Bf 109G-5 Night Fighter (WIP)

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July 3, 2020
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July 3, 2020
Very quick assembly of the cockpit in less than one hour
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July 3, 2020
Main cockpit blocks painted with Gunze’s RLM66
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July 3, 2020
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July 3, 2020
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July 5, 2020
Some Kristal Klear on the dials for shine and volume
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July 5, 2020
Overview of the cockpit so far
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July 5, 2020
Ready to close
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July 5, 2020
Now... will the pitot hold without being snapped... :/
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July 6, 2020
Fuselage and wings assembled... tricky...
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July 6, 2020
Huge gaps on the wing roots, had to hold them up, hope I did not overdo on the diedral...
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July 6, 2020
Huge gaps on the wing roots, had to hold them up, hope I did not overdo on the diedral...
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July 6, 2020
Painting RLM02 on the inside of the radiators
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July 13, 2020
Wing roots with Plastic Perfect Putty; windshield glued in place
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July 13, 2020
Wing roots with Plastic Perfect Putty; windshield glued in place
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July 13, 2020
Radiators painted and glued
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July 24, 2020
A little pre-shading on the RLM76
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July 24, 2020
Hataka RLM76 (orange line lacquer) - very smooth
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July 25, 2020
Upper camo with Hataka RLM74 over RLM76
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July 25, 2020
Upper camo with Hataka RLM74 over RLM76
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July 26, 2020
Undersides with Tamiya NATO Black
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July 27, 2020
Masking for wheel wells
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July 27, 2020
Wheel wells painted RLM02 with MRP-50
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August 9, 2020
Base metallic color painted with AK Xtreme Metal
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August 10, 2020
The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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August 10, 2020
The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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August 10, 2020
The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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August 10, 2020
The decals perform ok, but the crosses on the side are a nightmare, can’t kill the wrinkles...
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August 12, 2020
Decals applied and varnished with X-22
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August 12, 2020
Decals applied and varnished with X-22
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August 13, 2020
Preparing the brake lines with copper wire (0,3mm)
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September 3, 2020
Chipping fluid applied below the RLM70 on the propeller
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September 3, 2020
Propeller chipped
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September 3, 2020
Grey wash from AMMO applied to the black areas
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September 3, 2020
Paneliners from AK applied - too light?
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September 27, 2020
Mud with oils, mainly Dark Mud (A.MIG 3508)
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September 27, 2020
Some wear with Starship Bay Sludge on the wing roots (A.MIG 3532)
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September 29, 2020
Oils finished and MRP matt varnish applied (MRP-127)
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September 29, 2020
Oils finished and MRP matt varnish applied (MRP-127)
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October 3, 2020
Sculpting the isolator in a 1,2mm Evergreen plastic rod, which I drilled with a 0,3mm drill bit
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October 3, 2020
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October 3, 2020
Threading an Ushi elastic cable through (0,03mm)
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October 3, 2020
Glueing the antenna wire
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October 3, 2020

Comments

18 3 July 2020, 17:51

Rui S
Belo trabalho no cockpit, Ricardo 👍

6 July 2020, 21:20

Ricardo Reis
Obrigado, o Profipack fica lindo logo de caixa 🙂

6 July 2020, 23:55

Nathan Dempsey
That is a great looking cockpit. Keep up the good work.

7 July 2020, 02:29

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice sir.

7 July 2020, 02:38

Ricardo Reis
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

Guillaume Blanchet
Looking good!

25 July 2020, 02:44

Ricardo Reis
Thanks, let's see if the paint scheme does it justice 🙂

25 July 2020, 07:56

Ricardo Reis
Is it me, or the decals from Eduard are not great?...

10 August 2020, 20:50

Bigglesof266
Unusual Bf camo. Looks great!

10 August 2020, 21:25

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Bigglesof266!

10 August 2020, 22:37

Nathan Dempsey
Great camo work there Ricardo.

10 August 2020, 22:52

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Nathan, it is uncommon and very striking 🙂

10 August 2020, 23:07

Clifford Keesler
That is a neat camo scheme. Well done.

11 August 2020, 00:08

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Clifford - almost finished now! 👍

11 August 2020, 11:08

Eelco Gregoire
nice built!

11 August 2020, 11:51

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Eelco

11 August 2020, 19:47

Ricardo Reis
Starting weathering with oils

27 September 2020, 20:58

Nathan Dempsey
Nice to see this one going again 🙂

27 September 2020, 21:09

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Nathan, will try to close this build in the next couple of weeks

27 September 2020, 22:22

Clifford Keesler
Agree with Nathan.

28 September 2020, 00:36

Lochsa River
nice build, Ricardo!

28 September 2020, 03:00

Ricardo Reis
Thanks guys! 🙂

28 September 2020, 10:06

Clifford Keesler
I really love that color scheme.

30 September 2020, 00:49

Ricardo Reis
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

Jim J
Looking great so far. Cool scheme.

3 October 2020, 18:05

Ricardo Reis
Thanks Jim, wrapping it up this weekend! 🙂

3 October 2020, 19:17

Ricardo Reis
Finished! Final photos will be in a separate album in this project.

3 October 2020, 21:13

Jos Jansen
Very nice Ricardo, I just started with mine Bf-109E4/7...looking forward for your final pictures.

3 October 2020, 21:27

Ricardo Reis
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

Project info

Messerschmitt Bf 109G-5

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Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-5

Wehrmacht Luftwaffe (German Air Force 1935-1945)
1./JG 300 Black 18 (JG54) & prev. White 2 (Uffz. Hermann Berdelmann)
July 1944 World War 2 - Herzogenaurach
RLM74 RLM75 RLM76 RLM02

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