Site Admin 730 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Hi all, And for my next trick, I'll magic a Revell (ex-Hasegawa) Bf 109G-4 Trop into a veteran of the Battle of Britain film, using the Attitude Aviation resin conversion set. This is going to get very messy! I've been working away on this, cutting, slicing, sawing and grinding resin and plastic for a few weeks. The base kit is a 1:32 Revell (ex-Hasegawa) Bf 109G-4Trop in this delightful tan coloured plastic. My thanks to a good friend, Mark, for donating the kit to be scarified on the altar of butchered birds. A small drill bit, scalpel and razor saw were used to tear into the model, plus I also wanted to remove the casting blocks and see what the new resin nose looked kit. I'm sure you'll agree it looks pretty good. I also have the BoB (Luftwaffe) add-on for this kit with a small number of Buchon schemes/options available, and as this one has cropped tips, I also hacked those away and tested the new tips. Some final tweaking and sanding would be needed to perfectly blend them in, but nothing too onerous. Another thing, I hate the look of Hasegawa model surfaces with their minimal details, so I'm entirely flush-riveting this model with a beading tool from MDC. It's one at a time, but the difference is well worth the effort. Here you go! Cockpit painted and the resin nose is now more or less fitted, with some careful reshaping of the profile and stuff. It's not been too easy in places, but some careful perseverance, continual test-fitting and a little plastic shimming here and there, things do go together as planned. 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RWG686 33,100 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 My late friend Donnie could never understand my lack of enthusiasim for 109s (and Spitfires) but I'll quietly admit I like the Buchon. Must be the film influence. Some lovely detail in there already. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Brown 7,762 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 Darren loves 109s. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,460 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 6 hours ago, Paul Brown said: Darren loves 109s. Oi yes i love 109's and I've already had the conversation with Jim about doing this as a spanish one and well lets just say it'll be a bit pricey 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Toolmaker 1,759 Posted March 20, 2019 Report Share Posted March 20, 2019 I don’t understand any of the written word in the original post (so far I remain an aircraft heathen) but I do appreciate the work being done. I’ll keep popping back to watch the skills on show, so keep it to mainly pictures please😂 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin 730 Posted March 21, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 11 hours ago, Toolmaker said: ...so keep it to mainly pictures please😂 I thought I was! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Miggers 7,769 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 (edited) Like it Jim,like it. Quite keen on the 109 meself too(Darren knows why),I think the Buchon is much nicer(both aesthetically and to fly) than the Mezak. I'll look forward to seeing this beauty in her B of B film outfit(no Darren,not a Spanish get up for it). Edited March 21, 2019 by Miggers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Col. 7,396 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 Some great modelling skills on show already there James. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,460 Posted March 21, 2019 Report Share Posted March 21, 2019 1 hour ago, Miggers said: Like it Jim,like it. Quite keen on the 109 meself too(Darren knows why),I think the Buchon is much nicer(both aesthetically and to fly) than the Mezak. I'll look forward to seeing this beauty in her B of B film outfit(no Darren,not a Spanish get up for it). The buchon looks like what it is it's a small airframe with a stonking great engine in it and for that it's pretty But I understand why it was used and get that. Jim that is a great job you're doing on it 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Muttley 2,312 Posted March 23, 2019 Report Share Posted March 23, 2019 Loving the work so far, Don't see many Buchons built - in any scale - and I like the plan of a BoB film vet (Darren, liking you want a Spanish build too, think we both said the same thing when we last met) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin 730 Posted March 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 The model is actually painted and decaled now, but here are a couple of photos of what I have on my Mac before I dump and edit the other photos. Got to say this is a very enjoyable project! 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,460 Posted March 25, 2019 Report Share Posted March 25, 2019 nice one Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin 730 Posted March 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 Getting there. Needs some subtle weathering. 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,460 Posted March 26, 2019 Report Share Posted March 26, 2019 very Nice Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drichc 522 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 What a fantastic finish. What paints James? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin 730 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 10 minutes ago, Drichc said: What a fantastic finish. What paints James? All Gunze paints. I still love that brand. ❤️ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Drichc 522 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Is it one of the GX clears on top then, as I was under the impression most Gunze stuff is Matt? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Admin 730 Posted March 28, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 5 minutes ago, Drichc said: Is it one of the GX clears on top then, as I was under the impression most Gunze stuff is Matt? Yes, I use Gunze H20 Flat Clear. I find it's one of the best I've used so far. Complete and coming to a forthcoming issue of Military Illustrated Modeller! 8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grunhertz 17,460 Posted March 28, 2019 Report Share Posted March 28, 2019 Lovely job Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
goon 1,441 Posted April 7, 2019 Report Share Posted April 7, 2019 Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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