Hasegawa 109 G-6 in 48th scale…represents a/c of Alfred Surau (43 kills, including 2 B-17’s) who was operating this a/c w/ JG 3 (Udet)…he was shot down and killed in this a/c on October 14, 1943, during the American bombing raids on Schweinfurt…please comment…
Damn MR, that is onesweet looking 109!! Love the eyeballs on the bulges! I think you nailed the white-balance on this set, try taking the rest like this one, it looks perfect!
Thanks, Jester—finally got that cheapa@@ camera to work halfway-decent…
Manstien,
You’ve posted another great model. I do have one piece of critisism that I hope is constructive. The panel lines seem very heavy expecially at the yellow engine cowlings. Your other beautiful builds seem to have the panel lines toned down a bit. Congrats on a Beautiful build. You keep posting all these wonderful models and raising the bar for the rest of us.
Semper Fi,
Chris
…thanks, I’ll keep that in mind…here is my other 109 “eyeball” model:
If a 109 has to have extra bumps on it, they should be painted like that. Nice job as usual MR
MR, another great build!! I realy like the cannons under the wings!
Looks real nice, like all your other work. A very pro job-
As usual a great looking 109! Pics added to my photo reference area - thank you!
Eric, you are just gonna keep at it until you convert me to the Luftwaffe!!! [swg] The more I see of your work and how impressive these birds are, I’m just gonna have to build me some (unfortunately, they won’t look like yours [sigh] )! I probably will start with the Eduard Bf-108 that I have in the stash, work my way up to the “big boys”!
Brian [C):-)]
Sounds good, we need more Jagdwaffe pilots! I didn’t know Eduard made a Bf108…their new FW190 series sure looks good…haven’t got one yet…
Looking good. The second plane, who’s is it? It has a rather unusual camo on the wings. Looks kinda neat.
…that second a/c was flown by Elias Kuhlein of JG 51…he had 36 kills in over 600 missions…
SWEEEEETTTT, up to your usuall standards. I really enjoy seeing your work and it is an inspiration.
Steve
Wonderful build! The eyeballs…I wonder what an opposing pilot thought of those things bugging out at him as he tried to elude the 109? I have two questions for you:
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I’ve tried to use a drafting pencil with HB leads to highlight my panel lines. When I run into a decal, I have to be careful not to tear through it (even if a coat of future or dullcoat has already been applied). How do you deal with that to get your panel detail over the decals?
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Do you spray or brush paint your tires/wheels? I’ve heard good things about both approaches, but brushing just doesn’t look as good as airbrushing an object. Just can’t imagine how best to tackle airbrushing the tire and wheel and keep the colors separated and sharp.
Bob
…thanks, the easiest way to paint tires is to mask the wheel and tire using an artist’s round template that you can buy at any craft/art store…there are several sizes of holes on it that should fit about anything…the decals won’t be disturbed by the pencil in the panel lines if they have seated to the model well…you can ensure this by starting with a glossy surface, using a good decal solvent (like Solvaset) and then applying a good final coat of varnish…the decals should look painted on…if you are working with a wider gap, sometimes you might have to cut the decal at the gap with an x-acto blade and then reapply the solvent to get the decal to lie in the gap…
What a beautiful model! Your paint is awesome.
I was struck by the heaviness of the panel lines also…but after doing closeups on the pics…things kind of balance out.
This model needs an out of doors background…even without figures…it would be an instant diorama!
Nam
PS: I meant to ask…did you mask the glass?..if so, how?
Hiya Hogan…Namrednef (David) here. You asked two questions I used to agonize over so here’s[2c]:
On a model with crisp recessed panel lines…after using setting solution on a decal, I would score the panel lines with a new, sharp, never-before-used X-acto blade…sometimes the scoring alone would do the trick…but if not, I would let a drop of very thinned (with alcohol) acrylic wash, run down the lines…starting the drop a bit away from the actual decal in case you need to wipe some excess. I never tried this on a 1/72…just 1/48 and 1/32.
With the tire question…naturally I tried every method you could think of, as I’m sure you have. I found that brushing always looked best (to me)…but you must use a thinned paint on the sidewalls and brush from the hub outward toward the tread and use 2 coats. Then do the tread in the same color unthinned…and drybrush the tread with the color/medium you wish to portray.
Hope this helps
Nam
…the wings sport what is called a “saw” pattern…and the front edges are scalloped…there is quite a bit of pic documentation of this pattern and wasn’t all that uncommon…