Niknak

Hi all, this is the Eduard fw 190 a-2. Flown by Oblt. Siegfried Schnell when he was Co of 9./ jg 2. Based at The ville. France 1942. The kit is Eduard's profipack kit. The markings are supplied in the kit. Masters mg 17 gun barrels and pitot tube have been added also true details resin wheels. Extra Color paints were used for the rlm colours 74, 75, 76.( The rlm 75 from the tin looked to dark so I mixed the 2 parts 75 with 1 part 76.) Badger 200 g was used fitted with a fine tip. Stretched sprue was used for the aerial and head armour support cables Thank you for looking, comments and feed back is welcomed. Nick

Nice cockpit Ray.Mmmmm. I never thought of using the hair spray method for cockpits always dry brushed them. Think i'll try it. Hope the wife doesn't. Miss her hairspray.

Was planning to build a bf 109 k-14 for this gb Ray, using the eduard k-4 and the antares conversion set...... Eduard haven't released the k-4 yet. I could use the hasegawa k-4 that the antares set is designed for. But as I'm on building a couple of eduard fw 190 a's a a-2 & a-8 r2. And converting another 1/48 airfix ju 87 b to a g-2. This time. I don't think I'll get it finished in time again.

Excellent work as always Ray.

Hi Ray, a couple of books that may help you identify your bf 109 are. Messerschmitt bf 109 f, g, k series by prien & rodeike. And messerschmitt bf 109 recognition manual by Marco fernandez sommerau. They are old books but still can be picked up second hand. Nick

Me too. I'm waiting for the Dec, Jan, Feb, March issues. I've been emailing them since Dec. The replies if I receive from Mark just say. I'll send replacement issues out. But they never arrive. Nick

Thank you Harold 55, the painted out markings is what drew me to this scheme. Nick.

Thank you VolkerR. There are spayed free hand. Nick

Hi all, this is the second bf 109 I build for the mto gb this year but did not finish in time. The link to the build is below The kit used was eduard's bf 109 g-2, the kit markings were used. A resin cockpit,& wheels were used. Xtracolor enamels were used for the rlm colours. Badger 200 g & sg fitted with a fine tip. Thank you for looking comments and feedback is welcomed. Nick

Hi all, this is the 1st of two bf 109's which I did but did not finish on time for the mto gb this year. It is the eduard kit, in the kit markings for the aircraft flown by Ten. G. Gianelli of 365 squadriglia, 150 gruppo autonomo, Sciacca, Sicily 1943. The link to the build is below I used a resin cockpit, wheels. Eduard's mg 151 gun pods. Paints used were extra colour for the rlm colours & colourcoats for the Italian colours. Airbrush used was a badger 200 g & sg Thank you for looking, comments and feedback is welcomed. Nick

The last time last week I got the option of cancelling my subscription and getting a refund. Think I should of taken the offer.

I've e-mailed them 3 times asking about the dec issue since 18 dec and have been told each time it should be with me nxt week . been a month now and still no issue. Im in Durham

Hi all another update on the builds..the gunsights have had the lenses fitted these were made from. 5" clear plastic card. The clear lenses were coated in Johnson clear and the tinted lenses were coated with alclad's armoured glass The head armour has had the lower attachment fitted using copper wire ready for fitting to the camopies I have also used lead wire for the exectrical and pumatic connections for the mg 151 Eduard exhausts have been fitted to the g-2 as well as the trop filter and undercarriage The mass balances, airiel masts, shoulder straps and pitot tubes have also been fitted to both aircrafts. And I have managed to split the side of the 151 gun pod. When removing it from the sprue Tripped up just before the Finish line arrrr! I think this will stop the builds being finished in time as this will need repaired sprayed. As well as the props fitted, aireals, weathering, head armour finished and fitted and the canopies fitted. Thank you for looking comment and feedback welcomed. Nick

Thanks Ozzy. Second time lucky. Nick

Hi all, another update. I have been adding the leather gators to the gun pods using miliput which was sculpted using a cocktail stick and a knife blade .the pneumatic lead has been added to the mg 151 .i used .3mm lead wire.for the electrical lead i used .2 mm lead wire. When i went to fit the tail wheel i found out i had mixed up the fuselarges up as the g 2 tail wheel would not fit the yoke arrr! I had two options put the wrong tail wheels on them or swap the yokes over. I went with the second option. I removed the yoke where it meets the strut. I then drilled out the strut and the yoke and used copper wire to reinforce the join.this went fine on the g-4. But on the g-2 the drill was off center so did not line up .so i desided to remove the strut flush with the fuselarge and replace the strut. I did this buy drilling out the kit 151 gun barrel cut a 2mm lenth and used a peace of copper wire to join them together ready for fitting to the g-2 The g-2 has had the upper surface resprayed and decaled ready for varnishing. Thank you for looking commets and feed back welcomed. Nick