Jinxman Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Update to convince myself there is progress. 😀 Minischmitt is looking ok with the brush painted RLM 74 - I had an issue where both wing trailing edges were distorting every time I applied a coat of paint. I slathered some superglue on, rubbed it down, and it seems to have done the trick. All the other bits are patiently awaiting their time in the sun - ready to go. A bit of 75 + 76 next, hopefully with a bit of hairy stick mottling. The Frankenschmitt has had a step forward in that the etch side panel has been glued in place. The self-adhesive was pretty poor, so it got a liberal dose of cyano. I had to create a ledge for it to sit under to match the Tamiya kit - fortunately there was plenty of thickness available - the guys ay Haldane Place really thought of everything! It'll get a dose of RLM 66 in the near future to get rid of the denim effect. 😒 The port wing is coming on - a bit more fettling and work on the stbd wing to match can commence. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I think that your progress on both kits is good. Paint going on to a model has to be a good thing, and it is looking good too. The Frankenschmitt is moving along too, the port wing is looking great and I'm sure the rest of it will catch up soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I like ‘em both! Never realised there was so much wrong with the kit. Wasn’t life blissful back then? Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just now, AdrianMF said: I like ‘em both! Never realised there was so much wrong with the kit. Wasn’t life blissful back then? Thanks - yup - it's funny how for all of my childhood the shape of the Bf 109 was the Airfix shape. It's an odd one as the wings are the correct span, but everything else is too small. If we could only know how and why the drawing office did it this way - perhaps it was the same team that cobbled up your Hudson? 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 5, 2020 Author Share Posted July 5, 2020 Minischmitt has some colour on the uppers - trying to build the paint up in the main areas before starting the mottling. Frankenschmitt has had the port side inner panel attached, along with some of the etch sundries. The denim effect has had a good rub down, and now looks like distressed denim - very 70's. Just waiting for a couple of small etch parts to dry so that they can be bought in with the sprayed RLM 66. I fitted a false floor for the etch cockpit tub part to sit on, it just seemed it would be easier to do it this way than have it it flailing around trying to be squared up. Back on the wings next. 😀 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 That paint is looking good, building up nicely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 8, 2020 Author Share Posted July 8, 2020 Mottling next for Minischmitt - perhaps it could have done with another coat of RLM 75, but time's a wastin'. Frankenschmitt almost has a complete cockpit - hopefully finish it today and then button up the fuselage. The Eduard stuff has tried my patience, and the pre-painted stuff is ok for some bits but doesn't work on anything you need to bend. Lessons have been learnt - and it looks ok. 😀 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 The paint on the minischmitt is looking very nice and the cockpit for the frankenschmitt looks really good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share Posted July 12, 2020 Minischmitt has had the main mottling sponged on - just need to infill a little with RLM 02, and then it can be glossed ready for decals! Frankenschmitt has been buttoned up, the nose has had a AZ cowl grafted on, one of the wings is a good enough shape for me, and some of the other little bits are progressing. The cockpit looks busy enough, and the Falcon canopy comes in three parts so it will be left open. Onwards! 😀 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 Both builds are coming along really nicely. The sponged on mottling has worked very well indeed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 The cockpit especially looks really nice! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 Decals are on, all six of them. Fortunately I had a second sheet for the kit as the first lot disintegrated as soon as they left the backing sheet. Another coat of klear went on, with a bit of weathering and another satin coat to seal it all in. I'll wait until it's dry and then tidy it up and get some other bits on. A final matt coat should see it complete. Its bigger brother is progressing - the nose has been attached and the AZ cowl grafted on - files are at the ready to whip it into some sort of Messerschmitt shape hopefully. The other wing is buttoned up, so can be tidied up and the wheel well altered. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 More good steady progress on both your 109's, good job that you had a spare set of decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 23, 2020 Author Share Posted July 23, 2020 ..and part one is finished, or, I have had enough of it! Brush painting the matt varnish was a challenge, but all in all I think it looks ok, and better than I would have managed on a Saturday afternoon back in the day. Here she is, more pics in the gallery soon. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 A great result from an ancient bit of Airfix plastic. Love those rockets! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helios16v Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 Camo turned out really well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dansk Posted July 24, 2020 Share Posted July 24, 2020 A brilliant result, looks really good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Cracking job on this Golden Oldie', really nice work on the mottling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterB Posted July 25, 2020 Share Posted July 25, 2020 Hi, Turned out nicely - not at all bad considering its age. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 A classic build of a classic kit! Nice. Regards, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 ...and part 2 plods on. The fuselage is not too bad, the tailplane position has had to be raised and my Milliput seems to be taking ages to harden - old age I suppose. I decided to ditch the Airfix exhausts - the AZ kit has provided alternatives, and I need to dig out the fuselage to allow them to slot in. I have given most of the small bits a squirt of Alclad primer. The starboard wing is being added to and sanded to match the port one - hopefully they'll be close enough so no-one notices the differences. I see more filling and sanding ahead. 😀 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 Some good steady progress, good luck with the upcoming filling and sanding. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 A little bit of progress after a couple of backward steps. The Alclad primer is still going off after a week, so where I have needed to work on a part I have just stripped it off - I kinda knew I should have mixed in a bit of Mr.Color self-levelling but I didn't. 🙄 It was also apparent that when the cockpit had the shelf fitted, that the coaming behind it wasn't quite square, so that has been resolved. The tail was also bent - I thought I had resolved this earlier, but as the build progressed it became more noticeable. In trying to coerce it back into position it snapped off, which at least meant I could glue it back so it didn't look bent. I also handled the port wing a bit too roughly, and cracked a join - brilliant. The notches for the replacement exhausts have been cut out, and the wheel well on the starboard wing is being built up as we speak. Next job is to get some detail onto the canopy parts as the Falcon plastic is too thin on its edges. Once that's done the from and rear parts can be glued into position. The pics are with it cobbled together with tape and blutack - at least it looks like a 109 now - Onwards! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 Oh yes, really coming together now. Given all the fight that this is putting up you really are doing an excellent job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share Posted August 3, 2020 Not gonna make it to the finish line I think, but the more I do the less work involved to get it finished in the KUTA GB later on in the year - we shall see. 😀 4 hours ago, modelling minion said: Oh yes, really coming together now. Given all the fight that this is putting up you really are doing an excellent job. Thanks, I have gone past the stage of being disheartened by it now - quite looking forward to getting back to some easier modelling with the OH-6DA in the Chopper GB. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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