Bf109F-4/Z Trop, 3./JG27, Hans Joachim Marseille, N. Africa, Feb. 1942

[dodgem37]

Had to strip her down and start over.  Not something I wanted to do but the vinyl I no longer use made a mess of things.  Continuing thru the fog.

 

From the top.  I was going to do this aircraft, then I was going to do a different pilots' aircraft and gave away the kit decals, then I decided to do this aircraft.  Luckily I had 3 sets of after market decals with which to mark the model.  14 and swastika are from home made masks.

 

Painted the rudder a concoction of Radome Tan and White to get a linen value, then made a mixture to match a color chip from a Monogram book on Luftwaffe Colors and Markings.  Gently sanded the rudder to expose the linen threads.

 

Lost some Balkencruz during 14 masking phase.  Oh well.  Chips and flaking.  Poor mask adhesive made 14 fuzzy.  Looks good from a mile away, tho.

 

Some exposed aluminum on flap.  Exposed red primer on aileron.  Many decal makers and model manufacturers locate the flap up/down degree indicators on the top of the flap.  From a couple of standpoints it is easier for them to locate them there on the top plan illustration than it is for them to include another drawing.  But the indicator goes where I've located the decal, on the shady side of the flap when the flap is in the up position.

 

Scratch built air filter in the open position.  Some aluminum on back of propeller blades.  I need to remove the right-most 'ZU' as it would no be on exposed aluminum.

 

Chipping and flaking.

 

Big bad flake.  Oh well.  Exposed red primer on aileron.

 

More of the same.  Other side.  Need to throw some gloss on the light bulb at the rudder.

 

Same fuzzy problem here also.  I forgot to sand down the demarcation line before putting on the Balkencruz.  Now a ridge run thru it.  Oh well.  Sprayed aluminum as a base over the yellow/blue before laying down the yellow.  This neutralized the background value so I didn't have to pour on the yellow to get yellow.  You can see some aluminum halo.  Oh well.

 

Nothing special to say here.

 

More below.

Edited February 18, 2017 by dodgem37

[dodgem37]

Red primer at Aileron.  Chipping and flaking.

 

Chipping and flaking.  Had to rebuild Aileron up/down mechanism housings.  Still need to paint.  Lightly sanded Aileron to expose red primer.

 

Bad flake.  But I can live with it.  Have not chipped yellow or wheel wells.

 

Scratch built wheel wells.

 

Exposed red primer at Aileron.  Chipping and wear.  No flaking.  Yea!  Well, not much.

 

Exposed red primer at Horizontal Stabilizer Elevator

 

Same thing.

 

From the bottom.

 

From the top, again.

 

Thank you for looking and liking.

Sincerely,

Mark

[EagleAviation]

One of my favorite projects! This example is a true practice of excellence and superb modeling work. Well done and hope to see it finished soon