Subject: Re: BF-109 By alan Williamson
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "hurricane" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:27:50 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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Work like you don't need the money.
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Sing like nobody's listening.
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  From: hurricane 
  To: Steve (ARC) 
  Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 3:11 AM
  Subject: BF-109 By alan Williamson

  "1/48 Tamiya BF-109E-4/7" 

  by "Alan Williamson"
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  The Kit:    Tamiya 1/48 BF-109E-4/7 Trop Kit NO.63

  Additions:    Aires BF-109E-4 Detail set 4090

  Construction

  I Started this kit back in 2002 with a visit to Craig from Aeroworks to pick up the detail set. But being a novice back than and this being the first kit I had ever used a resin detail set on I found it very hard to work with. You could say at the time I bite of more than I could handle. I didn't do to bad a job of installing the resin cockpit or hacking away of the kit parts to add in the resin engine. I did not have all the right tools to accomplish the delicate work of removing kit parts and placing in the resin parts, but I made do with what I had at the time. So after constructing the majority of the kit it went back into its box, Sorry no photos of the construction of the kit I hadn't brought a digital camera at the time. 2004 saw the kit come out of its box and I pick up where I left of filling gaps and peppering the kit for painting, but painting the kit didn't work out I had nothing but problems with the paint. The paint had some sort of reaction in which I had to get out the oven cleaner and strip the paint off the kit, after stripping the kit it found itself back in its box. 2005 sore the kit come out yet again with the paint striped off I airbrushed the total kit in Model Masters Metal paint, only to find the kit had a huge seem line where the two fuselage halves were joined. Out came the putty and the wet rub and I went to work covering up the seem line.

        Note picture 03 re-scribing and sanding the seem line, with the seem line now gone I re-sprayed the kit in metal finish. The kit was then placed back into its box to wait... Late 2006 out came the kit for the last time where I continued with the painting picture 04  Click on image below to see larger image
             
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  Painting

  With the 109 covered in metal finish I glossed the kit in clear, once it had dried I went to work on the colour sceam. All the paints used were Model Master enamels, the only difficulty I had with the paint scheme was the patches I don't have an airbrush with a small enough tip to handle the job it was a bit of trial and era. But I think it looks alright, now that the colour was on the kit I placed some masking tap onto the 109 to give the paint work a bit of a chipped look, with the chip paint completed I gave the 109 yet another cote of clear gloss ready for the decals.

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  Fishing Touches

  I used the kit decals supplied with the kit and once all the decals were placed on I went over them with gloss clear, it was time to weather the 109 I used pastel chalk to high light the panel lines and give the kit an overall dirty look. Now I had finished weathering the 109 I went over it with dull clear and attached the landing gear, cockpit windows and other little bites and pieces. The kit was now and finally finished 27/3/07

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  Thanks

  Craig from Aeroworks whom got me in the Aires detail set, Craig can be reached at  [email-masked] for any of your modelling needs.

  Steve Bamford for placing an other article of mine on his site.

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  Photos and text © by "Alan Williamson"