2x Bf 109 F-4 (1/48)

[Steven000]

Hi guys,

I added a Kübelwagen for the F4-trop version so I can make a small dio, nothing complicated...


The kit came together fast, good fittings.
I masked the windscreen.


I used Vallejo Dark Yellow primer, then a coat of Dark Yellow from Mig/Ammo...


The Kübelwagen comes with 2 figures, I like the driver very much. Here in grey primer...
The guy standing-up had a head-fitting issue.


I added a gloss coat to the Trop plane to seal the decals, then I started on the 2nd Bf109...
I wanted to try a wave-leading-wing-edge, something different. So I cut a wave line with Tamiya 6mm tape...


The plane got a coat of grey primer and a green-blue-grey base color (I'm on the train, forgot the ral-luftwaffe-number)

I masked the wing/fuselage...


For the 2nd plane I like to try something like this, but I doubt I can get the exact same result...


I started with a dark-green-camo paint from Vallejo...


Then I masked some camo...


I used a lighter green tone, from a Mig/Ammo Luftwaffe-set, the stippling was hard to airbrush because of tip-drying and lack of practice... (engine is still masked)


Not sure if I like the leading-edge-wing-wave-line-thing, but I assume it will look ok with decals and a filter etc...


Thanks for reading and kind regards ; )
Steven

 

[Steven000]

Hi guys,
After some thinking I decided that I don't really like that wave-line on the wings , I didn't use a reference picture and it looks just too big...
So this evening I re-masked the wings/fuselage and removed it.

Masking fuselage


The wave was sprayed with the dark-green, on the fuselage I masked a white band...


Then I re-masked the dark-green and sprayed the light-green, the white band is sprayed on the fuselage...


Then I masked the underside of the nose, this panel was sprayed yellow.


Then all the masking-tape was removed and now I'll let the paint harden before adding a gloss-varnish (for decals)...
Will look a lot better with the spinner and landing gear attached... I hope


Kind regards ; )
Steven

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Lovely work Steven.

 

[Wouter]

Very nice paintwork Steven. Looking at this really want me to carry on with my BF109...will need to have some 6 months of patience though :D Keep up the good work!

Cheers

 

[Si Benson]

Looking very nice Steven

 

[Steven000]

Thanks Peter and Si

@Wouter: Can't wait to see your Bf109 project started, hopefully you can pick up the hobby again soon.


This evening I spend all of my time on decals for the 2nd plane and Kübelwagen...
First of all I ordered a sheet of swastika-decals for the tail (and future projects) so I don't have to cut and mask them anymore.


I went through my decals and used a white number 2, the spinner was temporary fitted to get an idea of the final look.
Both planes received a tail-wheel and landing-struts.


Next is another gloss-coat and panel-wash (which will be a first time...)
Thanks for reading and kind regards!
Steven

 

[Wouter]

Those two birds are becoming sexier and sexier . Kübel looks good too!

Cheers

 

[flyjoe180]

Very nice work Steven

 

[boatman]

SOME very nice work on them 109 Steven a you did marvalous job on the swastika
chris

 

[AlanG]

Panel washes are easy Steven. Especially when you use ones like Phil Flory makes. Oils look better imho but are more 'faff'.

 

[Steven000]

Thanks all


This week I tried a panel-wash, I had a 'grey' and 'dark red' panel-line-wash from Mig in stock.
The grey seemed to work on the underside, but the red took much longer to dry and each time I wiped it all off so I stopped using it...


I changed plan and made a wash with burn umber oil paint, I used that also on armour...


2 days later I sprayed a matt acrylic finish (Testors), I had some trouble spraying it because it blocked the airbrush.
I tried to thin it down with Vallejo thinner but in the end just 'water' seemed to thin it better...

I also added a subtle exhaust color with the airbrush (burned umber mixed with black).
Next I added some color-variations to the sand yellow, but not very visible in the picture.


I got 2 figures painted (vallejo)... I gave the driver a bit of sun-burn, but not really visible in the picture.


The N°2 plane also got an exhaust color and matt finish. They all got their tires mounted and I added a bit of pigments on the wheels.


N°2 got his masks removed!


The Kübel also, I re-masked the windscreen-wipers-curve-surface and sprayed a matt finish on the wind screen again, to give a dust effect.


I made a small base in 18mm MDF (temporary setup). I routed the edges with my router.
It's very compact so it doesn't take too much (room)space, but I think it will work.
(in this pic you can see the Kübel-windscreen-wiper-shape)


That's all for now,
Thanks for reading and kind regards,
Steven

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Very fine work indeed Steven. Beautiful painting.

 

[dave]

Nearly there looking good

 

[Deleted member 7181]

Very nice Steven, looking great.

 

[Wouter]

Looking very tasty mate!

Cheers

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Excellent modelling Steven .

 

[Steven000]

Thanks guys!

This afternoon I started working on the MDF-base, the trop-plane-scheme I did was from 'Martuba' in Libya (North Africa, 1942).
To get an idea of the landscape and colors I searched google for a few minutes and used these images from the region (Martuba).

Some nice earth-tones, small rocks and bushes...


I have some sand and stones that I collected and filtered a while ago, started gluing the largest rocks...


Then I added wood-glue, smaller rocks and a layer of fine white-sand.
In the end I thinned some more wood-glue and dropped it on the surface with a pipette. The edge was masked.


I did an attempt to make the wheels look like the're in the sand...


After the hairdryer I sprayed some coats of black primer (vallejo)


Then I sprayed the earth tones.
This took me a long time as I tried to get the color right, but when I changed to a different light-source I had the make adjustments over and over again. I wasn't able to capture that 'orange' tone very well.


Then I masked the outer-edge of the base.


The edge was sprayed with burned umber (vallejo), here you can see the end result of the base ...


The canopy-masking was removed and I placed the vehicles on the base temporary. Some small vegetation was added.




Although it's a small project it sure takes me a lot of time to get things done, but I learned a lot with this one so I'm glad I got it this far.
Next I still need to add the antenna, figures and a bit of small weathering, I also noticed I forgot to install the armor plate in the cockpit ...

So that's all for now, I'm of to bed!
Kind regards,
Steven

 

[Wouter]

You can go to bed now, lucky chap lol.
Nice base btw, really adds to the bf and kübel. Looking forward to see the details added

Cheers

 

[Si Benson]

Hi Steven,
Really impressed with all the work you’ve been putting in, everything looks very clean and tidy