1/48 Academy Bf-109D

by Jason Cooper

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This is my recently completed Academy Bf-109D. I just love the early Luftwaffe splinter camo and when I saw a profile of this plane in the Kagero book "JG26 Schlageter Volume 1"  I went about finding decals to build it. I obtained an Aeromaster sheet that contains the markings for Yellow 12 II/JG234 Summer 1938 and I was off. JG234 being the forerunner of JG26.

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All in all the Academy kit was not too bad, it assembles reasonably well with only a little bit of work here and there. The braces for the horizontal stabilisers are too long and require trimming to get them to fit. I became aware of some cowling panel line and air scoop inaccuracies with the kit when it was all too late to fix - of course.

Painting was completed using RLM70,71,65 from the Testors Modelmaster range masked with Tamiya tape to achieve a hard demarcation line. The decals went on over a coat of modelmaster clear gloss (I will go back to using an acrylic clear gloss next time as this gives better results with the oil washes that follow in the weathering stage). Weathering was done using raw umber and lamp black oil washes painstakingly applied with a fine brush because of the enamel clear coat. Pastel chalks being applied after the flat coat. Apart from the inaccuracies in the cowling area this is a fine kit, hope that you all like it.

Jason 

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Photos and text © by Jason Cooper