This 1:32 Hasegawa Bf 109 G-6
which is painted and marked as Major Horst Carganico's winter white washed
aircraft. The model went together without any fit problems as all of
the Hasegawa 109's in 1:48th scale do as well, the larger scale is a joy to work
with and once you have done a few, I find the smaller scales lack the details
that these kits have. The additions I made to the kit were adding Eduard's
pre-painted seatbelts, some fuse wire to cockpit floor, antennae wire made from
invisible thread with insulators made from Mico-scale Krystal Clear, FuG 25a
antennae made from stretched sprue, True Details weighted resin wheels and some
canopy details made from left over P.E. scraps and stretched clear sprue.
Most of the kit was completed before the painting process.
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Painting:
I used Tamiya and Gunze acrylics. All panel lines were pre-shaded with
dark grey, followed with RLM 76, 74 and 75. Once the camouflage was dry to
touch I painted the white wash using a thin mixture of Gunze flat white.
The secret to painting the white is to only cover enough of the underlying
camouflage so it appears to show through as if the white has been worn away by
the elements. If areas become too white you can add some RLM 74 by misting
it on and then the white once again. some panel lines were also re shaded
with thinned Tamiya German Grey. Once the white wash had been
applied, the lower cowling as well as the wing tips was masked and painted RLM
04 yellow. Once the paint had cured the entire aircraft was coated with
Pascoe's Long Life, this was sprayed on un diluted until the paint was glossy
and would provide a smooth surface for the decals. I used Eagle Cals
decals for this project. The decals went on quickly since the stencilling
was left off. Once the decals had set, I added some weathering with Gunze
smoke as well as some chips along the wing area using Model Masters non buffing
aluminium, with the weathering done the matte coat was sprayed on and the kit
was virtually finished.
Final construction
included adding the details to the canopy, the antennae wire, machine gun
barrels, pitot tube, and landing gear.
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Final Notes:
If you have not built a Hasegawa 1:32 scale Bf109 kit yet, you should consider
one. They go together very well and provide a nice platform for endless
colour schemes. I have three more to build and look forward to them.
This aircraft kit is for sale as
many of my kits have been, if you are interested in this kit or any other kit I
have featured on my web site, please visit the Models
For Sale link to see what is available.
Anthony
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