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This is amazing work going here! Really nice job and attention to the details. Keep going mate! Many of good tricks and tips we all can get from your lessons. Thank you very much!

Ivan.

Thanks Ivan, I'm glad you like my build! :thumbsup:

This is good motivation to start my own project to build FAF G-6 MT-439.

Then crack on it! :pilot: Which kit is that?

Wow !! That's a lot of work. Thanks for updating us on your progress. Bob H.

Cheers Bob, thanks for supporting! :thumbsup:

Ciao

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More great work as usual Giemme, I really like the foil intakes on the nose, very effective

The wheel wells look really good that's another technique I'll be borrowing from you

As for your English, I didn't realise it wasn't your native language, I thought you were an Englishman living abroad! You have developed a great mastery of it, especially if you are using phrases like 'slapping some paint on'. If only some of the Englishmen I knew where as eloquent as yourself!

Keep up the great work

Al

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Cheers Al, thanks! :thumbsup:

As for your English, I didn't realise it wasn't your native language, I thought you were an Englishman living abroad! You have developed a great mastery of it, especially if you are using phrases like 'slapping some paint on'. If only some of the Englishmen I knew where as eloquent as yourself!

:lol: I'm 100% Italian , born and raised :D But I had to learn my English because of my job (previous and current one, actually), and lately I often get the chance to speak English with some of my customers (I had a visiting Irish guy a couple of weeks ago, for instance).

As for the "slapping some paint on" phrase, I learnt it right here on BM :winkgrin:

Ciao

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Hi everybody, quick update; gunsight is painted (and yes, the reflector did fall off once more, so I reattached it only after having completed the painting process)

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And I have also glued in the windshield (PVA plus some CA glue to secure it)

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Let's say that this windshield is ... part of the learning curve about vac-forming :banghead: There are a few big gaps along the contact areas with the fuselage, and I already went over them with two layers of PPP, still it's not looking quite right. I didn't take pictures of that, but will post some tomorrow. I'm going to live with that, anyway; lesson learnt for next time: you need a good master for vacforming!

Comments welcome

Ciao

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Loving the progress Giemmie. I very much enjoy catching up on your build when I can :D

Cheers Homer, thanks! :thumbsup:

Great work Giemme, just caught this thread and It looks a beaut. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Simon.

Hi Simon, glad you stopped by! :thumbsup: Welcome on board! :pilot:

Ciao

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To be fair Giemme, I think what I out have done with windshield looks more than just fine. As you say it's a learning curve and it will look so much better than the kit part. I also really like the views of your additional detailing work in the cockpit through the open canopy! Excelent modelling! :goodjob:

Kind regards,

Stix

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Thanks Stix! :thumbsup:

I also really like the views of your additional detailing work in the cockpit through the open canopy!

In fact, I was quite surprised (and pleased) - while revising my pictures - to see how much of the interiors is still visible. Even when I put on the central part of the canopy (open, obviously) there is still going to be a broad view of the inside.

Ciao

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Hi everybody, another small progress report.

Inside the BF109 wheel wells there is a quite distinctive canvas cover, so I decided to reproduce that as well. Here's the process: first I used some Tamiya tape and a pencil to copy the well contours

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I then taped it to my usual wine bottle lead foil (top right corner bit in next photo)

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cut to size, I traced a straight (-ish) line in the middle, working on the backside

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using the dull side of a blade, again pressed onto the back side of the lead foil, I marked the central sewing points

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with a small flat screwdriver, I marked the border laces

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Then I glued the canvas covers in place using CA for the two ends and Tamiya Green Cap along the top border

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Top canvas borders were also burnished down a bit by pressing them against the well sidewall using the back (rounded) part of a brush

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At this point, I felt like it was time to start painting something! :hobbyhorse::pilot:

So I masked the wing

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can you tell I don't like overspray? :D

I airbrushed my usual mix of Future and Vallejo grey primer on, but no pics - I left it cure overnight.

Speaking of primer, here are the wheel legs, wheels and drop tank I had previously primed

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A bit of filling to do here and there, but they look pretty OK.

Comments welcome

Ciao

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Fantastic Geimme! I love your use of wire, foil, & scrap plastic to enhance bits of the kit that are otherwise bland. The wheel wells are particularly nice, great job :thumbsup:

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Cheers Greg, thanks! :thumbsup2: I'm pretty happy myself with the way the wheel wells turned out.

Hopefully tonight I'm going to paint them - at least the base color

Ciao

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giemme said:

I airbrushed my usual mix of Future and Vallejo grey primer ....

Can you share the recipe of your secret sauce, please (the primer, not your famous cooking sauce)?

Thanks,

Gene K

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Small motivation picture showing some details around cockpit. This is from SA-Kuva.fi

Vesa, many thanks for the great photo! (Great web site, too) :thumbsup:

Can you share the recipe of your secret sauce, please (the primer, not your famous cooking sauce)?

AHAHAH, sure, there's no secret :lol:

I'm using Vallejo Grey Surface Primer, and I mix it with Future - actually, as I said earlier, I'm using an Italian equivalent. I've been experimenting with various mixing ratio, from 1/5th Future up to 1/3rd of the total quantity; the more the Future, the thinner the mix is. I normally put the two ingredients in a small pot, stir well with an old brush and then pour into the airbrush cup. I noticed the mix doesn't tend to separate, even after a while.

The whole thing cleans very well with water (I use distilled water, but regular is good too).

Advantages:

- sprays very well, you get a better control of your primer application

- primer layer holds up even better than using it pure

- with higher Future ratio, you can actually polish the primer layer and if you spray a metallic color on top, you get a very shiny tone (discovered that by accident during my recent Spitfire build - I've got a P51 D in NMF finish to do in my stash and will definitely give this a try)

- It is also very good if you decide to prime using a brush

HTH

PS: I shall take no credit for this, since I read about it on the Internet (I believe on an Italian forum, but it might as well be here on BM)

Later for another progress report

Ciao

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As anticipated, here we go with another progress report. Some painting, eventually!

Wheel wells after priming:

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After a base coat of (supposedly) RLM63 RLM02, airbrushed - it's a mix of Tamiya RAF Ocean grey, Olive green, Flat white and Flat Yellow

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Same on the main wheel legs

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Then I used a lighter mix (adding Flat White to the base color) to brush paint some highlights, and the very same to do also some drybrushing

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The wheel legs only received a drybrush

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Then I started painting the canvas covers; again by brush, using a mix of Lifecolor Light Gull Grey, Matt Brown and Sand Yellow for the base

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Details picked out with Matt White and Matt Brown, as a starting point, but there is going to be more work on them

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Unfortunately most of the detail on the starboard side canvas cover got lost after the gluing and painting process - another lesson learnt: more push when trying to reproduce raised details on lead foil!

A Future coat by brush, and then a dark brown oil wash

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Here's after some clean-up, using a cotton bud

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There's still some touch-ups to do, but it's not as bad as the macro effect shows.

Comments welcome, as usual

Ciao

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I've been experimenting with various mixing ratio, from 1/5th Future up to 1/3rd of the total quantity; the more the Future, the thinner the mix is.

Thanks for the interesting details. I would have thought that Future would make the primer thicker rather than thinner :banghead: . I ordered some Vallejo Grey Surface Primer.

​Thanks again for yet another modelling gem.

Gene K

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Looking good on the wheel wells Giemme.

The scratch building around that area is paying off. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Simon.

Thanks Simon :thumbsup: As I said, I'm pretty happy with that but I feel like some more detail painting is needed :hobbyhorse:

Thanks for the interesting details. I would have thought that Future would make the primer thicker rather than thinner :banghead: . I ordered some Vallejo Grey Surface Primer.

Gene, I don't know what kind of primer you are normally using, but this Vallejo is quite thick out of the bottle. Although it is advised to use it pure (which I did for my Phantom build, for instance), you can get some clogging in your airbrush.

Adding Future definitely thins it down - I'm actually under the impression that it also changes the viscosity of the primer, but don't take my word for that, it's just an impression.

​Thanks again for yet another modelling gem.

As I said, it's just something I read somewhere, and tried for myself; and I firmly believe that sharing means improving :thumbsup2:

Ciao

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