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I'm glad to hear your back safe, things have gotten a bit crazy. The work on the G-6 seems to be moving along nicely.

Hey there! Good to hear that you're back home and safe.

Good to hear yor back home safely John - The G-6 is looking lovely!

Thanks guys! It's good to be home again. Like everyone else, still trying to adjust to the new norms. Picked up my two girls from school yesterday where they'll be doing online classes until further notice. Did the SD/SF round trip drive in one day.

On the modeling front, continuing work on the G-6/AS. The cleanup work around the cowling has been finished so I've moved forward and glued the wings into place.



The joint at the wing roots is good so I won't be having to spend much time here once the glue dries.



There will be some work to do on the bottom however. In addition to the gaps to be filled, there is also a step along the joint between the right and left wings. A bit of scraping will be required to make it level.

It is repetitive, my apologies....but, this is just exquisite work. Beautiful!

The clear parts have been riveted, polished and then dipped in Future.


Eduard masks were used on the clear parts, which were then glued onto the fuselage.



The tail feathers have been glued into place as well.



Looks like I'm almost at the painting stage. The question is... do I still want to do the all-RLM76 scheme?

Your question about wanting to do a monochrome scheme sounds rhetorical to me. Do you have an answer already? My answer would be that anything you do would be cool. I don’t know much about the specifics of this variant, but...



However, I saw this and thought... well, now!



Also:



What are your thoughts?

Hi Bruce... thanks for chiming in! I hope you are doing ok in these crazy times. The G-6/AS was a modification of the G-6 using a more powerful engine. It didn't have the round clamshell gun breech covers but instead featured a more streamlined cowling like the G-10/K-4. The new engine had superior high altitude performance so a number of G-6/AS machines were put into service as specialized high-altitude fighters (or Hohenjagers). Some of these featured a uniform light blue (RLM 76) finish.

I was originally intending to portray Kommandeur Horst Carganico's Bf109G-6/AS, which is depicted as one of the decal options on Eduard's G-6/AS kit.



I even bought a Eagle Cal decal sheet of Carganico's G-6, which had a similar Mickey Mouse motif...


Now I'm just wondering if a one-color scheme would be less interesting than a multi-color scheme. I'll probably go with my initial plan and use this an opportunity to impart some depth/variation using different weathering techniques.

John,

Thank you for sharing a wonderful profile and extremely interesting development summation of the design variation as well. As a small aside, I realize there are limits when searching online... I initially visited the Facebook Group devoted to Bf/Me 109 designs from Anton to Toni. The feed is chaotic as this encompasses soldier’s photos from both sides of WWII and many if not the majority of images are marked not to publish (which I respect). However I think you might enjoy the feed. Aside over.

One of my bucket list items would be to figure out a way to recreate the monochrome yet not really finish on the metal surface. One of the marvels (yes it suits here to use the word) of a well executed camo such as I see in your work is the rigor used to constrain thickness. Your control of subsequent layers of color reminds me of abstract painters. First the thinking and then the creation. Viewing your process which frankly you describe so darn well is essentially a great gift. I thank you for this, most sincerely!

Whether or not you choose this scheme for your current project I will follow, my thoughts are about reduction these days, and another master builder Ralph Riese I follow works similarly to you with very fine washes and extremely soft edges when transitions are necessary.

From my perspective the transitional points are smaller (your fine variegation made even finer), more regulated, and less chaotic. The effect is a thin metal skin painted over in patches.

Doing the mono scheme would give you a chance to show off your color modulation abilities.