1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109 G-6

Flown by Major Horst Carganico II./JG5 March 1944 Alakurtti, Finland

by Anthony Manzoli

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This 1:32 Hasegawa Bf 109 G-6 which is painted and marked as Major Horst Carganico's winter white washed aircraft.  The model went together without any fit problems as  all of the Hasegawa 109's in 1:48th scale do as well, the larger scale is a joy to work with and once you have done a few, I find the smaller scales lack the details that these kits have.  The additions I made to the kit were adding Eduard's pre-painted seatbelts, some fuse wire to cockpit floor, antennae wire made from invisible thread with insulators made from Mico-scale Krystal Clear, FuG 25a antennae made from stretched sprue, True Details weighted resin wheels and some canopy details made from left over P.E. scraps and stretched clear sprue.  Most of the kit was completed before the painting process.  

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PaintingI used Tamiya and Gunze acrylics.  All panel lines were pre-shaded with dark grey, followed with RLM 76, 74 and 75.  Once the camouflage was dry to touch I painted the white wash using a thin mixture of Gunze flat white.  The secret to painting the white is to only cover enough of the underlying camouflage so it appears to show through as if the white has been worn away by the elements.  If areas become too white you can add some RLM 74 by misting it on and then the white once again.  some panel lines were also re shaded with  thinned Tamiya German Grey.  Once the white wash had been applied, the lower cowling as well as the wing tips was masked and painted RLM 04 yellow.  Once the paint had cured the entire aircraft was coated with Pascoe's Long Life, this was sprayed on un diluted until the paint was glossy and would provide a smooth surface for the decals.  I used Eagle Cals decals for this project.  The decals went on quickly since the stencilling was left off.  Once the decals had set, I added some weathering with Gunze smoke as well as some chips along the wing area using Model Masters non buffing aluminium, with the weathering done the matte coat was sprayed on and the kit was virtually finished.  

Final construction included  adding the details to the canopy, the antennae wire, machine gun barrels, pitot tube, and landing gear.  

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Final Notes:  If you have not built a Hasegawa 1:32 scale Bf109 kit yet, you should consider one.  They go together very well and provide a nice platform for endless colour schemes.  I have three more to build and look forward to them.

This aircraft kit is for sale as many of my kits have been, if you are interested in this kit or any other kit I have featured on my web site, please visit the Models For Sale link to see what is available.

Anthony

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Photos and text © by Anthony Manzoli