Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Hi guys, This will be only my second WIP build thread as I've only just returned to the Hobby this year after about 25 years of absence (my teens being the last time I did anything). It's a fantastic kit with some very cool extras listed below. I'm very keen to make the best of it and hope my ability (or lack of) doesn't cause too many tears. Royal Class edition of the new tool scale plastic kit of Bf 109G in 1/48 scale. Box contains: plastic and photo-etched parts and for two complete models of Bf 109G in variants G-2, G-4, G-6 and G-14 (premiere release of parts for variants G-2, G-4, G-14) Cartograf printed decals for 16 colorful markings a piece of the real Bf 109G-14 mounted on wooden block with certificate of authenticity Eduard "Gustav" designed Beer glass Brassin set of Bf 109G-6 wheels (2 pairs) Brassin set of Bf 109G cannon pods Brassin set of Bf 109G W.Gr.21 rockets Fabric seatbelts Marking options: Bf 109G-2, flown by Maj. Hannes Trautloft, CO of JG 54, Eastern Front, summer, 1942 Bf 109G-2 trop, Flown by Oblt. Werner Schroer, CO of 8./JG 27, Rhodes, early November, 1942 Bf 109G-2 trop, Flown by Maj. Heinz Bär, CO of I./JG 77, Comiso airfield, Italy, September, 1942 Bf 109G-2 trop, W.Nr. 10 501, Stab/JG 77, Bir el Abd airfield, North Africa, early November, 1942 Bf 109G-4, W.Nr. 19 257, Flown by Fw. Viktor Petermann, 5./JG 52, South Part of the Eastern Front, June, 1943 Bf 109G-4, W.Nr. 19 347, Flown by Fw. Jan Reznak, 13. (Slowaken)/JG 52, Anapa airfield, Soviet Union, April / May, 1943 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 20 499, Flown by Lt. Erich Hartmann, CO of 9./JG 52, Nove Zaporozhye, October, 1943 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 15 909, Flown by Hptm. Gerhard Barkhorn, CO of II./JG 52, Eastern Front, September, 1943 Bf 109G-6, Flown by Oblt. Kurt Gabler, 8./JG 300, Jüterbog – Waldlager Air Base, Germany, July, 1944 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 163162, 2a Squadriglia, 2o Gruppo Caccia, Verona-Villafranca airfield, Italy, October, 1944 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 165267, 1/HleLv 34, Taipalsaari airfield, July, 1944 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 95 417, Flown by Lt. Pál Bélavári, 101/3. vadászszázad, Veszprém Air Base, Hungary, August, 1944 Bf 109G-6, Flown by Lt. Baciu Dumitru, Grupul 1 Vânănatoare, early May, 1945 Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 163815, Fliegerkompagnie 7, Flugwaffe, Interlaken Air Base, June, 1945 Bf 109G-14, W.Nr. 464534, 19./EJG 2, Pilsen airfield, May, 1945 Bf 109G-14, W.Nr. 781308, Flown by Lt. Hans-Helmut Linck, 10./JG 4, Alteno airfield, Germany, September 11, 1944 I intent to build this aircraft in the following scheme: Bf 109G-6, W.Nr. 165267, 1/HleLv 34, Taipalsaari airfield, July, 1944 Eino Luukkanen was in the cockpit of this airplane while achieving his 56th confirmed victory. He downed a Soviet Yak-9 fighter flown by Lt. G. F. Nizhnik on August 5, 1944 over Narva Bay. This Yak was the only aircraft downed by the guns of MT-451. The aircraft was delivered to Finland on June 23, 1943. The former German Werk Nummer is visible on the rudder. Two underwing cannon pods were mounted and there was no artwork on the rudder at that time. The fledgling eagle was painted later on. MT-451 was written off after an accident on August 25, 1947. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 This is must follow for me. I have soft spot for FAF Bf-109's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 (edited) Now onto the build. The first thing I did was cut the parts off the spru and start folding the photo etch. This is my first attempt ever of folding the stuff and, Holy Moly, is it ever fiddly! What I'm working with....note the size of the CD I'm cutting it out on compared to the pieces! Before After Rudder pedal......little bugger Tub without paint Tub painted with Mr Hobby H416 RLM66 Black Grey. That's all for now. More photo etch to place and brush painting next. Thanks for following the build Edited October 12, 2015 by Homerlovesbeer 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 This is must follow for me. I have soft spot for FAF Bf-109's. It's a wonderful scheme and a little unusual being Finnish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I'm following this one too!! One of my favourite kits and I also have a soft spot for Finnish things... Apart from a certain F1 driver. Raikkonen, you cheating little.... You robbed Bottas of a podium! Grrrrr... Anyway, looking forward to this one getting 'Finished' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egalliers Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Nice start mate. Great hobby for a reserve day! Eric. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Nice start mate. Great hobby for a reserve day! Eric. LOL cheers! Sectors cancelled today....RESULT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 I'm following this one too!! One of my favourite kits and I also have a soft spot for Finnish things... Apart from a certain F1 driver. Raikkonen, you cheating little.... You robbed Bottas of a podium! Grrrrr... Anyway, looking forward to this one getting 'Finished' Hehe nice pun! Kimi had a brain fart didn't he! Thanks for following Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 :Tasty: that box looks like modeller's Heaven! Great job already on the fiddly PEs and the tub! I'm in! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 Thanks giemme.....not quite up to your excellent standards however I'll press on and do my best! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Ooh NICE. . Good start.... watching you.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickles1343 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Ive got this waiting to start. I will keep an eye on this. Good start so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Hi guys, A very quiet week from me as I was away for a few days on work. I managed to apply all the photo etch to the cockpit. What an absolute pain in the you know what! The stuff is so small and fiddly, and TIME CONSUMING to apply. Quite a number of times a small piece would manage to find its way onto the floor with the result being myself crawling around using my phone as a torch trying to locate the offending piece. I have got to either find a better way of applying these little pieces correctly rotated and perfectly located within 5 seconds or use something other than Zap a Gap CA glue to apply it. Currently I'm using the UMP Photo etch placer however it doesn't always pick up and stick to the part (yes I've sharpened it to expose more of the wax) and when it does grab the part it's very difficult to place the part onto the model and then adjust the part before the CA sets. I am currently applying CA glue onto a cocktail stick and then applying it to the part but sometimes the CA goes off before I can then pick up the part and place it in the correct place. It's like I'm short a hand and I need 3 of them. One to open the bottle of CA glue and then apply to the cocktail stick, the second to hold the cocktail stick and a third to hold the part ready to receive the glue. So unfortunately a couple of my photo etch parts are not 100% square which does really bug me however I couldn't finish getting them correctly located before the glue set I've got to find a better way as I've lots of photo etch left to do..... Now onto the little work that I've managed to do. I have painted all the parts I can see that require RLM 02 Gray using Mr Hobby H70 paint (such a lovely paint to use) and have started assembly of the wheel wells and cut the wings out. I've also drilled out the underneath of the wings ready for the wing mounted cannons. It's not a big update however the photo etch session took a few hours and the cleaning up of parts with painting another couple. Thanks guys for your interest Wheel well painting commenced Parts painted on the spru ready for assembly Photo etch instrument panel completed after many "DOHS" as parts flew off desk, glue started drying before parts correctly aligned etc etc. Photo etch completed on side walls and radios beside the seat, chain pulley assemblies done Till next time, when I'll have detailed the pit and applied a wash etc. Thanks guys! Edited October 17, 2015 by Homerlovesbeer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Great job with those PE, Homer!! PE bits can be a real PITA sometimes, here's what I usually do: to pick them up, I use a toothpick with a bit of Blue Tack on one end; if the PE piece is large enough, I use CA gel glue (gives you a bit more of time to play around) to stick it in place. I normally lay some CA on a glass surface or a piece of alu tape, and pick up with a very sharp toothpick; this way you have some available for more time, without having to continuously open and close the CA bottle. When it comes to very small pieces, I prefer to use PVA glue: that gives you a lot of time to play around; after it has settled a bit, I secure the PE in place either with CA (very sparingly, along the edges) or with Tamiya Green cap (again, very sparingly and along the edges). HTH Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I have found that a bit of gloss varnish can work very well as a PE adhesive, especially for flat pieces. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 Thanks for the PE tips guys, I'll give them a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 I have to say, though, the PE work that you've done looks exceptionally neat and accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 (edited) Well guys, some bad news. I'm been an absolute idiot and have mistakenly been constructing the wrong fuselarge! I've been constructing the G-2/G4 fuselarge instead of the G-6 Grrr . That means I'll need to do both cockpit sidewalls all over again. Oh well, after doing them before I should be able to make these a little better. I was working on the bottom fuselarge when it should have been the top. Edited October 18, 2015 by Homerlovesbeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 That's a beautiful model and you are doing a magnificent job building it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Well guys, some bad news. I'm been an absolute idiot and have mistakenly been constructing the wrong fuselarge! I've been constructing the G-2/G4 fuselarge instead of the G-6 Grrr . That means I'll need to do both cockpit sidewalls all over again. Oh well, after doing them before I should be able to make these a little better. I was working on the bottom fuselarge when it should have been the top. Ooops ... well, another chance to practice playing with fiddly PE bits I'm sure it'll turn out great. Keep it up Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Thanks. I cut the CORRECT fuselarge off the spru tonight and trimmed all the edges and glued about 3 pieces. That's all I had time for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reserve_22 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Good start Im watching Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homerlovesbeer Posted October 20, 2015 Author Share Posted October 20, 2015 Well I had to make another instrument panel as well due to the other one already glued to the wrong fuselage. At least this attempt looks better than the first. lucky I had two in the kit 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 New IP is looking great! And it has the right shape, unlike the one in my Academy BF109 ... Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bear Paw Posted October 20, 2015 Share Posted October 20, 2015 I don't think you will be buying any after after market decals for this one then? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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