Instead of starting a new thread I'm reviving this old one, where from now on I'll be posting not only finished models but also works in progress.
So, here's one project I'm currently working on. It's a new tool 1/72 Airfix Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6. The kit is quite basic in it's layout - small number of parts, easy assembly, but lack of details. Few examples... Landing gear legs are molded as one peace with wheel covers. Cockpit details - none. Only a pilot figure and a seat. Machine gun covers on the engine cowling are molded as one big "bulge" enveloping the entire cowling instead of two smaller separate ones. This is one single thing which bothered me the most with this model, so I've decided to backdate it to an earlier Gustav and thus remove the "bulge" completely.
My choice fell to a Bf 109G-4 "Yellow 11" of 13.(Slovak)/JG 52. Those of you who had fallowed Eastern Front Group Build might remember that Andy (Crimea river) built this very same machine. Interesting detail of this aircraft camouflage is "dotted" engine cowling. The nature of color used for this dots is still debated. Assumptions range from RLM02 or RLM76 to yellow or even white. The latest profiles show this aircraft with yellow dots on the engine cowling, so I've decided to paint it that way if only to see how it will look.
What more can I say about the build... As you can see on the photos I've decided to build it "in flight" with landing gear up. The stand I built myself from wood. The cockpit will be more less filled with pilot figure, but I also added some detail there, namely the instrument panel and I closed the cockpit back wall which is none existent with original kit. Under wing cannon gondolas are provided with the kit (same as optional rocket launchers, drop tank or 250kg bomb), but I've used a spare ones from Italeri kit as they are little more detailed.
Pictures speak more then a thousand words, so here are few...