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Revell - 1/32 BF109G-6


Greif

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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!

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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.

 

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the colored P-E sheet.

 

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The two possible options for the canon: Revell  swaped the references, Eduard is correct! I go for the MK108.

 

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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:

 

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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.

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The 4 scoops on the engine cowlings are molded closed so I opened them with the driller and sharp knife.

 

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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.

 

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there's also an issue with the top engine cowling part that has not a so flush fit with the side...

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so let's putty!

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the wings as well

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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.

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added also the landing gears and the ATC rack..

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time to prepare the Barracuda props and spinner!

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Ready for paintjob!

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Primer!

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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!

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first layer of RLM 76...the pictures are not that good...

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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.

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Time also for the spinner : primer, preshading, matt white and mask.

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here's the result:

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Then I tried to create my own german cross masks with Frisket film... not too bad for a first shot...

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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

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

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Thanks for the nice comments guys! 

Well...I'm really late on this topic, because this aircraft has almost been finished 2 months ago... :blink:

Ok ok ok here are the last pictures of her.... 

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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. 

 

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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...

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Time for the last complement work... spinner and props, wheels, antennas... 

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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. 

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Cheers!

 

Erik 

 

 

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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.

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