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In-progress pics of a very old Fujimi kit

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matrixone

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I am working on three new models right now and here is one of them, its the very old Fujimi Bf 109G/K kit the came onto the market in the late 1970s.

Being such on old kit there are lots of problems with it but still resembles a Bf 109 and worth building.

This model is being built as a Bf 109G-14 version and marked as ''yellow 4'' of 15./JG 5.

This 109 had a mix of a standard G-14 camouflage mixed with parts of the airframe being resprayed and hand painted after repairs were done from combat damage.

So far most of the exterior painting is done including some pre-shading on the lower surfaces and distressing of the paint on the uppersurfaces...both done with the airbrush.

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Matrixone
 
Thanks very much MrT and James!

These old kits are still fun to put together even if they are not very accurate, I don't enter contests so an old kit provides me the same amount of fun as a new one, what matters is if fits in with the rest of my collection.

Matrixone
 
Thanks for looking Moon Puppy!

I just finished spraying the wheel wells and the inside of the landing gear doors, after the paint is dry I will spray on a coat of Future and start adding decals early this week.

Matrixone
 
Thanks kryptosdaddy!

The spinner spiral was painted on. I first painted the spinner flat white and after the paint was fully dried I used thin strips of Tamiya tape to mask off the spiral and painted it black, after the paint was sprayed on I removed the tape and found a few mistakes and touched up the mistakes with a paint brush. Usually I have better success when painting spinner spirals but not on this one...oddly the other spinner of a Fw 190 I also painted turned out much better even though its much smaller. :huh:

Matrixone
 
Thanks Christian!

Soon I will be using some oil paints to add even more weathering, this is the part of modeling I enjoy the most.

Matrixone
 
Mine as well. Besides the Reggiane fighter I've restarted a Dornier . The paint should be fun. :)

Cheers, Christian B)
 
The 109 will be put aside for a day while I add decals to another model I have been working on. Not being lazy with the 109 its just the way I like doing things, when weathering a model I will do it in stages and put the model away for a short time and return to it later with fresh eyes to determine how much more weathering I want to add to it. Its a slow process but I have never over weathered a model yet.

Matrixone
 
Moon Puppy,
Actually I am! :) But just on a few random spots on the undersurfaces. The uppersurfaces will get the airbrush version of dot filtering, this will take a while since I am weathering two models at once.

Matrixone
 
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