Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group build 2020
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First things first ,,,, cockpit has been painted in RLM66 ... Tamiya XF-63
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Pedal straps made in lead foil from a bottle of wine
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All things glued together and some flat aluminium Tamiya XF-16 dry brushing
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Fuselage halves being painted
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Finished coskpit bar seat belts and instrument panel
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Finished cockpit
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Fuselage halves glued together
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This is the only gap to be filled so far ... but it could be my fault
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A sliver of the thinnest plasticard I could find (0,1 mm) in my stock
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Checking
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Now is perfect
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Wings being glued to the fuelage
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I used and old Gunze H68 (RLM74) tin and it the paint reacted with the new paint H417 (RLM76) wihci I used as primer,,, it seems Gunze changed the formula some time ago.
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I used and old decal sheet from ESCI and it was a complete disater .... even tgouhg decals were protected with Micro Decal Film ,,,, broke aprat in the edges .... lots asn lots of PVA gkue were used to stick the decals to the wings
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On the other side , decals from AZ models kit are superb (devil inb the nose and Italian flags)
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Complete disater ... ARRGGGG !!!! Also the whit backgroung is not correct ..... ther should be the fascios and the black square
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PE seat belts addes to the cockpit
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Canopy is cristal clear and frames are very well defined ,,, so I could paint them by hand ,,, no masking was used
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Antennae was added with the hekp of my next project ,,,, 1/24 Porsche 917 K from Heller ,,,, this is the engine
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FINISHED on 2020 by the skin on my teeth ,,,,, .. Not one of my best efforts ,,, but calling it done anyway.
Kommentit
4 30 October 2020, 14:30
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A styrene fillet on a Tamiya kit!! Anyway, welcome and following!
1 November 2020, 20:01
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Erik ,,, this cloud be my fault ... I've seen in the i'net that most modellers glue this piece after wings have been glued ... no big deal anyway
2 November 2020, 08:12
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Finished by the skin of my teeth ,,,, HAPPY NEW YEAR to all
31 December 2020, 18:46
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Group Build
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Scalemates Messerschmitt Bf 109 Group Build 2020
1. lokakuu siihen asti kun 31. joulukuu 2020
1. lokakuu siihen asti kun 31. joulukuu 2020