1/32 Hasegawa Bf-109 G14 |
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Gallery Article by Dave Ramshaw |
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After
building about forty 1/48 Messerschmitts
I was adamant that I wouldn’t buy the big Hasegawa
109 when it came out for fear of starting myself off
again in a different scale. Needless to say I caved, buying one as a “one
off”. I loved the kit and currently have three more in the to-do pile (Doh!).
The kit is basically out of the box with scratch built harness and minor details
added to the cockpit. All the markings were masked and sprayed mainly because I
hate decals. For the national insignia I started out using Eduard
masks but didn’t have much success with these and ended up laboriously
re-masking them with Tamiya tape (I think it’s the
glue residue on the masks which results in a ragged edge – I will clean the
masks in situe with lighter fluid next time I use
them).
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Humbrol
enamel paints were used throughout with my own mixes for the RLM
colours. I’ve seen winter schemes on Luftwaffe machines which are very
worn, but I decided to keep mine fairly clean in the interests of an attractive
model. I pre and post shaded the model using shades of grey and white on the
upper surfaces with a few drops of sand colour added to take the edge off the
white. After varnishing with Johnsons Klear
the panel lines were given an oil paint wash.
I’ve now started a desert scheme
G2 (I don’t just build 109’s by the way, but I usually have one on the go!)
– don’t know where I’m going to put all these big kits. Now I’ve
started in 1/32 I need
a new tool Emil - wonder how long it will take for Hasegawa or Tamiya
to provide one….
Dave Ramshaw
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