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1/48 scale Bf 109's x 2
- Thread starter matrixone
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Thank you Swordsman!
There will be plenty of other weathering done on the wing roots but before I can get to that stage I have to get the decals on the model and all of them are on but the RVD band is giving me some trouble with wrinkles...I need to keep putting decal softener on every few hours. Its looking much better that it did but this war is not over just yet. :S
Another colorful late war 109.
Once the decals are fully settled I can give the model a thin coat of Future to seal in the decals before the oil washes can go on.
Matrixone
There will be plenty of other weathering done on the wing roots but before I can get to that stage I have to get the decals on the model and all of them are on but the RVD band is giving me some trouble with wrinkles...I need to keep putting decal softener on every few hours. Its looking much better that it did but this war is not over just yet. :S
Another colorful late war 109.
Once the decals are fully settled I can give the model a thin coat of Future to seal in the decals before the oil washes can go on.
Matrixone
Thank you Swordsman!
There will be plenty of other weathering done on the wing roots but before I can get to that stage I have to get the decals on the model and all of them are on but the RVD band is giving me some trouble with wrinkles...I need to keep putting decal softener on every few hours. Its looking much better that it did but this war is not over just yet. :S
Another colorful late war 109.
Once the decals are fully settled I can give the model a thin coat of Future to seal in the decals before the oil washes can go on.
Matrixone
Thanks Bob!
The decals are as settled as they are ever going to be so I went ahead and sprayed on a thin coat of Future and just have to wait a while before I can do anything else on the model.
Not all the wrinkles were removed from the JG 300 RVD band decal and I will just have to live with it as is. This is a major fail because before now it was shaping up to be the best 109 model I have ever made and wish I would have taken a little more time and painted on the RVD band instead of trying to take the easy way out and use a decal. 
Matrixone
The decals are as settled as they are ever going to be so I went ahead and sprayed on a thin coat of Future and just have to wait a while before I can do anything else on the model.
Not all the wrinkles were removed from the JG 300 RVD band decal and I will just have to live with it as is.
This is a major fail because before now it was shaping up to be the best 109 model I have ever made and wish I would have taken a little more time and painted on the RVD band instead of trying to take the easy way out and use a decal. Matrixone
Thank you Barney!
Some work with oil paint has been taking place.
This 109 is getting weathered more than the Revell kit I recently finished and a big part of this weathering is the oil stains on the undersurfaces, 109's leaked a lot of oil when in heavy use and unless the ground crew wiped this off after each mission the oil leaks attracted a lot of dust and dirt which made a huge mess and stained the fuselage undersurface.
Oil paint was also used on a few select panel lines mostly on the lower fuselage and engine cowl, some of it looks too stark now but after more work done with the airbrush and some fogged on enamel paint the oil paint panel line washes should look more natural. I did use black oil paint on the control surface gaps but that was about it for that color and I used shades of gray on the other panel lines.
The panel lines on the upper surface of the wings will not get any oil paint pin washes, these areas did not look to be very noticeable with panel line gaps on photographs of the full size machines.
Matrixone
Some work with oil paint has been taking place.
This 109 is getting weathered more than the Revell kit I recently finished and a big part of this weathering is the oil stains on the undersurfaces, 109's leaked a lot of oil when in heavy use and unless the ground crew wiped this off after each mission the oil leaks attracted a lot of dust and dirt which made a huge mess and stained the fuselage undersurface.
Oil paint was also used on a few select panel lines mostly on the lower fuselage and engine cowl, some of it looks too stark now but after more work done with the airbrush and some fogged on enamel paint the oil paint panel line washes should look more natural. I did use black oil paint on the control surface gaps but that was about it for that color and I used shades of gray on the other panel lines.
The panel lines on the upper surface of the wings will not get any oil paint pin washes, these areas did not look to be very noticeable with panel line gaps on photographs of the full size machines.
Matrixone
Delicous...hyeah
hyeah
ij001
Well-known member
Delicous...
"I wish to be associated with the comments of the previous speaker..."
Ian.
Thanks Ed, Bob, Ian, and Luiz!
More weathering has been done, this time with enamel paints.
I wanted the undersurface of this model to look like it had operated from a wet airstrip at one time with the dirt and muddy water dried.
The brown you see coming from the exhaust stacks is the base coat for the exhaust stains, I will go over this later on with highly thinned flat black paint for the final exhaust staining. I want the flat black to have a very slight brownish tint to it.
There will be some detail of the wheel wells added with a paint brush later on...the landing gear legs are not glued in just yet.
The temps here are expected to reach near 100 so my work on the models might be suspended for the next couple of days. Not sure when I might get this one finished.
Matrixone
More weathering has been done, this time with enamel paints.
I wanted the undersurface of this model to look like it had operated from a wet airstrip at one time with the dirt and muddy water dried.
The brown you see coming from the exhaust stacks is the base coat for the exhaust stains, I will go over this later on with highly thinned flat black paint for the final exhaust staining. I want the flat black to have a very slight brownish tint to it.
There will be some detail of the wheel wells added with a paint brush later on...the landing gear legs are not glued in just yet.
The temps here are expected to reach near 100 so my work on the models might be suspended for the next couple of days. Not sure when I might get this one finished.
Matrixone
phantom II
Master at Arms
That's looking quite nice and dirty
Cheers, Christian B)
Cheers, Christian B)
