SPA Modeler

Welcome back,

My absence has not been for naught. I have made incremental but important progress. First off the MLG has been updated with brake lines, a base coat of RLM02, some highlights with lightened 02 and the resin wheels prepped for painting:





The PE wheel covers were also built up and the lightened 02 added as highlights:



I then turned my attention to preparing fuselage for primer. Perfect Plastic Putty was applied to those areas that needed it. I added a drop of water to thin it slightly and found it worked well into those areas. The central canopy was temporarily attached with Micro Liquitape to protect all the innards. But not before dropping it and breaking the antenna point on the tail and the pitot tube! The radiator rear faces and exhaust openings were masked with Tamiya tape. Damp tissue was folded into the wheel openings to protect the finished work there and Mk. II shortened toothpicks were inserted into the MLG attachment points to hold the whole thing off the ground whilst the primer dried. The slats interiors were masked and the slats pushed through the tape:











A final walk around for FOD, cleaning some debris from rivet holes and panel lines. I intend to rescribe post priming as it is an easier job to determine on the lighter colour. Happy with that and a longer Mk.I toothpick was inserted into the prop hole and we were ready for priming!



I will let it sit for 24 hours but there are some obvious areas that will need attention:

















Regards and thanks for looking

Very nice! I love it when the paint starts going on!

Great to see progress on landing gear and now priming the entire craft, Kent.

Looks as though the rear portion of the canopy fits quite tightly. Perhaps I have an earlier version such as the G-4 here and there was an improvement or change, but the seal looks almost perfect on the curvilinear section.



Scratch that! it is a different version or it's a very heavily modified version!

I love the look of a beautifully -primed aircraft, oh man!

I’m really going to enjoy watching you paint her, too.

That's indeed looking very classy!

Very nice progress so far Kent!!! FOD..................now it's been a long time since I've heard that term. I remember doing FOD walks on the flight line.

Foreign Object Damage...

A small update,
Spinner and wheel hubs painted Tamiya X1 Black. The spinner spiral starts with a complete circle around the gun opening. I punched a 5mm hole in Tamiya tape, then took the punch out disc and cantered it over the 4mm hole and punched it out, leaving a clean 1mm ring. Carefully placed it around the cannon opening. Next is the spiral and masks for the hubs:







Regards

Looking good Kent!

Eduards in-the-box wheels are outstanding, no any "urgent" need for AM parts there!

Here two pics of the 109 G gear + wheels, that I took some years ago in an airplane museum in Hermeskeil, Germany (w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-l place!)




- Kari