Bf 109G-5 Night Fighter (WIP)
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Very quick assembly of the cockpit in less than one hour
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Main cockpit blocks painted with Gunze’s RLM66
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Some Kristal Klear on the dials for shine and volume
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Overview of the cockpit so far
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Ready to close
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Now... will the pitot hold without being snapped... :/
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Fuselage and wings assembled... tricky...
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Huge gaps on the wing roots, had to hold them up, hope I did not overdo on the diedral...
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Huge gaps on the wing roots, had to hold them up, hope I did not overdo on the diedral...
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Painting RLM02 on the inside of the radiators
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Wing roots with Plastic Perfect Putty; windshield glued in place
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Wing roots with Plastic Perfect Putty; windshield glued in place
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Radiators painted and glued
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A little pre-shading on the RLM76
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Hataka RLM76 (orange line lacquer) - very smooth
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Undersides with Tamiya NATO Black
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Masking for wheel wells
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Wheel wells painted RLM02 with MRP-50
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Base metallic color painted with AK Xtreme Metal
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The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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Decals applied and varnished with X-22
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Decals applied and varnished with X-22
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Preparing the brake lines with copper wire (0,3mm)
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Chipping fluid applied below the RLM70 on the propeller
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Propeller chipped
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Grey wash from AMMO applied to the black areas
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Paneliners from AK applied - too light?
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Mud with oils, mainly Dark Mud (A.MIG 3508)
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Some wear with Starship Bay Sludge on the wing roots (A.MIG 3532)
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Oils finished and MRP matt varnish applied (MRP-127)
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Oils finished and MRP matt varnish applied (MRP-127)
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Sculpting the isolator in a 1,2mm Evergreen plastic rod, which I drilled with a 0,3mm drill bit
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Threading an Ushi elastic cable through (0,03mm)
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Glueing the antenna wire
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Opmerkingen
18 3 July 2020, 17:51
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Thanks mates. I love these kits although I was surprised this time by the gaps between wings upper half and fuselage...
7 July 2020, 11:26
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Thanks Nathan, will try to close this build in the next couple of weeks
27 September 2020, 22:22
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Yes, it's awesome; unfortunately very few photos, I could only find one of the "White 1", some others for "White 7" and "Yellow 1"; ww2aircraft.net/foru..al-camouflage.49743/
30 September 2020, 09:39
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Finished! Final photos will be in a separate album in this project.
3 October 2020, 21:13
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Very nice Ricardo, I just started with mine Bf-109E4/7...looking forward for your final pictures.
3 October 2020, 21:27
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Hi all! Final pictures of the Bf 109 are now in the new album under the same project. Hope you like it: Bf 109G-5 Night Fighter | Album by RReis (1:48)
3 October 2020, 23:01