Bf 110E-3/Trop
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Determining, where to cut and what to rescribe
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Position of the camera realtive to cockpit floor
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Filling in the chutes and vents, prepared for rescribing
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Camera window cut out
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cockpit floor peeking though - trimming required!
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Dragon's seat-adjustment(?) grip vs. scratch-build
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Completed handle and hollowed out housing
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Rudder pedals thinned down
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New book and parts: Aufklärer Vol.1 and RB50/30 camera from AIMS
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Unused Dragon parts - might come in handy for the mounting frame
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CAD sketch for the camera mounting frame
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Camera model added for dimensional adaption
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MG 15 with Master barrel
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AIMS rear seat with scratch build support, handles on the front ammo drums added
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Dust covers for the MG17s from brass tube
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Instrument panel - only missing the Revi plug
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Left cockpit side: Lots of detail missing, wing root will be visible
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Right console: some small stuff missing, opening for cables in the wrong place
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Almost complete cockpit
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Instrument housings and cables added
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Shot counter for the MG FF faired over
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Valves added from stretched sprue and copper wire
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HGW rudder pedals with Tamiya tape straps
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Linkages added to opening in thorttle quadrant
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Camera motor, with felxible shaft and pressure hose
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Camera auxillary units: Bildfolgeregler and Ueberdeckungsregler - first try
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Camera frame 3D printed via fused filament - fail!
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Resin exhausts and some other stuff
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Dry fit on the starboard cowling - quite some work to do
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Wheel well finished
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Landing gear, missing brake line
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Comparison of drop tanks from stash
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Engine instruments from Mdc
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Dry fit of Quickboost exhausts
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Prop dry fit, lots of sanding needed on the cowling
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Motivational dry fit - both wings and ancelles are finally finished. Now everythings waiting for the camera mounting frame
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IP with Revi plug and the IP lights added, comparison Dragon Revi vs. Quickboost
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The assembled IP
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Finally - the 3D printed camera frame!
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Disaster strikes - even with careful sawing with the finest PE saw I had, the frame shattered
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Lots of patience later it's almost reconstructed. One part of the arch is missing - have to crawl over the floor again
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Repair with styrene - still needs some trimming
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Mock up with the cockpit floor
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The primer unforgivingly reveals all the flaws
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Small collision problem
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The height of the camera assembly seems accurate compared to oroginal pictures
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Some paint on the frame and camera. Not ssure about the latter. I read about a blue-grey camer colour but there are only pictures from cameras in beige and dark grey
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RLM02 over black base - tried to keep it irregular
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Quick dry fit with the cockpit floor to get an impression
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RLM66 for the IP, Bordfunkers gauges and the morse code box
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Radio equipment and camera painted blue grey. Beige and brown for the rear seat
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Started painting on the MG15. Still needs some graphite for the metal effect, but the bakelite rear end and the fabric cover are mostly done
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Most of the detail painting done
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The IP was pretty hard to paint - still not 100% satisfied
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Dry fit
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Placards (from MDC) added. The ones on the radio are 1/48
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HGW seatbelts in place and dry fit of the cockpit
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eduard seatbelts for the pilot's seat
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seatbelts in place with the details higlighted by a brown wash
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final touch: some pigments for dust and dirt on the cockpit floor
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Minor fit issues on the belly section
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The wings are finally on and dry fitting on the canopy is in progress
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lots of masking on the canopy
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canopy in place, RLM02 pn the insied; black base on the outside
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Hasegawa drop tanks, with Dargon's brace and fuel pipes from copper wire
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black base is on!
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marble coat for the insignia
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blending with off white
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masked up
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covered with Tamiya Nato black and black
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first mask pulled - yes!
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all masks in place and sealed
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RLM78 marble in place
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lower cowlings left blank - they were probably yellow
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white marble base
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yellow applied - still not happy with the result. Might try MRP yellow next time
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Underside painted MRP RLM78
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the crosses turned out a little bit too dark - they'll recieve another coat of white
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contrast is a little too heavy fo rmy taste
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contrast corrected, underwing codes applied
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some weird lifting - never had an issue with MRP or Tamiya before..
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RLM79 marble started
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new marble technique
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using a template over the base marble to get a more irregular pattern
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RLM79 marble finished, added contrast with tan and brown
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the effect is pretty subtle to invisible
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RLM79 is on!
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quite translucent - final look will be achieved after the RLM80 stripes
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RLM70 for the prop, variation with Radu's mask in lighter and darker green; chipping via hairspray
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finished props and spinner
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black base for the RLM80 stripes
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stripes in place!
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some weird liftung on the insignia - have to fix that
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Drop tank with decals from Revell's Bf 109G-6 - the flat carrier film is a pain in the **s
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Quickboost exhausts painted with Alclads: steel base, followed by pale burnt metal and jet exhaust near the openings
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pin wash applied to the RLM02 parts
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salt faing - looking good from afar
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paint ate through to the black base
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repaired; needs some polishing
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lots of dots
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blended in; more dark oils applied to the exhaust stain area
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oil dot filter in place
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oils applied to the exhausts
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started the exhaust stains with oils
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filter on the upper sides
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panel line wash in place
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kept it subtle
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underside wash in place
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quick mock up
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pigments applied to the wheels - meh
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oversprayed with Tamiya buff; way better
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started to redo the lost antenna mast, Vallejo sand as base coat
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burnt umber streaked on
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added chips with silver oil colour and exhaust stains with MRP
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more chips
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fuel and oil stains
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more staining on the drop tanks
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almost done!
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antenna mast and aerial wire finally in place
Kommentit
4 18 January 2019, 15:08
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Nice Paint job. 👍
Looking forward to see the Next pieces.
The engine instruments and the scratch also look great.
25 April 2019, 23:53
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Stupid me built the cockpit for this model and have misplaced it! Is on hold until I find the damn thing! 🙂
26 April 2019, 00:40
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Thanks mates - I'm blushing behind my screen!
Although I'm going to put some more work into the RLM78.
2 December 2019, 10:35
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i've read about paint eating it's way tru earlier at lsp, hard to understand how something like this did happen, even harder to understand how you felt as you first saw wtf is going on...man! still a great save. 👍
5 January 2020, 08:05
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Each day I am amazed by all the fantastic paint jobs shared at this site in the various photo albums. Wow.
26 January 2020, 15:18
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Thanks mates - more pictures of the completed 110 will follow at the end of the week!
9 March 2020, 18:32