ch9862 Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Here's my progress so far. As you can tell taking pictures is not my strong suit - sorry :blink:. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted June 10, 2007 Share Posted June 10, 2007 Pictures look fine to me, nice job on the instrument panel! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted June 12, 2007 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Your pictures look just fine. I can see the detail and weathering on the interior parts pretty well as they aren't blurry. Looking good so far. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 14, 2007 Author Share Posted June 14, 2007 Some progress... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 Cowling on. It's been a while since I built this kit (F or early G derived from it), and I forgot that fit of cowling pieces is not ideal. For some reason I felt compelled to install air scoops on the cowling, and now I'll have to shave them off . I also can't locate EE spinner I wanted to use, and so it'll be kit part instead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 18, 2007 Author Share Posted June 18, 2007 Added a bit of putty to front of the fuselage. I chose to make it an F-2, and picked round wheel wells - thought these would be more befitting an F :). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted June 18, 2007 Share Posted June 18, 2007 Looking good so far! Keep it going man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 22, 2007 Author Share Posted June 22, 2007 Started painting - nothing exciting so far . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrallman Posted June 22, 2007 Share Posted June 22, 2007 nothing exciting? come on, its YELLOW! WOOO HOOOO! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share Posted June 24, 2007 Painted bottom in 76 and top in dark green. Somewhat half-hearted effort, since it'll be covered with white. I was already contemplating if I should put decals on before or after whitewash, when the last piece of masking lifted some paint . Oh well... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrallman Posted June 24, 2007 Share Posted June 24, 2007 bummer about the masking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 25, 2007 Author Share Posted June 25, 2007 bummer about the masking. - Could be worse. - How? - Could be raining. {downpour begins} I washed the model before painting, so I'm going to blame it on the paint :D. The yellow is Gunze acrylic, which I had mixed results with in the past - some colors worked fine, others gave ridiculously weak coverage. Specifically, modern gray colors in the 3xx range worked fine for me, colors with numbers below 100 were hit and miss. Unfortunately I don't know of another yellow I'd like for LW recognition markings, so I use this - even if it takes quite a few layers to build up the color. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chuck1945 Posted June 25, 2007 Share Posted June 25, 2007 I washed the model before painting, so I'm going to blame it on the paint Many years ago, when I was still using enamels, I never cleaned a model before painting, well wiping off sanding residue and the like, but cleaning the plastic, nah, the enamels always stuck. At the time, I was using Gunze for interiors, I had started buying some because it was fast drying compared to enamels and since my boys were little at the time and liked to 'help, the water cleanup, at least in theory, made disaster recovery easier. Anyway, I decided to try Gunze as the exterior colors on a Hasegawa 1/72 F-104 I was building to represent a 104G in the AMI. Sprayed the grey, masked, sprayed the dark green, and much of the grey came off with the masking. It was years before I used Gunze again, blamed it all on the paint! :D But yeah, I feel your pain, it is always tough when some of the paint lifts off with the tape. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted June 30, 2007 Author Share Posted June 30, 2007 Decided that decaling first would be more difficult and started with white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Looks good, I like the worn effect of the white wash. I need to get going on a Friedrich for this GB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 The paint looks very good. Nice work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 If there is something I don't like in modeling it's putting decals on. At least this time I could skip stencils . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jrallman Posted July 5, 2007 Share Posted July 5, 2007 looks really nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted July 5, 2007 Author Share Posted July 5, 2007 I'm still fairly unhappy with my pictures. My camera (I don't want to share the blame because it's on auto B)) tends to amplify some things and mute others. For example, pictures show distinct whiteish spots on the cowling, which in real life are very subtle. To my eye, they stick out like sore thumbs in the pics. OTOH, picture of the underside I posted yesterday shows subdued weathering. In person it's more stark - I'm not finished with it yet, and I intentionally exagerate because flat coat will tone it down a bit. I'm guessing it's lighting - which I have relatively little of at my 'bench'. I'll try taking pictures outdoor when I finish the model. Or maybe it's lack of Photoshop (not to mention skills to use it :)). The program I use to tweak the apperance - mainly get rid of color cast, and resize - is very simple and gives little control over the process. End of rambling . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 Almost a month without an update, as real life took over for a while - work, vacation, etc. . I'm almost done with the model, will post some pictures when I get home :). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted August 8, 2007 Author Share Posted August 8, 2007 Getting closer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Mikester Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 Sweet! Looking forward to the finished product. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Koktavý Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I like Bf-109s, especially in interesting camouflages. Have you got more information about that camouflage?? (pilot name etc.) By the way that camouflage is very nice done. David Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Have you got more information about that camouflage?? (pilot name etc.)Nope. The only picture I've seen is in the Jagdwaffe series, I think the Barbarossa volume; caption does not reveal anything beside what can be seen on the photo.By the way that camouflage is very nice done.Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ch9862 Posted September 1, 2007 Author Share Posted September 1, 2007 Short update. I hoped to have finished the 109 in August, but I had too much to do. I've moved overseas, and am still a bit shell-shocked . Most of my stuff, including the 109, should arrive here in Sept, so I may still finish it in time; all it really needs is antenna wire and maybe blending decals in a bit. At least I'm back online - life without the Internet is miserable :). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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