jrlx Posted May 29, 2015 Posted May 29, 2015 Dear Fellow Modellers, I've finished yesterday my first Luftwaffe fighter: Revell's Bf 109 G10 in 1/72. Of the two options offered by the kit, I chose the option of the IV. Gruppe/JG 27, early 1945, Berlin aircraft, with yellow underside wing tips. The WIP thread is here My main objective when I started this build was to learn how to paint mottled camouflages. I managed to do it successfully and also learned a lot more. The notable learning points of this build were the following: this was my first Luftwaffe mottled camouflage also my first use of resin parts: the exhausts I scratch built several parts: seat belts, using painted masking tape and electrical wire for the buckles armoured glass support structure made out of plastic sheet armoured glass and gun sight made out of acetate I cut the canopy piece and assembled the moving part in the open position canopy's support arm made out of elastic fishing line engine cover hinges made out of elastic fishing line navigation lights on the wings' tips cannons made out of plastic rods and masking tape cannon cartridge ejection holes on the belly first use of chipping fluid first use of pigment fixing fluid (this didn't result very well) Here are the pictures of the finished build. I apologise in advance for the large number of pictures. First, the general views: IMAG1882 IMAG1883 IMAG1884 IMAG1885 IMAG1886 IMAG1887 IMAG1888 IMAG1889 IMAG1890 IMAG1891 IMAG1892 IMAG1893 IMAG1895 IMAG1901 And now, some details. The cockpit with open canopy, showing the seat belts and (further down) the instrument panel: IMAG1880 IMAG1873 IMAG1859 IMAG1896 The cannons: IMAG1871 IMAG1875 The exhausts and exhaust stains on the sides of the fuselage: IMAG1879 IMAG1876 IMAG1872 The chipped paint on the port wing root, over which access to the cockpit was made: IMAG1874 The weathering of the wings' top surfaces, showing dirty streaks along the direction of air flow, and the navigation lights on the tips: IMAG1900 IMAG1898 The same for the under surfaces: IMAG1904 IMAG1906 The fuel tank, landing gear and wheel wells: IMAG1908 IMAG1909 And to finish with, the Bf 109 together with my other finished models (Spit Mk I, Hurry Mk IIc and Grumman Duck - I've published RFI posts for all of them): IMAG1912 I hope you liked. All comments are much appreciated. Cheers, Jaime 19
Marvel Onkey Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Are you sure that's 1:72? I'm taken aback at how detailed some of that work is. 1
Spitfire31 Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 That's a superb and very ambitious build, resulting in a truly amazing model! One of the fundmental flaws of the Revell G-10 kit is almost impossible to correct, unless you replace the entire lower wing half – the main gear legs are too wide apart. On the other hand, you have to be a 109 purist to notice and it's not visible from the side… Splendid modelling! Kind regards, Joachim 1
jrlx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 Marvel Onkey, Spitfire31, thank you for your kind words. It really is 1/72 but I'm a bit obsessed with detail, I'm afraid... I wasn't aware of the gear legs inaccuracy but I tried to correct other more glaring errors, as described in my WIP thread. Cheers Jaime
CedB Posted May 30, 2015 Posted May 30, 2015 Really impressive Jaime - some lovely detailed work there - you must be very pleased with it 1
jrlx Posted May 30, 2015 Author Posted May 30, 2015 Thanks for your kind words, CedB. Yes, I'm very happy with the results and especially with what I learned building this model Cheers Jaime 1
Gremlin56 Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 An excellent build Jaime, hard to believe it's in 1/72 scale. :thumbsup: 1
kira666 Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 A nice Me 109. Revell kit is a god choice: best result with a cheap kit. 1
PlaStix Posted June 1, 2015 Posted June 1, 2015 That is excellent! A beautifully detailed model. Well done. 1
jrlx Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 Gremlin56, batcode, kira666, PlaStix, thanks for your appreciation! It means a lot!
jrlx Posted June 1, 2015 Author Posted June 1, 2015 Thanks, Leonl. I tried not to overdo it, since these aircraft didn't fly much, due to lack of fuel by the end of the war.
Rato Marczak Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Hey Jaime, Great build, man! Loved the camouflage scheme you have chosen. Rato Marczak www.ratomodeling.com 1
jrlx Posted June 2, 2015 Author Posted June 2, 2015 Hello Rato, thanks for your kind words. As I said in my WIP thread, your own build of this kit was truly inspirational for me and I tried to replicate several of your techniques. Thanks
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