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Great Bf -109 K4 Darren, did you mask the spinner or is it a decal? Paintwork looks very nice. Cheers...

Very nicely finished. Cheers...

Congratulations on your medals Mal. Cheers...

Very nice progress. Cheers...

Very nice Mal, very neat and tidy work. Cheers...

Thanks for your question galfa, Paints are all acrylic, Gunze, Tamiya, Citadel and Vallejo apart from one or two switches painted with Humbrol enamel. After a base coat (over Mr Surfacer primer) I do some shading on structural details and then some highlights on panel centres etc. I'll follow that with dry brushing some light grey to pop out some detail, some specks of Vallejo German grey were added with a sponge. Details are painted and for a wash in cockpits and wheel wells I'll use a 50/50 mix of water and future/Klear with a drop of paint, usually black and an earthy brown which will settle nicely in the recesses and create nice shadows and depth, the best bit is it wont leave a tide mark as it drys just a nice graduated tint. The wash leaves a shiny finish for decals and in this case I used Tamiya flat clear to flatten it all down. Some MiG pigments added a bit of muck around the bottom edges and I used a silver Prisma coloured pencil for some chipping on the foot plate and seat back. Hope that answers your question. Cheers...

Hi, Thanks for all your comments. a little more progress to show. My attempt at a new gun sight, I've added Barracuda studios resin exhausts and removed the solid plastic vents, also used stretched sprue to fill unwanted seams that don't fall on panel lines, Here you hopefully cannot see where I've filled with sprue the unwanted seam on the fuselage side halfway between the square vent and panel line, Barracuda vents added and also some beefed up cowling bulges from Alleycat, I mucked up one of the Barracuda bulges with some dodgy sanding which was a shame as they had nice rubber seal detail which I've tried to replicate on these ones. Cowling seam has been cleaned up and panel lines re-scribed, I somehow managed to put the wing spar on backwards however it was a simple correction as I used a razor saw to remove the outer section (before adding inner top wing) and swapped them the correct way around, as you can see the wheel bay has now built up as normal and I had no issues dryfitting the bottom wing.... phew . Hope to get some paint on wheel bays later today. Cheers everyone...

Nicely done, top job! Cheers...

Hi Gary, welcome to the forums. I'll follow your build as I'm planning on getting this kit myself. You'll find a wealth of help on Britmodeller if you have any questions. Keep up the good work. Cheers...

Truly stupendous! Cheers...

Great paintwork so far it really 'pops' which I'm sure was the idea. I can also recommend JM Villalba's RLM DVD. Cheers...

Thanks everyone for taking the time. I've got a bit done today so will post an update asap. Cheers...

The Crusader is looking beautiful Bill. Congratulations on all those anniversaries and good luck and best wishes for everything else. Cheers...

Hello everyone, I've not had much of a modelling output for the last year or so, plenty started but only one finished, I started this kit last week and thought I'd post up some progress. I've got quite a few bits of Barracuda studios resin for this build plus some extra decals and also some Eduard fabric belts and PE instrument panel. I wanted to add some extra detail to the cockpit so copied some wiring from an MDC cockpit I'd done a few years back, added PE foot pedals but I kept knocking them off so went back to the kit parts. Should of used a finer wire for some of the work but all painted up now. some of the forward detail on front right side was just an approximation for added interest. Fabric belts added, slightly confusing instructions and they seemed very long, I'd not used them before and didn't want to shorten them and lose detail but I think I'll do better next time. I used an Eduard PE panel which I adapted as it was made for a Hasegawa kit. On this occasion I should of snuck some decals in for the dials as the PE isn't printed very brightly. Added some Airscale cockpit placards and started to bring the cockpit parts together. That brings me pretty much up to date, I'm doing a new gun sight from plastic strip etc, it's one of my approximations but I couldn't live with the kit part. Hope you like what I've done so far, all comments are welcome. Cheers...

Very nice work so far especially considering the scale, you've made me feel rather clumsy! Thanks for the book mention and link, I ordered a copy earlier today. Cheers...

Very nice Jason, really enjoyed watching this one come together. Cheers...

That's looking 'Top banana' to me Jason and I can't wait to see it finished. Cheers...

A very nice WIP Mal, really looking good. Cheers...

Different horses for different courses.... Thanks for the info Jason. Cheers...

Looking very nice Jason. How are these AK paints to use, do they compare favourably with Tamiya or Gunze brands? Cheers...

A real pleasure to see it finished and a most enjoyable WIP too. Lovely pictures. Cheers...

Nice work, should be fun weathering in those markings. Keep up the good work. Cheers...

Coming along nicely Jason. James as Peter said Dymo tape works well although I find it quickly loses its stickiness so I've started using a double thickness of Tamiya masking tape. Cheers...

Thanks again to everyone for taking a moment to comment. I think this kit spoilt me, I've been unable to finish anything since this!!

Rather splendid, well done on a fantastic job. Cheers...