**** DONE: GB-49 1/48 Bf109E-3 - Favorite A/C of WWII

[Crimea_River]

I'm with Geo on the 02. Though a modern resto, it's pretty faithful:

 

[Ralph Haus]

I'm with Geo on the 02. Though a modern resto, it's pretty faithful:View attachment 612376

That's a twofer. Out come the 'tiny' brushes. I believe I'll attach the main flaps after the exterior paint. That will make the access to these areas MUCH easier.

 

[CATCH 22]

Thank you. Do-overs are no fun.
Intuition says that these areas would have just been painted whatever was being applied externally, but that would have assumed flaps up or down. If in neutral position when being painted then the frame colors would have survived. The previous post from CATCH-22 shown flaps down. SO??

In the photo I posted one can see that the wings have been painted SEPARATELY from the fuselage. If you want to do flaps down, the streamlined end piece of the wing (attached to the body) is in the fuselage colour but it looks slightly different. You might need to hollow it a little bit. The inside colour should be RLM 02.
Check this historical photo of your L-52 again.

 

[Ralph Haus]

In the photo I posted one can see that the wings have been painted SEPARATELY from the fuselage. If you want to do flaps down, the streamlined end piece of the wing (attached to the body) is in the fuselage colour but it looks slightly different. You might need to hollow it a little bit. The inside colour should be RLM 02.
Check this historical photo again.

The model Gods must be with me today then. Just the way the pieces were mated created the 'hollow' area. A little futsing and maybe some putty and It will look like it was intended.

Ahhh! The joy's of 1:48 over 1:72....

 

[Crimea_River]

I like your pics Ralph. Is that a macro lens on an SLR?

 

[Ralph Haus]

I like your pics Ralph. Is that a macro lens on an SLR?

I have 2 high dollar SLRs with image stabilization lenses, telepho too macro and this was taken with my 3 year old Samsung Galaxy8 smart phone, takes better photos! Kind of pisses me off in a way.

 

[Crimea_River]

I hear you. I take all my model pics with my old Samsung S6 now except for the finished set. The cell phone does very well, though I don't think I can get in as tight as you did.

 

[Ralph Haus]

I hear you. I take all my model pics with my old Samsung S6 now except for the finished set. The cell phone does very well, though I don't think I can get in as tight as you did.

The wife's Galaxy 3 died and we replaced it with yet another Samsung; a Galaxy A71. Has 3, count them, three lenses. If I can wrastle it from her I'll try getting some pics with it to see how it does? Anyone interested in some hardly used Canon EOS equipment?

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Great progress so far...!

 

[T Bolt]

Very nice work so far Ralph

 

[Ralph Haus]

And the decal saga starts...Hopefully I'll not damage any of the big ones. Should be plenty of contrast though. Pleased with the color scheme so far.

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Crimea_River]

You should be pleased. The finish looks very good.

 

[Wildsau]

Great work Ralph

 

[rochie]

Nice job

 

[Wayne Little]

Like it...!

 

[imalko]

Me too...

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[Donivanp]

Really coming along nicely Ralph.