ronnierex Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Done! My 3rd 109G and definitely not my last one! I really enjoy these kits. And I really enjoy SBS decals, they work great. This is Eduard's 1/48 109G-6 Late boxing built OOB with SBS decals. Paint are Vallejo Model air for the camo and a variety of Tamiya and Vallejo paints for all the rest. MT505 of PLeLv 41 Based out of Luonetjärvi around summer 1950 Photo cred goes to Jason Brewer of Brewer Models! Thanks! Thanks for looking! 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Great job, inside and out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 9, 2018 Share Posted December 9, 2018 Oh yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 A very nice 109. Love the paint job and it’s a great scheme. Great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Great looking `109 there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Great job on a great kit! Looks really nice and smart in that scheme.Very neat and tidy build and nice weathering. Cheers Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Superb Cold War Gustav! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 Nice finnish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted December 20, 2018 Share Posted December 20, 2018 This "Gustav with a difference" looks very good! In and out as mentioned in an earlier post. I've seen many B+W photos of these planes as a friend of mine was a schoolboy in 1950 and he took several pictures. This is the first time I see one of those Messerschmitts in full colour. The paint scheme was used in an air exercise called "Turkin sota" in the summer of 1950, hence the white bands. There was some playing with the words as Turkki means Turkey in Finnish language (it also means animal's fur) and sota means war. Reino Turkki (my grandfather's Flight Leader during the Winter War) was the commanding officer of this exercise and very soon this unofficial name was adopted for the exercise. So there never was a war in Turkey in which Finnish Air Force took part. One major goal of the exercise was to practice blind flying and approaches using the original German built FuG -equipment. Kind Regards, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnierex Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 5 hours ago, Antti_K said: This "Gustav with a difference" looks very good! In and out as mentioned in an earlier post. I've seen many B+W photos of these planes as a friend of mine was a schoolboy in 1950 and he took several pictures. This is the first time I see one of those Messerschmitts in full colour. The paint scheme was used in an air exercise called "Turkin sota" in the summer of 1950, hence the white bands. There was some playing with the words as Turkki means Turkey in Finnish language (it also means animal's fur) and sota means war. Reino Turkki (my grandfather's Flight Leader during the Winter War) was the commanding officer of this exercise and very soon this unofficial name was adopted for the exercise. So there never was a war in Turkey in which Finnish Air Force took part. One major goal of the exercise was to practice blind flying and approaches using the original German built FuG -equipment. Kind Regards, Antti Thanks for posting this! I love hearing more about it. I got a few more pictures from this blog. http://resinguys.com/index.php/2018/12/16/finnish-bf-109g-6/ Looks like the mast should have been attached to the canopy, not the fuselage like I did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Great looking aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce bay Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 That looks fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Nice one... good to see this one in non-standard camo. Think the tailwheel sits a bit far out of the aircraft hull... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Lovely build there, nice unusual scheme for a 109 Cheers Rich 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 8 hours ago, ronnierex said: Looks like the mast should have been attached to the canopy, not the fuselage like I did. Hello ronnierex, some photos indeed shows that the mast was attached directly into the "Erla" canopy. During exercise "Turkin sota" MT-505 also carried a cine-camera on top of the wind screen (that long box visible in the photo). Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Silenoz said: Nice one... good to see this one in non-standard camo. Think the tailwheel sits a bit far out of the aircraft hull... Hello Silenoz, actually the tail wheel may be just right for MT-505 (at least MT-507 had a tall tail wheel). They were used during final months of WWII to ease ground handling and take-offs. Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 been checking in Wingspalette (I now, not the best reference in the world, and there it seems there are 3 versions for the tailwheel with regards to the length) seems like this one had a midversion applied.. but nonetheless, learned something new today... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnierex Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 4 hours ago, Silenoz said: Nice one... good to see this one in non-standard camo. Think the tailwheel sits a bit far out of the aircraft hull... I used the tall tail wheel seen on later 109s. It’s nice that eduard pit that in the box if needed. I didn’t have a clear picture of the tail wheel, so I picked the tall strut for fun. but now that I have some better pics, it’s clear that it’s the more common G6 “short” tail wheel. Oh well, looks cool, just not super accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnierex Posted December 21, 2018 Author Share Posted December 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Antti_K said: Hello Silenoz, actually the tail wheel may be just right for MT-505 (at least MT-507 had a tall tail wheel). They were used during final months of WWII to ease ground handling and take-offs. Cheers, Antti I should have read all the posts before commenting. Exactly, I saw that MT-507 had the taller one, so I made a guess that this one did too. (And because I really like the look of the tall tail, tall tail wheel, and erla canopy 109g-6/14s) This plane was being flown after the war, so I also assumed they would have added any upgrades that helped the plane, like ground handling/visibility. 🤷🏽♂️😎 30 minutes ago, Silenoz said: been checking in Wingspalette (I now, not the best reference in the world, and there it seems there are 3 versions for the tailwheel with regards to the length) seems like this one had a midversion applied.. but nonetheless, learned something new today... 👍🏽 Good stuff. That’s why I like 109 building. There are so many things to learn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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