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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, Hungary V.8 63, Zvezda 1/48

Started by Erik Gjørup · 105 ≡ · ↻ 3 weeks ago · 1/48, 109, airbum, Bf109, halfworks, hungary, Messerschmitt, quarterscale, zvezda

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Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 11 months ago:

Looking perfect, my friend @airbum!
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 11 months ago:

Those decals do indeed look great, Erik @airbum
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 1 month ago:
Legs!

After 9 months (again!) progress is to be seen

Not a lot, but it has got legs!
1. look ma - no hands!
actually I added those a long time ago, so now they should be able to support the weight?

I added the paintmasks to the wheels
1. kit wheels look decent. AM may come into play later if they are messed up. . . by me that is.
and will paint these in the near future (?)

even thought this build had its own build-box some items has dissapered. I have to source a new hood as well as nav-lights. Probably have some eduard hoods I will check, but those tip-lights are another matter.
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

Glad to see this receiving your attention again, my friend @airbum! Hope you'll find a solution for the missing transparencies.
Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 1 month ago:

Spiros, actually I had the missing items stored in a box that had been misplaced - just re-discovered it, and all the items I need are there. Nice to know that everytning has a correct place 🙂
John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 1 month ago:

Good to see this one on your bench again, Erik @airbum. And good news as well that you did find the 'missing' parts.
Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 1 month ago:

Wish I knew it for my stuff too, my friend @airbum . Which is why scratch building is the story of my (modeling) life... 🙂
George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 1 month ago:

Glad you found your missing parts, Erik (@airbum). I always put things somewhere obvious, that turns out not be so obvious when I try to find them again. Not much left on this build, looking forward to the last bits.
Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 9 months ago:

It only took half the time to re-visit this one compared to the distance between the previous updates!

Another layer of clear!

after 4½ months one should think the previous layer had cured – right?

And thus I also airbrushed this one once again as the temperature and humidity seemed OK again.

Starting to even out the huge ridges where I had the masking tape.

Still not good, but getting better each time.

Once again it has to cure a lot, then some superfine sanding, probably some wet-sanding, and one or two layers before it is ready to the final matt coat.

As usual at this stage it will take quite some time before I come back to this one – tune in again later to check!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Progressing nicely on this Gustav as well, Erik @airbum
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 9 months ago:

Great coating results, my friend @airbum! Those ridges will belong to the past.
Erik Gjørup said 3 weeks, 3 days ago:
Wetsanding.

After quite some time drying, I get back to this one.

20 months! I suppose the clear should have dried by now? Well some water and fine sandpaper will reveal all.
1. ouch!
1. Ridge still clearly visible
Looking rather nasty after some light wetsanding.

After a trip to the spraybooth, it looks a lot better.
1. Uuuhhhh - shiny!
1. Rdige still there, but far less than before. Perhaps with some matt it will disappear?
Now, I have to decide if I want another round of wetsanding (I suppose it could become dry in less than 20 months should I choose to do so) or get the last bits finished. It will need some semimatt or matt clear, and I suppose that is easiest while it is not entirely hardened. I did have a fight with the clear on top of gloss on some other jobs today – and in the end I had to disassemble my airbrush, clean it throughout and install new gaskets all over. That also means it will be a joy to return to the paint later on!

Any comments welcome – should it have another round of wetsanding? I’ll decide tomorrow as I happen to have another day off then.
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 weeks, 3 days ago:

Looks great, my friend @airbum! About another wet sanding round, well, it depends. Should it have been my model, I would have been happy and leave as is, as it looks great to my eye. However, it depends on how YOU feel about it 😊
George R Blair Jr said 3 weeks, 3 days ago:

It is weird how things like these ridges don't seem to jump out at us until it is almost too late to do anything about them, Erik (@airbum). I have never had a lot of luck adding additional layers to smooth ridges out. Good luck.
John vd Biggelaar said 3 weeks, 2 days ago:

A scary moment to perform wet sanding at this stage, Erik @airbum
It is starting to look really nice now.

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Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6, Hungary V.8 63, Zvezda 1/48

Legs!

Another layer of clear!

Wetsanding.