s00ntir Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 (edited) This model was a real pain for me to build ... glued - dismantled - glued again - and again corrected. And it's not even the fault of some imperfections of the Trumpeter kit (Revell and Hasegawa are not perfect either) but rather because of my lack of knowledge about the Bf-109G - and the mistakes I made during construction process. I don't even dare to describe the whole project. Finally: the Trumpeter kit has been improved - the upper part of cowling has been replaced with correct resin from Barracuda Studios, rudder – taken from Revell kit, riveting recreated with Rosie the Riveter tools. Dust filter, wheels and propeller from QuickBoost. I airbrushed the model with MRP paints (typical scheme RLM 74/75/76 with mottling characteristic for Erla production) using Montex and PMask vinyl masks. All stencils are wet transfers from HGW. And so, against all odds, the Erla bulid Bf-109G-6/R-6/Trop in the livery of Tenente Ugo Drago from 363 Squadriglia 150 Gruppo, Sciaccia, Sicily, July 1943 was born. In the only preserved photo, the plane does not look worn - that's why I did the weathering gently. The plane was operational just for several days before it was shot down (Drago miraculously survived). But truly - I'm not happy with this build - this Trumpeter kit is somehow "strange" so to say... I prefer Hasegawa's Messershmits. Nevertheless - I hope some of you will like it. Edited February 21 by s00ntir Greg W, Dpgsbody55, spook and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 Very nice. I like the paint scheme. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos07 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Excellent. Your paint work is very tight and well done. Love the scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelboy Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Whats not to like? Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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