Hopefully good! There is play between the wheel and the axle so I'm sure I can make it sit right.
When I was dry-fitting the cockpit to the fuselage, I was using bits of Blue Tack to hold the resin pit into place. It gave me a little bit of "give" to make minor adjustments. So I thought I'd permanently attach the cockpit in a similar manner using Milliput instead of Blue Tack. Hmmm... I forgot to take a pic of the buttoned up fuselsage!
Attachment of the resin cowling to the fuselage is coming up so I thought it would be a good time to apply the rivets...
After cleaning up the fuselage seams, I added a missing panel on the fuselage bottom using a piece of brass sheet as a scribing template. The shape for template was derived from a scan of a 1/48 scale drawing of a G-6. The scan was imported into AutoCAD, scaled up to 1/32 scale and a mask file was generated for the Silhouette Portrait. The mask was stuck onto a piece of brass and cut out with scissors. Once you get used to a piece of technology, this stuff becomes a bit ho-hum and I didn't record any of it photographically.
The centerline seam was re-established and riveted.
1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
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John aka JKim
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Amazing detail work John!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
Thanks Stuart!
Time to rivet the wings. I have to be careful not to break the glue bond between the inner and outer wing panels as the contact area between the two is not very significant.
Using a set of drawings that I obtained from the 109Lair website, a flexible ruler and a soft lead pencil, I draw the rivet patterns on the wings.
The larger Rivet-R from RB Productions is used for the long straight runs. I'll use the smaller Rivet-R Mini for the circle.
The rivet wheel is slowly traced over the drawn lines. I don't use any guides for this so the rivet lines aren't perfect.
The rivets are then given a light sanding to remove the excess plastic that is pushed up around each rivet hole.
I used brass sheeting folded around a form to create the hollow ammo chutes. You can see the white Milliput that I used to wedge the cockpit tub into place. You'll also notice the exhaust pipes... I'm trying to figure out how to add the exhaust deflector plates.
I'm going to tone down the raised details on the rudder.
Here's the smoothed rudder set into place on the tail.
Time to rivet the wings. I have to be careful not to break the glue bond between the inner and outer wing panels as the contact area between the two is not very significant.
Using a set of drawings that I obtained from the 109Lair website, a flexible ruler and a soft lead pencil, I draw the rivet patterns on the wings.
The larger Rivet-R from RB Productions is used for the long straight runs. I'll use the smaller Rivet-R Mini for the circle.
The rivet wheel is slowly traced over the drawn lines. I don't use any guides for this so the rivet lines aren't perfect.
The rivets are then given a light sanding to remove the excess plastic that is pushed up around each rivet hole.
I used brass sheeting folded around a form to create the hollow ammo chutes. You can see the white Milliput that I used to wedge the cockpit tub into place. You'll also notice the exhaust pipes... I'm trying to figure out how to add the exhaust deflector plates.
I'm going to tone down the raised details on the rudder.
Here's the smoothed rudder set into place on the tail.
John aka JKim
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Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
Superb! That really does add a lot to the detail.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
On a 1/32 build rivets are a must. You make the process look easy.
March as one, Don't look back
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
Odin's sons... Attack!
Unleash hell! Do not repent! Warfare grants us no lament
Let your weapons slash and tear This is no place for fear
Hold the lines! Move as one! In unity our victory's won
Our shields will form a mighty wall
United we shall never fall
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Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
Too easy.
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
Thanks guys! The rivets stand out now because the pencil lead got wiped into the recesses but the final effect will be much more subtle.
John aka JKim
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A few bits of work on the G-6... wheel wells painted.
Replacing the attachment point of the tail landing gear with brass rod to address a potential weak spot.
The Barracuda resin spinner has some hub detail so blasted the prop openings with black and brush painted the hubs in metallic grey.
Replacing the attachment point of the tail landing gear with brass rod to address a potential weak spot.
The Barracuda resin spinner has some hub detail so blasted the prop openings with black and brush painted the hubs in metallic grey.
John aka JKim
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That spinner looks great John!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: 1/32 Revell Bf109G-6/AS Hohenjager
portman wrote:That spinner looks great John!
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn