Cyber Hobby (Dragon) Bf109E Trop

[Steve Jones]

Barry

Liking your work! Its certainly coming together well

Steve

[BarryW]

I have finished priming and on checking joins found very little corrective work to do thanks to plenty of preparation.

Yellow being known for poor coverage I then sprayed the nose and tail with the MRP sand primer, just a light coat to tone down the contrast before spraying RLM04 Gelb. I got the fairly subtle modulated effect I want.

Tomorrow I will spray RLM78 underside.
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[scottie3158]

Hi Barry,
lovely work so far, the dashboard looks very good the dials look perfect

[BarryW]

A bit more progress painting the RLM78 underside and lower sides. The lack basing has left me with the modulate colour effect I was after. Very pleased with the result.

I will be masking up for the top-side and also masking the wheel wells to paint them RLM02 next.

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[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Great progress. Really admire your organised, neat approach. Quality results show it is all worth while. Impressed with anyone who can spray yellow so well :thumb2:
Jim

[BarryW]

A little more done.

The wheel wells painted RLM02.

I am hoping to spray the topside RLM79 tonight and may get a little more done tomorrow morning. But then I am flying off to Cyprus for a week and won’t get back to the bench for a bit. I am hoping to have the time to make another post before I go.
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[BarryW]

My final post before I am off to Cyprus today.

RLM79 and RLM80 done.

I will do the white band when I am back. The pictures I have seen suggest it was applied over the camo so I am doing the same.

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[flyjoe180]

Looking great Barry

[BarryW]

Back from Pafos today and unlikely to get some bench time before Monday night. I did manage to grab a few minutes while waiting to leave for the airport to mask up the white band.

I used Tammy tape cut for ‘spacers’ to set where my base line would be measured against a panel line.
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With one good base line it makes positioning the other side easy. Then some tape to widen the mask. I may widen it more before spraying.
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Only when the mask is removed will I be able to tell if it worked. Next post.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
Hope you had a great holiday. We love Cyprus - we stay in the Troodos Mountains.
Fingers crossed for the masking - always a nervous time unmasking.
Jim

[BarryW]

Hi Jim - we had a great time thanks.....arrived back, nice relaxed and chilled, but now back in the office and feel I need a holiday...

I have been making some more progress.
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As you can see above the white band looks pretty good...

Masked and sprayed the markings
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Unveiled
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You cannot beat sprayed on markings....
there is a little touching up to do which I will get done over a couple of days then there are some decals to apply.

[Jim R]

Hi Barry
White stripe looks good as do the markings. The extra work involved in painting markings rather than using decals is certainly worth while.
Jim

[BarryW]

I have been applying some decals and will next be doing some detail painting.
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The decals are a bit thick, hence my using the masks for the main markings, but hopefully I will find tonight that they have settled down under the heavy treatment of decal solution I applied last night.

I should be able to get on with some detail painting tonight prior to a sealing gloss varnish coat ready for pin washes.

[BarryW]

Detail painting done, sealing gloss coat applied, AKI panel line washes applied, first matt coat, then I did some pigment work and streak effects and then after a final matt coat, chipping with Usci metal powders and silver pencil and kerosene and oil leaks. Final fitting and done.

I will do a completed thread but just a couple of progress shots here.

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