mustang1989

. Well folks I applied the squadron letter/ numbers to the sides. I'm sure somebody here has attempted applying individual decals in a row before and knows how meticulous that is! I looked at this thing from every conceivable angle , looked at it sideways, looked at it mean , looked at it worried , looked at it dismayed and made all kinds of adjustments and finally I just accepted them the way they were. It seemed like every time I looked at them again that one of the letters, numbers or the dashes looked crooked. I think I have it all together now though. Here goes:

Ok everybody. A little update here. I applied a wash several days ago but was not really happy with it overall because it was too heavy. I got up this morning and toned it down a bit and cut out the squadron numbers/ letters from the decal sheet that I received in the mail yesterday. This thing took a wash application really well with the rivets holding on to a bigger portion than I wanted so this morning I applied wash thinner to lax things up a bit. I'm alot happier with the new results. Heres the latest on that: and the decals cut and ready for application:

Looks like it was made that way!!! There's some good imagination and creation going on here!

My thoughts exactly regarding aircraft(WWII Luftwaffe stuff is where its at for me). I mean automobile builds appeal to me as well, which is why I joined this forum, but aircraft are my mainstay.

Sweet! I was thinking all the masking for that kind of paint work would be a pain in the neck to pull off. Do-able but a pain!

Really nice!! I have never tackled one of these WWI bad boys but have alot of respect for the builders. How did you apply the camo to the top of the wings?

Man Wayne! Armor has always scared me because it's usually in larger scales but this thing is a wonder of its own. Detail packed in smaller scale stuff has always caught my attention. Nice job!!! I work primarily in 48th scale stuff so I can identify with the headaches behind the eyes! LOL

.............waiting on the decals to get going with this thing. Hopefully it's sometime this week! I did manage to apply a gloss coat over what I have and apply a wash. All thats left is decals, a light coat of gloss over those and then it's flat coat time. After that will be the sun bleach effect.

That .................is friggin cool!!! Way to go!!!

Tamiya mentioned in the last three posts. Definitely a good choice. Not to say that any of the others aint but Tamiya really hasn't come up a whole lot in the discussions. My experience with Tamiya has with a couple of exceptions , really good fit and a simple and straight forward build.

Speedfreak, cobraman and slusher: Thank you all for the comments. It's appreciated. I'm planning on another 109 either next year or in 15 after the Eduard G-6 comes out. It will be the same detail but in 48th scale. May do a WIP thread on that one but don't know yet. The detailed builds take in the upwards of 8-9 months to complete.

Ok fellas. Been a few days since I have been here posting. Been busy with obtaining another job, my sons homework and all the other daily hustle and bustle activities we all have. I am still waiting on my squadron letter/ number decals that should be here any day now I hope. I'm running out of stuff to do to this thing. I think I have managed to work around the decals to the point that I'm at a stoppage. Here's the best close up shot of what I have on the bird so far. I've been working on the camera settings so they are less grainy. And here's everything minus the pitot tube and the tire/ wheel assys. I'll get back those two items in the next post!

..............and after applying some of the decals. These Hasegawa decals aint no joke........especially at 15 years old (not to mention that the kit box had already been opened when I bought the kit!). They refused to lay down flat against the rivets and had NUMEROUS air bubbles in them which may have been helped by all that raised rivet detail that I was talking back a few posts earlier. However, after about 8 coats of Microsol and piercing all of the bubbles I think I have it under control. One more thing: I had the WRONG decal sheet in the box so I am now waiting on my Yellow Wings squadron letter/ number decal sheet that I just ordered from Hannants on Thursday. The decal sheet in the box was for an SBD-3 . Man you would think that I would have noticed that by now!!! LOL Anyways on with the pics. Here they are still wet from the Microsol and shriveled up a bit but I'll post more later:

Can't get over the imagination and foresight in this build. Good stuff Ira!

.Okeedokee everybody. Having dunked the windscreen back into the future after removing all of the disaster painting from the first go round we now have it painted the second time. Here's that: ......and then there's the gloss coat on the plane to get it ready for decals. Smooth sailing so far!

Eduard unveiled it a E-day this year. I'm all over that like a rat on a cheetoe!!!

Nice!!! I like that mud on the wheel/ tires and on the wing and rigging!!

Where'd you get the idea for this anyways? Just curious.

Thanks Harry! More to come tomorrow morning as I am still in the middle of making adjustments to paint. Until then I got this in the mail yesterday!!!! This things gonna be ALOT of fun as I haven't attempted a car model in almost 10 years. I've got to finish this build and my Fw190 D-9 and I'll be ready to tackle this one. That'll give me enough time to gather all the goodies for it!

You definitely get an "A" for creativeness on this one. The curtains give a nice effect as does the worn black finish. Us ex-field artillery folks wouldn't have a problem being transported to gravesite in something like this instead of a Cadillac! Good job Edward!

Ok guys. Back at it again here. The first pic is of the corrected paint job with the sharp demarcation lines between colors: and the second and third pics close up with the soft/ blended demarcation lines: (the gap at the lower part of the tail plane was fixed right after snapping this pic! Thats as close as I can get to the reference picture. If there's one thing that I like about these old Monogram aircraft kits , it's the rivet detail on the exterior of the aircraft. The insides and all the other stuff leave a lot to be desired but who and where else puts rivet detail on the outside of an aircraft model anymore. Anyway, I feel a lot better about the accuracy of the paint job now!

That's a very suitable color for this build. A wash will definitely set that off! All that detail is practically begging for it!

You know Johann I've not built any WWI aircraft kits yet. I have a high respect for the builders because of all the rigging and the wood replication but haven't tried one. At this point I'm sticking mainly with Luftwaffe stuff but do jog it up every once in a while with a Pacific plane build. I've got an SBD Dauntless I'm working on right now but its a Monogram with a lot of parts from the Hasegawa kit to spice it up a bit. Maybe one day I'll tackle a WWI build but for now I'll hold out for that Eduard 109 G-6 that's supposed to be released in 14.

Thank you Ira! I've got some more to do in the morning in correcting what I painted in the pictures posted above. I have the entire upper surface painted in dark blue and the bottom of the nose in dark blue also. The reference below shows the vertical fin to be intermediate blue, not dark blue and the edges are soft and blended. This will be corrected in the morning. Be back then, same bat time, same bat channel!!