Bf 109 G-6 Night Fighter, JG302 Helsinki

[Göran]

Hi all

 

I was looking for a cool paint scheme for a bf 109 and found Chris Wauchop´s "Black 8" and I felt directly that's the one. So the RLM paints are Gunzes H68, 69, and 117. I opted to use Tire Black on the props since that looks better IMHO. And another act of "artistic license" was that I placed some kill marks on the fin, just to "pimp" her up a bit. As you might note, some panel lines are kind of dirty, especially on the nose section/gun bulges. I used the AK´s "Streaking Grime" for that, in order to create a more weathered machine. Seatbelts are from Eduard and the gun barrels from Master. The decals used is from EagleCals EC37 and according to them this ac was based in Helsinki back in 1944 to fend off Russian bombers. The base plate is from plastic card that I scribed and to get the grainy look (for lack of better word) I used 150 grit sand paper. Anyway I hope you like the pics and thanks for looking 

 

Cheers

Göran

 

 

 

[Sturmovik]

Great looking 109, what´s the model´s brand?

[KelT]

Simply stunning. Amazing work, I really like the base plate too.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Good looking 109 👍

[Bigglesof266]

53 minutes ago, Sturmovik said:

... what´s the model´s brand?

It's annotated by the tags under the title. Hasegawa, 1/48

[Göran]

Thanks for the kind comments gents 

 

Cheers

Göran

 

[bearmatt]

On 8/20/2018 at 2:12 AM, Göran said:

The base plate is from plastic card that I scribed and to get the grainy look

Great result, I'd not guess that this was made out of plastic! Very convincing look

 

 

On 8/20/2018 at 2:12 AM, Göran said:

I opted to use Tire Black

Very good choice. Looking much better than "boring" plain black

 

Overall a superb looking model, congrats.

 

Cheers

 

B.

[Hairtrigger]

Superbly done..