Crimea_River
Marshal
Username: Crimea River
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: ProModeler
Model Type: Bf110-G-4
Aftermarket addons: Who knows?
What Night Fighter GB would be complete without the famous Bf110? I've decided to partake in this GB with the much-maligned ProModeler Bf110G-4 kit whose failings are primarily to do with undersized spinners and engine cowls. I've decided that I would build this kit as is and not try to fix these issues as it would just guarantee that I will never finish the build in time. For the same reason, my Do217J/N conversion will wait for another day as it is too labour-intensive to include in this GB
Despite its shortcomings, the rest of the kit looks pretty nice with fine moulded details right down to the weld beads on the flame dampers. I've been researching schemes and am not keen on what the kit decals depict. I'm intrigued however by an NJG101 machine, 9W+BO "Yellow B" which is fairly well documented by photos and a colour video taken by US troops at Fritzlar airfield in 1945. The scheme is a standard 75/76 camo that was oversprayed with RLM83 squiggles and waves and so would be a good opportunity to push my airbrushing skills to the limit. The scheme is covered by Eduard's now discontinued kit so decals won't be available. For this reason, I might practice making some home made decals and masks again.
Here are a couple of screen shots taken from that video linked above:
First name: Andy
Category: Judge – Non competing
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: ProModeler
Model Type: Bf110-G-4
Aftermarket addons: Who knows?
What Night Fighter GB would be complete without the famous Bf110? I've decided to partake in this GB with the much-maligned ProModeler Bf110G-4 kit whose failings are primarily to do with undersized spinners and engine cowls. I've decided that I would build this kit as is and not try to fix these issues as it would just guarantee that I will never finish the build in time. For the same reason, my Do217J/N conversion will wait for another day as it is too labour-intensive to include in this GB
Despite its shortcomings, the rest of the kit looks pretty nice with fine moulded details right down to the weld beads on the flame dampers. I've been researching schemes and am not keen on what the kit decals depict. I'm intrigued however by an NJG101 machine, 9W+BO "Yellow B" which is fairly well documented by photos and a colour video taken by US troops at Fritzlar airfield in 1945. The scheme is a standard 75/76 camo that was oversprayed with RLM83 squiggles and waves and so would be a good opportunity to push my airbrushing skills to the limit. The scheme is covered by Eduard's now discontinued kit so decals won't be available. For this reason, I might practice making some home made decals and masks again.
Here are a couple of screen shots taken from that video linked above:
