Hasegawa 109F2

[frankc]

I have started work on converting the new Hasegawa Bf 109F-4 kit into the F-2 variant.

 

Here are some shots of the work I have done so far - fantastic kit. I think Hasegawa has hit a home run with this one!

 

 

 

The entire build will be found here as it's much easier for me to keep track of it if it's just in one place (I hope that's OK)

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....howtopic=216901

thanks for looking

 

Regards,

Frank

[dodgem37]

Great stuff so far Frank. I love your scratchbuilding. Do you know if the wing panels were filled with epoxy?

 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mark

[frankc]

Great stuff so far Frank. I love your scratchbuilding. Do you know if the wing panels were filled with epoxy?

 

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Mark

 

Hey Mark,

thanks for the comments!

In this case, the wing is a single panel. I discuss that some in the link over in the full article on ARC. Basically Mansur Mustafin discovered that the 109F-2 series had a single panel for the top of each wing. This panel isn't broken up into smaller panels. It's one large peice of aluminium! I have no idea why they did this - but they changed pretty quickly to the paneled construction which is shown in G2s for sure. I have been checking my photos and I find more and more evidence that seems to indicate the 109F-2 wings didn't have panel lines on them.

 

Over on HS there is some speculation that the elevator stabs might have been puttied - but I don't know.

 

Interesting trivia for sure

 

Regards,

Frank

[Ads]

Nice seats Frank - well done!

 

I always thought too that the wings were smooth but the fuslage had panel lines

 

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[dodgem37]

I am simply amazed.

 

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Mark

[frankc]

I have some updated photos for the build incase anyone is interested.

 

I decided to use the Master Models guns - awesome product!

 

 

 

I was intially incorrect - the gear angle is offset 95 degrees not 90 so I fixed that - like the result much better!

 

 

Did some updates on the pit -pretty close to the paint phase - should be mostly downhill from there.

 

 

 

 

(full blog can be found here)

http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index....p;#entry2072832

 

Thanks for looking

 

Frank

[dodgem37]

Nice detail work, Frank.

Good show.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[mywifehatesmodels]

Beautiful work, Frank. THAT is modeling!

[Akondo]

Impressive work. Like how you worked the interior. I'm looking forward to some pictures with paint.

[nmayhew]

Beautiful work, Frank. THAT is modeling!

 

what he said!!!

 

if i ever build one of these birds, i will be using this build for sure!

 

I used your 109E build as a basis for my own (much MUCH poorer) efforts - i see all the pics have gone from that build, and it was never updated

did you ever finish it?

 

 

Nick

[frankc]

what he said!!!

 

if i ever build one of these birds, i will be using this build for sure!

 

I used your 109E build as a basis for my own (much MUCH poorer) efforts - i see all the pics have gone from that build, and it was never updated

did you ever finish it?

Nick

 

Hey Nick,

I'm very glad to hear that my 109E blog was helpful to your build! I cringe when I see people post thier thoughts on how bad that Eduard kit is - that's just wrong. Great kit- just needs a little modeling done to make it better - Which I'm glad to hear others are not afraid to do.

 

The pics aren't gone for good. This model will be a future Tamiya Modeling International feature.

 

I did finish the kit. I entered it in the US IPMS Nationals held this past August. This is the only photo of the finished model I have to show until The Tamiya Mag article comes out..

 

http://ipmsusa.org/Nats2010/winners/phoeni...nners/139_2.jpg

 

Thanks again for the kind words

 

Best Regards,

Frank