Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/Trop (WIP)
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Starting with the cockpit
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Cockpit ready to close
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Cockpit ready to close
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The F and G (in the background)
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Closed and ready to move on…
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Wings joined with fuselage - this one will have a closed canopy, for a change
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Big gaps in the wing roots
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Air filter installed - very difficult, used a combination of PVA Ultra Glue from Ammo (first) and CA glue (second)
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Preparing the landing gear with 0,2mm copper wire and 1mm Tamiya tape
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Perfect Plastic Putty...
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...a swipe with a wet (water) cotton bud and it's ready to go! 🙂
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Radiator covers ready, with the tiny PE
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Glueing the radiator covers: lousy fit here
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AK white primer applied
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Flat white using Gunze H-11 on the wintips and rear fuselage band
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RLM78 applied with AK Real Color RC281
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RLM79 applied with AK Real Color RC283
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MRP RML 04 applied over white AK primer diluted with Mr Leveling Thinner
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Some post shading with diluted Tamiya XF-18
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Some post shading with diluted Gunze H37
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Painting RLM02 bits with the lovely MRP-50
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Touch ups and corrections made, X-22 varnish applied
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Some light sanding
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Masking
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MRP red applied over white primer
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Ready for decals
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Applying first decals
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Decals applied, light chipping on the wings root done, varnished and all ready for the pin wash
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Ammo pin washes applied (A.MIG 1610 below, A.MIG 1616 on the RLM04, A.MIG 1612 on the RLM79 and A.MIG 1607 on the white); varnished with Hataka Satin Varnish XP08
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Some effects with black oil around the engine
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Time for final touch ups
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Finished!!!
Commenti
40 12 March 2022, 23:39
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Thank you @Kyle, yes, these colors are really nice - my first african Bf 109s actually
10 May 2022, 00:08
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I'm a big fan of 109's and particularly paint schemes used in North Africa. Looking very good 👍
10 May 2022, 00:34
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Thank you @James, I'm also a huge fan of Bf 109s, mostly because of the almost infinite painting schemes you can find; I already built several and will build more - I think I'll want to build either a Condor Legion bird or a late war one, with unpainted wings underneath 🙂
10 May 2022, 07:29
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Ahahahah! Thank you @Karl, but it is, in fact a F-4 (this one) and a G-2 (the other one) 🙂 👍
1 June 2022, 11:04
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Hello Mates; this build is complete; thank you for your kind comments; final photos can be found here: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/Trop | Album by RReis (1:48)
2 June 2022, 21:54
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Final photos of this build are here: Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4/Trop | Album by RReis (1:48)