Finnish Bf 109G-6 Nightfighter,HLeLv 31

I used Hasegawa’s excellent Bf109G-6 kit, with a few minor modifications. I added a fuel line in the cockpit made from fine solder, including an “observation port” made from stretched, clear sprue. The seat harness was made from lead foil, and Waldron buckles were attached. I also added some “hydraulic” lines on the main gear for the brakes, made from fine gauge wire. These were secured with a few brackets cut from the same sheet of lead foil. After I was finished with the sanding and filling of the fuselage seams, I rescribed the line along the dorsal and ventral fuselage. The corrected propeller spinner was the Eagle Editions resin replacement. I also added a length of fine solder on the ventral fuselage to replicate the small antennae, and 6-0 nylon suture was used for the radio antennae wire. Finally, the gun barrels and exhausts were drilled out.





Very nice !!! thanks for the look !!!

Beautiful work, and beautiful display jkelly, thanks for sharing it! [:)]

Take care,
Frank

A fine looking bird, nice clean build

Thad

Jkelly,

Beautiful bird! Just out of curiosity, were the Finns operating G-6 Trop versions?

[#ditto]

Excellent build & pics. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

Really nice build, I love the background image! [#ditto] about the trop version?

Great job looks good.

Stunning model ther jkelley. Excellent paint and weathering. Great job.

Jerry

awesome pics. Thanks for sharing. I’m going to retool my tamiya e-4 and I hope it comes out half as good.

great looking bird. nicely done.

joe

Looks great! I love the background too.

Thank You one and all for the encouragement…!!! CobraHistorian, they did indeed. Finland received the 1st 16 Bf 109G-2s in March of 1943, then the G-6s began arriving in 1944. These were the tropicalized versions.I haven’t been able to discern whether they were originally destined for Tunisia or somewhere, but that’s what Germany sold them…!

What can I say but outstanding job on the build! The background picture is great too.

Mark

Jkelley,

Fantastic! Again, really beautiful build, and I learned something too! Keep up the great work!

EXCELLENT 109, and FANTASTIC photography too!!

Thanks for giving us a look[:D]

Thanks tweety and Mark…!!! Cobrahistoran, glad i could help!

JK

Beautiful build excellently displayed and photographed!
Keep 'em coming.

Take care,

Mark

Good to see a Gustav in something other than Luftwaffe markings. Beautiful build, awesome photography.