1/48 Hasegawa Bf-109G-14

by Alan Williamson

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Kit: Hasegawa Messerschmitt Bf-109G-14 Item 09148 /Jt 48:2200

Construction

I was after a 109G to add to my collection, so I sent Calum an E-mail to order this kit for me.  When it arrived I inspected the kit.  Hasegawa has added some nice touches with a few additional optional parts.  I decided to assemble this kit OOB,  I painted the cockpit in Model Master RLM 66 finished up with some dry brushing Tamiya's Weathering set B to highlight the cockpit detail. Construction was pretty straight forward with Hasegawa's usual attention to detail.

Picture 03 and 04 show the kits control panel.

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Painting and Finish

This is one of the very few kits that I did not use all the correct colours on. The top half of the 109 was painted in Model Master Insignia White and the underside of the model was painted in Model Master RLM 76.  I used the kit decals however while placing the Iron crosses on the 109 I used the wrong decal solution Polly Scale 505401 the strong stuff.  This messed up a few of the decals NOT HAPPY.  The rest of the decals were placed on using Polly Scale F505403 with a coat of Humbrol gloss clear over the decals. The panel lines were highlighted using pastel chalk with another coat of clear over the top, followed up with a coat of matt clear. Using Tamiya's weathering sets I added some exhaust stains dirtied up the landing gear and wheel wells and added soot around the guns. This was sealed in with a coat of matt clear. All that was left was to add the finishing touches, landing gear and cockpit window. This 109 was built to represent Kdr.I / JG53 Flown by Oblt. Erich Hartmann.  Not one of my better finished kits. 

Thanks

  • Steve Bamford for all of his work

  • Calum for getting me in this kit, check out Calums web site at www.gibstuff.net

Alan

Photos and text © by Alan Williamson