Bf109G6 Early Version

[Vaughan]

Help a missing part!!!!!!

Hi guys all but finished the Hawker Hurricane just some weathering to do.

I thought I might as well dig out the 109G6 and to my horror I have a major piece missing everything that I have removed from the sprus have been put into sandwich bags but I have part of the propeller assembly missing the part that locates and holds one side of the propeller blades. I don't see away round not using it and there's no way that I could scratch build it.

Now as this is a Trumpeter kit I'm not even sure that you can get spares being from China.

Vaughan

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[Guest]

Hi Vaughan i like this kit a lot i have built the 109 G10 you've done a cracking job so far, stick with it.

Scott

[Vaughan]

There must be a god

Hi guys somebody must be looking down on me the missing part has reappeared I think it's called putting it in a safe place. I'd been working on the part just after Christmas as there were ejector pin marks on the inside which prevented the propeller blade fitting properly needed to be removed. So all is well.

Vaughan

[stona]

missing part has reappeared Vaughan

Good news. I'm not sure how easy it would be to get a replacement part and it's not a bit that someone would have left over in the spares box.

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Hi Steve I did manage to find the official distributer, on the Trumpeter site, for the UK last night a company called Pocketbond Ltd. I had emailed them prior to finding the part so will be interesting to see if I get a response incase in the future I really do lose a part.

Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Hi all

Have made a start on the rest of the plane at last. Airbrush seems to be behaving it's self so getting some where with the spraying. The RLM04 was a bit tricky but as everyone knows spraying yellow is not easy.

Vaughan

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[stona]

Nice work there Vaughan.

When you come to do the armour behind the pilot you might want to cut out the centre of the kit part and fit a bit of clear plastic. On your version of the Bf109 there was a panel of armoured glass inserted into the plate. I know Trumpeter somehow missed this. It was supposed to help the view to the rear but was later discontinued. I''ve managed to crop a half decent image of it from one of the photos on my HD.

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Hi Steve

Thanks for the image. Someone else had mentioned to me about the glass panel it's going to be fun trying to cut out the panel as the plastic is very thick but will give it a go. Any hints on cutting only have a scalpel and a pin vice with different size bits.

Vaughan

[stona]

Any hints on cutting only have a scalpel and a pin vice with different size bits.Vaughan

I'd take my time with a scalpel and not try to cut too close to the edge. You can always work out towards the edges with some filing and sanding. I've heard of people using clear decal paper to simulate the glass rather than trying to inlay some clear styrene. Presumably one piece on each side.

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Hi Steve Thanks will take your advice and let you know how I get on.

Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Hi all

Have had a go at cutting out a window for the glass panel. Looks ok and have used Clearfix to produce a window. Here's what it looks like at the moment says that you need to leave it overnight so will see what it looks like in the morning.

Vaughan

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[Vaughan]

Hi there Steve I noticed on the image you posted that the ariel mast appears slightly offset to the centre line of the fuselage? or is it a shadow from the ariel wire?

Vaughan

[stona]

MMMMmmm! Initially I thought that the line was the panel line which runs down the spine of the Bf109 and that the mast was off set which would be odd. This is a reconnaisance aircraft and I suspect that the panel line (where the skins from the port and starboard sides meet) has been filled and smoothed because I can't see it at all.

On close examination you can see the shadow of the insulator (just at the join between the rear part of the hood and fuselage) which is inline with that line which I think is indeed the shadow of the aerial wire. The mast is on the centreline. The sun was high in the sky when the photo was taken.

Cheers

Steve

[The Migrant]

Great work so far Vaughan, good job on the window in the armoured panel

[Guest]

Hi

I really like the Me 109 G6, I am following this closely. I have one, started to ten months and stopped because I did not like how was doing. It may be that this re-touch it.

One question, because the problem is the same. As the simulated glass to protect the pilot?

Thanks