Now isn't that an interesting little tid bit! must remember that....thanks Alberto! and well done so far on your 109 too!
Regia Aeronautica Bf 109 G-4
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Benevolens Magister
Good bit of info Alberto.
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al49
Tech Sergeant
As far as I know, the above mask was used by field staff to spray R.A. roundels on German machines only (may be on captured French Devoitine as well)
Factory fresh planes had roundels with full outer ring.
Alberto
Factory fresh planes had roundels with full outer ring.
Alberto
plheure2
Senior Airman
Great looking 109, Alberto. The splinter camo and mottling look spot-on.
fam43
Senior Airman
Hi Alberto,
like the finish of your ship.
like the finish of your ship.
zaxos345
Senior Airman
Amazing work so far Alberto!!
John
John
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks good and thanks for the mask info.
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
I'm here again with a few pictures of the bird after contrasting colors have been tuned down a bit:
The light on the photos doesn't show clearly enough that there is now a yellowish fade on white elements, while it seems quite evident the change
on the "Gigi Tre Osei" insignia and that wing fasces aren't black any more but a more realistic dark grey.
For refernce here is one of the previous fotos
Nexy step: weathering!
Cheers
Alberto
I'm here again with a few pictures of the bird after contrasting colors have been tuned down a bit:
The light on the photos doesn't show clearly enough that there is now a yellowish fade on white elements, while it seems quite evident the change
on the "Gigi Tre Osei" insignia and that wing fasces aren't black any more but a more realistic dark grey.
For refernce here is one of the previous fotos
Nexy step: weathering!
Cheers
Alberto
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
this model is finally complete,
Here following the first shots, some more to follow hopefully tomorrow.
Any comment or suggestion to improve my modelling is very welcome, as always.
Cheers
Alberto
this model is finally complete,
Here following the first shots, some more to follow hopefully tomorrow.
Any comment or suggestion to improve my modelling is very welcome, as always.
Cheers
Alberto
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
here following are some additional photos.
To start, I would like to show that, after research and with support of Italian expert, I found that the almost vertical antenna wire was in every 109, so I added it. Also, I painted off-white the insulators
then other details
Cheers
Alberto
here following are some additional photos.
To start, I would like to show that, after research and with support of Italian expert, I found that the almost vertical antenna wire was in every 109, so I added it. Also, I painted off-white the insulators
then other details
Cheers
Alberto
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
That's a beauty Alberto.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Very nicely done Alberto. Since you asked for opportunties for improvement, I will offer that a bit more time could be spent on the upper wing to fuselage seams and on the joint of the windscreen to the fuselage. It is a very nice model though.
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Hi,
many thanks for your suggestion.
In the case of the windscreen, it came-off while I was peeling off masking tape an the new gluing wasn't as good as the first.
I should have noticed this
About wing seems, on real bird photos there is a neat joint line between upper wing and fuselage, but mine is too evident, you right! I take note for the future.
Thanks again
Alberto
many thanks for your suggestion.
In the case of the windscreen, it came-off while I was peeling off masking tape an the new gluing wasn't as good as the first.
I should have noticed this
About wing seems, on real bird photos there is a neat joint line between upper wing and fuselage, but mine is too evident, you right! I take note for the future.
Thanks again
Alberto
Crimea_River
Marshal
Looks great!
Looks pretty good Alberto, I like it!
If I may, a bit too much splatter /overspray with your mottle, you can see a lot of very small overspray, thin your paint a little more and vary your pressures to achieve a finer pattern....practice, practice practice! If you still get some of the overspray during this process you can run a real thin spray of the RLM 76 in between the mottles to reduce the splatter effect and this will help blend the colours a bit more, but it needs to be done carefully, sometimes a minor respray of the primary colours helps this blending process too. Hope this helps!
If I may, a bit too much splatter /overspray with your mottle, you can see a lot of very small overspray, thin your paint a little more and vary your pressures to achieve a finer pattern....practice, practice practice! If you still get some of the overspray during this process you can run a real thin spray of the RLM 76 in between the mottles to reduce the splatter effect and this will help blend the colours a bit more, but it needs to be done carefully, sometimes a minor respray of the primary colours helps this blending process too. Hope this helps!
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al49
Tech Sergeant
Many thanks Wayne for your comment, really helpful! Will see with the next model if I have learned something or not.
Also, I must say that photos are very good to catch details and/or defects that are hard to be seen at naked eye, at lest for me.
An other example is about the shadowing on the rudder's fabric.
I realized that after posting my photos, so I tried to improve with some dry-brushing:
May be not yet perfect, but a lot better, at least to my judgment!
Cheers
Alberto
You're welcome Sir!
Tail looks a lot better to me too! good work!
Tail looks a lot better to me too! good work!
Lucky13
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Beautiful work mate!
