AIRFIX Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U4 FULL BUILD SINGLE STEPS
In case you consider to build this kit, look for a masking set. Handmade masks are very time consuming
In case you consider to build this kit, look for a masking set. Handmade masks are very time consuming
Some small gaps around bomb bay had to be filled
Props are done
Some pre-chipping experiment … RLM02 over aluminum. Planned to do a thin layer of chipping fluid in the pre-chipped areas to do final chipping once main paints are applied
First layer chipping waiting for RLM76 and second chipping
2 layer chipping came out quite well
Upper side pre shading
Main paintwork done, mottling and white stripe to be done soon
Some small chipping
Kommentit
99 3 January, 17:50
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Thanks for joining guys. Hornet is ready for primer. Overall a very good fit of the parts except bomb bay cover. There was an unusual gap that had to be filled. Found out some YouTubeers had the same issue. Canopy masking was ok, but very time consuming (recommend an after market masking set). The fit of the 3 canopy parts is perfect (just a small bend on the middle part of the canopy that could be easily compensated by not following the manual and glue the middle section first on the backside). Let me know in case you see any doubts - I´m kind of greenhorn to scale modeling and this is my first 1:72 scale kit ... thx
4 January, 15:35
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Pietro and @Alec: many thanks - I appreciate your feedback. To answer Alec's question on the prop wear: props have been painted in aluminum first, then a very think layer of chipping fluid. Once dry I applied RLM02 and more or less immediately after applying the paint I chipped RLM02 so small areas of aluminum came through. After a layer of semi-gloss coat I repeated the same procedure with black over chipping fluid and finished with semi-gloss varnish. Small scratches were done with a weathering pencil. As it turned out quite acceptable I try to apply the same process on other weared areas on wings and fuselage … quite excited how it will show there
7 January, 18:42
Живко ДжаковThis is getting more interesting. Are Airfix paying you for advertising? 🙂
8 January, 06:54
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Thanks Jivko - I appreciate your kind feedback. It's my first Airfix kit and first 1/72 scale and initially it was planned as a test build for this scale before I do other planes like eduard BF109. Turned out different 😂
8 January, 07:39
Michael SchubertNothing wrong with airfix, especially the newer kits - they can be quite nice 😀
9 January, 08:42
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Michael: for this kit I totally agree. Just some small fitting issues, but nothing really to worry. On the manuals, especially paint scheme, there is room for improvement on this kit
9 January, 11:32
Живко ДжаковThomas, I'm following you. Quite literally. The plane has just appeared in a shop in Sofia. Accordingly, on my work table. I have a question. Are the pre-paintings aimed at two-tone aging?
9 January, 17:21
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Jivko: happy to hear that I inspired you ☺️ . I hope you enjoy the build as much as I do and I´m very interested in your build. To be honest with you I don´t know yet ... I played around with some colors and decided to give it a try with this kind of pre color shading. I think it could turn out as a kind of tonal variation to make the big one color lower side a little bit more interesting. Not sure if I do the same on the upper side ... I will share pictures of the half side painted in RLM76 once it´s done. I'm not very skilled with the airbrush so I´m a little bit scared of this task 🤣
9 January, 19:59
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Today I finally managed to paint RLM76 underside. Pre-shading came out acceptable, even if it´s hard to see on the picture. Not sure if I should do something similar on the upper side or just use some stencil masks with a light color ... any ideas from your side?
14 January, 09:52
Живко ДжаковThomas, please tell about photo 7. How did you achieve this effect? What is the color below?
14 January, 11:57
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Jivko thanks - I will think about it … maybe just do pre-shading on some panels with lighter color on the upper side. I explained single steps on prop wear to Alec some comments above - check it and in case you have any further questions, drop me a message.
14 January, 12:58
Живко Джаков@Thomas, weathering pencil? I have AK 10033 aluminum, is that what you are working with?
14 January, 13:45
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Jivko: I used white one from AK, but aluminum should be fine, too. Pencil was only used for the fine and longer scratches, e.g. on the prop that points to the right. Close to the spinner you can find a „X" shape scratch. That and all similar looking ones were done with the pencil
14 January, 16:45
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Thanks for joining, guys. Hope you enjoy the build ☺️
15 January, 07:57
Живко ДжаковPicture 17 looks fantastic. Were you the person who was afraid of the airbrush? : )
16 January, 09:44
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Bernd welcome - hope you enjoy the progress @Jivko: yes, I am scared and still not confident enough to be happy with my skills on the airbrush ... 😒
16 January, 12:55
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Hi Guys, just added latest status pics. I have a question to the more expirienced modelers here: in picture 18 you can see 2 Vallejo RLM colors I used. Both ordered 2-3 weeks ago from the same shop and the bottle design is different. Also the smell is different, but both are labeled as Model Air. I couldn´t find any information about Vallejo Model Air with the label design of the right one. Any info on your side? Is the right one a very old one? The one with the unusual (to me unusual) label design did not spray as good as the paint from the well known bottle design. Thanks
17 January, 15:38
Guy RumpI received one with the right hand side labelling for the first time a couple of weeks ago. I assumed this was a new label??
17 January, 16:47
Thomas BischoffI also got one with the new label and share your experience - it's crap.
One retailer told me this is the new formula and will replace the existing ones and another retailer did not know anything about new bottles.
I would rather switch to another brand than using the new ones.
17 January, 18:26
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Guy and Thomas: thanks - so it seems to be something new ... It´s a pity that there is no official information from Vallejo. Looks like we don´t even know what we will receive at the time you place on order at any retailer. I don´t like that at all @Thomas: I would not say it´s crap, but different. I really like the "old" ones ... what a shame from a brand like Vallejo doing something like that 😒
17 January, 19:11
Thomas Bischoffok - my comment was a bit harsh. I agree - and what I also missed to mention was that your Messerschmitt looks excellent! Like the subtle chipping and will copy the pre-shading concept in different colours 👍
17 January, 19:46
Живко ДжаковI'm way behind. I will not make excuses for not using the technique with several colors placed in advance. I plan to test this on some plane I have in the scrap these days.
18 January, 07:35
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Thomas: well, if your opinion is that they are scrap, why not to say that ... I think there is nothing wrong and we should be happy to be allowed to say our opinion. We all have different preferences so some brands work for one modeler, but don´t for others. I personally don´t get AK 3rd gen to work well on very fine airbrushing ... will come with experience ... Thank you for your kind words - I appreciate that and I´m happy you found some inspiration for your projects. The colors I choose were not ideal. The brown on black primer didn´t really show any big effect. White instead was very nice and could be blended really good into a shaded RLM76 and also on the upper wing side. So I don´t recommend brown as a pre-shading color on black primer. It might be different on grey primer.
@Jivko: I didn´t know we have a challange ... 😂
18 January, 12:08
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Small update available @Jivko: when I was thinking of how to do the mottling, I recognized that RLM76 has to go further up on the fuselage. Manual is quite misleading and I found one reference picture that made it clear to me how far it goes towards the wings. Hope this helps you for your project. Mottling and swastika to painted to complete paintwork
20 January, 09:09
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Vincent thank you for your kind words. I'm happy with the result and to be honest, I didn't expect this result when I thought about a 2 layer chipping first time. It´s my first try and doing it on 1/72 scale was a bit "over motivated" but in the end I learned something new: the key is to be very careful when applying chipping fluid and not to overdo it
24 January, 06:20
ClementImpressive work! Your chipping is spot on!
I've read that masking chipped area can complicated (paint lifting with tape where the chipping fluid was applied) but you seem to manage just fine. Do you think the coat of varnish is what prevented paint lifting?
24 January, 13:59
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)@Jennifer and @Clement: thank you so much for your kind words - I appreciate your feedback 😊 @Clement: I didn´t have issues with any kind of paint lifts. Maybe it was the semi-gloss varnish that gave a little more stick to the paints. But as this is the first time I try chipping with chipping fluid I don´t have any other experience.
24 January, 14:54
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Hi Guys, Jennifer: She is done - I didn´t upload any pictures of decal application or final weathering steps. I will share some more detailed pictures in the way I do it usually, a separate album with final shooting pics. It was a pleasure to see all your feedback, your nice words, your motivation, .... during the build. To be honest with myself, this is the first finished build I can count the mistakes I made and still see on one hand, definitely one of my best builds so far. I totally can recommend this kit, it has superb fitting and nice details. Room for improvement is on the manual, especially the paint scheme is a little bit misleading sometimes. Cheers & happy modeling to all of you 😊
6 February, 19:30
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Thanks you all for your positive feedback - appreciate it a lot. If ou are interested in the pictures of the final shooting, check out AIRFIX Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U4 FINAL SHOOTING | Album by _th84_ (1:72)
7 February, 13:38
Nick DragoneNice job especially on the camouflage pattern. Looking forward to adding this one to my collection
27 March, 17:06
TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)Thanks guys! I really appreciate your nice feedback. Glad you like it
27 March, 21:19
