ANovaScotian Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) And all through the skies, Not a creature was stirring not even the flies. The ammo was stacked by the cannons with care, In hope that the Englanders soon would be there. Hey all After my brief bout of insanity, during which I constructed a car model (see http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234991043-deuces-wild/) I have returned to the side of light and reason with yet another aircraft Today I present Revell's 1/48 Bf 110G-4 finished as the example flown by Obst. Hans-Joachim Jabs of NJG 1 in the spring of 1945. Enjoy... So the Revell/Promodeller Bf 110 gets a lot of criticism for supposedly inaccurate engine nacelles... I don't know about you but it still looks like a Bf 110 to me, so it can't be that bad. The kit went together quite well, with some, but not terrible seams to clean up, mostly at the unusual wing to fuselage join. The prop hubs required the most work as they were slightly mis-molded (is that a word?). This required plastic sheet and putty to fix. The cockpit is second to none and only requires careful painting and some harnesses. The radar array was scratch built, as the kit arrays are attached directly to the sides of the nose, whereas Jabs' plane carried the antennas as depicted. All markings were masked and painted with use of a Montex masking set which also supplied masks for the canopy. The camouflage was done freehand with custom mixed Tamiya colours adapted from those used by J.M. Villalba in his RLM Painting DVD, for the RLM 75 and 76. The exhausts were painted with Dark Iron lightly misted with Vallejo Rust and slathered with dark wash. Just realized I forgot to install the rear machine gun before pictures... it's err.. out for maintenance. Yeah, that's believable Regards Edited November 24, 2015 by ANovaScotian 47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That is very, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPReggie Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Wow, that paint job is phenominal. Love the look of this thing, an excellent build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Even without the superb build, this was worth a like and a comment for the poem! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Tasty build, amusing post title and rhyme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 A brilliant build, excellent camo and great exhaust staining! Very smart indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANovaScotian Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) That is very, very nice! Wow, that paint job is phenominal. Love the look of this thing, an excellent build. Even without the superb build, this was worth a like and a comment for the poem! Thanks for sharing. Thanks Guys. The camo started out as random spots, which looked okay, but not quite right. I then quite literally played "connect the dots" and came out with what you see. My new-found secret to using Tamiya acrylics is to thin them out with Tamiya's own Lacquer Thinner... seriously try it out for yourself. As for the poem... it just came to me, what can I say Edited November 24, 2015 by ANovaScotian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Fantastic work, I do like the paint work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Very nice build and excellent job on the paint finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low flyer Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 That looks real neat great finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejboyd5 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Perhaps the finest display of antennae that I have ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANovaScotian Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Perhaps the finest display of antennae that I have ever seen. Don't look too closely! The antenna array is all scratched out of styrene. This makes it a little less delicate than metal antennas, however, metal antennas can be bent back in position when bumped by the clumsy oaf building them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Superb build ,lousy poem . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 A great job, that is. Love the camo scheme, top work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Speaking as a man who once posted a Spitfire with its wheels on backward I can forgive a missing machine gun for a great build like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpiggy Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Great mottle/snake effect , dunno which is correct terminology, but fantastic paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Without haveing seen photos of the original machine I can't comment on authenticity, but she does look very convincing indeed! No schräge Musik, though? Impressive work. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luft46 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Thats a beauty, lovely job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 looks great nice work and great on the scheme and finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Lovely work, I really like that. I recently completed the Eduard 1/72 version and fitting the radar antenna to the nose was a real pain as they expect the stag horns to butt join to the fuselage, i guess the 1/48 kit is the same? Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Great job on that, Really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Beautiful model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ANovaScotian Posted November 25, 2015 Author Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Without haveing seen photos of the original machine I can't comment on authenticity, but she does look very convincing indeed! No schräge Musik, though? Impressive work. Kind regards, Joachim The colour profiles I've seen of this aircraft do show schrage musik, however, test fitting showed that the guns didn't want to line up with the holes in the alternate canopy. Sacrificing authenticity for simplicity, I said hell with it and just left them out. Lovely work, I really like that. I recently completed the Eduard 1/72 version and fitting the radar antenna to the nose was a real pain as they expect the stag horns to butt join to the fuselage, i guess the 1/48 kit is the same? Duncan B Out of the box the Revell kit is set up the same way Edited November 25, 2015 by ANovaScotian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heath Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Excellent model and commendations on the camouflage and radar array. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwality8 Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 Top notch - that antenna and the amount of canopy work would give me a breakdown! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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