My Return To Modeling, The Bf 109F-4 of Viktor Bauer...

[Wurger]

 

[Matt308]

If you have any painters tape, that works good too. Use Elmers Glue for your clear parts. Avoid a paint scheme that makes judicious use of feathering.
This will help hide the fact that you don't have an airbrush.

 

[lesofprimus]

Well heres the shot.... As u can tell, the colors are wrong... I still havent painted the bottom yet.... That will happen soon enough...

 

[Catch22]

You managed to get those lines really nice and clean! Excellent work!

 

[Wurger]

Hi Les,
I think everything is OK..Have you mixed these colour,you have?For me the painting looks graet.Although a quality if the paint layers is not visible ( it is needed to be close up) and not finished yet I tell you ,well done.

 

[ccheese]

Hey Les.... you havn't lost your touch, you old devil. Looks good....
Where's the cartridge ejection covers for the wings ? Where's the
canopy ? Minor details.......

Charles

 

[Wayne Little]

Les, don't sell yourself short, doing a great job!

 

[Heinz]

I'll echo the above

 

[lesofprimus]

Thx fellas...

 

[ccheese]

Thx fellas...

You're welcome..... But I wish you'd quit slammin' that damn door !!

Charles

 

[Matt308]

ccheese

Good choice of camo to help hide the use of brushes only. Use masking tape for seatbelt harness. Adds a nice touch.

 

[lesofprimus]

Couple more pics of progress.... I have now finished the underside with the correct RLM color since these pics were taken.... I ll take some new pics tomorrow..

 

[Wurger]

Cool Les.Looking much better then in the early pics.

 

[lesofprimus]

Thanks... Like the fly that was caught on the wing there??? I didnt even notice it till I went to resize the pic....

Im goin outside to take a couple more pics now...

 

[lesofprimus]

OK, new pics.... As u can see, i still have some work to do, touchups/weathering etc.....

I was thinking of doing a few bullet holes... Any advice on the proper way of doing them???

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

It looks great!

All those triangle shapes are cool, are they supposed to be a camoflauge of a fields laid out I wonder?

 

[ccheese]

I was thinking of doing a few bullet holes... Any advice on the proper way of doing them???

Hey Les..... a 30-30 works good !

Just kidding..... It looks very good.....

Charles

 

[Njaco]

Les, For bullet holes, I first decide if they're coming or going, what kinda round caused it and are they singular or in a row, so to speak.

I take a sharp pointed exacto knife tip and make a light drilling action with it until the point penetrates the plastic. I can then heat up the knife blade and use it to mold the plastic outward or however is best. And most holes are irregular so I try to keep that in mind without over doing it. But I practice on some scrap plastic or crap Tamiya model until it looks good.

 

[lesofprimus]

Cool jaco, thats what I was plannin on doing.... Question is, should I do the holes before I spray the clear coat or after???

 

[Screaming Eagle]

nice progress les