Mikester Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Well I've been suffering from an extreme mojo drought the last several months. I really hadn't planned on doing any more 109s this year but couldn't really get motivated to do anything else so I took the advice of blues rocker Pat Travers and figured I'd "Go for what 'ya know"! So I thought it would be (mildly) interesting to do a comparison build between a Hasegawa and Revell Bf 109G-10 Erla kits. The Revell G-10 is pretty well documented and a fairly solid kit but I'll be throwing a fair amount of after-market at it to get it up to speed. I'll be doing Hartmann's aircraft depicted on the box cover using Anders' excellent profile as my paint reference: For the Hasegawa build I'll be using the OOP EagleParts conversion set mastered by Steve Gallaci. Shape wise more accurate than the Revell kit but grafting a resin nose on can be a pain sometimes and I suffered a major disaster trying this conversion with the old Cutting edge set so hopefully I'll get better results this time. This one will "Red 5" of 2./JG 300. A colorful aircraft that should look pretty cool when finished. tucohoward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 OK, first up is the Revell kit. I've used the Aries cockpit for this. True to Aries some modification is needed even though it's designed for the Revell kit. The wing spar runs beneath the cockpit but there is no channel molded into the cockpit tub to accomodate this so you'll need to Dremel this out yourself. It's a little wide on the forward end too, but not real bad. Dressed up with some Airscale Luftwaffe placards and HGW seatbelts. Fuselage together, I've used the forward portion of a Hasegawa upper cowl to correct the gun trough spacing issue, now the fun part, lots of sanding, yay! tucohoward, leoasman, andromeda673 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted September 3, 2015 Author Share Posted September 3, 2015 And now the Hasegawa, I've used an older Aries resin cockpit here also spruced up with Airscale Luftwaffe placards and HGW seatbelts. Fuselage together and resin nose installed. Fit is pretty good, hopefully just a little sanding and blending to get it fared in. Lud13, mywifehatesmodels and tucohoward 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Nice work, Mike! Always interesting to see comparison builds. Kev Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Looking forward to this one mike, you know how much I love late war 109's! Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Nice work on the cockpits, Mike. Will certainly be following along. Jay Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 Well a little later than I anticipated with the second installment but I wound up with more work than I bargained for! First up the Revell: The Aries cockpit really seemed to throw off the whole fuselage geometry. I wound up with a step on the port side wing root that had to be filled and a considerable gap on the lower fuselage that had to be shimmed and filled. This is my third Revell Gustav and all three have really poor windscreen fit, maybe it isn't me after all! The BarracudaCast S/C intake, fresh air scoops and oil cooler are installed now too. Few more hours and she's off to the paint shop! andromeda673, tucohoward and D.B. Andrus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted September 26, 2015 Author Share Posted September 26, 2015 Next up the Hasegawa, resin after-market woes as well, this time more my fault than Master Details wheel bay inserts. I wasn't real thorough with my dry fits so I wound up with some leading edge issues but I managed to tame them. The EagleParts nose required a little work especially around the wing roots but wasn't too bad overall. andromeda673 and tucohoward 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 Nice to see some progress, Mike! Good work, too. Kev Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 Noice Mike, Regards, Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I like the way you slipped in the Hasegawa's gun cowl. Very enjoyable to follow your progress Mike. cheers Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikester Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 Some progress on "Red 5" (Hasegawa), Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500 laid down: And paint (Mr. Color) and decals (BarracudaCals) applied: Jim Hatch sent me some Lifecolor acrylic washes a couple of years back which I tried and didn't like. I was just using water to thin them though, I figured I'd give them another go thinned with alcohol this time and they behaved much better. I've used Exhaust Oil and Dirty Grease for the oil cooler leaks. I'm not sure I'm in love with it, feel free to let me know what you think of the effect: Quickboost Exhausts, painted Mr. Color Burnt Metal with a Lifecolor Burnt Rust wash and Tamiya weathering pastels: BarracudaCast wheels and G-Factor landing gear struts, the resin nose is really heavy and I was concerned about the plastic struts ability to hold up so I splurged on the metal gear. I didn't have a mask for the correct shape for the spinner spiral so I ended up using a decal, which I normally dread for this job. Hair dryer to the rescue, although it's useless to me for it's intended task it works outstanding for getting decals to settle down, if you're not using this trick you need to! BarracudaCast spinner and blades: tucohoward, Zero77, leoasman and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Terrific work, Mike! Both builds are looking great. I use the hairdryer trick on decals all the time, though you have to be careful with resin parts in the vicinity (which I found out the hard way on my Fisher Ryan build). Kev Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andromeda673 Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 hell yeah, nice progress, looking good! Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Interesting mix-matching! Great job on the builds!! Cheers Alan Mikester 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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