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Wow! :-)

Fantastic!

Impressive!

That's fantastic. Great job. Thanks for sharing :-)

Thank you :-)

Thanks for sharing with us.

Beautifull - that's what we call moddeling! Congratulations.

Great build so far. Your paintwork looks very convincig.

That's something unusual and very nice. Thanks for sharing - I'll keep my fingers crossed. Bodek

I will not repeat the historical or technical description of this beautiful aircraft. I will just focus on the build. This now out of pruduction PCM kit is of really good quality - as for a short run. Glossy hard plastic with recessed panel lines, very good resin parts, photo-etched fret plus decals. First of all - the kit is not difficult. As with any short run, of course, you need to clean the parts carefully and check the fit several times before gluing parts together. The wings trailing edges are quite thick and require some sanding. The propeller spinner also needed adjustments - the holes for the propeller blades were far too large. The shape of it should also be improved - but I decided to accept it. The entire model was riveted - thousands of "rivets" - especially on the wings. In fact, it turned out to be much easier than I thought - although for a few days "I saw rivets everywhere" ;-). A certain challenge was to make negative rivets on the wings and positive rivets on the fuselage. The solution is ridiculously simple - traces of riveting on the wings should be treated with very fine sandpaper and "painted" gently with Tamiya extra thin cement to clean them. Rivets on the fuselage - well... I just left them as they were after using Rosie the Riveter. I assumed that airbrushing them with Mr. Surfacer 1500 will give a good final result. And it worked. A very simple and efficient method. For the first time, I used black basing - I think the method is great. Uniform camouflage is always difficult - but here I managed to build subtle differences in shades, colors and depth. The model was painted entirely with MRP paints with partial use of Montex masks. Weathering was kept to minimum - those birds served just for several weeks. Entirely out of the box build with quite good - from my point of view - result. By the way - it was very hard to take good pictures - due to almost glossy finish, poor light and my very modest skills.

This model was a real pain for me to build ... glued - dismantled - glued again - and again corrected. And it's not even the fault of some imperfections of the Trumpeter kit (Revell and Hasegawa are not perfect either) but rather because of my lack of knowledge about the Bf-109G - and the mistakes I made during construction process. I don't even dare to describe the whole project. Finally: the Trumpeter kit has been improved - the upper part of cowling has been replaced with correct resin from Barracuda Studios, rudder – taken from Revell kit, riveting recreated with Rosie the Riveter tools. Dust filter, wheels and propeller from QuickBoost. I airbrushed the model with MRP paints (typical scheme RLM 74/75/76 with mottling characteristic for Erla production) using Montex and PMask vinyl masks. All stencils are wet transfers from HGW. And so, against all odds, the Erla bulid Bf-109G-6/R-6/Trop in the livery of Tenente Ugo Drago from 363 Squadriglia 150 Gruppo, Sciaccia, Sicily, July 1943 was born. In the only preserved photo, the plane does not look worn - that's why I did the weathering gently. The plane was operational just for several days before it was shot down (Drago miraculously survived). But truly - I'm not happy with this build - this Trumpeter kit is somehow "strange" so to say... I prefer Hasegawa's Messershmits. Nevertheless - I hope some of you will like it.

I just tried to replicate the real thing. With 0,15 nozzle and low pressure it went pretty fast and easy.

Hi, This is my Bf-109F-4 Trop from 363 Squadriglia 150o Gruppo Autonomo at the Sciacca airfield in Sicily in June - July 1943, pilot - tenente Antonio Camaioni. Eduard's seatbelts and HGW wet transfers have been used plus some riveting. Finished with MRP paints.

That's just fantastic. Congratulation on your great build!

Hi, I've built this Revell 1/32 Spitfire for my best friend's 70 birthday. It represents a mount of sgt. Wojciechowski, Polish no.303 Squadron in 1941. Barracuda's ailerons, oil cooler and radiator have been used together with Eduard's seatbelts and wheels. The rest is basically out of the box, finished with MRP paints. Nothing special - just just another Revell's Spifire...

This is just...beautiful...

This is really good :-) Thanks!

Wow! I love it! Thanks for sharing.

hi, I've got Fiat G.55 Centauro monography by Eduardo Manuel Gil Martinez - In Combat seriesNo.06, published in Poland by Kagero. There are some nice drawings there including rivets.

Here are some pictures of my latest build - Fiat G.55 in livery of Capt. Ugo Drago, 1a Squadriglia 2o Gruppo Caccia, Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana at Cascina Vaga, May 1944. This kit was quite easy to build, with good fit of the parts and nice resin and PE details. All air vents have been opened using tip of No.11 scalpel, all surfaces have been riveted, delicately sanded and cleaned with a brush dipped in Tamiya Extra Thin cement. The painting scheme was easy to do, although it required a lot of work with masking of individual colors (I think I used several meters of masking tape ...). Montex friskets have been used for most of markings. This camo was used only experimentally for only one or two months so weatheing is rather delicate. I am moderately satisfied with this build – but at this stage of my modeling development it is all I can do. Nevertheless - I hope you'll enjoy.

O Panie... ;-)

Just beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

That's just WOW! Beautiful and inspiring build. Thanks for sharing!

PCM kits are definitely buildable. I'll keep my fingers crossed! I'll be the next one to build Mc-205!

Hi, Feel free to do anything you want. And regarding your question - yes, camo is a part of kit decal options. Happy Modelling Bodek