Building
This
is a very accurate kit, so I did not have to add many new details. Apart from the landing gear, where I added the typical brake lines and the
tie-down hooks, in the gear bays some holes were drilled out and the
canvas protection covers were added.
For
the cockpit detailing, I used the Cutting
Edge
Bf 109G-6 Super Detailed Cockpit,
which gives the appearance of the real thing after painting, dry brushing
and weathering. The harness was cut out of lead blade, sanded and bent in
the right form where after the buckles were installed. The handgrips in the
corners of the windshield were foreseen and the opening handles for the
canopy were added as well.
The
diorama is a snow base made with flower sugar. To get more dynamism,
I scraped some tire tracks and I added two fuel drums and a maintenance
box.
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Painting
This
was based on photographs of Bf 109G-6 s in Russia, where different types of winter washes were used. First I painted
the model in the normal camo-style with the complete markings, stencilling,
etc. Then, as did the Germans during the winter in Russia, I sprayed the white winter wash, in a wavy pattern, over the existing
camouflage. Some stencilling were over sprayed, some were carefully
covered.
As
always, I used Testors
– Model Master Paints and the varnish was from Microscale.
Weathering
Once
the white wash was applied, I carefully sanded away the leading edges of the
wings and the parts of the plane where the white wash would disappear first, to
get the weathered effect of a fighter being in action for some time. Some
airflow strains and dirt patches were added using different tones of pastel
powder.
References.
- Aero
Detail 5 – Messerschmitt Bf 109G
- Hasegawa
Corporation – Modeller’s Eye Series 3 - Bf 109G-6
- Squadron/signal
publications – Messerschmitt Bf 109G (part 2) in action
- Jochen
Prien & Peter Rodeike – Bf 109 F, G & K series
Luc
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