You should have worked me out by now. I like to do something a little different now and again.
1/32 Hasegawa G-10, Heinz Ewald, it will be!
That is a very sharp looking camo job. Will you be tacking that particular scheme?
With all these 32nd hase 109’s, we will have no excuse not to get them right.
I do like that scheme Tom.
Thanks. Yes, I will be going that scheme. I like the “hybrid” look. Forest camo with the mottling, fore and aft. Looking forward to it.
Bish. Good point. With these 1/32nds, there’s no excuse to not have 'em looking sharp! Glad to see you made the move over to the scale. With a Marseille bird, no less! He was quite an interesting ace.
Cheers, guys…
Not exactly a move Tom, more an occasional visit. Nothing till pull me away from my beloved 72nd for to long.
yes, I had heard he was a party man, often associating with film stars and such. His aircraft was an obvious choice for me mainly down to the simple scheme. I also have Hartmann’s G-6 and Galland’s E-4 in 32nd, but I wanted to ease in gently and not have to worry about mottling and such.
Hiya Mustang,
I’m interested as we’ll. I have Revell’s 1/48 F-4 (Marseille’s) that I was itching to get at, as he is a favourite LW subject of mine. I also have a 1/48 Hasegawa F-2 that can be done up in one of four schemes that I may do instead, since Bish has dibs on Marseille’s.
Your Butcher Bird GB was my first and I really enjoyed it.
Allen
**Tom:**It would be a pleasure to have you on board and that finished 109 looks fantastic. Just a preview of the fine work that’s gonna be coming out of folks when we get this thing kicked off.
**Allen:**Either bird would be a great entry for the GB. The Hasegawa kit will have more detail of course. Before I got alot of the weathering skills I have learned here at this site I built a Hasegawa G-10 and it had some good detail. Thank you for the comment on the Butcher Bird GB. I actually had no idea just how big that thing was gonna be (and it’s still ongoing.).
Might join in. I have the latest Eduard g-6 and a Hasegawa 1:32 F-4 (Marseille) waiting in my stash. Just need to finally buy an AB system…
Looking forward to seeing you in there LionOflux! . Outside of an X acto knife and a few common modeling handtools its the best thing you’ll ever gain to your arsenal of tools. Keep hangin’ around and you’ll see what I mean. Im Joe and it’s good to meet and you will be looking forward to conversing with you here at the forum.
I missed you in the welcome part of the forum so I’ll say it here: Welcome aboard! If you’ve got questions , don’t hesitate to ask. Got a modeling problem? We’re all here to help out. There’s a whole bunch of good fellas here that love to talk models and are here to have fun at what we do best–build stuff!
Thanks Mustang. It’s been only a couple of months since I came back to modelling after what must be a goid decade. But it seems I’m a 109-nut, as I’ve built an Eduard Emil, a Tamiya Emil, a Revell G-6 and have a Revell G-10 Erla and a botched Zvezda F-4 on the bench, as well as the aforementioned 2 109s in my stash. Can’t go wrong with those Augsburg Eagles. Not that I don’t like allied birds, but having read Galland’s autobiography recently the Luftwaffe seems to have been so much on the recieving end that it’s astounding that it still produced those outstanding aces that it did, using only 2 types of fighter birds mostly.
Chanter! (Allen) I’ve been hoping you would join in! I thourghly enjoyed your Wurger finish and as with all entrants love to see what you have to offer this time. Dont worry about duplicate entries! Each has their own distinct spin on their subject. I was also glad to see Bish do a 32nd, and that (is it 1/8th scale Bish) your planing will be magnificant! By the way Chanter, You only have about 35.000 choices to make in the combined 109 field so I know pickings will be tough… LOL. By the way, I ran across a good site for some types of research today, some may alrerady know of it but for we who didnt its… www.luftwaffe.be
It posts alot of missing pilots and aircraft and is always building as new info arrives. Happy Labor Day all! (those who celebrate that is) Take care!
Doug
I thought I’ll just post a pic (actually two) of what I intend on building:
I’m going to build this kit as a JG 300 bird. “Red 6” on top of this Eagle Cals sheet to be exact:
I guess I’m gonna have some fun mixing all kinds of semi-transparent shades of grey and spraying those on top of a normal 109 camoflage scheme. I’m actually really looking forward to this! [:D] I have to get the paint scheme to look really good and interesting, because there are literally no stencils on the entire aircraft except for a few fuel indication triangles. Everything is painted over with black or gray paint.
I’m very likely going to add a bit more of AM stuff:
- Master gun barrels
- HGW seatbelts
- Barracuda resin wheels
- resin spinner (either Barracuda or Eagle Parts, any input on that one?)
You’re gonna do just fine Clemens…just fine. Nice choice by the way.
Is that the kit that comes with the cool, etched beer glass? Pricey little guy…sure you want to piece it out rather than do a complete build? (maybe I have misunderstood the group build concept? Never have participated in one before…)
No this is the kit that comes with that:
Eduards Royal Class kit:
Unless there IS another kit out there that has one that I don’t know about.
If you have got or can get a 109 kit we’d love to have you join us in building starting on January 1st.[:D]
I’m narrowing down my subject Joe, and have several things still coming from the LHS but will still be building a Jg 54 “Emil” used in the Balkans in 1940/41.
Doug (Rigid): Thanks for the encouragement! I’ve been looking at the various include schemes for that Hasegawa kit, and saw Hans Hahn’s option and thought it would be interesting, but apparently the whole red nose, red tail thing is an error…too bad. I’ll keep poking around for interesting options though. I think I will use this opportunity to try my hand at mottling though, so I may give Marseille’s a pass until later (or maybe I’ll be able to build 2 109s)
Joe (Mustang): Really looking forward to seeing you build that Royal Class 109; what a beautiful kit! I was just looking at it online and it includes an actual piece of a 109 as well? Very cool. I’ll get to enjoy it vicariously through your build. [:)] Don’t forget a WIP picture of the etched glass…with beer in it of course. [B]
Looking forward to this sucker starting up.
Allen
Mustang
I guess you missed my post so here’s my entry for the GB
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@plasticjunkie Very good choice. It’s a great kit. Just make sure you know what exact model you wanna build and research which hatches need to be filled and sanded. Oh and I can only recommend Eduard’s bronze legs and fabric seatbelts for that kit!