Revell 1/32 Me109 G-6

[BarryW]

A few more pics. I have been pulling together random sub-assemblies while waiting for a new airbrush needle delivery.











I have not sanded or treated any joins on the above, I will do that tonight but there is not much at all to worry about...

[Guest]

Looking good Barry. very nice detailing on the plastic.

[Vaughan]

Barry I think your being a tad harsh on Revell I think you've been spoilt on the more expensive models you've built. Here's a link to the the exact same model I built in 2014, I was very happy with the results I had, https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...bf109g6.20694/.click on the photos to see the images not the links in blue above. Good luck with your build it seems to be coming along just fine.

[BarryW]

Barry I think your being a tad harsh on Revell I think you've been spoilt on the more expensive models you've built. Here's a link to the the exact same model I built in 2014, I was very happy with the results I had, https://www.scale-models.co.uk/threa...bf109g6.20694/.click on the photos to see the images not the links in blue above. Good luck with your build it seems to coming along just fine.

Oh I agree that I have been spoilt but it would not exactly add much on the price of a kit to improve their production and standards in a few areas like part identification. I should not think it would add much either to use a better plastic. Even £5 on a kit will still keep their 1/32's the cheapest around. That said, as mentioned this kit is growing on me despite the irritations, it is far from the worse I have had.

[BarryW]

I have been laying down some detail on the internals. I have to matt varnish and do final washes,‘pigments and some aluminium detailing before assembling the cockpit.

Some punted subs so far.
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The I.p. Is waiting for the ddd Ed dal solution to dry.

[stona]

The I.p. Is waiting for the ddd Ed dal solution to dry.

Is that a Welsh keyboard you've got there Barry?

Those subs look very nice. I'm tempted to give these harnesses a go on my next large scale project, they look very realistic.

[BarryW]

Is that a Welsh keyboard you've got there Barry?

Those subs look very nice. I'm tempted to give these harnesses a go on my next large scale project, they look very realistic.

Oh the joys of auto-not-correct.

[BarryW]

Cockpit came together nicely.

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I have been quite hard on Revell but, credit where credit is due, the fit of the fuselage halves could not be bettered by Tamiya.

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Not a lot of sanding/filling needed partly due to the upper and lower panel lines but also because of the engineering and fit.

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[BarryW]

On to the wings...

The fit on the inner top wings is spot on and I quite like how they engineered this.







I painted the wheel wells RLM02 and will weather them later.

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The bottom inner wing it is not quite so exact but it is by no means poor. A bit of filler is needed in a couple of places.

[adt70hk]

Barry

Looking very good as always.

ATB

Andrew

[BarryW]

This is an easy one to mask. Underside first.


The topside - I am using the late canopy to mask the cockpit, a bit of blue roll in the pit to catch some overspray that might get through.



I then sprayed black primer. There are just a few areas where I need to treat the seams, I used some Mr Dissolved Putty, which shows up white in the pics.





I will sand when fully cured and re-prime before spraying the first base coat.

[Guest]

Nice work Barry.

Lolly sticks a novel idea

Laurie

[BarryW]

A bit of filling and sanding done then the lower camo. I do like Luftwaffe schemes, there is always a lot of interest and variation in them. It is one explanation of why German WW2 subjects are so popular.

RLM076 done, the underside wingtips will be white as will the rudder. Under the nose it will be RLM04 yellow.

[adt70hk]

Looking good Barry. What unit markings will you be using?

ATB

Andrew

[BarryW]

I have sprayed the white and yellow areas of the underside plus the white tail.
later I will mask these, do a little touching up and then mask the demarcation line on the fuselage with white tac snakes to spray the first topside coat.