cger Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Hi all, I post some pictures of one of my builds from last year, that I finally decided photograph. It is a 109 G-14 from JG 53 found abandoned by US troops in Kassel. I used the Profipack boxing from Eduard and sourced the decals from my spares. I had decided to give a try to AK interactive acrylics but was not able to get correct results, so I went back to my trusty Gunze. The weathering is done with Mig Ammo washes, ink pens and pigments. I made a small base from styrene foam, with a cart from Tamiya, I hope you like it, best, Christian. 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elger Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Very nice Gustav Christian. Beautiful mottle and weathering - looks nicely used and abused. I too have tried AK acrylics when I needed some RAF colours quickly and found them very difficult to spray and the colours did not seen correct - I too stick mainly with Gunze. Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Great work on your 109 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slawomir.dusza Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Outstanding paint and weathering work! Beautiful miniature! (shame on Eduard for the nose section shell) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 This is very nice - great work on the scheme - your mottling is excellent. I also gave up using AK acrylics after a brief try out - they do have their uses but all up, more trouble than they're worth. Just too difficult to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holzhamer Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Being myself a 109aholic I can see you must be one too, since the attention to details and to the paint work tells the tale. Outstanding work all round. I would love to learn how to do a base like yours, can you give some hints on materials & techniques used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 Probably one of the best 109 models I have seen yet. Thanks for sharing. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachtwulf Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Absolutely fantastic paint work there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Very nice, great looking paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Totally convincing and the very effective base adds the sense of the time of the year. Impressive work! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cger Posted February 3, 2019 Author Share Posted February 3, 2019 (edited) On 2/3/2019 at 12:37 AM, Holzhamer said: Being myself a 109aholic I can see you must be one too, since the attention to details and to the paint work tells the tale. Outstanding work all round. I would love to learn how to do a base like yours, can you give some hints on materials & techniques used? Thanks guys for the comments ! Here are a few explanations about how I made the base (it is very simple). I use 10mm think isolation foam board bought from a DIY store. Using a vector software (I use Inkscape which is free) I drawed some ellipses of various sizes that I printed on paper. Gluing an ellipse on the foam board and cutting around with a sharp cutter gives me the shape. Blemishes can be sanded with coarse sandpaper. I smooth out the sides with modelling paste from an art store and then paint it. The planks on the base are coffee stirrers (collected over the years, not bought !). I use gloss acrylic medium to depict the water and ice pools, mixing the medium with artificial snow is used for the snow. The earth is done with AK Earth Effects. F rom the smell this is just thick acrylic paint for walls mixed with sand, so next time I will buy one of these small paint samples that they sell to try out colors and do my mix myself. The vegetation is done with some colored foam for railroad modellers. It can also be selfmade I think, best, Christian. Edited February 5, 2019 by cger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank083 Posted February 3, 2019 Share Posted February 3, 2019 Very nice 109! The paint, the base, Top work 👍👍👍 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maudesman Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 A fantastic Gustav!👍 All perfect in everyway, weathering etc..... Makes me want to crack on with my 109 stash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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