Hi guys ,its been sometime but here is the lastest from the workshop.
Me 109K-4 ,Stab, I./JG 52 Hasegawa 1/48 using kit decals
Handed over to the Soviets by the Americans at the end of the war.
Built OOB painted with gunze
hope u guys like it thanks for your time.
The missing link
WOW obiwan… beautiful. The finish is great. Is the spinner a decal or did you mask/paint?
She’s a beauty Obiwan, looks magnificent all the way around top notch work [tup][tup]
Obiwan:
The force must have been with you. Great looking 109. The color scheme is complex, but you pulled it off nicely.
Very nice great job on the camo.
Gorgeous! [tup]
Nicely done Obiwan. The build, painting & decal work is excellent. Only critique would be the antennae wires, which could be a tad taughter.
Regards, Rick
Obiwan,
Beautiful job on this a/c, especially the painting and weathering; the decals look like they were painted on! You should be proud of your work, it is excellent!
Brian [C):-)]
Thanks for all the kind words.I really missed posting in this forum:)
Marc , the spinner is a decal.I trimmed as much of the film as I dared to and applied it.
After it had dried the on went the solvent.The was a small crack which was touched up by
brush.Also a few wrinkle lines , some silver chip mark helped cover these.
Tracy, glad you liked it.I ve always wanted to do a black tulip without of winter camo
mucker , a lot of blue-tac and tamiya tape was sacrificed for this build only the weathering is
free hand.
Rick , as usual you are spot on.heh heh I confess to laziness in not redoing the antenna wires.
Its still in the plastic"In Progress" box. So it shud be corrected over the weekend.
Also you might notice that the two bottom pics the pitot is missing.I forgot about it and
corrected it later as in pic one.
Brian , thanks man I tried an extra dirty and heavy grime coat on this one.Always the
risk of ruining a good decal and paint job with that.But it did pay off thanks for the encouragement.
laters…
Pretty cool, man! I really like 109’s… but they always look like they’re going to colapse on their gear!
Obiwan…you are a powerful Jedi! Your 109 looks fantastic, an absolutely superb build. Very nice scheme, thanks for sharing it with us. Glad to have you back around here, Darren.
That’s really a beautiful job, the painting & decaling is just superb.
I agree with everybody else, you did a heck of a job.
I like the looks of her Obiwan
Thad
Nice I am surprised we don’t see alot more models of the top scoring ace of all time!
Soulcrusher
Nice work. I am a novice compared to you.I am going to do “White 1” a 109 g6 Bubbi Hartmann Staffel kapitan 4./jgr52 november 44
on table only 1/48th!
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Nice work! There was a time when all I built was 109’s, so if I may be permitted to nitpick just a tad…on your next one, don’t forget about the seam that runs down the fuselage spine. Other than that, absolutely gorgeous piece! [:)]
Thanks Guys,
RadMax8 , yea the 109 has weird landing gear.Btw I love your avatar pic its really crazy.
Darren ,I m happy to be back and its nice to be welcomed.I had sone difficulty firguring out how to post here again.
Waikong ,thats a cool website you’ve got there.
Allen ,I experimented with a heavier dirt scheme on this one , thanks.
Thad ,it took me a while to remember how to photograph well again to produce the nice low angle pictures.
Soulcrusher , sadly not much of Erich’s birds have been reproduced on decals…most of the are out of print.I found this kit at the back of a little hobby shop.
mearly , its just paitence and practise…Hartmann’s G-6 has a nice mottle effect , I’d love to see it.
ruddratt , heh heh the seam was pointed out to me when I built a 109E some time ago.I never filled it up since.But I can see how the light covers it up on this model.
Thanks again for your kind words.
obiwan…yeah, that seam was tough to see in these photos. I therefore retract my nitpick (can we do that?) [;)] and replace it with “awesome piece!” [:)]
OB1, You’ve inspired me! I dug through the pile and pulled out a Me 109E4 that’s been peeking at me for a few weeks. Going to try the North African camo for the first time.
Great looking built you got there!