Sepp Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 The extra work was definitely worth it! Lovely job :) Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Man Gaz - that is just an evil looking fighter! It's got the look and you made it happen (and quickly I might add). Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 10 hours ago, tucohoward said: Really nice, Gary! I found this picture in one of my JaPo books. If you want to weather the radiator flaps feel free Jay Thank you for the picture, Jay. I know it is a big stretch to get from the foot-hold on the fuselage to the wing. So, that's one of those effects I try not to miss. It would be impossible for many guys not to accidentally hit it with a toe or heel. Technically, that's not standing on the wing. But getting the chipping to look right to my eye has never been easy. And with these late war fighters, the aluminum fairing between wing and fuselage has been replaced with pressed wood... AFAIK. And so far... I've been really unhappy with my wood-chipping results... And this will be complicated further by the soot streaming down the wing root. One thing that surprises me is that there are never any boot polish marks on the side of the fuselage. I'm Ex-USMC, and I can tell you that wherever Marines go, there will be boot marks on every wall they pass. So, the ground crews must take them off, or the paint is very good at self-protection. tucohoward and Uncarina 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucohoward Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Gaz, that is a G-10 so not all late-war 109s had wood fillets. I believe all the K-4s did. May have depended on who built them. Jay Gazzas and Woody V 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Champion work Gary! I pursuaded myself not to get this kit since I’ve already built multiple 109’s. But your build, Andys, and Jays is making that difficult. On the topic of tire weathering, I’ve had good success applying pastel powders in a wash, and you can modify it easily. Cheers, Tom Gazzas and Greif8 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 Gaz, if your on Facebook search up Garage Session Modelling. Ralph Reise, a modelling friend of mine who I haven't spoken to in quite some time, is a 109, 190 modelling legend. Plenty of inspiration with regards to wing root weathering. He's also in Queensland! Cheers Bevan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/3/2022 at 12:57 AM, Uncarina said: Champion work Gary! I pursuaded myself not to get this kit since I’ve already built multiple 109’s. But your build, Andys, and Jays is making that difficult. On the topic of tire weathering, I’ve had good success applying pastel powders in a wash, and you can modify it easily. Cheers, Tom Thank you, Tom! I haven't built the Hasegawa G6 but the Revell kit needs a lot of AM fixing: Prop and spinner, Upper cowling, and bulges are a must. I'm cursing myself for only ordering 1. I actually did use pastel powers on the wheels, but maybe my fixer (turpentine) wasn't ideal. What do you use as a fixer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 18 minutes ago, Scale32 said: Gaz, if your on Facebook search up Garage Session Modelling. Ralph Reise, a modelling friend of mine who I haven't spoken to in quite some time, is a 109, 190 modelling legend. Plenty of inspiration with regards to wing root weathering. He's also in Queensland! Cheers Bevan HI Bevan, Thank you for the recommendation. I'll look it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale32 Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 3 minutes ago, Gazzas said: Thank you, Tom! I haven't built the Hasegawa G6 but the Revell kit needs a lot of AM fixing: Prop and spinner, Upper cowling, and bulges are a must. I'm cursing myself for only ordering 1. I actually did use pastel powers on the wheels, but maybe my fixer (turpentine) wasn't ideal. What do you use as a fixer? You can use X20A thinner.... spritz it on with your airbrush ala Mike Rinaldi style or I guess you cold use a paint brush. Cheers Bevan Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 9 hours ago, Scale32 said: Gaz, if your on Facebook search up Garage Session Modelling. Ralph Reise, a modelling friend of mine who I haven't spoken to in quite some time, is a 109, 190 modelling legend. Ralph used to hang out here (some years ago). Nice technique, inspirational. D.B. Andrus and Gazzas 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 HI everyone... I'm close! So close. So close that I won't post any aircraft pics and spoil... the ummm... surprise. But I am done with pilot and ground crew guy. Here they are... \ My figures still suck... I painted all of the uniform details by hand, using my reading glasses combined with my visor to enable me to paint the tiniest of marks. You might be able to see that my pilot Feldwebel has three sets of wings on his yellow collar patches. And the canvas of the parachute. I hate painting canvas. It always looks different than the way I want. Either too yellow, too brown, or too white. PITA. Anyway. Happy modelling! Dpgsbody55, JayW, tucohoward and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzerwomble Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 "Er ..Hans........ Ich bin unkomfortable mit die attention sie insist ont giving mich . I kanst strappen der parachutten mein self .!!" #AwkwardOstFront Honestly Gary , your figure work is really good . It's just you seeing the faults , especially if you are looking at XX magnification . Looking forward to seeing the RFI on this one . Gazzas, Greif8, D.B. Andrus and 2 others 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 2 minutes ago, Panzerwomble said: "Er ..Hans........ Ich bin unkomfortable mit die attention sie insist ont giving mich . I kanst strappen der parachutten mein self .!!" #AwkwardOstFront Honestly Gary , your figure work is really good . It's just you seeing the faults , especially if you are looking at XX magnification . Looking forward to seeing the RFI on this one . Thanks guy! Love your German quote. LOL Panzerwomble and Greif8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 Solid work on the figures Gary, they look just fine. I think you got the right effect on the canvas, looks fine to me. A like the way you used different colors to add interest and variety to the parachute area. Ernest Panzerwomble and Gazzas 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted December 5, 2022 Author Share Posted December 5, 2022 Thank you, Ernest. You can see that I tried to be faithful to the original. Panzerwomble, Greif8 and 109 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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