Glad you had a safe trip! Good fishing, good time with family and now back to the really important stuff. Sending me money to buy kits.
Outside of that, this is coming along nicely!
1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Skreech! <insert braking noise> I've been informed that Hasegawa portrayed the horizontal stabilizers to be made out of wood so these rivets are not appropriate. Unfortunately, I've already laid them down on one of them so I have to putty all of the little holes.jkim wrote:
The horizontal stabilizers have been given a coat of Mr Surfacer 1200 and marked with a pencil for riveting.
John aka JKim
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
battle damage or termites....just sayin'
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
John, excellent progress. Fixing the 'termite holes' should be a breeze for you.
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Late war... critical shortages of materials like aluminum... just like wood was being used for propeller blades in that same time.AtomCat109 wrote:Wait... WOOD?!?!?!
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Yeah! Apparently, towards the end of the war, the Luftwaffe was having all sorts of supply issues and wood versions for metal components started being used. The Hasegawa kit probably based their molds off of a preserved 109 that had a wood tail assembly. My scale drawings show a metal tail and without thinking, I just started to proceed with applying rivets to it. When someone over at LSP pointed out that Hasegawa is representing the wood tail, it finally clicked in my head. That's why it looked a little different than the scale drawings!AtomCat109 wrote:Wait... WOOD?!?!?!
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Good catch on the lack of rivets John. I've been the victim of my own mistakes or misinformation causing me to either go back several steps to correct or hang my head in shame because it was too late for a repair of any kind. 
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Nice work John! Sucks about the rivets though.
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Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8
Thanks guys! I've pretty much taken care of the rivets on the horizontal stabilizers. It took a couple of rounds of filling though. When the Mr Surfacer failed to fill the holes, I resorted to Black CA glue, which I probably should've started with.
The loop antenna on fuselage spine is a good replacement for replacement since the plastic loop is so thick.
I used my trusty piece of Coke can to fashion a new loop.
The FuG whip antenna and the pitot tube were similarly upgraded.
The loop antenna on fuselage spine is a good replacement for replacement since the plastic loop is so thick.
I used my trusty piece of Coke can to fashion a new loop.
The FuG whip antenna and the pitot tube were similarly upgraded.
John aka JKim
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