Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop (WIP)

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March 12, 2022
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March 12, 2022
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April 9, 2022
Cockpit ready to close
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April 9, 2022
Cockpit ready to close
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April 9, 2022
The G and the F (in the foreground)
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April 12, 2022
Closed and ready to mode on…
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April 13, 2022
Wings joined with fuselage
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April 13, 2022
Big gaps in the wing roots
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April 15, 2022
Air filter installed - very difficult, used a combination of PVA Ultra Glue from Ammo (first) and CA glue (second)
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April 15, 2022
Preparing the landing gear with 0,2mm copper wire and 1mm Tamiya tape
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April 20, 2022
Perfect Plastic Putty...
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April 21, 2022
...a swipe with a wet (water) cotton bud and it's ready to go! 🙂
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April 23, 2022
Radiator covers ready, with the tiny PE
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April 23, 2022
Glueing the radiator covers: lousy fit here
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April 23, 2022
AK white primer applied
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April 23, 2022
Flat white using Gunze H-11 on the wintips and rear fuselage band
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April 27, 2022
RLM78 applied with AK Real Color RC281
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May 2, 2022
RLM79 applied with AK Real Color RC283
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May 3, 2022
MRP RML 04 applied over white AK primer diluted with Mr Leveling Thinner
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May 4, 2022
Some post shading with diluted Gunze H37
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May 4, 2022
Some post shading with diluted Tamiya XF-18
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May 6, 2022
Painting RLM02 bits with the lovely MRP-50
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May 6, 2022
The AK Real Color are nice and smooth but very, very fragile!
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May 9, 2022
Touch ups and corrections made, X-22 varnish applied
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May 11, 2022
Some light sanding
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May 11, 2022
Masking
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May 11, 2022
MRP red applied over white primer
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May 11, 2022
Ready for decals
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May 15, 2022
Starting to apply the HGW decals - they are very thin, and wondeful to apply but you can see a pixelized texture to the drawings and the color is to stark, too even and with too much contrast with the base color of the plane; this is the picture still with the top film, drying
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May 15, 2022
Removing the top film...
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May 15, 2022
...top film removed!
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May 15, 2022
All decals applied; in this picture some still have the top film; I started going over them with a diluted coat of RLM79 to integrate the look
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May 16, 2022
Peeling, again!!! 🙁
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May 16, 2022
All fixed up, a mist of RLM79 applied irregulary to integrate a bit the decals and X-22 applied on top, ready to proceed
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May 23, 2022
Decals applied, light chipping on the wings root done, varnished and all ready for the pin wash
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May 28, 2022
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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May 29, 2022
Some effects with black oil around the engine
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May 31, 2022
Time for final touch ups
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June 2, 2022
Finished!!!

Comments

87 12 March 2022, 23:42

Edouard Carr
Nice detail, is that all in the kit or have you added extras to the cockpit?

16 April 2022, 00:01

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Edouard, it's all in the kit; only exceptions are the wires in the main landing gear legs and, of course, the HGW decals for the Heinrich Bär scheme

16 April 2022, 00:44

Edouard Carr
Will have to check out a model by my name's sake, have been meaning to for a while ☺️

16 April 2022, 09:19

Ricardo Reis
😄👍

16 April 2022, 10:46

Kyle DeHart
Looking great so far!

21 April 2022, 11:05

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Kyle; the tool is starting to show some age, but it is still a great kit

21 April 2022, 18:34

Kyle DeHart
I am quite sure you'll overcome any tooling issues. Look forward to seeing it come along.

22 April 2022, 00:39

Nathan Dempsey
I'm going to get confused following these two Trop builds, but I can't wait to see the results.

23 April 2022, 02:19

Ricardo Reis
😄 Welcome, Nathan; I keep them both on the table and take care to separate the pictures of them

23 April 2022, 18:13

Kyle DeHart
Looking good Ricardo

3 May 2022, 00:29

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Kyle - indeed, this color is very nice, I never painted any plane with such a tone; moving fast forward, only the RLM 04 remaining to close the painting, then RLM 02 touch ups and forward to the decals!!! 🙂

3 May 2022, 10:26

Rich K.
As usual, another fantastic build from you!

6 May 2022, 16:41

Ricardo Reis
Hello @Rich, thank you! 😅

6 May 2022, 17:03

Kyle DeHart
Shame about the paint, but the colors really look great!

6 May 2022, 18:45

Ricardo Reis
Thank you mates; indeed, I almost never use primer and also never wash the model before painting, but these paints are really fragile, when compared to Gunze or Tamiya; also more than MRP; the most resistant colors I know are the Hataka ones! And thank you for the warning about the decal solutions @Roland. 👍

6 May 2022, 22:15

Guillaume Blanchet
Oh! that sucks. I often apply a very thin coat of Clear (mat in my case) after the fisrt color coat is apply & before applying masking tape for extra protection. At least, in your case the iron cross must be lose to mask the whole area

7 May 2022, 00:14

Ricardo Reis
Well, I'll correct it, no problem, and then, as you say, the cross will cover most of it 🙂

7 May 2022, 13:47

John
Excellent work Ricardo! I am intrigued by the HGW decals, I have never used those before and am considering getting a few sets.

16 May 2022, 02:33

Ricardo Reis
My first time also; technically they are nice, I'm just a bit disappointed with the pixelized effect, noticeable on the curves, but they do settle very well indeed; being the replication of a sprayed squiggle, I would prefer that the color was irregular, but I'm trying to do that by painting on top of them

16 May 2022, 07:48

Daniel Klink
Very nice progress Ricardo👍

16 May 2022, 07:52

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Daniel

16 May 2022, 10:50

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Seems like the paint is fighting you at every step, Ricardo.
Still looking great!

16 May 2022, 11:06

Gerald
Looking good 👍

16 May 2022, 11:28

Dacia Tank
Why does paint peeling happen?

16 May 2022, 12:08

Ricardo Reis
Thank you mates; @Ben, I would say it's a combination of the paint being fragile and the kit being dirty: I never wash and almost never prime the models - it works fine with Tamiya, Gunze, MRP or Hataka… not so much with AKRC, evidently… 😊

16 May 2022, 18:52

Spanjaard
How, that looks very interesting

16 May 2022, 19:52

Christian Abraham
What a great. You see how much work you put in.

16 May 2022, 20:25

Nathan Dempsey
Looking good 👍🏼

16 May 2022, 23:58

Lochsa River
Very cool!

17 May 2022, 04:50

Ricardo Reis
Thank you for your comments mates, starting now with the model decals, let's see how it turns up... 🙂

17 May 2022, 09:04

David Taylor
Love the camo.

23 May 2022, 21:22

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @David

23 May 2022, 21:33

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Karl, for your kind comment

29 May 2022, 14:31

Ricardo Reis
Hello Mates; this build is complete; thank you for your kind comments; final photos can be found here: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop | Album by RReis (1:48)

2 June 2022, 22:15

Edouard Carr
Looking forward to your next project!

12 June 2022, 00:10