Small Scale Military Headquarters

I am trying my hand at changing one of my BF 109Gs into a 109F. I don't think that mine will be 100% accurate but I have removed the wing cannons and MG hump covers near the cockpit. I also, filed the landing gear brace to allow the gear to be more angled when down. I am choosing to do an Italian/trop paint scheme (it is one of the easier for me to do without much experience and using rattle cans. I have so far made the basic modifications, dissasembled the plane and painted the light blue and tropical tan. See what you think and I will post more photos as I go. As can be seen I still have to add the accent paint, replace items removed for painting, screw and glue all of the pieces together (including the wing halfs), place decals and coat with flat clear.








IN THIS PHOTO YOU CAN SEE MY REFERENCE ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN

COUGH cough... where is my sand filter...

lol jk looks nice! I wish I had a G model...

It is looking good !!!

Looks good so far,Buckyroo.

Keep us posted.

flyboy_fx wrote:COUGH cough... where is my sand filter...

lol jk looks nice! I wish I had a G model...

Good eye for detail FB

It's not presently accounted for. I just haven't found a material that I am happy with yet. It will be easy to add even if the rest of the plane is complete. Anyone have any ideas on materials for one?

Yeah, looks good. Keep us posted!

Here are some updated photos. Accent white paint, mild detailing, and some assembly is complete. I still have to make the decals, touch up paint, and spray a flat clear. You can see in a couple of pictures that I worked on the prop. I can spin it and have enough time to snap a picture of it in motion. That is kind of neat to me. More to come as more work is completed

Anyone have a tail wheel? This AC did not have one on it when I received it.

Great job so far Buckyroo.

Should be really nice when it is finished.

Thanks for the update.

This is looking great so far.

Wow, that looks Very Nice!

Lookin' sweet so far.

Hey that prop is spinning in a couple of pics. d'ya put a fan on it, or you got a secret motor in there?

Great job!
Your Me-109 looks really good!!!

Looking good

THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT! THE FEEDBACK MEANS A LOT WHEN IT COMES FROM ALL OF YOU THAT DO THE SAME KIND OF WORK. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF TIME INVOLVED IN MAKING PURE CUSTOM ITEMS, FOR REPAINTING AND DETAILING TAKES SO MUCH BY ITSELF.

I had to get a new computer since I did the decals for my Spitfire and I had lost the graphics program that I used for them. This weekend I searched until I found it again. Inkscape is the vector graphic program that I used. It is free and and very usefull when you are making custom decals. This is the kind of program you can use that will make clean lines on circles and angled lines. I will start working on the decals soon.

Here is the link to the free program download.

http://www.inkscape.org/

Buckyroo, if you don't mind my asking, how much filing did you do on the gear supports to get the correct stance?
That is an issue I have always had w/21C's 1/18 109G's (not so on their 1/32 versions)...It really became obvious when I got my BBI 109...I have been hesitant to modify the supports because I didn't know if BBI's were truly accurate, althhough they look much better.
Thanks, in advance, for any advise you can give.
(By the way, you're 109F conversion is looking great!)

456THBG wrote:Buckyroo, if you don't mind my asking, how much filing did you do on the gear supports to get the correct stance?
That is an issue I have always had w/21C's 1/18 109G's (not so on their 1/32 versions)...It really became obvious when I got my BBI 109...I have been hesitant to modify the supports because I didn't know if BBI's were truly accurate, althhough they look much better.
Thanks, in advance, for any advise you can give.
(By the way, you're 109F conversion is looking great!)

I did file the brace arm that has the spring on it. The part of that arm that rests in the notch of the gear is, say, 1/4" long back to the point where it has the "U" shaped area that makes it easy to get a fingernail on for stowing the landing gear. This 1/4" piece was filed down half way and then tweeked until I was happy with the look. The end product may even be closer to 1/4 of the original size. Just go slow and test it to get the look you want.

Buckyroo, thanks...I'll give it a shot!

Worked on decal design and did a mock up with taped-on items to check for size and look. These were made with the Inkscape program that I linked earlier.

That looks Sharp!

Looks very nice buckyroo.

Any nose art going to be on this one?

snake wrote:Looks very nice buckyroo.

Any nose art going to be on this one?

How would this look?

Very nice job!

Found some better nose art - something a little less common......

They both look good.

Go with the one you like the best.

looking good! I did one very similar to yours a couple years ago. I LOVE the sharp line along the fuse. Cool!