**** DONE: 1/48 Bf 109G-4/R6 "Yellow 11" of 13.(Slow)/JG 52 Eastern Front GB

[Wayne Little]

Looking good mate!

[magnu]

Gear bay and spinner looking much better after your mods Andy

[rochie]

great job Andy, spinner looks great as does the wheel bay

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

Igor, I almost sh!t myself when you said that!

[rochie]

Thanks guys.

Igor, I almost sh!t myself when you said that!

must admit my heart was in my mouth when i read it and it's not my build !!!

[Crimea_River]

Well, I triple checked the order of the colours as I know some of the profiles got it wrong.

By the way, I found this really nice rendition of a similar plane. Hope I can get mine to look nearly as nice. Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4 by Ian Robertson (Hasegawa 1/4

[magnu]

A very nice build that Andy with some hopefully helpful hints for you as well.

[imalko]

I'm sorry mate. Couldn't help myself. Hope you don't mind a little joke.
You got it right, don't worry. Ironically the profile where the order of colors is depicted wrong is the one of "Yellow 1" published in Jagdwaffe book.

Thanks for the link by the way. Nice model there. Wonder if the author had some more insight in the matter or he just took artistic freedom with that model. In all of my books and materials on 13.(Slow.)/JG 52 the "Yellow 13" is mentioned several times but I couldn't find any picture of this aircraft.

[Crimea_River]

Might be he just had the decals for the 13. I need to hunt down some for my "11" as I have two pairs of "ones" but they're slightly different. May need to scan and make my own.

EDIT: Igor, I don't mind a joke so no worries. However, I do have a long memory, Bwa ha ha haaaaa.......

[Airframes]

Nearly choked until I eventually spotted the the joke on the lower text lines!
Should look the canine accoutrements once clear coated Andy.

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Terry. Hope to get on a coat of primer and maybe the 76 before the weekend. Then it's off to sunny Mexico for a week.

[T Bolt]

The spinner looks great Andy!........and I think Igor better watch his back

[slaterat]

Looks fantastic Andy, this kit is going to look better than anyone at Hobbycraft ever thought.

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys.

Progress has been slow as there's been a lot of sanding and scribing going on at the wing joints and around the cowl. I'm a bit behind the schedule stated above but there's no rush so here's where we stand.

First up is an overall shot. Since last time, a lot of work has been done cleaning up the wing to fuselage joint. Installation of the canopy has started, LE slates are on, and the underwing cannon gondolas have been placed.



The below close-up of the cowl area has a couple of things to mention. The front windscreen has been glued on after significant filing down of the fuselage. I didn't get a "before" pic but where the side windows met the fuselage there was a fairly large step on both sides. I toyed with prying open the clear part (which was done at the rear canopy piece) but opted to narrow the fuselage plastic instead. The center seciton of the canopy is just loosely placed for correct spacing at this stage.

Also seen is the cowl hinge which runs along the top centerline. Hobbycraft's molding of this area was odd as the separate piece of cowl that contained the fine hinge detail did not extend to the back of the cowl. Rather, it stopped just behind the gun troughs, so the hinge abruptly stops and is lost in the fuselage seam. To remedy this, I cut a slot in the seam and glued in a piece of stretched sprue. This will receive some fine horizontal cuts to complete the hinge look. More shots of this are will be taken later when this is completed.



Finally, here's the finished prop and spinner, ready to receive a mix of Future and flat coat to get a semi gloss finish. The center cannon has been installed by drilling out the spinner and gluing in a short length of rod that has had the bore drilled out. I piece of tubing would have been better I guess but this looks fine.

The prop blades as well as the back plate are from my Hasegawa G-6 kit and fit perfectly. Hobbycraft's prop was slightly to small in diameter and just looked a bit thick so I decided not to use it.



That's going to be it for a week or so as I'm off to Mexico early tomorrow. See you when I get back.

[Wurger]

Nice.