It’s time to model Heinrich Bartel’s Bf 109G-6 based in Greece in November 1943. Rot dreizehn is a pretty snappy scheme that I’ve wanted to do for a while. White trim, red markings, spinner spiral and sawtooth Erla wing camo – what’s not to like? I’ll also be posting in the Messerschmitt Group Build thread.
There are quite a few photos of this plane on the web, including this one in flight.
Heinrich Bartels was a 99-victory ace. Here he is after tallying his 70th victory, which was one of four P-38’s he shot down on November 15, 1943.
I’m using Tamiya’s 1/48 kit with aftermarket decals. I’ll be using a few aftermarket goodies including the guns. The main paints will be Mr. Color lacquers.
The main painting is now complete. I used paper cut out masks for the wing camo and I think it came out pretty well. The interchangable and removable covers are also complete. I painted the spinner because the decal didn’t quite match my reference photos. Gloss coat and decals are next.
Great work, Hoss - I like the different, non-splinter, camo scheme. How did you paint the spinner - I’m thinking along the lines of a spiral-cut mask, maybe?
Thanks Hutch. I first painted the spinner white and then masked with 2mm Tamiya flexible tape. Then a light coat of black. A little touch up was needed but not too much. Thanks.
Hi tempest - I used 2mm wide Tamiya flexible tape and cut a taper starting at about 2cm from the end. I needed to do a little clean up after spraying the black but it was minor. Thanks.
