1/32 Hasegawa Bf109G-14 Hartmann

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This is progressing beautifully!
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Sorry, John. I love a good mystery. I was happy to see you used Testors glue. Just to finish on my end, I tried to ID the model based on the four sprue panels. The white color is definitely a “space” subject color. I could not match the instruction illustrations to the Saturn V ones. I won’t bore you any further, I promise. Cheers.
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The oil cooler blended in perfectly and the primer does look very smooth.
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speedgraflex wrote:Sorry, John. I love a good mystery. I was happy to see you used Testors glue. Just to finish on my end, I tried to ID the model based on the four sprue panels. The white color is definitely a “space” subject color. I could not match the instruction illustrations to the Saturn V ones. I won’t bore you any further, I promise. Cheers.
Now that I really think about it... I may not have built that Saturn V model. I associate that model with the apartment in Falls Church and maybe I was too young to build it and my dad did it? The photo is from our house in Sterling, VA. Could it have been a ship model? I remember building a Revell USS Arizona at some point. It would definitely be cool to pinpoint, if possible, which kit I actually had in front of me in the photo. And yes, Testors tube glue was the only game in town. It still has it's uses (I still have a tube) but the liquid cement has really improved the way a model can be put together... no more stringy messes!

Some of the last cockpit bits have been put into place in advance of the clear parts including the rod that goes across the rear sill (I had to trim both ends so that the canopy sits flush), the UV lights and the Revi gun sight.

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Battleships are usually grey sprues. Someone can correct me but I built the Titanic (passenger ship not battleship of course as far as I know) and that was an all white kit but I do not think that would be the subject. Jets are grey or silver (older tooling). WWII are color coded basically by aircraft with blues, greens, and greys. I am thinking space subject like this one:

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All white plastic kit... this is where my detective work stopped. *Also the box is a top loader and thr Saturn V has a four foot tall display box, that has a handle. This looks closer:

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How are you prepping your plastic??? It looks phenomenal! Polished?

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Also if that is Jerry Crandall’s cockpit resin, send him a photo! This level of fidelity is outstanding and he should see it.
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Actually... I vaguely do recall a Lunar Lander kit around that time. That actually could be it, although I don’t recognize the box art.

As for the treatment of plastic... after riveting, the surface is wet sanded with fine sandpaper and then micromeshed and buffed out with a cloth.

The cockpit is Vincent K’s past work at MDC and he’s been following this build. He’s offered some good tips like which sidewalls to use and how to properly mount the gunsight.
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I don’t think it’s the Lunar Landing kit at all. One of the parts on the sprue tree is long in length.
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I guess the mystery continues! :hmm:

If I was home in Hawaii, I could go through my parents' photo collection to see if there were any other shots taken at the same time. I'll have to remember to do that the next time I visit!
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I'm gonna go back to my original guess of a 1/32 Revell WW2 aircraft. It could very well be my first Dora build. The size of the sprues and the box behind me look about right for a 1/32 scale aircraft. I remember distinctly that the 190D-9 kit as well as the K-61 were molded in very light grey plastic. Almost white. I dug around the internet and found a few interesting photos. Here is the 190D kit.. note the color of the plastic.
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Another interesting clue is the instruction sheet from 190D kit. Note the format of the instructions... two steps per page with a black header and arrow for each step.
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Now look at the instructions in front of me. Not legible but you can make out the format, which seems similar to the 190D instructions including the black header and arrow for each step. Not an exact match but getting closer, right?
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That does look like a pilot seat assembly sitting on the instruction sheet, along the lower edge. :hmm:
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