1/32 Bf 109G-4/R6 “Regia Aeronautica” Part II – Painting

Part I | Part II| Part III | Part IV With my messed up, false-start-happy modelling year, it feels like it’s been months since I’ve thrown real paint at anything. And it kind of has – the last subject to run full-bore through the paint shop was my Pz.38(t) back in early June. So it’s…

1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6 Part III – Painting

Part I | Part II | PART III | Part IV The Swiss 109 has been built, puttied, sanded, primed and made ready for paint. Time to do it to it! Candy Canes After laying down a black base (Tamiya X-1), I sprayed the white for the wings and rudder, using my trusty Gunze Mr. Color C69…

1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6 Part II – Construction + Paint Prep

Part I | PART II | Part III | Part IV When we left off in Part I, the 109’s cockpit was more or less done, and the fuselage joined: After that, the wait for the RB Productions seatbelts and radiator grilles kind of sidelined it for a bit, and I found myself distracted by…

1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6 Part I – Cockpit

PART I | Part II | Part III | Part IV I’m still waffling over the question of which Swiss 109 to depict with this build, J-711 with its RLM 74/75/76 scheme, or J-704 with its distinctive green/brown over blue. But that’s no reason I can’t start work on the “Swiss Miss” while I try…

On the Bench: 1/32 Hasegawa Bf 109G-6 in Swiss Service

It’s kind of surprising to think of the Swiss – always neutral – as having any kind of military capability at all, but their neutrality has always been backed up by a potent defensive posture. In the buildup to World War II, the Swiss stocked up on Messerschmitt Bf 109s, at the time the best…