**** DONE: Unofficial Bf 109-x GB: 1/48 Bf109G-6

[Vic Balshaw]

Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Hasegawa No 09147

Extras:
Aber Armament A48 113
HGW Baremask Cockpit Mask 648402
Print Scale Inst Panel 3D48-003

My Subject is the Bf109G-6 as flown by Obfw. Heinrich Bartels while with 11/JG 27 at Kalamaki, Greece, November 1943.

Source: Internet

I'm not going to say much about Heinrich Bartels, his military career is very well documented. He had a personal tally of some 96 aircraft destroyed and was nominated for Oak Leaves of the Knights Cross. Having reached his 99th aerial victory, Heinrich Bartlet while supporting German forces during the Battle of the Bulge becoming the victim of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the US 56th Fighter Group on the 23 December 1944. He was posted as missing in action and it was not until January 1968 when the remains of his fighter were found near Bad Godesberg, Germany.

 

[le_steph40]

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

Good choice Vic.

 

[Ralph Haus]

Nice. Great grab from a 'bare' cupboard?

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice. Great grab from a 'bare' cupboard?

Just happened to jump into my hand when the boss and I went to get our favorite sausage rolls one morning just before the festive season!

 

[A4K]

I need to find a sausage roll shop like that

 

[Crimea_River]

Me too. Nice choice Vic and an attractive scheme to be sure.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Thank you very much Gents. It has been a slow start but I decided to try and sort out some cockpit side wall detail once the parts had been given the coat of paint.

Here you can see I've added a little detail, mainly the drop tank fuel line and some squiggly bits of wire. I used sheathed electric cable but forgot to rough it up with a bit of emery. Consequently I've spent a great deal of time trying to get them stuck down.

The Inst panel is a 3D decal that had to be modified a little. My apologies for the focus, but you'll get the gist.

I was thinking with this build of doing the camo spray on the fuselage at this stage before cockpit details and wings were added. The fuselage side wall camo is quite blotchy with both camo colours and without the wings in the way it should be a doddle (tongue in cheek talk).

 

[Kalakan]

Username: Vic Balshaw
First name: Vic
Category: Advanced
Scale: 1/48
Manufacturer: Hasegawa No 09147

Extras:
Aber Armament A48 113
HGW Baremask Cockpit Mask 648402
Print Scale Inst Panel 3D48-003


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My Subject is the Bf109G-6 as flown by Obfw. Heinrich Bartels while with 11/JG 27 at Kalamaki, Greece, November 1943.

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Source: Internet

I'm not going to say much about Heinrich Bartels, his military career is very well documented. He had a personal tally of some 96 aircraft destroyed and was nominated for Oak Leaves of the Knights Cross. Having reached his 99th aerial victory, Heinrich Bartlet while supporting German forces during the Battle of the Bulge becoming the victim of a P-47 Thunderbolt of the US 56th Fighter Group on the 23 December 1944. He was posted as missing in action and it was not until January 1968 when the remains of his fighter were found near Bad Godesberg, Germany.

Wow Vic, this is a gorgeous camouflage!

 

[A4K]

Busy enough looking paintscheme Vic, you're probbly right doing it like that.

 

[Wayne Little]

Great choice Vic, got a 1/32 G-6 sitting ready to paint in this scheme....don't forget to apply the ERLA saw tooth pattern on the wings....!

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

nice start

 

[fubar57]

Another one I missed. Really nice choice. I hate doddles as well. Off to Google doddle............................

 

[Crimea_River]

Good plan on the fuselage camp Vic. That's caught me out a few times.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Great choice Vic, got a 1/32 G-6 sitting ready to paint in this scheme....don't forget to apply the ERLA saw tooth pattern on the wings....!

Thanks for this Wayne, the instructions don't even touch on these tooth pattern wings and I've had to do a bit of hunting to find an original pic at the right angle showing them.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Most of the cockpit is done with the exception of the seat harness which I'm expecting tomorrow, hopefully. I've started work on the fuselage particularly with the mind to camo spray it without wings. Looking at the machine gun nose cover I decided to place a shelf on the inside so that the gun barrels would just slide into position without fear of them falling into the vacant space below.

The small shelf and a brass gun barrel.

The cover with a barrel test fitted.

Hopefully I'll get some more little bit sorted tomorrow.

 

[Wurger]

 

[A4K]

Nice idea with the barrel stops Vic.