A fun little kit to build, but did add resin exhausts from Quickboost, along with machined brass guns from Master. No swastikas were provided on the decal sheet, so only stencils and wing crosses were used. Remainder of the markings were from other sources, plus some home made decals for the JG 26 emblem (gothic ‘S’ on white shield).
regards,
Jack
Great results, Jack!
That is one sweet loking 109 Jack. I love those first two photo’s, what did you use to edit out the stand.
Damn nice-looking “Emil” – the doggone thing looks real!
Nice build Jack!
Jim [cptn]
That’s a vice looking build I like the wheel up look.
Did it come with the stand?
That’s a might fine Emil!
Excellent work Jack, the weathering is superb.
Thank you Checkmateking02, Bish, Drew Cook, Jim, blackdog62, MoparMadness, and Mike G.
Editing out the display stand was easy. Just close cropped the image as much as possible, then erased what was still visible in the white background. The tricky part is where it’s actually in the aircraft image. All I did was use the eyedroper tool to pick up colours adjacent to the stand, and colored it out. Do have to pay attention to detail - in this one I had redraw the corner of the starboard radiator opening.
The display stand itself was from a Tamiya kit of the same type and scale of aircraft, similar to the image below:
I just simplified the attachment point by cutting it off, and drilling a hole to accept a brass rod. I need to find a few more of these, as I do prefer the wheels up position when modeling aircraft.
One odd thing is the Airfix boxing would of been more appropriate to include this since they give a seated pilot, as well as a second set of landing gear designed for up postion - Tamiya has neither of these.
regards,
Jack
Will have to give that a try, its very convincing.
Shame on you Jack! Ending the year with a lie! 1/72! Ya think we was born yesterday?[whstl]
Boy howdy that’s nice. Really outstanding.
Thank you, Marc - and happy holidays to you and everyone!
regards,
Jack
Well done, Jack! [Y]
Dave
Awesome Awesome Awesome !!!
BK
Thank you Dave and Brandon.
regards,
Jack
Jack - I’ve been following this in the group build, and I have to say you’ve done an excellent job with that one! It looks like it could get up and fly.
Well done!
-BD-
Thanks kindly, Brandon.
regards,
Jack
Fantastic, the stand makes the effect even better!
Toshi
Mighty nice model! Everything about it - the color scheme, the overall finish, the weathering - and the photography.
I think the return of the “in flight” stand to the hobby is a fine thing. So many aircraft look so…different in the air.
Airfix is selling stands separately now. Here’s a link: http://www.airfix.com/us-en/shop/aircraft/accessories.html .
I’ve ordered a few things from the Airfix website, and the service has been good.
Thank you Toshi and jtilley.
I have been looking at those Airfix clear plastic stands, and they must be popular, as most webstores I visit, they are sold out. Thanks for the link, that is where I’ll most likely pick them up.
regards,
Jack