Azor

Beautiful Friedrich Nicola! It's not a simple job to weather a single upper tone camouflaged 109 but you did a very convincing work. Wonderful! Every single detail of the type nicely represented. Bravo!

Bought the three kits directly at https://www.avax-models.cz/ for 40 USD each one plus another 50 USD for priority shipping (I live in Chile). The box weighted 2.3 kilos. Great service! Package is in transit right now... Cheers!

MERAVIGLIOSO! Congrats MC!

Thanks for your kind comments gents!

Definitely! But above all a fan of nocturnal birds of prey. Here in Chile we've got the Accipiter chilensis, nickname "Peuquito" (Pewkitoh). Lovely creatures, indeed!

Thanks for all your kind comments gentlemen!

Thanks James! I really enjoyed the time I spent building/painting/weathering this kit. It looks very smart when done and I've really found no tricky parts or stages. It was really fun. As for the chosen scheme, Schiess aircraft caught my eye since the very first moment. Besides it was painted in tropical colors, it also had some very unusual features for the G-4 variant: the spoked rims with large diameter wheels (and consequently the bulges over the wings), the Galland panzer armour behind the pilots head, the transition camouflage (RLM 80 olivegrun over the regular 78/79 desert camo). Fortunately it turned out very good and I'm very happy with the results. Thanks again for your kind words. Oscar

Absolutely WONDERFUL Thunnus! Delicate and convincing effects, the faded paint over the wings and control surfaces. PERFECTION! Bravissimo! Standing ovation mate!

Stunning Kürfurst and marvelous weathering job! Bravo!!

Hello there! This is the "good old" Hasegawa in ProModeler (Monogram) boxing, released in the early 2000s. Overall a great kit, built with some add ons like MDC trop filter, brass pitot tube. Uschi filament for the antenna and small plastic/metal bits to improve the appearance of this well known Gustav. Painted with Model Master enamels (RLM 78/79/80), clear coated with acrylic Mr. Color matt and gloss varnishes. Decals from the box. National emblems, A/C number and tactical markings masked and sprayed accordingly. Hope you like it! It's my first finished model in one and a half decade! Cheers from Chile! Oscar

Well...there's not much to say that hasn't been stated by now Christian, but I wouldn't miss the opportunity to perform my own standing ovation and hats off to your splendid job. Delightful, in all the sense of the word. A work of art, that's it. S P L E N D I D !

Come to daddy!

Count me in! BTW...are there any estimations on the price tag s far??

Hey Alan! I was wondering if there's any update on the completion of this spectacular projects? Thanks in advance! Oscar

I was wondering the same... :/

Spectacular! What a great addition is the ladder. Bigger and bulkier than usual (in terms of pure aesthetics, that is), it's a perfect companion for the mighty lines of the Beast. Congrats!

Freakin' fantastic job Shark. Very clean and precise craftmanship. I've been browsing the topic from page 1, but I couldn't find the type (brand) of accesories (PE) that you are using in the cockpit and cargo cabin. Extraordinary! Will follow closely your progress.

I think your skills are great. I'm not aware of the kit flaws, but whichever they are, I can't distinguish them after this spectacular show of workmanship. Congratulations. I case you no longer like the model, I would gladly give you my snail mail address for you to send it to me. Will you? Bravo!

Thanks again for your comments guys. Talking about the wheels Jamie, the G-4 version (and even some late G-2) was the first variant to receive the larger wheels featured on later Gustav series, like the G-6. Some of this wheels were spoked, some not. This particular late G-4/Trop is shown in pictures with larger spoked wheels and consequently bulges on the wings, so it had 660x160 tyres mounted on spoked rims. Some early G-6 received this kind of wheels too. Another interesting feature on this particular aircraft is the so called Galland Panzer head armour for the canopy, instead the cushioned metallic plate present in regular early E, F and G cockpits. Going back to work now. I finished the masking of the cockpit today at 0400... Saludos amigos Azor

Thanks for your kind words Ango. I did some oil washes on the cockpit but this is almost indistinguishable from the first pictures of the series. I'll try to do a more decent photo session once the kit is finished. Now I'm masking that nice greenhouse... preparing for the final painting stage tomorrow, I hope!. Cheers Azor

(continued) That's it. This is how the thing looks so far. I'd love to hear your comments or suggestions. I guess I still can fix any mistake during this stage so any input will be appreciated. Thanks for watching! Oscar, from sunny Chile

How are you amigos. I've been a regular visitor of this great forum, but this is my first post. I'd like to share with you what I've been doing during the last weeks. It's the well known Hasegawa (re-boxed by Pro Modeler) Bf109 G-4/Trop in 1/32 scale. I decided to go as much out of the box as possible, so I choose Oblt. Franz Schiess machine, markings depicted in the boxart and included with the kit. Anyway, the scale and size of this beautiful kit tempted me on adding some scratch detail and a few extra bits, so I did it. -I put generic Eduard PE seatbelts -Added some basic wiring in the cockpit floor with cooper thin filaments -Rudder's pedal belts with stretched and flattened sprue -Transparent section for the fuel line on the starboard cockpit side, made of clear stretched styrene -Replaced the MG151 KannonenBoot barrels with hypodermic 1,2mm tubes -Installed an open MDC sand filter (not shown in the pictures) -Hollowed exhausts -Hydraulic lines with cooper wire Ok...less blah blah and let's get straight to the pics.