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Great choice dennis, think i'll pull up a seat n watch your build.nick

Hi TonyOD, thanks, the jg 2 one isn't that bad as long as the hgw wet decals I have for the squiggles behave Thank's Ozzy, Yip I have built a few eduard 's bf 109 before, the other extras are eduard exhausts x2, masters mg 17 gun barrels, resin cockpits and wheels x2, and hgw wet decals for the squiggles on the camouflage for the jg 2 aircraft. Nick

Hi, for this mto gb. I will be building two eduard bf 109 g's, a g-2 & a g-4. And the extra's The marking will be a g-2 of 2./jg2 Tunisia 1943 and a g-4 of365 squadrilia, 150 gruppo sicily 1943

Yip it's me! Thank you Greg. It didn't turn out too bad. But it took a bit longer than I though it would and there are a couple of things I'll do differently next time. Nick

Hi wolfman & sat69. Thank you for your comments. To be honest the weathering could have been done heavier Thank you Greg,

Hi all, this was my entry for this year's ju 87 gb. Witch I did not finish in time. It is the airfix ju 87 b-2 converted to a d-3 early. The markings are for a d-3 s2+nm of 4./stg 77. Russia spring 1943. Here a link to the build. Weathering is pastels. Aerial is stretched sprue. Thank you for looking, comments and feed back is welcomed. Nick

Hi this is the second eduard bf 109 g-6, I have built this year. This time its eduard weekend bf 109 g-6 Erla kit. The markings are Hptm Heinrich Erla. Alakurtti Finland 1943. This aircraft was one of the first batch of bf 109 g-6 s built by Erla w. Nr 15206 - 16000 built between 03. 43 - 08.43. Heinrich received this aircraft June 43. He was scapegoated for the lose of the Turpitz. He was courtmartialled and was strip of his command & 3 years Festungshaft ( honorable imprisonment). This was later commuted and his rank rescinded. He was killed on 04/04/45 aged 27, after ramming a b 24. With a final score of 208 kills. Extras added Airies cockpit. True details wheels Masters mg 131 barrels. Eduard bf 109 g-6 prop. Eduard Erla comouflarge masks Thank you for looking. Comments & feed back is welcomed. Nick

Thank you SAT69, for your comments, light pannel lines arn't everyones cup of tea. Nick

Hi, this is bf 109 g-6 white 12 + I. W. Nr 27111 of 7./jg3 which was flown by obfw. Kurt Graf when based at Bad Worishofen Germany October 1943. This aircraft was part of the w. Nr. Block 27000 - 27185 which was build by Erla between 09/43 & 10/43. So would have only been in service a few weeks. Model details Eduard's profipack bf 109 g-6 late. Eduard's g. Wr 21 rockets Eduard's bf 109 g-6 propeller eduard's exhausts Masters gun mg 131 barrels. Airies cockpit True details wheels. Eduard's Erla comouflage masks Eaglecals ec27 stretched sprue radio ariel Extracolor paints Rlm 74 x206. Rlm 76 x208 Rlm 75 x207 ( own mix of x207 with x208 2-1 ratio) Rlm 02. X409 Rlm 66 x203 Sprayed using a badger 200 sg. Weathering is ground pastels Finally the photo's Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nic

Hi all, here's the latest update. The bombs have been finished. I painted 2 of the sc 250kgs rlm 71 and the other rlm 65. When I started to fit the sway brasses I noticed I had the plat which covers the centre long bomb rack wrong. So I remade it. For the sway brasses I used 1mm strips of 5" and 10" plastic strips. I have put the forward 50kg brasses on even thou I think these were folded down when the 250 kgs were fitted. The modified centerline cover I have started too weather the airframe using enamel paints for the mud. For scratches and chips I will be using a silver pencel and model Air aluminium paint. For the exhaust stains I will be using pastels and groung pencil grafite. And finally a couple of photos of how it looks Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed Nick

Hi all I here's the latest update. The mg belts have been fitted, the slot in the gunners canopie has been filled with 5" plastic card. Because of the modification of the canopie too fit the airfix fuselarge. This was painted rlm 66. The etch gunsights for the mg 81z have been fitted the leather boots were made from liquid plastic painted humbrol 110. I have decided too have the bomb load of 3 sc250 kg. Bombs I used copper wire for the fin braces And for the dinort fuse extensions I will use dress making pins borrowed from the wife.the sc 250 for the centreline rack will have a 5" strip of plastic card wrapped around it for the location lugs strap. These then will be painted rlm 71 and rlm 65. Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick

Hi all, I have not spent much time on this build lately. But here's an update. The wheels and tail wheel have been fitted. The tail wheel yoke was copied from the italeri kit. Also brake lines were made from. 3mm lead wire I have also fitted the activators to the tail surfaces using copper wire These were then painted in the appropriate camouflage colours. The quickboost exhaust's have been painted and weathered with black pastle and powdered grafite and fitted. (the fitting would have been easier if I built a box on the inside of the cowling for them too sit) The cockpit gun sight has been fitted the lenses are clear 5" one dipped in Johnson's clear and the tinted lense was dipped in alclad's armoured glass, the gunners back/belly strap was made from the aries etch and a strip of cigarette paper painted humbrol hemp. (the aries etch is too small for the airfix fuselarge I used the brackets off the ends of the etch and the belt is the paper). The propeller I used is quickboost vs 11 for airfix's ju 87 b. I have fitted the master's mg 17's barrels too the wings and the aries mg 81z with the brass barrels fitted. They were painted humbrol 53 gun metal and weathered with pastle's and grafate powder And finally for the bomb cradle I used the one from ataleri ju 87 g kit. The mounting arms are made from 20"plastic card I have painted it rlm 65.but not sure if it should be black. As photos show both light and dark bomb cradles. Thank you for looking, comments and feedback welcomed. Nick

Hi Ray, thank you.i Should get her finished in the next couple of weeks hopefully. Nick

Hi all the markings & stencilschave now been applied and the airframe given a coat of varnish. A more detailed update is in the link above thank you for looking. Nick

Hi all, here is another update, the decals have been put on. The aircrafts squadron's codes are superscale 10 mm luftwaffe codes black & white. The s had to be modified to have rounded end to the horizontal parts. I was lazy and used a cut up no 3 The national markings are xtradecal and aeromaster. The stencils are a mixture of peddinghaus, kit and h-model.(the reason I used a mixture of the stencils was because the h - model decals were miss numbered on the placement sheet so would have had to guess which was witch) the walk ways are black decal strips from xtradecal. After a quick wash in soapy water to removed the decal softener a coat of vallejo matt varnish was applied. I have also fitted the dive brakes I used a left over cut up balkenkreuz for the air brakes. Radiator flaps & the modified airfix tail surports have been fitted also As most d/g's had smooth treaded tyres I filled the tread on the true details tyres using tamiya filler after sanding them a couple of coats of primer/ filler. They were then painted humbrol no 67 Thank you for looking, comments are welcomed. Nick

Hi, if I remember correctly. Falcons 1/48 bf 109 g-12 has the cigar style drop tank in it. This kit has been rereleased by Jay's hobby. Nick

Hi all, I have sprayed the theater markings using humbrol 154. I used the following reference photos of the aircraft for the fuselarge band. And noticed that the fuselarge balkenkreuz are offset slightly. The port inside edge runs down the panel line we're as the starboard balkenkreuz the panel line runs through the balkenkreuz.. To get the correct possision for the band I used a 6mm strip of masking tape( size of the balkenkreuz arm) against the panel line. Then a 10 mm strip(width of the fuselarge band) against the 6mm strip. I then removed the 6mm strip. Then used 2mm flexable tape around the edges of the 10mm tape then removed the 10mm tape. External canopie frames have been varnished and the masks removed. As I don't like to leave the masks on too long. Thank you for looking. Nick

Hi all this is a build i started for this years ju 87 gb. As i did not get it finished in time i have decided to continue it in the wip section. All updates will be added to the ju 87 gb above. thank you for looking , comments are always welcomed. Nick

Hi all, i have painted the camouflage patten onto the airframe using extracolour rlm 65 , 70 , 71. The pattern was masked using 2mm & 10 mm tamya tape there was o small part of the rlm 71 was lifted with the tape when it was removed . but this were i cut the tape were it overlaped so i could have cut into the paint . the canopie was masked using montex masks and spunge. Thank you for looking .Nick.

I will thank you Peter, I've just started painting the airframe. when it's finished I'll post it in rfi section. Nick

Good result.

Hi all, internal frames on gunners and pilots canopie have been masked and sprayed. Those masks have been removed and the canopies just need the residue left by the masks removed. The build is about at the stage for painting as most of the airframe is complete just a few places need minor fettling around the landing light, direction finding cover will use liquid plastic and/or filler. She scales out using Sam scale rules as 36' 3" which is 1" short of 11.1 m As it won't be finished it time here are a few pictures of the airframe I must have one undercarage leg slightly longer as. I will correct this by adjusting the flat on one of the wheels Thank you for looking. Nick

Thank you Peter. She might be built by the end of this group build. But she won't be dressed😄. Nick

Thank 's Ray. I think the frame lines are a bit thick. Next time I think i' ll do them a bit narrower. Nick

Thank you JR. Welcome aboard. Nick