The Kit:
Tamiya 1/48 BF-109E-4/7 Trop Kit NO.63
Additions:
Aires BF-109E-4 Detail set 4090
Construction
I Started this kit back in
2002 with a visit to Craig from Aeroworks to pick up the detail set. But
being a novice back than and this being the first kit I had
ever used a resin detail set on I found it very hard to work
with. You could say at the time I bite of more than I could handle. I
didn't do to bad a job of installing the resin cockpit or hacking away
of the kit parts to add in the resin engine. I did not have all the
right tools to accomplish the delicate work of removing kit parts and
placing in the resin parts, but I made do with what I had at the
time. So after constructing the majority of the kit it went
back into its box, Sorry no photos of the construction of the kit I
hadn't brought a digital camera at the time. 2004 saw the kit come out of
its box and I pick up where I left of filling gaps and peppering
the kit for painting, but painting the kit didn't work out I had nothing
but problems with the paint. The paint had some sort of
reaction in which I had to get out the oven cleaner and strip the paint
off the kit, after stripping the kit it found itself back in its box.
2005 sore the kit come out yet again with the paint striped off I
airbrushed the total kit in Model Masters Metal paint, only to find the
kit had a huge seem line where the two fuselage halves were joined. Out
came the putty and the wet rub and I went to work covering up the seem
line.
Note picture 03 re-scribing
and sanding the seem line, with the seem line now gone I re-sprayed the
kit in metal finish. The kit was then placed back into its box to
wait... Late 2006 out came the kit for the last time where I
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Fishing
Touches
I used the kit
decals supplied with the kit and once all the decals were placed on I went
over them with gloss clear, it was time to weather the 109 I used pastel
chalk to high light the panel lines and give the kit an overall dirty
look. Now I had finished weathering the 109 I went over it with dull clear
and attached the landing gear, cockpit windows and other little bites and
pieces. The kit was now and finally finished 27/3/07
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Thanks
Craig from Aeroworks
whom got me in the Aires detail set, Craig can be reached at aeroworks@iprimus.com.au for
any of your modelling needs.
Steve Bamford for
placing an other article of mine on his site.
Alan
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