Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Finished

This one got to the point where I don't know what to do, so I'll just stick all the bits together...

The roundels, fin flash and serial are home made decals, see those horrible edges on the serial, need to figure out how to stop that on clear decals... the 11 and bomb were painted using frisk film as masks. I am officially a convert to frisk film for masking, be trying codes next.

Successfully used parafilm for the canopy masking, a pain to take off, and had to scrape with a tooth pick to get it off. I'm not a convert to paraflim, this is about the fourth I've done, and I'll be going back to tape edges and fill the rest with masking fluid. Or painted decal film as frames.

My normal airbrushed prop blur disk, I wasn't sure how it'd look on 48th but its a good un.

There's no wing pitot, because I didn't like the look of it, and it wouldn't last in our house...

I enjoyed the kit, my first foray into 48th for a lot of years, had a bit of trouble with the chin scoop, all my own fault, but a nice build.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers
Jim

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Finished

Hi all,

Well I'll call him done, I've got to that point, where I don't know what to do, so I'll just throw all the bits together..

Used painted clear decal film for the canopy framing, and my normal airbrushed prop blur disc. A fun build, but if I did another, I think I'd go for a Hobby Boss Easy Assemble kit one...

Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jim

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 9

Cut out some frisk masks, and sprayed the 11 and bomb insignia..

I'm definitely a new fan of frisk film, I'll be trying it out for other codes on future builds.

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 8

Dark Green and Decals are on..

The decals worked really well, i brushed a coat of Klear over them after the problems with Hoimann's and that did the trick, no ink coming off the edges.

Next have to make the 11 and bomb shape mask for the fuselage.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 11

Sprayed on some weathering, some diluted sky grey and some exhaust stains.

I don't think its light enough and will probably disappear under the clear coat, so I might do it a touch lighter.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 10

Got the decals on Hoimann..

Only problem is the colour has washed away from the edges a bit, I went really light on the Klear coat when I printed the decals, so that might be the problem.

So mixed up some blue to match and touched up the edges..

Doesn't stand out like the dogs danglers now so I'm happy.

Also tried hand painting the Hoimann name on the nose, I gave up trying to form letters and just went for a suggestion of them. That is my story for lack of ability anyway...

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 9

Black well, Nato Black misted over Hoimann..

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 7

Dark earth sprayed on...

I've got to decide whether to freehand the green or mask hmmmmm

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 6

Well the pink undercoat for the yellow is a great thing.

  Really gets density right on a thin coat.

Here's my test model with black then a squiggle of pink and a couple of passes of yellow.

Also painted up a prop blur disc for it..

and printed out some decals..

 

So let the yellow harden up and then mask the undersurfaces.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 8

Well I gave up on trying to make a mask for the stars, and created some US star roundals ont he PC and printed them out on decal paper.

Plenty of spare ones, as I'm sure to muck a few up.

Hoimann has had the red control surfaces painted..

Mask those off and then on to the black.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 7

Sprayed some white as an undercoat for the red control surfaces and the stars.

Make some masks for the stars next and then the red.

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 5

Painted a pink as an undercoat to the yellow undersurfaces. Its a technique I've seen Mike Grant do, so worth a shot.

Get the yellow on next..

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 6

Well scoop was sorted out, and is now primed up.

Primed with Vallejo primer, and then gave it a light sand with scotch brite pad. Ready for a white spray session as an undercoat for the red parts.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 5 ooops

Well I thought I was done with the plastic basing, but I forgot to put a blanking piece of plasticard in the oil cooler intake, and its open all the way to the cockpit, so I sliced the intake off, and going to blank it and then add the intake back on.

So plasticard blank/base for the intake is setting up... more fill'n sand ahead...

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 4

New undercarriage doors, and wheels in place..

 

I think I've got the doors too long and there should be a gap at the fuselage end of the doors. But I'm not going to fret about it.

Canopy was cemented in place with super glue gel. As the canopy was a bit large all over, and had a gap to fill at the front, once I used accelerator on it, I sanded the canopy to size, polished with micromesh and then a coat of Klear.

Still a bit bowl like, but is much clearer than before.

Just waiting for some masking then primer and paint..

I'm leaning towards masking and painting the roundels and stars, and I'm not sure how many stars there should be, all four places on the wings or just on the lefts?

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 3

So cockpit and pilot is fitted, and I've added the brass square tube for the mount I'll be using.

Been tidying up the exhausts..

opened up the first three and whittled the front exhaust stack.

Wheels and undercarriage covers are done,

there's a big empty space at the fuselage end, which I might add a section of sprue just so its not an empty hole.

Happy Fill'n sanding..

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 2

Pilot painted and klear water colour black wash, then matted a bit..

a bit of dry brush highlighting and I'll call him done.

Happy Fill 'n Sand

Captured Bf109F NN644 -White 11 Part 1

 BF 109F-4 NN644 of No.1426 (Enemy Aircraft)  Flight, RAF Colly Weston, late 1943
formerly WNr 7233 White 11, of IV/./JG 26, wheels up landing at Beachy Head 20 May 1942, flown by  Uffz. Oswald Fischer of 10.(Jabo)/JG 26. Stationed at Omer/Fort Rouge.  His aircraft was hit in the engine by anti-aircraft fire while attacking a British Corvette at Newhaven Harbor. The engine was replaced at RAF Collyweston, the original having only 1-1/2 hours of use. The white 11 and falling bomb emblem was retained though the aircraft was repainted in RAF colors.




Another interesting subject, and the only 109F I have is an Airfix 1/48 one, not my normal scale, havn't done 1/48th in a very long time.

Well a novelty for me, a figure with separate arms, so only a few mods:  carve away the Luftwaffe sausage life vest, add a neck addition, and turn his head a bit....

 added some 5thou card belts and some scalpel packet foil harness straps.

From the few parts I've removed and test fitted so far, I'm liking this one, seems to fit well and not much flash.

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 3

 Found a use for the kit wheels..

the tear drop shape is where Airfix had the wheel bulges molded, which don't line up with the wheel wells at all. This is one of those things that really annoys me, so I sliced them off, and set about creating new bulges in near the right place. By using the kit wheels as the basis for the bulges...

Roughly like the proper things, I'm happy enough.

The kit undercarriage covers, didn't fit the holes at all, a mile wide gap around them, so replaced with plasticard..

 

Super glued in place with the Hobby boss wheels.

Cockpit done, added a blanking piece at the back of the cockpit, and a little piece as a seat..

 the Hobby boss machine gun bulges, intake are on.

The fuselage seemed a little square so have rounded the edges a bit, and there is something nagging me about the shape of the tail...

Here's a comparison between the old Airfix and new 109 G-6, the angle of the fin looks a bit shallow, that might be part of it. I might sand it to a steeper angle, but I won't worry about the depth of the fuselage.

Till next time.. Happy Fill 'n sand

Hoimann - Airfix Me109 G6 Part 2

Well after looking at the parts of this old mould Airfix messer, I remembered I had some spares from a Hobby boss easy assemble Messerschmitt kit...

 

Airfix wheels at the top, funny skinny disc things, the Hobby Boss ones are below and are very nice.

 

The Hobby Boss tropical filter at the top, and Airfix's strange tropical filter below.

 

Also found the Hobby Boss machine gun covers, which to me look spot on, certainly better than the Airfix 'saddle tanks'.

 

Here is the Hobby Boss tropical filter for a comparison, I've opened up the intake of it here, as I'm going to do this inflight, and I believe the intake was only closed when they were taking off or landing.