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1/48 scale Bf 109's x 2
- Thread starter matrixone
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Thanks once again Luiz, the K-4 should turn out okay but the little Academy Me 109E is a lost cause...the more I get into the build of this model the more I find wrong with it. Whoever did the research for the Me 109E must have been on acid or had only glanced once at this aircraft before deciding on what surface detail to incorporate into the molds. This is really a shame because this kit fits together quite well and has very petite panel lines and other surface detail, if Academy went through the expense of producing such nice molds why did they cut corners on the research? 
....Anyway, here are two in-progress pictures.
I had planned on giving this model the full pre-shading and highlight treatment but when I did the pre-shading I noticed just how much there is wrong with this kit and cancelled the highlighting and will go ahead and finish the model without much enthusiasm.
The picture below shows the very nice looking surface detail this kit has, too bad some of it (mostly on the undersurfaces) are bogus.
Matrixone
....Anyway, here are two in-progress pictures.
I had planned on giving this model the full pre-shading and highlight treatment but when I did the pre-shading I noticed just how much there is wrong with this kit and cancelled the highlighting and will go ahead and finish the model without much enthusiasm.
The picture below shows the very nice looking surface detail this kit has, too bad some of it (mostly on the undersurfaces) are bogus.
Matrixone
Keep at it Les, looks great. 
You got a busy workbench my friend!
phantom II
Master at Arms
This is looking good Cheers, Christian B)
Thanks James and Bob!
This is the last of the in-progress pictures of the K-4...its almost done. :woohoo:
Matrixone
Which paints did you use? This looks stunning.
Thanks guys!
Scrodes,
I used mostly Model Master enamels on this model but the RLM 82 green was Xtracolor enamel.
Testors Model Master enamel paints are easiest for me to get so I use them the most but I don't care much for some of their Luftwaffe shades of paint so I learned to tint or change them to get them closer to the intended paint colors and this works out quite well except for times when I don't make enough of the paint color I am using and run out of it and have to risk mixing up a small batch that may or may not match exactly with the paint already on the model, with the airbrush its easy to blend in a slightly different shade of paint but its not easy at all to do the same thing with a paint brush.
Matrixone
Scrodes,
I used mostly Model Master enamels on this model but the RLM 82 green was Xtracolor enamel.
Testors Model Master enamel paints are easiest for me to get so I use them the most but I don't care much for some of their Luftwaffe shades of paint so I learned to tint or change them to get them closer to the intended paint colors and this works out quite well except for times when I don't make enough of the paint color I am using and run out of it and have to risk mixing up a small batch that may or may not match exactly with the paint already on the model, with the airbrush its easy to blend in a slightly different shade of paint but its not easy at all to do the same thing with a paint brush.
Matrixone
Thanks guys!
Scrodes,
I used mostly Model Master enamels on this model but the RLM 82 green was Xtracolor enamel.
Aha, that was the colour that stood out for me too. Makes sense.
I like MM, they thin nicely for airbrushing and shoot well too.
Scrodes,
Testor's Model Master version of RLM 82 is one of their colors I don't like as it does not look much like any of the samples of this color in any of my paint chips nor does it match the photographs of RLM 82 painted aircraft relics like those seen in the JaPo Fw 190D-9 book.
Matrixone
Testor's Model Master version of RLM 82 is one of their colors I don't like as it does not look much like any of the samples of this color in any of my paint chips nor does it match the photographs of RLM 82 painted aircraft relics like those seen in the JaPo Fw 190D-9 book.
Matrixone
No, its not finished...I needed to do more work with oil paints on the landing gear legs and undersurfaces before being able to spray on the flat clear coat so here is the last of the last in-progress pictures.
The four blade prop gives this 109 a mean and aggressive look to it.
Matrixone
The four blade prop gives this 109 a mean and aggressive look to it.
Matrixone
