GB 49 Split Build - WW2 Night Fighter / Favourite A/C of WWII

[rochie]

Seems like i have a choice of either my Westland Whirlwind or my Hasegawa Fw190 A-3.

wouldn't mind doing a Wurger with a tatzelwurm, will need to look for a decal set for that though !

 

[Crimea_River]

I have a VERY old sheet with the wurm I think Karl but can almost guarantee it will disintegrate. I can dig it up and post a pic if you'd like.

 

[rochie]

Yes please.

if you think they will be no good I'll do one of the kits subjects

kitsworld do a set of fighter markings but right now i cant justify spending £12 on it for just the wurms.
had to replace my mini in the summer and ive not received full pay for 9 of the last 12 months

 

[fastmongrel]

ive not received full pay for 9 of the last 12 months

I am the same. Luckily a small Life insurance policy matured last spring and that's keeping my head above the water. When that's used up I will have to eat the cat.

 

[rochie]

I am the same. Luckily a small Life insurance policy matured last spring and that's keeping my head above the water. When that's used up I will have to eat the cat.

Yeah starting to wish i had a bigger dog than my jack russel !

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes please.

if you think they will be no good I'll do one of the kits subjects

kitsworld do a set of fighter markings but right now i cant justify spending £12 on it for just the wurms.
had to replace my mini in the summer and ive not received full pay for 9 of the last 12 months

Here you go Karl. Sorry for the poor quality of the pic but the decal is in a plastic sleeve and covered in wax paper. I think these are remnants from an ancient Monogram kit built over 40 years ago and I don't know whether the chevrons go with the Tatzelwurms.

Pretty sure these are the only ones I have. I used a much more recent set on a BoB 109E. Happy to put these in the mail if you like but, as I said, you may find them useless.

 

[rochie]

Pm sent

 

[Airframes]

I've found that old Monogram decals work fine, if coated in a clear varnish before use.
Of course, they could be scanned, and then printed on to decal paper. I did just that for the two 1/32nd scale Bf109Es some time back, then "filled in" with the relevant pant colour, once in position, where needed.
Pic below shows an example.

 

[Crimea_River]

I pulled out my Promodeller Bf110G-4 to look closer at the undersized nacelles. Yep, pretty bad. This is one of he halves lined up against 1/48 Kagero plans. A good 3mm too shallow and the spinner is a good 2mm too small. There's a correction set but it's hard to find and costs more than I paid for this kit.

This kit was an impulse buy at a model show and I got it for reasonably cheap. I can see why. A shame because the rest of it looks pretty nice. I need to think about whether I'm going to tackle this thing building up the difference with milliput or putty or do something simpler.

 

[rochie]

Yikes !

I think Terry built this way back, is it worth looking at his build to see how noticeable they are when built ?

 

[rochie]

Been lucky with my subject.

i was looking at a Jg 3 Fw 190 A-3 yellow 7 with yellow Tatzelwurms but this had two shields, one on either side of the cockpit which i dont have.
been looking in my books today and found a profile of yellow 10 and i have the numerals and bar needed.
But then it was bollocks its an A-4 !
Then looking at the Hasegawa kit it has all the parts for an A-4 in it so am very happy right now !

 

[Airframes]

Andy, I just lived with the faults on mine. Once built and painted, it doesn't look too bad.
Pics below show the finished model, from the same kit.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks for that Terry. I may just do the same and use the model as practice for fit and finish rather than do my usual excessive detailing.

 

[fubar57]

Andy, just looking at a freshly started build of Revell's latter 110G-2 offering (some different parts from ProModeller G-4) and the guy mentions this...

"The wing join on this kit is a bit unusual in that it is asymmetrical and if you build the two wing have separately and join them to the fuselage it is extremely difficult to get a clean join. I chose to glue the two bottoms together so that my wing join will be more conventional."

 

[Crimea_River]

Read that twice and still doesn't make sense but I will keep it in mind when (if) I dig up the kit again. I haven't ruled out starting with my Bf190K-4 as my ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE AIRCAFT for the duration of this GB,

 

[fubar57]

I was just looking at the pretty picture. I had to find some instructions and I think what he's getting at is glue the lower wings together first. Glue these to the finished fuselage and then add the upper wings to their respective lowers

 

[Airframes]

That may be referring to this problem ( shown below ). From memory, I filled the gap with plastic strip.
There was also a mis-alignment, forward of the wing, on the lower fuselage ( arrowed ), which needed filling too. I think the latter may have been due to some warping in the fuselage halves, but after so many years, I can't remember.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yeah I get it now. I just checked the part and the bottom of the fuselage is integral with one of the wing halves. Very odd detail and I can see why it would cause issues.

 

[Soclakit86]

Good evening everyone;

I pulled out my Promodeller Bf110G-4 to look closer at the undersized nacelles. Yep, pretty bad. This is one of he halves lined up against 1/48 Kagero plans. A good 3mm too shallow and the spinner is a good 2mm too small. There's a correction set but it's hard to find and costs more than I paid for this kit.

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This kit was an impulse buy at a model show and I got it for reasonably cheap. I can see why. A shame because the rest of it looks pretty nice. I need to think about whether I'm going to tackle this thing building up the difference with milliput or putty or do something simpler.

Personally, I think that it is not visible once the assembled kit is out of the box. The general appearance of the Bf 110 G-4 remains well understood by the Revell / Pro Modeller model.

I still have 3 Bf 110G in stock (1 Revell and 2 Eduard) and will not take my head to redo the engine nacelles, except at the level of the main gears which can be easily improved

Cordially

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks for your thoughts but these kinds of things are a matter of personal taste. I prefer my models to be as accurate as possible and I find the undersized nacelle and spinners to be quite noticeable.