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Bf 109G-6 with Eagle Cals decals

July 17 2009 at 12:16 AM

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This is the Fine Molds 1/72 Bf 109G-6 kit, the one that comes with brass 20mm cannon barrels for the underwing gondolas. It is built to represent Hermman Graf's "Green 1", Red Tulip mount from Jagdgruppe 50 in 1943.

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The paint work is a combination of Tamiya acrlyics and Testors Model Master enamels.

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I know it is hard to see from these angles, but the cockpit interior is from Roy Sutherland's fantastic Cooper Details set for this kit. Wowzers. Also, I seperated the kit canopy with a JLC Razor saw.

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The decals are all from an Eagle Cals decal sheet. The set includes full stenciling and superior reference photo's for Graf's Red Tulip... all the decals on the sheet were beautiful and flawless, except for the tulip petals. EC has these as three seperate colors of tulips that are to be applied in layers. The first layer of decals (white) did not conform to the compound curves on the nose, such that I knew that three layers of tulip petal decals were not going to pan out. Instead, I used scrap yellow decal stock cut into strips for the yellow tulip boarder, then shot a coat of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss over these and masked the area. The Red tulip marking was painted, along with the spinner, with Tamiya acrylic XF-7 Flat Red.

I owe a debt of gratitude to a great many modelers who helped me through the learning curve of painting Luftwaffe schemes recently, most of whom were mentioned in my previous posts here on Hyperscale. Again, the value of this website as a source for inspiration and assistance is what I find indespensible, and represents the best in all who post here.

And yes, I did watch Floyd Werner on the DVD player as I was building this.

I can not recommend these Fine Molds Messerschmitt kits enough for those who dare to build one in 1/72.

Hope you like it, and happy modeling out there,

Marty Sanford

This message has been edited by MPSanford from IP address 71.155.142.49 on Jul 17, 2009 12:19 AM

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Superb job!!! - Marv on Jul 17, 2009, 1:31 AM

Hard to believe it's only 1/72! - Eugene on Jul 17, 2009, 5:09 AM

Fantastic Marty.... - Geoffrey Abreu on Jul 17, 2009, 5:50 AM

Fantastic work...again.. - Jan Hackman on Jul 17, 2009, 6:37 AM

Marty you did a great job on that build!! - Brandon on Jul 17, 2009, 7:01 AM

Very nice - Serge Dompierre on Jul 17, 2009, 8:57 AM

Great looking Messer!! - Rick Reinbott on Jul 17, 2009, 9:03 AM

Truly excellent Marty! - jean Barby on Jul 17, 2009, 9:14 AM

That's one of the finest 1/72 109s I've seen in some time, Marty. - Lynn on Jul 17, 2009, 9:42 AM

Outstanding!...I'm just now finishing that one in 1/32.. - Brent ''Gürn'' Seehafer on Jul 17, 2009, 1:22 PM

Excelent! - Chas Bunch on Jul 17, 2009, 1:59 PM

First rate, Marty - Chuck Betz on Jul 17, 2009, 3:07 PM

Yowzers! Another fine example of the Sandford touch. - Michael D Scott on Jul 17, 2009, 3:34 PM

Stunning model. - jbank on Jul 17, 2009, 5:31 PM

I don't usually comment on Luftwaffe models... - Gerald Goff on Jul 17, 2009, 8:40 PM

Thank you everyone! - Marty Sanford on Jul 18, 2009, 3:01 AM

NICE,really nice! - Fabrizio on Jul 18, 2009, 10:15 AM

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