s_tringa Posted January 15, 2019 Author Share Posted January 15, 2019 1 hour ago, Fanes said: One little thing jumped me: I think you have the dust filter rotated 90 degrees. The doors should open horizontally, or isn't it glued into place yet? Yes is not glued, only to test the fit with the plastic air intake! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 Ciao, a little update on both my 109 I've spent a lot of time on the wings of the 109 G-2, because I was sure that it was a normal G-2 without che bulges on the wings, so to avoid to use the resin parts from the AlleyCat set (I'dont like to glue big resin parts with the cyanoacrilate ), I had to remove the bulges on the Revell wings and to fill with superglue and putty the inner part of each bulges. Adding on both kit the circular riveting tipicaly of the bf109's wing. but after some weeks, looking for other pictures of my 109 G-2, come out two shots that show unequivocally that show clearly the bulges on the wings. I'm not a super expert on Bf109 and I dont know exactly how to explain it. Maybe it was a late type of G-2 with the G-4's bulged wings and large tyres or maybe it was some field modification due to combat damage. Right or wrong..... I'm needed to restore the bulges again. and after having previously filled it, I had to carve again the inside of the bubble on which the wheel went inside the wells. For the F-4 wheels, I will use those from the Aires set, while for the G-2 the work will be different; My model had wheels with a larger diameter tire, typical of the G-6, but the spoked rim of the F. To make it happen I used, with minimal adjustments, the original Revell wheels for the G-6 adapting the spare spoke rims from the Eduard 109 E box, the internal diameter of the rim is slightly larger than the inside of the Revell wheel but with a some sandpaper is fixed in a moment .... I also corrected something that I did not like too much on both models. In the real airplane, the upper cover of the guns compartment closed on the fuselage creating a small step. This effect in both models, due to the various sanding steps, was lost so I solve with a plastic sheet 0.1mm shaped to size. I just have to add the fasten hooks that I will take from the scrap parts of the Revell box ..... I's all for now. Ciao Sebastiano Trak-Tor, Rockie Yarwood, LSP_Kevin and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted January 29, 2019 Share Posted January 29, 2019 Hi It was common for rebuilt G2s to get G6 wings. Sometimes only one wing was replaced and the plane had bulges on one side only. For some reason it seemed to have been more common to to send the rebuilt the G2s to the Mediterranean front... Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Vincent/MDC said: Hi It was common for rebuilt G2s to get G6 wings. Sometimes only one wing was replaced and the plane had bulges on one side only. For some reason it seemed to have been more common to to send the rebuilt the G2s to the Mediterranean front... Vincent Thank for the info, Vincent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted January 30, 2019 Author Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) Another little progress...... Blade propeller. Mmmmm!! I am not completely convinced of the shape of the Revell blade and exhaust..... Sebastiano Edited January 30, 2019 by s_tringa Trak-Tor, TorbenD, XOPCT and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanes Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 1 hour ago, s_tringa said: Blade propeller. Mmmmm!! I am not completely convinced of the shape of the Revell blade The propeller shape is a quite distinctive error of the Revell kit. There are some resin options to correct this (Barracuda, A.M.U.R. Reaver..) Btw nice wheatering on the prop blades! s_tringa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 Great show. Love the Med schemes. More clean fun: Sincerely, Mark s_tringa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AceofClubs Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 A 109 is always welcome and especially an Italian modeller Ciao Filippo s_tringa and 109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 (edited) Could some 109's experts confirm that the edge of the upper radiator outlet flap was slightly different from F to G model? Thanks in advance this pic show a 109F-4/trop.... this come from the G-2 at Hendon... and this come from G manual... Edited January 31, 2019 by s_tringa Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 3 hours ago, s_tringa said: Could some 109's experts confirm that the edge of the upper radiator outlet flap was slightly different from F to G model? Thanks in advance this pic show a 109F-4/trop.... this come from the G-2 at Hendon... and this come from G manual... Yes, the F had what some have described as "boundary layer bypass" supposed to improve the air flow to the radiator face. Whatever it was, it was deleted on the G version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 18 minutes ago, Vincent/MDC said: Yes, the F had what some have described as "boundary layer bypass" supposed to improve the air flow to the radiator face. Whatever it was, it was deleted on the G version Many thanks Vincent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_tringa Posted May 30, 2019 Author Share Posted May 30, 2019 (edited) Hi guys, sorry for the long absence due to the usual crazy working period! Although very slowly the works on the two 109 continue and so I show you some small progress .... The tail surfaces and rudder of the 109 Revell were already separated but I don't like the surface finish on the moving surfaces. In fact they had very heavy and unreal details when compared to the original. While for the 109 Hasegawa I had to use a hacksaw to separate the parts and I would have to work to rebuild the internal profiles. So I preferred to take two sets of Quickboost that fit well with both models, I just had to fill some small gaps with the usual styrene sheet. I also replaced the whell wells of the 109 Hasegawa with the Aires ones (beautiful but a little difficult to adapt) while those of the Revell kit remained because they were very beautiful and detailed. In both I added only a few wires made with lead wire and small pieces of pipe made from the insulation of electric wires .... For the painting I started from the usual black base with the Mr Surface 1500 and then "marbling" with sand and gray, to finish Grau02 glazes until you get the effect you see in the picture. Washings and lightening of the details will follow...... I have detailed the front canopies by adding the internal frame and the screened lights that illuminated the interior. I don't usually use pre-cut masks but this time for the 109 Hasegawa I used the internal and external ones of the Montex which proved to be very accurate. For the 109 Revell I went the old way, yellow tape and cutter with new blade ......... Finally, the legs of the undercarriage, which in the 109 Hasegawa are in one piece and removed the usual quite good burrs, while the 109 Revell has every single leg broken down into 4 parts and even assembling it with extreme care, the joints have remained evident. So I had to invent a little tool to sand them without ruining the cylindrical shape ...... it worked more or less. Until next time ... I hope soon. Sebastiano Edited May 30, 2019 by s_tringa MikeMaben, Greg W, Rockie Yarwood and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Honest modeling work. I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Good to see you back with this, Sebastiano. Nice work so far! Kev Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Just went back over this WIP....... Some great stuff in there! Looking forward to more progress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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