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Bf 110E-3/trop 2.(H)/14 North Africa - almost done


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Getting one step closer to the finishline:

I applied the blend coat of RLM79

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It's kept very transparent so far because I plan to do the final blending after the RLM80 stripes are in place.

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Some weird bright spots appeared after drying - this never happened before.

I couldn't motivate myself to tackle the RLM80 stripes since I'm not a 100% sure how to do them.
My first idea was to paint them black and slowly build up the green like on a regular black base. This would require a lot of time and the black base has to be really precise.

The traditional way would be to paint the green directly on the RLM79 which worked only so so on my 109.

What do you guys think?

 

As a distraction I tackled the props. I shamelessly copied Thunnus' technique from his 109K-4 build.

Alclad Aluminium base coat, hairspray, RLM70 - light and dark spots via Radu's template and then chipping (stiff brush and a toothpick).

The photo didn't turn out like I wanted but anyway here it is:

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The spinners recieved a coat with Mr. Color off white, followed by MRP RLM23 red for one third - photos will follow after unmasking.

 

Cheers

Joachim

 

 

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One small step after another - getting there slowly

I finished painting today but first things first: the finished props and spinners:

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Raising the curtain - ehm masks:

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I had some problems with paint lifting on the crosses, but I'll fix that after the gloss coat.

What's left to do:

  1. gloss coat
  2. repairs
  3. decals
  4. salt fading
  5. oil dot filter
  6. panel wash
  7. gun and exhaust stains
  8. careful chipping
  9. dust and dirt
  10. 1000 small things

Quite a lot of tasks for the next 5 days

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15 hours ago, mozart said:

Ah, the addition of the green lines brings it all together now Joachim! I couldn’t quite see where it was heading before then, but that now looks superb. Pre-planning, just wonderful! :clap2: 

Max - neither could I! I had no idea if my plan would work out. Luckily it turned out as I hoped it would :D

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So where am I right now?

What's left to do:

  1. gloss coat
  2. repairs
  3. decals
  4. gloss coat
  5. salt fading
  6. oil dot filter
  7. gloss coat
  8. panel wash
  9. gun and exhaust stains
  10. careful chipping
  11. dust and dirt
  12. 1000 small things

Well it seems to me that I'm not going to make it until the dead line. The repairs took me a lot longer than expected (some idiot spilled levelling thinner on the model) and the Dragon decals took about half a day to really settle in (even with the hot Mr. Mark Softer). Since I need to apply two more gloss coats - one of them tomorrow after work, there's no way to finish this here in time.

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