Bf 109F-4/Trop Rote 2

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February 17, 2019
Project inventory
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February 21, 2019
Sidewall detail comparison
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February 21, 2019
Succesful dry fit
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February 21, 2019
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February 21, 2019
Rudder pedals installed
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February 21, 2019
Comparison Aires vs. Hasegawa's IP
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February 27, 2019
Headrest with PE attachments and holes drilled in IP
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February 27, 2019
PE added
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February 27, 2019
Missing trim chain added from twisted copper wire - ready for primer!
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February 27, 2019
No idea what that's for??
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February 28, 2019
Black base
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February 28, 2019
Fuel inspection added from stretched clear sprue
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February 28, 2019
RLM66 base
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February 28, 2019
blend coat and highlights added
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February 28, 2019
A little bit too bright right now, but clear coats and the rather small fuselage opening will tone it down
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February 28, 2019
Dry fit on the IP, acetate backed with white colour
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March 4, 2019
Details painted, some touch ups needed on the fuel line
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March 4, 2019
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March 4, 2019
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March 4, 2019
Green fabric belts vs. PE belts - what to choose?
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March 4, 2019
Chain drilling the fuel port
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March 4, 2019
After lots of scraping and sand ing: fuel port installed
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March 4, 2019
Minor modification on the Aires cockpit rear wall
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March 5, 2019
Chipping on the seat, floor and trim wheels
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March 5, 2019
Comparison Hasegawa vs. CMK
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March 5, 2019
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March 5, 2019
Brake line from Hasegawa, looks toyish to me -> will be replaced
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March 5, 2019
Some panel lines and panels filled on the wings
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March 5, 2019
There's a piec of plastic for the bulged wheel well ceiling. Fit is horrible, but luckily invisible on the finished plane
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March 7, 2019
Aires seatbelts assembled, not as fiddly as expected
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March 7, 2019
Everything in place, dust pigments on the floor and seat
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March 7, 2019
Middle brown wash on the seatbelts
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March 7, 2019
IP finished
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March 7, 2019
Fuselage buttoned up and cockpit put into place
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March 7, 2019
Revi finished up, IP is a tad too low but collied with the sidewall. Should be invisible once the canopy is in place
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March 7, 2019
The only real fit issue on the Hasegawa kit
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March 10, 2019
Issue solved
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March 10, 2019
Rear compartment door added
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March 10, 2019
Drain pipes added
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March 10, 2019
Hasegawa exhausts
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March 10, 2019
Brassin exhausts
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March 10, 2019
Canopy masked - hours of fiddling!
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March 10, 2019
It's coming together
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March 11, 2019
Exhaust comparison: Hasegawa/Barracuda/Eduard
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March 14, 2019
Hasegawa wingtip light
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March 14, 2019
Inserted clear sprue
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March 14, 2019
Brake line added
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March 25, 2019
Barrcuda exhausts with heat shield from styrene
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March 25, 2019
Port exhausts with thinned heat shield
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March 25, 2019
And primed
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March 25, 2019
Little ghost seam on starboard
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March 25, 2019
Still work to do on the port side
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March 29, 2019
Black base
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March 29, 2019
Almost forgot the stiffener plates
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March 29, 2019
Bad reaction from the Alclad filler and the black base -> sanding
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March 29, 2019
Not much effort on the wheel wells
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March 29, 2019
The ejector pins won't be seen, tried to keep the RLM02 translucent
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March 29, 2019
White marble coat on the spinner and all the other withe parts, white and yellow for the cowl
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March 29, 2019
Maybe a tad to much colour on the fuselage band, the colour variation isn't wuite visible in the picture
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March 29, 2019
Maybe a little bit better on the underside
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March 30, 2019
Underside camo: RLM76, don't like the Gunze shade, it's almost RLM65ish, 10% light grey didi the trick
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March 30, 2019
Marble coat
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March 30, 2019
Blend coat on
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March 30, 2019
Lots of contrast here!
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April 3, 2019
RLM79 marble coat applied
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April 3, 2019
I kept it quite heavy on the sides because the RLM80 mottle will add a lot of contrast
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April 3, 2019
Not sure on the upper wing mottle - Eagle cal suggest early JG27 style blotches. The original looks more like a mottle.
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April 4, 2019
RLM79 is on!
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April 4, 2019
I kept it quite thin to have more contrast when the green is added
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April 4, 2019
Same for the wings, just the wing root collected too much paint but there will be the exhaust stain, so I don't mind
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April 9, 2019
First test cut with Tamiya masking sheet - looks promising!
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April 9, 2019
Unfortunately the crosses came out 2mm too big, despite the correct size in the cutting program
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May 1, 2019
New masks cut from Oramakask 810
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May 1, 2019
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May 1, 2019
masked up for the white
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May 1, 2019
White marble with off white blend coat
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May 2, 2019
The final result - not too bad for a first try
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May 5, 2019
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May 8, 2019
White and red + white marble for insignia/codes
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May 8, 2019
All painted and ready for mottling
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May 10, 2019
Start on the camouflage
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May 12, 2019
right hand side painted, repairs on the insignia are necessary
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May 12, 2019
wing camo
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May 12, 2019
I'll call it: the glamour shot
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May 19, 2019
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May 19, 2019
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June 20, 2019
Putting on the stencils
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June 20, 2019
Mr. Mark softer ate right through two of the Hasegawa decals -> sanding and repainting..
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June 26, 2019
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June 26, 2019
Salt fading - salt grinded over the wet surface
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June 26, 2019
the result with a light grey on the horizontal surfaces
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June 26, 2019
and in close up
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June 27, 2019
preparation for oil dot filtering
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June 27, 2019
dots placed
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June 27, 2019
working the colours into the surface, blended right afterwards with thinner
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June 27, 2019
filter on the left wing vs. previous state on the right wing
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June 29, 2019
underside washing in place; kept it quite subtle
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June 29, 2019
the upper surfaces as well - I went with a dark brown with some raw umber in it
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June 29, 2019
and that's how it looks from a normal vieweing distance
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June 30, 2019
flat black on the Master MG17 barrels, prepraing for the metal look
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June 30, 2019
quick spyshot from the bench with the flat coat on
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July 1, 2019
small stuff for the antenna wire
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July 1, 2019
everything in place with the antenna line from Uschi
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July 1, 2019
and here it's in fnished state
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July 1, 2019
stretched sprue as a light bulb
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July 1, 2019
Master MG17 barrels - painted flat black, metallic effect applied with lead
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July 1, 2019
gun stains
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July 1, 2019
exhaust stains - highly thinned black, followed by dark brown and greyish brown
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July 1, 2019
canopy holder
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July 1, 2019
and put into place
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July 2, 2019
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Comments

4 17 February 2019, 15:12

Rui S
Nice. Watching😎

17 February 2019, 20:33

Joachim F.
Thanks! It might take some time - at least until my 1/48 109 is finished - to get started

18 February 2019, 10:30

Rui S
Very nice progress.The streched clear sprue (great idea), the chain, the acetate (the white behind is not painted is it?) Lot's of detail 👍 Looking great.

28 February 2019, 15:39

Joachim F.
The white is painted but only to pop out the printed detail (in black)

28 February 2019, 18:44

Rui S
But It is such an incredible small detail? They look like decal or stencil...

28 February 2019, 23:13

Joachim F.
It's a little bit hard to describe. There's a good photo in this review of the Aires Ki-84 cockpit:
largescaleplanes.com../review.php?rid=1672

3 March 2019, 07:09

Rui S
Thanks for sharing😢

3 March 2019, 12:44

Alec K
Cool project, following 👍

3 March 2019, 17:00

Joachim F.
Thanks - stay tuned😉

4 March 2019, 19:40

Daniel Klink
Georgeous execution...

4 March 2019, 19:45

Holger Kranich
I will follow this build for sure!

5 March 2019, 13:47

Spanjaard
looking good, very nice cockpit

6 March 2019, 09:31

Joachim F.
Thank you very much mates.
The latest cockpit shots are online.

7 March 2019, 13:58

Spanjaard
👍

8 March 2019, 14:42

Soeren R.
Count me in😉

14 March 2019, 11:57

Holger Kranich
Looks very promising to me!

29 March 2019, 19:30

Clifford Keesler
Following.

30 March 2019, 18:36

Richmond
Superb paintwork

31 March 2019, 11:58

Joachim F.
Thanks guys - it'll take some days to get the upperside camo done. A little hand injury is making the mottling a real pain.

31 March 2019, 17:38

ForestFan
Looking great so far

31 March 2019, 18:58

Erik Leijdens
Beautiful paint job !

4 April 2019, 19:25

Olivier
Fabulous interior !

9 April 2019, 19:26

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome so far.

10 April 2019, 00:12

Holger Kranich
Is that a pre-cut masking sheet?

10 April 2019, 09:53

Joachim F.
Thanks mates!
@Holger: No - I did cut the masks with a Silhouette Portrait plotter - at least I tried!

10 April 2019, 19:05

Alec K
I just got the Cameo plotter, thinking about cutting masks on it as well. Looks like there will be challenges 😄

11 April 2019, 12:50

Joachim F.
I had a discussion on largescaleplanes on this and one problem is the Tamiya sheet. It's just too tacky - I ordered Oramask 810 and will do another mask set with this material. It's supposed to be close to the vinyl of the montex masks

11 April 2019, 16:43

Rui S
Nice progress 👍

6 May 2019, 20:37

arne vd burg
Awesome

10 May 2019, 20:18

Joachim F.
I'm calling it done!

2 July 2019, 16:58

Daniel Klink
and that it is...And the outcome is most adorable.... Great Joachim

2 July 2019, 17:14

Slavo Hazucha
Very nice, all the masking efforts on the markings really paid off IMO - looks great & very realistic!

2 July 2019, 17:48

Rui S
I like your bird. Lots of detaling work. Well done 👍

2 July 2019, 19:37

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work on that 109 👍

2 July 2019, 19:48

Clifford Keesler
Very nice 109.

3 July 2019, 02:06

Neuling
Looks very good!

3 July 2019, 04:49

Trez Mackenzie
Was going to say I'm not normally into too much AM but you have really done a splendid job. I just went through the whole lot of photos and pondered over each one! I felt like I've just watched a 2 hour scale model video - learnt so much! Excellent!🫡

19 February, 22:19

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Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4 Trop 8./JG27 Red 2

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