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#4588184 - 12/31/21 09:05 AM New Year 109  
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Yes, another 109..i know i know, but i just love that G6 smile I specifically grabbed this one in 1/32 as i was going to do the Hartmann scheme to compare to my 1/48 version, but, after some poking around i changed my mind and am going to go with Barkhorns scheme below.



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The kit is Hasegawas 1/32, my first in 1/32 and i can tell you already, my eyes are loving the size of it. Shush you lot in the back, this a modeling forum, get your minds out of the gutter.


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The fuselage is separated weirdly at the rear but worked well in a trial fitup and then once glueing. Plastic parts are very nice with enough detail for me.

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Everything (so far) has been a neat tight fit up and seems way to easy. Fuselage still dry fitted, just the tail section glued at this stage.

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The reason i am loving it so far, 1/48 comparison.

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Some treats that took a while to arrive, a lot of stuff out of stock in the last year or so. Seatbelts from Czech Republic, Montex mask from Poland, first time for me for both of these items. Varnish from a little Hobby store in Melbourne. I used semi gloss on the Hartmann 109 as there was no stock of the gloss, so really hoping the gloss does the trick this time around.

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Once again, this will probably be a bit of slow build, back to work next week so after hours shed time will be a precious thing smile


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#4588188 - 12/31/21 10:57 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Will be looking forward to another Ajay masterpiece,,,,Happy New Year M8.is it already 2022 there??


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#4588196 - 12/31/21 12:14 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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1 hour and 48 minutes. My daughter and i are grabbing some snacks and heading to the beach to greet the new year in whilst the waves roll up the beach. Happy new year mate smile


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#4588206 - 12/31/21 02:00 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Enjoy the night Ajay.


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#4588589 - 01/05/22 12:34 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Wow this is going to be Awsome

#4589311 - 01/14/22 10:28 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Small update, pit nearly finished. Added wiring to the flight stick and switches right of the pilot ...courtesy of some of some old graphics card cabling and rudder pedal straps out some thin card. Seat belts assembled and glossed prior to weathering. Still a couple of little bits and pieces to add, place the seat belts and then move onto the instrument panel.


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#4589396 - 01/15/22 12:41 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Lovely work Ajay! thumbsup


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#4589399 - 01/15/22 01:20 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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#4590775 - 02/03/22 06:53 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Covid can really put a damper on things huh smile Finally got the dreaded virus, a week away from work and five days off that i spent , pretty much, on my back either sleeping or watching youtube and netflix. On the up side my quarantine period finishes Sunday and a new job start on Monday. Old job was stuck in a rut owing to some wrongly positioned staff and a stubborn as a mule manager who appears to have come down in the last sprinkle... instead of fighting it i simply made a phone call and moved on. To old to bother about management battles these days smile Anyways..some work moved forward rather slowly, today is the first day i have put in more than an hour on her since last posting. The pics are a bit washed out and the pit is nowhere near as dusty and drab as it appears. The one white as white light i have really blows colours and detail away.


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Fuselage joined, some filler work going on in a few spots.


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Wing leading edges getting the filler treatment as well.

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I dunno what it is about that 109..she just does it for me

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#4591571 - 02/14/22 08:10 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Bunch of putty work on the wing roots, inner leading edges and underneath wing joins.

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Up on her wheels for a test fit and stance.

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A nice clear pic of the wavy wing leading edge paint that will be needed.

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#4592157 - 02/20/22 08:44 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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A couple of hours in over the week. Filled all the holes under the wing for the gun pods and the holes in the wheel bay for the wing gun bulges. Cut out a deeper section in the fuselage for the spent ammo and filled the front fuselage seam, top and bottom. Managed to get some RLM02 onto nearly everything that needs it i think, and discovered in the process that some of my Vallejo paint is starting to go off, possibly due to the constant heat and humidity here...which is a pain in the wallet.


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#4592287 - 02/22/22 02:19 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Good luck with the job change and hope you are feeling better.

Your parts garden seems to be doing well, we are looking forward to the harvest.

The internet has become an amazing source of WWII aircraft pictures in the field, has it not?

#4592730 - 02/25/22 09:43 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Job is great, thanks smile The net is fantastic for research indeed.


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#4599244 - 05/10/22 08:11 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Update, on my slowest build ever!


I have been just slowly (very slowly) mucking around with small bits of bog work, cowling, fuselage spine, wing joins underneath etc. Flaps are on after some sanding and tweaks as they were far too tight.

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Stretched sprue for the missing piece inside of the cooler cowl and some underneath colour going on

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Now, to the camo. I thought it was the fairly generic upper wing camo but after some more research it appears it may be the Erla factory 'sawtooth' type. Three main factories in Germany produced the 109 G6, Regensburg, WNF and Erla, all with a differing but similar camo style. I'm not really up on this stuff and would happily be corrected in any of this info is incorrect smile


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109 Erla type in the wild

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This particular plane..there is still debate if it is a G5 or 6

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Better shot of the above

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Undecided if i need to buy a mask kit to shoot this camo or go for a soft edge free hand.



















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#4599419 - 05/12/22 12:19 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Great shots of "my" plane dude.
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#4600410 - 05/27/22 01:41 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Progress smile

Some card for the wing camo.

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Blutac the card once i trial fit and hopefully minimal spray works its way underneath. Spraying at an angle away from the edges with about 12 psi and a thin mix.

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Not too shabby

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Wing leading edges..tons of overspray and too high on the top of the wing.

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The result of a few nights and two more leading edge repaints...i did this the hard way for sure. My plan originally was to mask the blue of the leading edges, that i had prepped in the very first photo. For some reason i sprayed that over with the violet grey, then did the grey green camo and thus had to respray the light blue edge over the darker colours. No idea why my brain does this to me sometimes.

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Fuselage splotch time. RLM74/75 and 02. Wings and fuselage have had a bit of post shading with some lighter mixes of the camo colours. I think the leading edges, camo etc will all blend and work nicely as it moves along with further touchs ups, claers, weathering and some more post shading.

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#4600570 - 05/29/22 10:54 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Absolutely brilliant camo work. Very impressive.


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UNDERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the front wing.
OVERSTEER - is when you hit the wall with the back wing.
HORSEPOWER - is how fast you hit the wall.
TORQUE - is how far you can take the wall with you.

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#4600668 - 05/31/22 10:16 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Thanks mate smile

Time for markings. Top of the wings were easy, many light coats of a thinned down Tamiya white. No leakage and very nice crisp edges with the Montex masks.


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Fuselage ones took some time owing to the two colours and making sure alignment was all good. Masks down, peel out the centres, paint the dark colours firts, left overnight to dry. Put the centre back on for the cross and peel the outer edges to paint the white. Centre back on for the Gruppe Kommandeur marking and peel out the 5 and edges..that was fun. Came out nice, a small amount of leakage on the fuselage cross and pulled up a tiny amount of paint on the Gruppe Kom section that was easily touched up.


Note, daughters cat asleep top right, lovely little Manx kitten we have had for about 3 months. She seems to vibe with the sound of youtube historical videos and the hum of the compressor.


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Now. One thing i didn't notice until after i had peeled all the maks off, despite having a multitude of reference pictures a mere foot away from me on the shed pc monitor that i have looked at a hundred times, is the Gruppe Kommandeur markings were different to my refernece pic. This caused me slight anxiety and a some amusement at how dopey i can really be ...without even trying. So i thought..well..maybe i can simply remask, repaint and move the 5 back, but there had to be a reason why this style of the symbol was a thing right? So hello Google, which produced the following, thankfully.


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Phew


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#4601066 - 06/05/22 01:28 AM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Yellow added.

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#4602761 - 07/01/22 05:30 PM Re: New Year 109 [Re: Ajay]  
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Great job as usual Ajay.


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