Subject: Re: Submission of my Me109G-6 kit - please post on May 25th (it's my birthday on that day :) )
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Sandman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:17:10 -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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  From: Sandman 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 10:35 AM
  Subject: Submission of my Me109G-6 kit - please post on May 25th (it's my birthday on that day :) )

  Gallery Template #05

  1/72 Academy Messerschmitt Me109G-6

  with Lift Here decals 

  by Srdjan Radosavljevic
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  This is typical Academy kit with great and nicely engraved details. Unfortunatelly there were some errors which I didn't fix. These errors include horizontal stabilizers with wrong shape - they look like they are transferred from some Fw190!? :( Wheel covers are positioned too low, so they are almost touching the ground (they should end at the center of wheel!). There were few panel lines I had to rescribe as they didn't exist or were positioned in wrong place. I added few details on cockpit walls to improve its realistic look. As regards to photo etched parts I added only seatbelts (Extratech EX72030 set - seatbelts with buckles WW2 Luftwaffe) and this really improved cockpit look! I painted instrument table carefully with brush and applied a drop of Microscale Kristal Klear on each instrument to emulate instrument glass!

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  I used Lifecolor acrylic paints for this model - upper surfaces are painted in RLM 74 and RLM 75, and lower surfaces in RLM 76. Mottling is done in RLM 74/75 pattern. This model represents Luftwaffe Gustav captured by Yugoslav partisans during WW2, so all Luftwaffe markings were overpainted - on model I emulated this detail by masking german crosses on wings and fuselage with Tamiya masking tape. After finished camouflage painting and taking off masks, I repainted crosses with brush in RLM 74 (upper wing and fuselage crosses) and in RLM 75 (lower wing crosses). I used Lift Here decals (U-72LH set) for marking of this specific airplane. Decals are quite nice for applying, and I needed just a bit of Microscale Set and Sol decal solutions to make decals apply to panel lines perfectly :) Exhausts are painted with Model Master Metalizers (Exhaust and Burnt metal) and "washed" with mixture of white spirit, red and brown pastels, in order to emulate rusty finish. Exhaust smoke stains are emulated with black pastel. On left wing (below the cockpit) I added colour chipping - I did this effect with silver pen. Antenna wires are made of some material that is very similar to hair but a bit stronger - those are glued with super glue and painted in RLM 66.

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  I really enjoyed in this build and actually this was the first time I tried to do the mottling, and also first time I took care of antenna wires... so having all that on the table, I am satisfied with final result ;)

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