the dull coat applied along with pastel exhaust staining.
I remove the canopy masks and there is some residue I still have to remove.
I know some of you guys will think the weathering and exhaust staining is too heavy, but I'm trying to depict it as an obsolete bird well past its prime and used only for training. The last 2 pictures are what I used as references for the weathering.

 

• Feb 11, 2018

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Nice 109.

 

• Feb 11, 2018

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Looking good Glenn

 

• Feb 11, 2018

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I like the colours. Cannon smoke a bit much for me though.

Overall pretty damn nice though.

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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• Feb 12, 2018

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Pretty good Glenn.

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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Very nicely done Glenn, and the weathering / staining looks good - the mg staining, as Andy mentioned, might be a little heavy, but as the guns were buried in the wings, it's possible that the arrangement could very well leave heavy staining. I've seen it in photos of '109E-1s, with the same armament, although hard to tell if it was as prominent, due to highlights in the pics concerned.
If my Hobbycraft '109Es turn out as well, I'll be happy enough.

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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Turned out nicely Glenn! I like the Yellow numbers!

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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Thanks guys
Landing gear next

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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Looks pretty good grom here Glenn

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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Nothing wrong with that weathering Glenn but if concerned about the cannon stains, maybe a light dusting of of sand or mud dust will lighten them. I have some old make-up containers that I use for dusting.

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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T Bolt said:

I haven't updated in a while, but here it is with the weathering and panel lines done, the dull coat applied along with pastel exhaust staining.
I remove the canopy masks and there is some residue I still have to remove.
I know some of you guys will think the weathering and exhaust staining is too heavy, but I'm trying to depict it as an obsolete bird well past its prime and used only for training. The last 2 pictures are what I used as references for the weathering.View attachment 482129 View attachment 482130 View attachment 482131 View attachment 482132 View attachment 482133

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Are you going to use a spiral style spinner on this build? Love the photos of the weathered and worn bf109's--great stuff

 

• Feb 12, 2018

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As memo serves the kind of marking didn't appear until the late Bf 109s. So it wouldn't be correct.