Guest Airfixer Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) I'd go with RLM 76 painted undersides. Partially unpainted wing undersides are photographically documented throughout the G-10 series - Erla, WNF/Diana and Messerschmitt. Only one example of partially painted underwing surfaces - Erla Bf 109G-10, W.Nr.491407, A.N.R. If you feel better with RLM 76, go for it! Due to the lack of photographs of the undersides of Hartmann's mount, speculation/RLM 76 is your friend. Edited December 15, 2017 by Airfixer Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Looking fantastic John, nice choice on the scheme too. Regards. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 15, 2017 Share Posted December 15, 2017 Love that cockpit. Paint it the way that makes you feel comfortable. No sense agonizing over it. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 15, 2017 Author Share Posted December 15, 2017 (edited) Thanks for the helpful comments. I guess RLM 76 undersides is a good choice. I'll probably go with that. Getting closer to painting as I add the final details to the cockpit before closing it up. I've added the little lights on the forward cockpit walls. I lost the resin pieces to the carpet monster. I cut off the lights from the kit cockpit sidewalls since they weren't used and proceeded to lose one of those as well. I fashioned one out of a 1/48 machine gun barrel. Futzing with those lights also knocked out the optical glass from the Revi sight so I had to cut some new ones from clear acetate. Can't see it well but I painted the edges of the rear glass a clear blue/green. The clear canopy parts can now be glued into place. I've also attached the horizontal stabs and wing ailerons. Those middle flaperons are just snapped into place for now. One the bottom, the center panels including the ammo chute openings have been glued into place. I'll have to do some minor fill work on that bottom panel area as well as the windscreen and canopy. But I'm that much closer to painting! Edited April 17, 2018 by Thunnus Victor K2, Paul in Napier, Greg W and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 John, Great scheme and an awesome looking cockpit! Truly Remarkable! Gaz Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 17, 2017 Author Share Posted December 17, 2017 (edited) Upon looking at the close-up pics of the exhausts, I wasn't quite happy with the results, so I decided to do a little more work on them. I resprayed them with Duraluminum but sprayed lightly so that it did not cover the previous work entirely. I thought this might create a little more depth. The exhausts were given a re-mist of Exhaust Manifold. And again, the bases were sprayed with a darker metallic color. The dry-dabbing of the rusty color was performed more carefully this time, making sure that my splotches were not as big. Finally, the tips of the pipes were highlighted with black. A test fit onto the fuselage to see how the painted exhausts look. Edited April 17, 2018 by Thunnus sandokan, Greg W, daHeld and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 Those exhausts look great! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 17, 2017 Share Posted December 17, 2017 That's the ticket! Sincerely, Mark sandokan, Gazzas, Thunnus and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) I hope the LSP community is having a wonderful holiday season! The Erla G-10 build continues although the busy holidays are keeping many of us from spending too much time on the workbench, including me! I've put a coat of primer (Mr Surfacer 1000 thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner) on the G-10 prior to starting the painting. As usual, the primer revealed a lot of little errors that need correction before I start painting so I've been addressing those. I don't always primer the entire model before painting but on my last build, I experienced some paint lifting during the masking of the markings and I wanted to avoid that here. One thing I didn't like about the primer coat is that it seemed to be burying the rivet detail little by little. I backed off on the application of the primer so that's why it looks a bit splotchy. I've decided to carefully re-do the rivets which is taking a lot of time. It's a pain trying to wheel the Rivet-R exactly over the existing holes. So I'm inching towards the paint stage of this build. Hopefully, I'll be able to get some paint on within the next few days. Edited April 17, 2018 by Thunnus Gazzas, rafju, daHeld and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Looks real good from here John :popcorn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 excellent build thread. Need to save this for future reference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Late, I know, but not too, I hope. It looks as tho you riveted the horizontal stabilizers. I think they are wood also. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted December 22, 2017 Share Posted December 22, 2017 Love the exhaust, John! Looking forward to the paint. I know what you mean about the rivets. Too much work to have them disappear under paint but they need to be subtle. Fine line. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel460 Posted December 23, 2017 Share Posted December 23, 2017 Excellent detail work on the pit. Great work on the exhaust, probably didn't have too much time to sit around and rust.... Very informative build thread.... Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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