Mark P Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 Yes there are. Mark Proulx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 3 hours ago, Jennings Heilig said: Good start!! I'm confused though - were any of the KG(J) 6 birds in the JaPo book Erla built?? Mine's not at hand at the moment, but I thought they were all MTT built airplanes?? Yes. Lots with serial numbers to confirm and photos of the straight edge rather than the half moon. I've yet to decide with one I'll base my scheme on, but given I mask and spray rather than decals it's not a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Hi I think you used the wrong canon cover in the cockpit. The one on the pictures looks a lot like the 30mm and i don't think Erla ever produced G10/U4 Best regards Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 4 hours ago, Vincent/MDC said: Hi I think you used the wrong canon cover in the cockpit. The one on the pictures looks a lot like the 30mm and i don't think Erla ever produced G10/U4 Best regards Vincent no probs, I made both options up from the kit so will swap. Just went with what everyone else used in their G10 erla builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 On 1/9/2019 at 9:13 AM, Vincent/MDC said: Hi I think you used the wrong canon cover in the cockpit. The one on the pictures looks a lot like the 30mm and i don't think Erla ever produced G10/U4 Best regards Vincent After study of the new book I think your relating to the other japo book. The 109's in here are all G-10/R6 builds. The other book had the U4 variants and none erla builds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 13, 2019 Author Share Posted January 13, 2019 Pit assembled Yahu panel After the simple assembly I filled the dials with clear varnish Pit painted. Added a few extra wires and cables Then a bit of weathering HGW belts Added to check for length Barracuda wing inserts glued and bays sprayed aluminium MikeMaben, XOPCT, LSP_Kevin and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 Cool. Looks like you've got that white wash down to a fine art. With the inside of the resin inserts you can still see the resin colour through where the mlg legs go. Hope you haven't got the wing halves glued together bud. Cheers Bevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 14, 2019 Author Share Posted January 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Scale32 said: Cool. Looks like you've got that white wash down to a fine art. With the inside of the resin inserts you can still see the resin colour through where the mlg legs go. Hope you haven't got the wing halves glued together bud. Cheers Bevan Cheers Bevan No not glued together yet . The wing spar slots in nicely though the resin openings. Decided this was the best way to get a clean join on the upper wings and wing root/fuselage. Fingers crossed. Thanks for the heads up on the wing insides. Thought I'd sprayed everywhere in there. Not a problem. I'll tackle with gunze buffable metal paint and a hairy stick Scale32 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 Sorted the wheel wells Bevan And finished off the belts with a wash and fixed. Dry fitting all the main bits Added some shims to the fuse/wing joint. Yahu instrument panel in place Will add the gunsight later More dry fitting with the Barracuda exhausts wmoran, Fanes, LSP_Kevin and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted January 20, 2019 Share Posted January 20, 2019 Nicely done. I don't know enough about this kit to know why these inserts are better than the kit parts. Could you elaborate? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 20, 2019 Author Share Posted January 20, 2019 2 hours ago, dodgem37 said: Nicely done. I don't know enough about this kit to know why these inserts are better than the kit parts. Could you elaborate? Thank you. Sincerely, Mark The kit parts have the large wheel bulges like the k-4. Many of the g-10's had these smaller bulges like the g-6. These barracuda replacements allow you to replicate these planes. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Someone said something about a white wash? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 26, 2019 Author Share Posted January 26, 2019 I wanted to fit the exhausts at the end of painting etc so added some plasicard to the insides. Then trimmed and thinned the exhaust mounts so they'd fit from the outside. Also fitted the barracuda oil cooler And the Aims replacement gun cowling. Fit was almost perfect. Just a quick sand for an invisible join then describe the panel line later. Mr Surfacer 1500 to prime and check Adding the tail section. 3 tail options in the box. Photos of my build are nearly impossible to tell the exact version, so went with the late version without the long lower tab. MikeMaben, LSP_Kevin, Fvdm and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wackyracer Posted January 27, 2019 Author Share Posted January 27, 2019 Been thumbing through the Japo book for the scheme And finally decided upon this one Couple of interesting points noted down makes it just a touch different to the others. Kais and MikeMaben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 Wackyracer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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