jonwinn

Thanks. Masking for white camouflage color.

Thanks Paul, hard wing with no slats, and long muzzle from images I have. Just need to cut wings off Sparrows.

Almost forgot, long or short gun barrel?

Got a good start on Blue Angels F-4J with old Monogram 1/72 kit. What kit do I need for the F-4E Thunderbird? Which wing, early unslatted wing? An F-4EJ kit?

The RLM 76 is done.

Yup, it's there!

Thanks, too many projects going at once, back to this. Started masking to spray bottom RLM 76.

We need a post with 360,000,459 people debating the fate of the F-35. I might actually read that one.

Almost there.

I saw a lot of pictures , WWII era with NO battery box, BUT a lot were wrecks too. A lot missing that "hatch" that woulda,coulda or shoulda had the box protruding through.That whole 109 designation from G-6 to G-14 to G-10 to K-4 is a can of worms AND some had multiple ID plates! I go by the number like yellow 3 or blue 4 and pretty much give up on sub types. Just my 2 cents.

I have built 3 or 4 Bf109K-4s and never had a battery box protruding like the G-10 had. I always removed them and don't remember why. Here is a few pictures of a 1/32 Hasegawa K-4 done over at LSP with no battery box. No clue but it looks "right" to me. The builders screen name of this beauty at LSP is Thunnus.

Nice, I have a younger brother that was a mold maker for 30 some years. He showed me a lot of this at his shop. I worked in a weld shop and for a few years we made 150, 250, 500 and 1000 ton plastic injection mold machines. The level of machining and polishing of those molds is mind blowing, much of it today is CADD design and CNC machine tools. I am an old hammer and torch guy, this is out of my league!

Similar pose 40 years later.

Thanks, same kit but built by me about 40 years ago. I knew nothing about RLM colors, obviously!!!

I have the Hasegawa 1/48 kit and Eagle Cal decals. The decals have a picture of this plane with the battery box protruding through the bulkhead behind the pilot's seat. Did both the G-14 and G-6 have this option? I don't think I ever saw a G-6 with this. Thanks. Jon