Andrew's 2x AZ Model Bf 109 G-6 - JG300 'Wilde Sau' (The Hunters and the Hunted)

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good Andrew.

[Valeron]

Looking good. I'll be watching.

[adt70hk]

Just pulled up my chair, nice start.

Ian, welcome aboard!! Apologies if it's getting a bit crowded in the front row, I'll put some more seats out!!

Looking good Andrew.

Thanks Tim. Not far off your favourite topic..... Figure painting!!!

Looking good. I'll be watching.

Thanks Mike and welcome to the party!!


All the best all!!

Andrew

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
A little late to the party but I'll elbow my way in. I've never heard of AZ Models but these don't look bad at all. The Airfix kit does look to have slightly crisper detail but there's not a lot in it. Cockpits will paint up nicely. Good idea to put alignment strips into the fuselage halves.
Jim

[adt70hk]

Hi Andrew
A little late to the party but I'll elbow my way in. I've never heard of AZ Models but these don't look bad at all. The Airfix kit does look to have slightly crisper detail but there's not a lot in it. Cockpits will paint up nicely. Good idea to put alignment strips into the fuselage halves.
Jim

Jim

Welcome to the party!!! Thanks for the support and glad you like the alignment strips, I thought it was quite an inspired idea!!

ATB.

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So I've managed to finish both sets of wings.

One of the other 'cheap' things about this kit is that the radiators on the rear are square but you have to cut them at an angle to get the wings to sit flat - fortunately I got the angle about right - but they actually tell you to cut the angle the wrong way on each piece.....but all you have to do is swap them to the other side.:confounded::confounded:

However, it turns out that these rear radiators are pointless because you can't see them when the rear covers are on.....:rolling:

I've done a couple of very loose dry-fits, with and without the cockpit, and they seem to go together reasonably well and without any gaps between wings and fuselage!! :smiling3: :smiling3:

I think I've got to the point where I've done as much as I can without painting the innards and the pilots, so that's what you're likely to see next.

ACW as usual

Andrew

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Radiators prior to the top going on





Top and bottom of wings





The two dry fits

[Lee Drennen]

Nice progress Andrew.

[adt70hk]

Nice progress Andrew.

Thanks Lee!!

[colin m]

Looking good. It's nice to have a theme / idea to aim towards. AZ models, yes, my limited experience of them is, everything is sort of there, but just doesn't quite 'gel'. They are modeller's, models.

[adt70hk]

Looking good. It's nice to have a theme / idea to aim towards. AZ models, yes, my limited experience of them is, everything is sort of there, but just doesn't quite 'gel'. They are modeller's, models.

Thanks Colin. Good to have you on
board and you're right about a theme, it somehow adds something to it......my problem is that I think I now have 16 kits for it with another one on the way.....

As for not quite 'gelling', that's a very good way to put it.

These are are my first AZ kits and I was struggling to think of a word but you summed it up perfectly.

For example, I know some people who poo poo Airfix but their newer releases really are pretty good in terms of fit in my limited experience and certainly better than this.

Thanks again for joining the party!

ATB.

 Andrew

[arb65912]

Nice work, Andrew.

Greetings from complete newbie. :-)

[AlanG]

Hi all

So I've managed to finish both sets of wings.

One of the other 'cheap' things about this kit is that the radiators on the rear are square but you have to cut them at an angle to get the wings to sit flat - fortunately I got the angle about right - but they actually tell you to cut the angle the wrong way on each piece.....but all you have to do is swap them to the other side.:confounded::confounded:

However, it turns out that these rear radiators are pointless because you can't see them when the rear covers are on.....:rolling:

I've done a couple of very loose dry-fits, with and without the cockpit, and they seem to go together reasonably well and without any gaps between wings and fuselage!! :smiling3: :smiling3:

I think I've got to the point where I've done as much as I can without painting the innards and the pilots, so that's what you're likely to see next.

ACW as usual

Andrew

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Radiators prior to the top going on





Top and bottom of wings





The two dry fits

Looking good Andrew. And the best thing is.... that you don't have to fill and sand flush the seams on top and bottom of the fuselage because the real Bf109s had skin joins/panel lines there :smiling3:

[Jim R]

Hi Andrew
Nice to see that the dry fit looks good. Fuselage halves and wing roots so often cause problems.
Jim

[adt70hk]

Looking good Andrew. And the best thing is.... that you don't have to fill and sand flush the seams on top and bottom of the fuselage because the real Bf109s had skin joins/panel lines there :smiling3:

Really!!! Fantastic news!!!! Best news of the year..... At least on the modelling front!!! :smiling5:

[scottie3158]

Andrew,
Apologies I missed this uptil now, but I will follow along now.