Baldy Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 My latest builds are all either stalled or taking a long time so I thought I would post an old favourite from 2016. I don't normally go in for competitions for various reasons but I was persuaded to enter a model at the Scottish IPMS Nationals in 2017. To my surprise, my model won it's class! So here it is, my Revell 1/32 Bf-109G-6 with a long list of modifications and accoutrements including replacement gun bulges (Quickboost), prop/spinner, Exhausts and radiator (Barracudacast), Wheels (Eduard), Gun pods (robbed from a Hasegawa G-10 and detailed), belts (HGW) and replacement decals from EagleCal. I bought the AlleyCat improvement set but was disappointed with it, only using the template to rescribe the incorrectly located hatch on the port upper fuselage - oh, and the tiny intakes on the front fuselage. I also did away with awful and inaccurate canopy hinge supplied by Revell and added an under fuselage FUG 25 aerial from metal rod. The replacement elevators from the AlleyCat set were too long for some reason so I painstakingly removed all of the errant raised circle detail myself. It sounds like the kit was poor and I am a perfectionist but neither is really true - just enjoyed tinkering with the myriad bits and pieces more as an experiment really. Paints were Mr Hobby acrylics for the main camo and Vallejo for the blue band. Weathering and mottling were based on the reference pictures supplied in the EagleCal instructions which indicated a well maintained, maybe dusty machine. One last thing, I added the exhausts after painting by cutting openings at the front fuselage, where the prop sits - this allowed me to fiddle the exhausts into place without too much drama. I popped the prop/spinner onto the front "temporarily" with bluetack to check all was well and Lo! - I managed to get the thing in perfect position, even including the slight gap between fuselage and spinner. Pondering on how to fix the prop permanently - I finally decided to leave well alone. It has survived a season of shows and still sits there nearly 3 years later! Looking now there are lots of errors and inaccuracies but I am really quite fond of this model - I hope you like it too. Cheers Malcolm 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve27752 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 What a beauty. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelMonkey Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Just gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Callahan Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 She looks really great, outstanding work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Lovely job on the mottling - great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen8718 Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 lovely just lovely no other words to describe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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