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[AlanG]

I completely agree and the Gustav was even more superior but again even less of a looker. You can't beat the looks of the E for my money. I just know there is someone here who will know, if the E was an Emil and the G was a Gustav what was the F?

Friedrich and the K version was known as the Kurfürst

[stona]

Give me an "Friedrich" any day! The "Gustavs",and heaven knows there were enough different versions to confuse the Germans at the time,never mind us seventy years later,had too many lumps and bumps ruining their fine lines. I'll concede that the "Kurfurst" ironed some of these out but they were badly built and didn't perform as well as hoped.

I'm stuck in Dublin at the moment and only have drawings of the G-10 scanned on my HD. They show the fuselage skinning well. The rear fuselage is superficially not that different from the ancestral E model.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Thats one sweet looking 109 .I use MMD green putty on seams and run acetone on a 'Q' tip quickly after its applied to smooth it, if I do it right it requires very little sanding.

[Vaughan]

Thanks guys for the all the info. I'm now at the stage where I've fitted the canopy. It's not a brilliant fit but will see how it goes.

Vaughan

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[Vaughan]

Progress so far

The canopy is sprayed and unmasked I'm a bit disappointed as there are dust particles inside the canopy I don't know where They came from as i made sure that it was clean before I fitted it.

Undercarriage and wheels are sorted. Arial mast and aerolong counter balances yet to be fitted will leave them till the decals are done as they a rather fragile. I'm going to use Revell decal fix to help bed them down.

Also weathering to do, if any of you guys have some techniques on weathering I would welcome it. Here's another image of my progress.

Vaughan

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[AlanG]

I tend to use chalk pastels for my weathering. Some people use oils. I suppose it depends how confident you are. I also you Promodeller washes (now known as Flory Models washes)

But it's looking great so far so keep going. Enjoying watching this com to life

[Guest]

Give me an "Friedrich" any day! The "Gustavs",and heaven knows there were enough different versions to confuse the Germans at the time,never mind us seventy years later,had too many lumps and bumps ruining their fine lines. I'll concede that the "Kurfurst" ironed some of these out but they were badly built and didn't perform as well as hoped.I'm stuck in Dublin at the moment and only have drawings of the G-10 scanned on my HD. They show the fuselage skinning well. The rear fuselage is superficially not that different from the ancestral E model.

Cheers

Steve

See, it's the shape of the nose and spinner that ruin the look for me, now I know that the F would be better aerodynamically as well as more powerful etc etc but the look of the Emil has it all for me, I also like the tailplane bracing struts.

Just reading the Haynes manual of the Hawker Hurricane, (my fave british warbird) and discovered there were a few variants that could make interesting scratch builds at some point, they even trialled a detachable upper wing biplane version for heavy load / short field takeoffs, nothing to do with the above ust found it interesting.

Having watched a few documentaries and read a few books it seems the F is the most lauded by the pilots that flew different variants of these planes, apparently it had the best balance of power, weight, armament, handling and so on of all of them.

[stona]

the F is the most lauded by the pilots that flew different variants of these planes, apparently it had the best balance of power, weight, armament, handling and so on of all of them.

I'd agree with that,but it would have been rather lightly armed for knocking down four engined bombers. The development of ever heavier,powerful and heavily armed versions was inevitable.

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Decals go down

Hi all onto the decal stage now, as you can see from the image they have bedded down very well. Slight issue with registration and only slight silvering of the carrier film but hey it's a inexpensive Revell kit so I'm pleased.

Vaughan

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[Vaughan]

Decals continue

Slow progress but they are still going down well. A bit of an issue with the opacity and camo showing through.

Vaughan

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[stona]

Nice work Vaughan,comeing along nicely!

Cheers

Steve

[Vaughan]

Thanks for that I'm impressed with the Revell decals they're going down a treat. Using Revells decal soft I think has really helped.

Vaughan

[spanner570]

Very neat and crisp build Vaughan.

Looking well.

Ron

[Vaughan]

Nearly there!!

Hi all nearly there. Spoke too soon about the decals the smaller decals for the wings demarcation lines broke up as soon as I slide them off the carrier paper a real nightmare so have applied as many as i can. Also applied some exhaust staining along cowling and wing roots but not my strong point any hints please. Ariel mast now in place hints on ariel wire type and fitting would go down well have tried melting sprue in the past with not much success. Anyway here are a few images

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[Guest]

Looks great ! Thats too bad about the decal mishap. I use a thinned down black with a tiny bit of rust added for the exhaust spraying light coats until I get the look I'm after. I have also used ground charcoal as well with decent results. The cool thing about the dry charcoal/pastel method is its easy to remove if you make a mistake.