1/48 Revell Messerschmitt Bf-109G-10

Gallery Article by Andrew Weaver on Dec 20 2011

 

The kit was built as per the instruction manual, though a masking tape harness was added to the cockpit and a thread cockpit wire was added to the craft. Putty was applied to those points on the fuselage as required, the entire craft ‘primed’ in aluminum enamel, gloss coated and painted with acrylics. The acrylic paint was then chipped to give the ‘chipped fuselage paint’ effect.  All decals were used from the kit, the entire craft was painted using Model Master enamels and acrylics, Tamiya acrylics, Testors glosscote and dullcote, and Future floorwax. The craft was weathered using thinned Model Masters Leather brown acrylic paint.

 

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The model was painted using RLM colors as prescribed in the kit with the addition of ‘ocean grey’ and ‘black green’ to create an effect which I found appealing. The camouflage pattern was followed roughly from the guide, and deviated from on the bottom of the craft again to create an effect which I found appealing though I know not original. The overall effect I wanted to create with this model was that of a ‘night intruder’. The chipped paint was used to give the effect of a well used aircraft, as I am re-discovering modelling and want to experiment with weathering and aging.

I elected to hang the canopy window open to show that work done to the inside of the cockpit, as I find with the canopy closed a lot of the detail is missed. I used simple string to create the canopy wire as seen in my research and to aid holding the canopy window in place as the glue set. 

Andrew Weaver

      

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