Done : Bf110G-4, G9+AT, of III/NJG1, Gruppe Build. - Page 10 - Aircraft of World War II

Wayne Little · 03-12-2009, 06:02 AM

Dan is right! the Gloss coat and the Decals certainly take it up a notch, real nice Terry!

Njaco · 03-12-2009, 06:23 AM

Beautiful!

Heinz · 03-12-2009, 08:53 AM

Terry looks brilliant mate

Airframes · 03-12-2009, 11:13 AM

Thanks very much indeed for the encouragement. I admit I was ever so slightly p*ssed off with those kit decals! If anyone has a 'Pro Modeller' kit, I'd suggest binning the decals. Apart from the user problems, they were badly out of register and, apart from the crosses, most are unusable anyway. I've heard similar reports about other decals in the series.
If I can pluck-up the enthusiasm, I might get some more decalling done tonight, given I can find what I need in the spare decals files. The kit's small decals seem to behave, but their print quality is very poor, so I'll be hand-painting some things I think.
More pics later, with luck!

Wayne Little · 03-12-2009, 03:43 PM

Look forward to more mate!

muller · 03-12-2009, 04:16 PM

That looks beautiful Terry!

Screaming Eagle · 03-13-2009, 03:18 AM

Lovely Terry!

Airframes · 03-13-2009, 09:41 AM

Thanks guys. Got a little bit more done, only a few decals to go, then the final clear coats. Should have some pics tonight.

marek · 03-14-2009, 09:39 AM

Wow. Very nice model you are doing Terry. Cant wait for more pictures.

Airframes · 03-14-2009, 01:17 PM

Thank you Marek, and here they are!
Things seem to have jumped ahead all of a sudden. All the decals are on, although, as expected, there were a few that disintegrated. So there is now a mixture of the kit decals, some hand-painted areas like the wing-walk lines, and some from the files. The Werke Nr. was made up from individual figures from an old Microscale sheet.
Whilst I was waiting for the decals to fully settle, before spraying the final clear coats, I assembled the undercarriage legs, and set to work on improving the exhausts.
If the kit instructions are followed, the landing gear legs would have been angled too far forward, so I adjusted the locating holes before cementing the legs in place, then added a spot of superglue to hold them in the desired position. The doors, door stays and wheels have yet to be added, and I'll scratch-build some door retraction arms from stretched sprue.
There are three parts to each of the exhausts, which are moulded as one with the flame dampers, and they are fairly good representations of the real thing. However, the outlets are solid, so I drilled them out, then reamed them, to give a more realistic appearance. The vent intakes are supplied as separate parts, and there ares some rather nice representations of welded joints at the bend of the 'tubes'. Once the rear baffle-vents had been glued in place, I went around the liquid cement joint with the point of a scalpel blade, to make the joint look like a weld. There were a number of ejector pins to be removed from each of the exhausts and dampers, and quite a bit of cleaning up to do, scraping and sanding the seam lines etc.
PICS 1 and 2 show the work in progress, before painting.
Whilst the exhausts were drying, I sprayed the model in a semi-matt clear coat, using Johnson's 'Klear' (Future), to which had been added some Tamiya acrylic Flat Base and, when this was totally dry, I began work on some light weathering, wear, and exhaust staining etc, as shown in :-
PICTURE 3.
The final two pics show the progress to date, with a lot of work still to be done. I've decided to leave in the Schrage Musik cannon, as it is very possible that this aircraft was fitted with these weapons at some time, as there is evidence to show that other aircraft of this unit carried the weapons. Apart from that, it would be a right royal pain to try to remove them without causing possible damage!
I'll post some more pics in a few days, when there's more to show, as the next stage involves assembling all the fiddly bits, and altering the SN2 antennas.
Thanks again for your interest and compliments.
Terry.

Wurger · 03-14-2009, 01:27 PM

Excellent Terry.

rochie · 03-14-2009, 01:27 PM

looks great Terry well done mate

Lucky13 · 03-14-2009, 02:05 PM

Bl**dy marvelous old sock....well worth few drams!

marek · 03-14-2009, 02:12 PM

Looks nice Terry

Airframes · 03-14-2009, 02:50 PM

Thanks very much guys! Having a rest now, as my hands are swollen and sore. BUT! I start the new medication of Tuesday - YIPPEE!!

03-12-2009, 06:02 AM	#136
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 14,850	Dan is right! the Gloss coat and the Decals certainly take it up a notch, real nice Terry! __________________

03-12-2009, 06:23 AM	#137
Njaco The Pop-Tart Whisperer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States Posts: 11,836	Beautiful! __________________ "If you can read this, thank a teacher. If it's English, thank a soldier!" http://www.njcacoa.org/

03-12-2009, 08:53 AM	#138
Heinz Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posts: 7,678	Terry looks brilliant mate __________________

03-12-2009, 11:13 AM	#139
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,568	Thanks very much indeed for the encouragement. I admit I was ever so slightly p*ssed off with those kit decals! If anyone has a 'Pro Modeller' kit, I'd suggest binning the decals. Apart from the user problems, they were badly out of register and, apart from the crosses, most are unusable anyway. I've heard similar reports about other decals in the series. If I can pluck-up the enthusiasm, I might get some more decalling done tonight, given I can find what I need in the spare decals files. The kit's small decals seem to behave, but their print quality is very poor, so I'll be hand-painting some things I think. More pics later, with luck! __________________

03-12-2009, 03:43 PM	#140
Wayne Little Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust. Posts: 14,850	Look forward to more mate! __________________

03-12-2009, 04:16 PM	#141
muller Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: The Emerald Isle Posts: 1,501	That looks beautiful Terry! __________________

03-13-2009, 03:18 AM	#142
Screaming Eagle Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 3,626	Lovely Terry! __________________ "Success is nothing more than taking advantage of an opportunity." - Hitman! - The Technical Guide for the Independent Contractor.

03-13-2009, 09:41 AM	#143
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,568	Thanks guys. Got a little bit more done, only a few decals to go, then the final clear coats. Should have some pics tonight. __________________

03-14-2009, 09:39 AM	#144
marek Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Helsinki Finland Posts: 663	Wow. Very nice model you are doing Terry. Cant wait for more pictures. __________________

03-14-2009, 01:27 PM	#146
Wurger Siggy Master Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 16,017	Excellent Terry. __________________

03-14-2009, 01:27 PM	#147
rochie Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk Posts: 3,638	looks great Terry well done mate __________________

03-14-2009, 02:05 PM	#148
Lucky13 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: A Swede living in Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 17,331	Bl**dy marvelous old sock....well worth few drams! __________________ JAN "Felicis Tredecim" "I´m going back to the front to relax" "THE BLACK CATS FLIES TONIGHT" "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant!" "When you're out of F-8's... You're out of fighters!"

03-14-2009, 02:12 PM	#149
marek Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Helsinki Finland Posts: 663	Looks nice Terry __________________

03-14-2009, 02:50 PM	#150
Airframes Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 11,568	Thanks very much guys! Having a rest now, as my hands are swollen and sore. BUT! I start the new medication of Tuesday - YIPPEE!! __________________

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