Greif Posted March 24, 2017 Share Posted March 24, 2017 (edited) Hi modelers, I think I've not written anything since 2016... not much time to spend on internet, I prefer to spend it on my models! Well, I've just realized that I am nearly on the way to finish a BF109G-6 in 1/32 from Revell, without having posted any thread about her! So let's go! The kit is the 2013 released BF109G-6 that has led to also a G-10, not sure about a K-4... anyway, the kit has a nice price and the surprise is good because it seems that Revell has made a step forward: the quality is much better than in the past.... except for two things : the boring box, and the primitive instruction sheet with numbering mistakes, omissions... to upgrade the kit I have the following goodies: - Eduard Brassin cockpit - Eduard Brassin exhausts - Quickboost compressor intake and gun bulges - Barracuda Spinner and prop - RB production coolers grills - Mastermodel MG131 tip and pitot tube So let's crack on this Gustav! The Eduard cockpit is a beauty! Crisp details, perfect fit and two options for the inboard canon (20mm MG151/ 30mm Mk108), the gun sight (early/late version)and the instrument panel, P-E or the resin one that requires additional decals. I have chosen to use the resin part; the P-E one look too flat for me. the colored P-E sheet. The two possible options for the canon: Revell swaped the references, Eduard is correct! I go for the MK108. Revell and Eduard side by side... Initially my intention was to use the kit cockpit, but I had a chance on the Eduard kit for few Euros on Ebay, so I decided to upgrade this area. But strangely I got an issue with the Brassin cockpit. The floor was 1mm shorter compared to the flanks resulting in a mismatch of all the side pipes with the floor. After Emailing the customer support, they send me a correct new floor. The contact with Eduard customer support has been excellent and smooth, thumbs up for them! It's the first time I was using Brassin components and I need to admit that the resin is pleasant to work with: it's easy to cut, the engineering is clever and it does not generate so much dust when cutting. I go quickly o the cockpit assembly, I use Lifecolor and Tamiya paint; my airbrushes are Iwata's, a 0.3mm High Performance and a 0.5mm Revolution : - P-E assembling - white primer and black preshading - RLM 66 overall. - starting picking-up the black components and dials - weathering on the instrument panel, plus gloss varnish inside the instruments. - Decaling, gloss coating. - overall weathering and smooth dry-brushing... and here's the result: I'm quite happy with the result; the belts are a mistic problem that I can't solve, but I'm happy the same. I've noticed some improvement in my technic compared to my BF109E-4 so that's the most important, I'm getting new skills. It was time to close the fuselage ! Before the closure it's necessary to fit the exhausts from inside, thing that will make the paintjob more delicate. So i decided to paint the exhasuts first and to mask them. Here again the Brassin parts are fantastic. The 4 scoops on the engine cowlings are molded closed so I opened them with the driller and sharp knife. Time to fit the wings! Starting from the top; the modular wings of this kit are clearly indicating that Revell has done more kit with the less engineering possible... in fact this wing section has the G-6 landing gear bulges giving the possibility to create a G-10 and a K-4 with the long bulges. It's this modularity that created me few issues. the first one is due to an incorrect position of the landing gear bay structure that create a slight gab between the wing parts. THe second is the inner plastic frame of the wing that just make the wing impossible to fit correctly. Not a big issue in the end, trim, cut, dry fit... In the end an overnight dry to ensure the glue has locked everything in place. there's also an issue with the top engine cowling part that has not a so flush fit with the side... so let's putty! the wings as well after sanding, filling again, riveting, the last components were installed : MG131, compressor intake, gun bulges, grilles, antenna, DF loop... the faps and cooler flaps were preshaded and painted inside with RLM02 and then masked and positioned provisory. added also the landing gears and the ATC rack.. time to prepare the Barracuda props and spinner! Ready for paintjob! Primer! Preshading and yellow stripe and wing tips. Since my skills in airbrushing are still weak, the preshading is a good moment to test the thinning and the pressure! first layer of RLM 76...the pictures are not that good... then going with the typical scheme RLM 74/RLM75. Attention! Revell references are swaped! I sprayed 50% thinned with low pressure( about 0.5bar). This time I did it freehand without masks for the scheme because I wanted to have smooth change between the two colors. Time also for the spinner : primer, preshading, matt white and mask. here's the result: Then I tried to create my own german cross masks with Frisket film... not too bad for a first shot... That's where I get for now. Unfortunately I broke my 0.3mm airbrush nozzle... and I need to wait for the spare part.... Still have the motling to do before final marks and decals and then weathering.... But in the meantime, I've started the FW190F-8, same brand and scale... Thanks for watching! Of course, any comments are welcome. Happy modeling ! Greif Edited March 24, 2017 by Greif topic update 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Impressive, look forward to the end result 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Very nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaffajake Posted March 25, 2017 Share Posted March 25, 2017 Lovely free hand camo! Looks really good. I like the spinner too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Thanks for the nice comments guys! Well...I'm really late on this topic, because this aircraft has almost been finished 2 months ago... Ok ok ok here are the last pictures of her.... So, it was time for decaling. No problems with the Revell decals, applied on a gloss coat of course and then sealled again in the same way. After that, I applied a wash composed by 3/4 burnt amber a 1/4 black, thine with artist turpentine. After 25 minute time to leave the wash fixing , I wipe it away... Then I reapplied a localised wash only on the panel lines to accentuate them. I realised also that this turpentine can dissolve the ciano glue that I used to repair the landing gear... so let's repair it one more time! (good to know for the future models) Ok here is she... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Time for the last complement work... spinner and props, wheels, antennas... I apologize for the low qual pictures, but I just have my cell phone. Here are some pictures with my E-4...enjoy, and thanks for reading. Cheers! Erik 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intruder503 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 Very awesome!! Great work on the mottling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif Posted July 23, 2017 Author Share Posted July 23, 2017 Thanks Intruder! honestly this was my first mottling... and doing it, I 've realized that it's really easy to overdo it. I will do a more subtle mottling on my Fw190. Every model has something to teach to me. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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