Brengun 1/72 Bachem Natter

[BorgR3mc0]

Very cool. Is it plastic or resin?

It is a plastic kit. Brengun has also released a retooled version made with steel molds. I suspect that one is even better. But this is also a good kit. It needs some small tweaks for the fit but nothing major.

Here is the current stat of affairs. All closed up, seams filled with Mr Surfacer 1000. I also drilled out the holes for the rockets. These are so visible that I found the "dents" on the kit lacking.

[BorgR3mc0]

The good news and the bad news: mr 1500 black Surfacer got on fine, Vallejo RLM 76 got on fine, but the RLM 75 smoke rings where a disaster. I tried Vallejo, I tried Humbrol, nothing worked. I just could not get my spray thight.
So the tail is going to need a respray. And then motteling. I think I can do motteling.
That is the fun thing about obscure aircraft, nobody knows for sure what they looked like. Some say they had smoke rings, some say motteling.

[Stuart]

Strange looking little beast! Great progress Borg.

[mustang1989]

Sorry to hear the news on the paint Borg. Looking forward to the recovery operations.

[Stikpusher]

Well the build sure went by fast. Now the painting... too bad about the first camo attempt, but now you have me wondering- did the Luftwaffe ever use a smoke ring camo at all? I can say I recall coming across any photos of that...

[BorgR3mc0]

Well the build sure went by fast. Now the painting... too bad about the first camo attempt, but now you have me wondering- did the Luftwaffe ever use a smoke ring camo at all? I can say I recall coming across any photos of that...

I agree, I never did saw Luftwaffe smoke ring. But I have seen squiggles and motteling. So I am trying squiggles on this one. Because when life throws you lemons make squiggles masking templates.

I used an old credit card, next time I will use the thinnest, non chip, non laminated card it can find. I used double sided tape and taped it to a piece of styrofoam. I traced a few squiggles as a guide with a pencil. I used my Dremel with a 0,5mm drill to make squiggles. Then cleaned up by sanding.









The result is nice on the wings because the template was close. The fuselage is not so thight. But this is the best I could do for now. I don't want to do a third touch up.

[BorgR3mc0]

I just found this nice YouTube video of a captured Natter. Seems like the rocket tunes where in fact hexagonal. But I see no way to replicate that. Maybe nice to make a small vignette with some US soldiers.

https://youtu.be/Tsq3wN8ZVs4

[Stuart]

That's a nice bit of painting Borg.

[KSaarni]

That was a brilliant idea Borg !

Will copy-paste the idea for sure !

- Kari

[Duke Maddog]

That is some most interesting squiggle camouflage. Looks perfectly at home on that Natter. I have always hand painted that kind of a pattern on mine; I commend you on your masking and airbrush skills.