ChuckD Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 (edited) Hi, everyone. If you've followed my ridiculously slow "Messerschmitts of North Africa" WIP thread, you already know that my Bf-109 was getting close to done. Today, I was able to put the finishing touches on it and call it complete. I'm happy with the way it turned out for sure. It's not perfect, but it's probably the best 1/32 aircraft I've ever done - out of a total of like 4. Definitely learned a lot along the way as this was my first attempt at masking and painting the inside of a canopy. Turned out pretty well, I think. This is Hasegawa kit 08881/ST31, Bf-109F-4 Trop and was finished out of the box with the exception of some HGW seatbelts. Paints were a mix of Mr. Paint, Mr. Color, Tamiya, Vallejo, and a partridge in a pear tree. Weathered with oils and pastels. If you followed my thread at all, you'll know that I'm a bit of a numbers geek, and so I've kept a fairly detailed build log of both this and the Bf-110 I've been working on in parallel. Here are the final statistics: Started: 11/10/2017 Finished: 12/28/2017 Days on bench: 48 Total materials cost: $60.66 Planning and preparation time: 7.6 hrs Build time: 13.35 hrs Painting time: 11.9 hrs Weathering time: 5.3 hrs Number of sessions at the bench: 26 Average time per session: 1.47 hrs Average time per day: .79 hrs Number of favorite sweatshirts ruined: 1 Edited December 29, 2017 by Gewehr 43 red baron, tucohoward, CATCplSlade and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Continued... Kendzior, Cheetah11, Old Dog and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Very nice, and cleanly done. Herr Marseille would have been proud. Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 That looks fantastic! Love it. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Excellent build! Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 ...really cool..., I was always tempted to do a desert 109, now i‘m inspired againe! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Very very very nice! I've a F4 in my pipeline and the Hasegawa kit is a little gem so your work stimulating me. How did you glue the knobs on canopy? Future? More wip pics, please! Ciao Filippo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Thanks for the compliments, guys. Very very very nice! I've a F4 in my pipeline and the Hasegawa kit is a little gem so your work stimulating me. How did you glue the knobs on canopy? Future? More wip pics, please! Ciao Filippo I just used white glue for the knobs. They were a pain in the butt to paint because they were so small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurice Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircare84 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Very nice & clean build. Well done! Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 thats very nice mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Thank you for the compliments, everyone. I really appreciate them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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