Tamiya 1/48 Bf-109 Yellow 6

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This Is my attempt at Walther Dahl’s yellow 6. He had 128 aerial victories in 678 missions. I was unable to find much info. on this plane other than the pic presented and the pic on the montex supermask that I used for the markings. The shooting star mask did not adapt well to all the curved surfaces of the model. The “negative” image of the mask worked the best but it also popped up. I kept damaging it and I got the yellow way too thick. I used AK paints for the build and used a thin mixture of RLM 75 to fade the shooting star. I wanted to make this one the convertable version with the engine cowling but the cental spire engine support was warped and I couldn’t get it straightened. That left a 2mm gap on one side and an overlap on the other so I just cemented it closed. I know pilot figures are frowned upon but I do enjoy painting them and I hope I have improved somewhat. I did not paint the figure as per the instructions. I used the colors that Tamiya did when they unveiled the kit. Overall it was a good kit Thanks for looking

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

Untitled by Robert Pederson, on Flickr

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Hi, Robert - That is a really exceptional job you made of it, for one thing the pilots face is very well done, as is the rest of him. The build and finish of the 109 is super neat and looks great.

Thanks for the post and photos, I enjoyed seeing it.

Patrick

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Thank you Patrick!

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Looks great! I’ll second Patrick, the pilot’s face is very well done. I have nothing against pilot figures, they bring life to the model. Everybody does seatbelts, go with the pilot figure.

Joe

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Thanks Joe. I used Tamiya flesh mixed with alittle red and then a faded flesh for the highlights

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Awesome Robert. Nice weathering on the undersides!

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Thanks Chad I tried to use of drop of tamiya black stain and used compressed air to streak it

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Outstanding Work. Love the pilot figure–face looks great!

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Nice work Robert! That’s a great scheme you chose - and very well executed. Congrats. I think you worked through the mask issues on the star very well. I’m also torn sometimes on the pilot, but I think it adds some character to the model and gives it a sense of scale.

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Outstanding work Robert. I’m glad you have been sharing your work here. The star looks fine to me.

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Very nice, particullaly the underside shading , well done

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Excellent finish. The pilot looks great.

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Thank You cbaltrin

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Thanks Hoss That star caused me a lot of lost hair…and I don’t have much to spare

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Thanks Joe I apopreciate all your help!

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Thanks tempest. It’s greatly appreciated