Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop (WIP)
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Cockpit ready to close
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Cockpit ready to close
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The G and the F (in the foreground)
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Closed and ready to mode on…
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Wings joined with fuselage
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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 Gunze H37
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Some post shading with diluted Tamiya XF-18
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Painting RLM02 bits with the lovely MRP-50
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The AK Real Color are nice and smooth but very, very fragile!
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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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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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Removing the top film...
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...top film removed!
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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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Peeling, again!!! 🙁
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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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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!!!
Коментарі
87 12 March 2022, 23:42
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Nice detail, is that all in the kit or have you added extras to the cockpit?
16 April 2022, 00:01
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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
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Will have to check out a model by my name's sake, have been meaning to for a while ☺️
16 April 2022, 09:19
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Thank you Kyle; the tool is starting to show some age, but it is still a great kit
21 April 2022, 18:34
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I am quite sure you'll overcome any tooling issues. Look forward to seeing it come along.
22 April 2022, 00:39
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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
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😄 Welcome, Nathan; I keep them both on the table and take care to separate the pictures of them
23 April 2022, 18:13
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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
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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
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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
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Well, I'll correct it, no problem, and then, as you say, the cross will cover most of it 🙂
7 May 2022, 13:47
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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
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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
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Seems like the paint is fighting you at every step, Ricardo.
Still looking great!
16 May 2022, 11:06
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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
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Thank you for your comments mates, starting now with the model decals, let's see how it turns up... 🙂
17 May 2022, 09:04
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Hello Mates; this build is complete; thank you for your kind comments; final photos can be found here: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop | Album by RReis (1:48)
2 June 2022, 22:15
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Thank you mates! @Edouard, I'm already working in my next project, the Battleship Yamato is already well underway 🙂
12 June 2022, 12:27
Album info
This is the WIP album, final photos can be found here: Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2/Trop | Album by RReis (1:48)