discussion Ian M's 1/32 scale Bf 109G-6

[Ian M]

Well I have this one in the stash, so it will be now or never! 
Two new(ish) things for me. Its 1/32 and German! What is the world coming to!


Hope to open the box Monday. 


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[Guest]

Thats a massive undertaking there Ian. Good on ya!

 

[papa 695]

Going to watch this Ian.

 

[Guest]

It's a nice kit to build Ian & fits together very easily. There's only a couple of things to watch for - pick which version you want to do & mark the instructions accordingly. I found it all to easy to mix & match bits for early and late variants.


The upper wings are split into 2 parts. Going against the instructions, I found it much better to join the inner sections to the fuselage first to eliminate any gaps. This also minimises the join to the outer sections.

 

[Ian M]

Cheers Patrick I'll watch out for that and good tip for the wings, thanks.

 

[Guest]

That voluptious-looking object under the fuselage, is it a bomb (unlikely on a fighter) or an auxilliary dumpable fuel tank? If the latter, German-occupied France would not have presented range problems, I think.

 

[Guest]

That voluptious-looking object under the fuselage, is it a bomb (unlikely on a fighter) or an auxilliary dumpable fuel tank? If the latter, German-occupied France would not have presented range problems, I think.

It's a fuel tank Steve.

 

[Ian M]

Had a look at the destruction's over a cup of coffee and will go for the early one. Not being "at home" with German fighters I might need a bit of help with a few of the colour call outs. The interior colour for an 109g. RLM66? There is a lot of what Revell call Light olive, mostly internal stuff and the U/C struts and the like. RLM 02 ?


Just need some good reference pics now..... Google time!

 

[BarryW]

Hi Ian


I look forward to this one.  Use RLM66 for the cockpit interior and RLM02 for other internals as that was the primer colour.  I would suggest ignoring most Revell call outs and investigating the right RLMs for the specific subject you are depicting from scratch.  There is a lot of information out there to help.  


If you are using Vallejo I would suggest looking at their new colour sets as they have made a lot of changes and brought out better RLM colours in their Air War Series paints.  The AK Interactive sets are pretty good too and in both the AKI and Vallejo sets you may find the colour information you need.  

 

[Ian M]

Cheers Barry, I have some Xtracrylix RLM colours and have the Camouflage colours, I was just not sure on those to internal colours as, as you point out, the Revell call outs are pretty helpless! So RLM66 in the cock pit, RLM02 for all the primer coloured bits.


Dont s'pose anyone has a colour profile of Werk nummer 160 717 while it was in Italy, Was the Camouflage the same just with the White Spinner, tail band and wing tips And with out the Yellow under cowl ---

 

[Pikeman]

I like the look of the kit Ian,will be watching this one 

 

[monica]

will be keeping an eye on this one,Ian,should be a big build,

 

[Guest]

Nice looking kit Ian. I'm sure you'll do a great job. Looking forward to the progress. 

 

[Guest]

Excellent subject.


Just a quick thing- the title says G-2 and the box says G-6. Unless you are doing a conversion, it is a G-6 right?


John

 

[Ian M]

LOL. I had not noticed that John. Thanks. I have edited the title.

 

[Ian M]

Morning peeps!


Well I got the box opened and finally took the sprue shots so here they are. The moulding is good with some fine detail and just a bit of flash here and there, nothing to panic about. 


Under orders from SWMBO to take a day off and relax (Apparently I have been working too hard). So I might even get to make a start on this today! 

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[Ian M]

Well then Two years with out sticking plastic has left its mark! I really need to pay attention and go slow. Anyhow. We got the cockpit done. The detail was OK and went together with out any fuss. Trying to take a photo of it was more like trying to take a photo of a black cat in a coal hole so I gave up on that! its going to be lid down anyway so not a lot to be seen.
This is where we are at right now.


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The coal hole, sorry I mean cock-pit.


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Got the two halves of the fuselage together, Found out that I had forgotten the top part of the oil cooler... Bugger. Managed to get that in via the motor compartment, after trimming the location tabs off the fuselage! Oh I managed to snap off the propshaft that should be interesting later...View attachment 261961
Just about to start fitting the wheel bay walls and coolers...


You can just see on the instructions that for the top cowl there is a choice of two; 44 and 43(i think) It does not say early or late so which one!

 

[Ian M]

That voluptious-looking object under the fuselage, is it a bomb (unlikely on a fighter) or an auxilliary dumpable fuel tank? If the latter, German-occupied France would not have presented range problems, I think.

It is indeed a fuel tank and they had a text on them to the effect of "This is not a bomb, if found return to the Luftwaffe base" I believe there was a reward offered for them to encourage people to return them. I wonder if it would have been smarter if they wrote the message in French or English, I can imagine that a good few could make the mistake between Kien and Kliene... One meaning not the other little....

 

[Guest]

Looks like you've got the Monica bug Ian! You're racing through this one


With regard to the cowling options, I think the late version has smoother bulges for the upper MGs. I can't remember which is which so some dry-fitting should make things clear.

 

[papa 695]

Nice start Ian