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Dear fellow Britmodellers, this is AZ Model's "Limited Edition" boxing (AZ7488) in "Romanian Air Force" markings. I added Brengun photo etch, Master pitot tube and resin wheels from AML. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. Greetings from Vienna.- 10 replies
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Dear fellow Britmodellers, following the Photobucket disaster that made all my images posted to Britmodeller disappear, I've changed to a new hosting site named "Village Photos". The model I'm showing you today is AZ Models' Bf-109 G14-AS in markings of Italian ANR, Milan/Malpensa airfield, 1945. Original photo here: It was built with the addition of Master metal gun barrels and Brengun photo etch, decals from the box. I was a bit unhappy with AZ Model's decal for the "Blue 1" - it does have an off-center white shadow (only visible when you've slid the decal off the backing paper....). The original photograph doesn't confirm this. Painted with Gunze/Sangyo acrylics. Photographs by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes, thank you very much. Thanks fpr your interest, with best wishes from Vienna. Roman Schilhart
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1/48 scaleļ¼Built from Hobbyboss Bf-109 F-4 kitļ¼model marker decals Royal Air Force 1426 flightļ¼1943
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I think this one is done, Its Eduard's 1/48 BF-109E-4 with a mix of kit, Aeromaster and Techmod decals. Painted with Tamiya acrylics and weathered with pastels and oils. Hope you like, Colin Thanks for looking, Colin- 19 replies
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Here comes another 1/72 AZ Model Bf-109. This is the G-14AS version, built with Brengun photo etch and Rob Taurus vacu. Pitot tube from Master Model. Decals from Model Alliance "Defending The Reich's Skies Pt.2", representing a machine of JG77, early 1945. On that sheet, the code number "1" is represented in Green; a colour profile in MMP "Bf-109 Late Versions" shows the number in Red. I followed this colour profile, painting the "1" in Red using paper mask. Of note is the patchy appearance: Front cowling is RLM76, fuselage is RLM84, rudder is RLM81/83. Undersides in natural metal. Painted with acrylics from the Gunze range. Photographs: Wolfgang Rabel, IGM Cars & Bikes. Cheers from Vienna!
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Another Bf-109 finished - this is the Finemolds K4 boxing "Hartmann's Last Combat". Rob Taurus vacu canopy and Eduard photo etch added. Pitot tube from Master Models. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. Being over-ambitious, I pretended I could mask and spray the 'Black Tulip'. I soon realized that I could not achieve any straight lines with Tamiya tape due to all those bumps and warts on the 109's nose. In the end I settled for the kit's decals. They were rather thick and didn't confirm to the contures well. I had to use generous amounts of setting solution, which in return caused the decals to 'melt' and I was facing the same problem of shaky lines again. Touch-ups were done freehand, using Vallejo paints. Thanks for lookin'! Have a good day! Roman
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Hello, and thanks for your interest in this topic. Here's my rendition of AZ Model's latest release of the 109 Series - this is the G-14AS. As far as I am aware this type has never been available as an injection molded kit before. I added Brengun phot-etch for various details, such as antennas, flaps and interior pieces. The pitot tube is from Master Models. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. This patricular aircraft is well documented. There are a number of period photographs. Some of the technical details visible are: - missing cover of the tail wheel well - T3 rudder without trim tabs (these were removed from the plastic) The aircraft patricipated in "Operation Bodenplatte" in January 1945. Piloted by Uffz. Herbert Maxis, White 13 was shot down by an American AA battery. Herbert Maxis' tragic faith is documented here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=97812831 "White 13" was buried in a trench and re-discovered in 1987. The remaining parts of the airframe were restored with parts from other German aircraft and is currently on display in the AVIATICUM Museum in Wiener Neustadt, Lower Austria. Creating the characteristic "sawtooth pattern" on the leading edges of the wings is quite a challenge, in this scale. The rudder has some light colored blotches over the RLM75/83 camoflage. To replicate this, I painted the entire rudder RLM76 (Light Blue) first. Then, small pieces of Blu Tac were applied to cover those places to remain in light color. Then, the other colors were sprayed over. The fuselage has a different tone of RLM76. This seems to be the greenish variant, sometimes referred to as "RLM84". This color was mixed using RLM02 (Grey/Green) and pure White. The undersides are natural metal, I used Alclad paints here. Note the black Balkenkreuze without outlines. All photographs: Wolfgang Rabel, IGM Cars & Bikes Vienna. Thanks for lookin'! Have a good day! Roman
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Hello, yet another Bf-109 fresh off my workbench; this time, a G-14 dressed as 'Blue 4' of JG 53 with decals from DZ Casper. The model was enhanced using Brengun photo etch set and Rob Taurus vacu canopy. Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. There's two period photographs coming up when you google 'Blue 4, JG 53'. I tried to capture the following details: - wavy demarcation line on front of wings - missing landing gear covers - hollow black cross on undersides - relatively dark, small patches of dark color on the front So here she is. All photographs by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Thanks for your interest in this topic. Have a good day! With best wishes from Vienna, Austria Roman
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Hello, here's another 1/72 AZ Model Bf-109 from my workbench, finished in late April. I used Brengun photo etch for various details and Master Model gun barrels and pitot tube. Decals are from AZ's boxing, the model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics. Weathering with artists' oils. Photographs by Mr. Wofgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes, thank you! The fuselage crosses, as supplied by AZ Model, already have colored insides; these colors never match with my paints. Therefore, I spray my own color and use hollow white crosses as replacement: Thanks for lookin'. Have a good day!
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Hello, and thanks for your interest in this topic. This is the third Bf-109 I've built in a row, this time it's AZ Model's new Bf-109 G-14. In my opinion, this kit is on par with the Fine Molds kit in terms of accuracy and detailling, but sells for less than half the price. Assembly is easy, with good engineering and flawless surfaces. Only a little filler was used for the wing/fuselage joint and on the fuslage halves. I added Brengun photo-etch set, Rob Taurus vacu canopy (designed for Revell's Bf-109 G-10, but suitable for this model as well) and Eagle Cals decals from "Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14s (EC72-43)". The model was painted RLM74/RLM75/RLM76 with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics, sealed with Alclad matt varnish, and weathered with artist's oils. The markings represent "Yellow 10" from 3./JG77, Euskirchen (North Rhine-Westphalia), Germany, 1945. I have not found any photographic reference for this machine, relying on the decal sheet instructions only. The spinner spiral comes from that decal sheet, too. The pitot tube is a metal item from Fine Molds accessories, and seems to be a little bit too long! All rudders have been re-positioned to add interest. Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes. Hope you like it! With kind regards from Vienna, Austria Roman Schilhart
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So.. just finished Polikarpov I-152 (I-15bis) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234992236-polikarpov-i-152-148-special-hobby/ And I decided to start a new project. At this time in the contest "Out of the box" on the site http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewforum_f_191.html Messerschmitt Bf-109E Airfix on a scale of 1/48. It will be modification Bf- 109E1 of the Legion "Condor" during the Spanish company.
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Hello everybody, just another question that came across my mind recently: what are the reasons behind the different developments of propellers on German and British fighters in WWII? Both the Spitfire and the Bf-109 started their career with a two-bladed fixed-pitch wooden airscrew. On both aircraft, these were quickly replaced by two-bladed, then three-bladed variable-pitch propellers. With ever increasing engine power the Spitfire soon used four propeller blades (Mk. IX onwards), five blades (Mk. XIV) and eventually even a contra-rotating prop with 2x3 blades (some Mk. 21 and the last Seafires). By contrast, even the last Bf-109 K in 1945 used only three blades. The German airscrews changed in terms of increased chord and area but always remained three-bladed. This is even true for later and larger fighters, the Fw-190, Ta-152 and Do-335. I suppose that three-blade airscrews are less labor-intense and cheaper to produce than those with four or five (let alone contra-rotating designs), but somehow the propeller has to match the increasing engine output. With the rpm limited (the propeller tips shouldnāt get supersonic) and the diameter limited (problem of striking the ground), the chord/area and the number of blades seem to be only adjustable parameters. Therefore, itās funny that the two countries followed different paths. Any ideas?
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Hello and thanks for your interest, this is another marking option from AZ Model's latest G-10 "Diana" kit. It represents 'Gigi', a machine of II/JG 52, in the closing weeks of the war. I could not find a historic photograph of this machine, so I had to relate to AZ Model's paint instructions and a color profile in a Kagero book (JG 52) respectively. Photo etch parts from Brengun, vacu canopy from Rob Taurus. Painted with Gunze acrylics. Weathering with pastel chaks and artist's oils. Greetings from Vienna! Roman Photographs: Wolfgang Rabel, IGM Cars & Bikes
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Hello, may I show you the new AZ Model Bf-109 G10 kit. I first saw it at Modelbrno back in June, where I bought three boxings. All of them are labeled as "WNF/Diana", indicating the factory who built them (Wiener NeustƤdter Flugzeugwerke in Austria and Diana in Czechia). These models are a little different to those assembled at Erla or Regensburg plants. I was lulled into (false) safety by having built a number of AZ's G-6 kits, which were easy to build. That's not the case with the G-10 as I learned the hard way (my first attempt went into the bin). The reason is the oversized cockpit floor that needs to be reduced in width considerably. Once you've figured out the issue, work commences as usual. The model represents "Rosemarie", a machine of II/JG52 that operated from Czech airfields at the end of the war. I found one photograph of the original: The model was painted with acrylics from the Gunze/Mr.Hobby range. Photographs: Wolfgang Rabel, IGM Cars & Bikes Here's the cockpit office, refined with etch from Brengun: And on to the model ... Photo-etch antennas, seatbelts, scissor links and flaps from Brengun. Pitot tube by Master Model. Decals from the box. With kind regards from Vienna, Roman
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Right then, whilst waiting for my Hurricane to arrive I have got the modelling itch from watching all the great builds on this GB and have decided that I have to make another model for it. I have long been a fan of the Messerschmitt Bf-109 so what better excuse to start the build of one than this GB? Most of my markings for the 109 are for foreign operators of the aircraft but I do have some Luftwaffe decals and I shall use these to build what will be my first Luftwaffe 109 for around 20 years! I shall be using the new tool Airfix Bf-109 E which, as I'm sure you all know, can be built as any version of the E from the -1 through to the -7 and as such comes with a variety of options such as inserts for the wing guns and fuel tanks or bombs for the centreline rack. I will be building mine as a -3, which had the earlier rounded canopy and had wing mounted cannon. First a picture of the kit. As you can see some of the main parts were removed from the sprue a while ago and there has even been some RLM-02 applied to some of the interior components but this is well inside the 25% rule. As for the colour scheme I am still not sure. I have 2 schemes in mind, which are actually quite different. As you can see this a/c was operated 3/JG 53 and was flown by Feldwebel Walter Schultz (or Scholtz), this aircraft was brought down on 30th September at Langney in Sussex where the pilot was captured unhurt. This is probably my favourite choice as I like the different camouflage scheme. My second choice is below. As you can see this a/c was flown by Oberleutnant Heinz Bar, and he too was shot down in it, this time crashing into the Channel, from which he was rescued. He went on to fly over 1,000 missions and survived the war after fighting on every front possible. I actually have the correct decals to do Bars a/c but will have to cobble together the markings for Schultz's a/c, this should not be too much of a problem as I have a number 3 in the correct size and colour and should be able to make the number 1 from some bars I have in the correct colour. Now I know profiles in books can be slightly off at times (to say the least) I have checked both of these out and they appear to be correct, just have to decide which one now! Thanks for looking, and hopefully there will be a small update tomorrow. Craig. -
Hi guys, This is my recent entry for the ongoing Battle Of Britain Group Build. It's Airfix's excellent 1/48 Bf-109E built as an E-3 flown by Walter Scholtz of 3/JG53 when he was shot down on 30th September 1940. I really enjoyed building this kit and will definitely be buying others. Here is the link to the build:- http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234986206-bf-109-e3-airfix-148finished/ And here are the pictures, hope you like her. Thanks for looking. All comments and criticisms gratefully received. Craig.
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Hello, this is my interpretation of "Red 4" from Grupul 7/8 Vanatoare in spring 1945. The kit is 1/72 AZ Model Bf-109 G6 with photo etch from Brengun, vacu canopy from AML, pitot tube from Master Model and decals from RB Productions (http://www.radubstore.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=1_67). The aircraft was captured from retreating German forces in autumn 1944. All previous national insignia and theater markings were overpainted by the new operators. Note the overpainted Balkenkreuze on the upper wings and fuselage, the Swastika has been removed as well. The former yellow fuselage band has partly been covered with White, partly overpainted with RLM76 and additional motting applied. White wingtips added. The yellow lower cowl has been overpainted with RLM76 as well, but that wasn't done very carefully with the new paint roughly covering the cowl and some paint chipping too - a patchy affair. The tricolore on the rudder is painted on, I tried to capture the colour tone of the Roundels. A (quite blurry) photograph of this aircraft can be found here: http://www.me109.info/display.php?a=e&fid=8859 Photographs by: Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes Thanks for your interest!
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I got these 2 kits for my birthday last year. These will be OOB. Bo***cks I am wanting to get rid of the gun barrels. Well no PE. Started on Saturday of the Queens Birthday long weekend as the weather is not great. I have to work on the Monday of the long weekend so it is not a long weekend after all. This is the painting scheme from the Airfix kit that came in a box of 3 kits "Aircraft of the Aces" in which you get a Spitfire Mk1a, NA P-51D Mustang and a Messerschmitt Bf-109E-4. The Italeri sprues. Airfix sprues. Progress so far. I have painted the cockpits and have applied a wash. Airfix fuselage halves on the left. Italeri seat on the left. Airfix seat on the bottom. Is it possible I have been a little over excited with the wash? The seats look a little over done now. Maybe too many Spitfires and Mustangs around. Thanks for looking. Stephen -
Hello and thanks for your interest, this is Hasegawa's 1/72 Bf-109 G14 with Resin engine and photo etch from Aires. The vacu canopy is from Rob Taurus. The pitot tube is a metal item from Fine Molds Accessories. Photographs by Mr. Wolfgang Rabel of IGM Cars & Bikes - a big THANK YOU! The model represents a machine of JG52, photographed after the end of hostilities in May 1945 at Neubiberg. Pictures suggest a quite faded camoflage, I tried to replicate this by adding a drop of White to each base colour. Painted with acryclics from the Gunze/Mr.Hobby range. Weathered with artist oils. This was no quick build; the kit was started back in April 2014. I had to put the model aside a couple of times, getting bored with numerous dry fit runs, sanding, filing and shaping. In the end it turned out quite okay, but several important lessons were learned during construction, of which my future models will (hopefully) benefit. With best wishes for the new year, greetings from Vienna, Austria Roman Schilhart
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Hello and thanks for your interest. This is another AZ Model Bf-109 from my workbench, The markings represent the mount of Gefr. Alfred Michels of 16/JG53, who crash-landed this plane behind American lines on January 1, 1945. A number of pictures of this machine exist on the internet - an interesting feature is the placement of 'Blue 2' which sits upon a patch of colour where a previous number had been overpainted. The "Blue 2" is on the second fuselage segment behind the cockpit, on the left; It's on the first fuselage segment behind the cockpit, to the right. The number itself seems very pale or weathered. Therefore, I misted the "2" and the Gruppen-Balken with grey paint while still on the decal sheet - not my best idea. While it worked well on the number itself, it left traces around the Gruppen-Balken where I failed to eliminate the carrier film. It seems as if a squadron badge had been overpainted on the cowling. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics in RLM 74/75/76. Weathering was done with artist's oils. I added Brengun photo-etch to enhance some details like cockpit, flaps, antennas. The canopy is a vacu item from Rob Taurus. Thanks for your interest! Cheers from Vienna, in the pouring rain.
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Well, my next project is yet another Airfix Bf109E. This one's going to be a 109E3, so there's a little bit of deviation from the box to do. There's been about a million box shots of this kit, so I'm not wasting bandwidth with another one. I am however going to indulge myself with a shot of the pit before I close it up. The pit is almost out of the box, just some trim wheels and handles/knobs from sprue, and (after this) some toe straps from tape. I've added some brake lines on the U/C legs from wire. Good to go. Comparing the kit with photos of the aircraft in question, the differences are all around the canopy. The glazing itself is obviously different, but there's no cockpit head armour in the pictures, so that bit goes in the spares box. The canopy leaves me with two choices: convert the kit parts or go after-market. I didn't fancy my chances of re-profiling, re-grinding and re-polishing the kit part and being about to see anything through it so I punted for the Pavla vac-form canopy. I shot a coat of primer onto the airframe before going further. Blast from the past this was! My vacform skills were rusty when John Major was PM! Cutting it out was OK: the plastic isn't brittle, and a fine pointed scapel, combined with some sharp end-cutting snips soon got me something ready to play with. The part is quite nice really, and includes some bits of cowling and fuselage which would allow you fettle it in on any number of different kits. Getting it glued down was less of a faff than I thought, and a layer of thin, brush-on filler sorted the gap. Having sanded this down, there's a slight mis-match at the back of the canopy which required a little bit of fettling and sanding, and the handhold re-scribing. End result was this: I'm pretty happy so far. Let's get the glazing masked and get on! -
Hey guys, i hope you wont mind one more topic from me for this GB. Definitely last one untill i finish at least one of the started kits! So my other builds are in the (quite) boring stage of filling, sandpapering and such a stuff.. I needed to do something fresh and also wanted to test some new paints and varnishes And because i have few of AZ Model Bf-109s in stash, i thought making one just out of box should not hurt. The kit is very nicely detailed i have to say, the fit seems to be better than their spit (though the spit is also greatly detailed and the bad fit could be caused just by my clumsy hands) and the instructions are faaaaar ahead of the spitĀ“s ones. Nicely drawn and even all the details are painted in the exact colours right in the instructions so you dont have to riddle what colour is used here and there. I dont like to build german planes, because i dont think i could do good enough mottling schemes, but hell i think i will have to learn it, because these 109 are realy great kits and deserves more than just OOB attention. But for me now only OOB it is :/ So far i completed only the cockpit. I wanted to try alclad gloss varnish as base for washing. I know lacquers and enamels doesnt like to work with each other, but still i had to try it and because the cockpit will be closed, i thought some errors there wont hurt so bad for now. It was as expected - using enamel based thinner resulted in sticky surface and on testing areas (wings inside) i used more thinner on purpose and all the varnish + acrylic base paint went off in no time. But i m going to try the clay based (water thinned/cleaned) washes in future, so it wont be problem later. For now, in the cockpit i used the white spirit gently and could remove the excessive wash, though i realy would not recommend it to anyone, based on their nature the lacquers and enamels just wont work together I see its known fact all around, but it was ment for those thinking "but maaaaybeee..." - no, just no. Anyway, here is the cockpit, just painted, "washed" and its got matt varnish + some light drybrushing + i tried some progresso silver pencil to give some edges a bit of metal look, because i dont like to use silver chipping in darker cockpits.
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Hello and thanks for your interest. This is Academy's 1/72 Bf-109 G-14 with photo etch from Part, vacu from Rob Taurus and decals from Eagle Cals, representing the aircraft of Oblt. Rudolf Schlegel of 10./JG 4 in late 1944. The exact colours of this aircraft remain speculative. There are a number of colour profiles of this machine on the Internet, all of them slightly different, some showing a yellow cowl, others don't; some include the 'Group Bar', others don't. I went for the most colourful livery, including both Yellow cowl and Group bar. It's another 109-kit I had in my stash for years and it's getting outdated right now with the release of AZ Model's new 109-series which has better detail. The Academy model is a glitch-free build. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics and weathered with artist's oils. Here's one original photo of 'Black 8' I found on the Internet: It seems as if the individual code number has been overpainted, I tried to replicate this with a slightly darker patch of RLM Grey. Flaps are photo-etch items from Part. They have been lowered to add interest. The vacu canopy is a Rob Taurus item, designed for Revell's 1/72 Bf-109 G-10, but suitable for the Academy kit as well. The Black-White-Black identification band is airbrushed. The spiral on the spinner is a decal from Eagle Cals' sheet and worked quite well. Exhaust fumes were replicated using Gunze 'Smoke' with some shades of Brown and Black added. Thanks to Wolfgang Rabel for the pictures; thank you for looking! Cheers, Roman
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Dear fellow modellers, this is Revell's 1/72 Messerschmitt Bf-109 G-10 with upgrades from Quickboost (Propeller, Air Intake), Eduard (Photo Etch), Rob Taurus (Vacu Canopy) and Eagle Cals (Decals). There are some colour pictures of this particular machine, which crash-landed behind American lines in 1945. The camoflage looks like RLM74/RLM75, but with reduced 'red' factor (as seen in Kagero's "Bf-109 G/K Vol.1") it could as well be RLM75/RLM83, which I chose. According to Eagle Cals, this aircraft belonged to I./JG52. The model was painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby colours with my Evolution airbrush. I decided to build this kit before AZ Model's new 109-series is expanded to the G-10. Otherwise, it would have probably been sleeping in my stash forever (a shame with all the aftermarket sets obtained already). Thanks for your interest. With kind regards from Vienna, Roman
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