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

Started by Erik Gjørup · 105 · 1 month ago · 1/48, 109, airbum, Bf109, halfworks, hungary, Messerschmitt, quarterscale, zvezda
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years ago:

    Looking perfect, my friend @airbum!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years ago:

    Those decals do indeed look great, Erik @airbum

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Legs!

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

    Not a lot, but it has got legs!


    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



    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.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Glad to see this receiving your attention again, my friend @airbum! Hope you'll find a solution for the missing transparencies.

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    Erik Gjørup said 2 years, 2 months 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 🙂

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Good to see this one on your bench again, Erik @airbum. And good news as well that you did find the 'missing' parts.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 years, 2 months ago:

    Wish I knew it for my stuff too, my friend @airbum . Which is why scratch building is the story of my (modeling) life... 🙂

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 years, 2 months 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.

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 year, 10 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!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Progressing nicely on this Gustav as well, Erik @airbum

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 10 months ago:

    Great coating results, my friend @airbum! Those ridges will belong to the past.

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    Erik Gjørup said 1 month, 2 weeks 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.




    Looking rather nasty after some light wetsanding.

    After a trip to the spraybooth, it looks a lot better.



    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.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 month, 2 weeks 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 😊

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 month, 2 weeks 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.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 month, 2 weeks ago:

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