Trumpeter 1/32 Bf 109F-4/Trop

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:26 am

Due to losing a bet with a friend of mine over Christmas, the price of that bet was building an aircraft in 1/32 of my choice in 2014. I managed to snag the Trumpeter 1/32 kit #02293 on sale for a good price so gave it a whirl. Built OOB with the help of some Eduard pre-cut masks for the canopy, finished with Model Master enamels (mostly), and then weathered using home-made washes and a little touch of pigments for the landing gear since it's a DAK aircraft. I chose Marseille's 'Yellow 14' markings from the finishing guide. This is the first aircraft I've built and completed in over a decade so was quite the experience. Enough talk, here's the finished pics after the last touches were added today.

HistoryRider · Post by **HistoryRider** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 4:36 am

Gorgeous build! I seem to have a thing for 109s

RobertK · Post by **RobertK** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 6:12 am

Wow! Amazing! Don't know what to say, haha!

UKscalemodeller · Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 9:00 am

i love 109s

this one is a beauty

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 2:23 pm

HistoryRider, Robert, and UKS, thanks for the kind words, glad you like how she turned out.

eoinfinnegan · Post by **eoinfinnegan** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:10 pm

Thats a beauty you done a cracking job, well done

RobertA · Post by **RobertA** » Fri Feb 28, 2014 11:48 pm

That is superbly brilliant!!

HistoryRider · Post by **HistoryRider** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 12:22 am

MyHobbyInfo wrote:HistoryRider, Robert, and UKS, thanks for the kind words, glad you like how she turned out.

Look forward to more to see!!

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:09 am

Thanks gents, appreciate the kind words!

HR, it will probably be a long time before I build AC again, armor is where my true heart lies and I'm already contemplating the next victim from the stash.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:02 pm

Fantastic mate look forward to seeing more of your work

SgtSaboo · Post by **SgtSaboo** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 3:06 pm

Great build!

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sat Mar 01, 2014 4:13 pm

Nige, and Mike, thanks for the kind words!

rip1978 · Post by **rip1978** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 9:38 am

looks great

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 6:47 pm

Thanks Rip!

muskegman · Post by **muskegman** » Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:08 pm

That is a real beauty, well done

Mark

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:15 pm

Thanks Mark! Glad you like how it turned out.

Bissyboat · Post by **Bissyboat** » Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:56 pm

Stunner! Plain and simple.

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:09 am

Thank you sir!

If I find your dingy, will let you know.

ScaleModelling1105 · Post by **ScaleModelling1105** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:22 pm

That is amazing. Well done indeed.

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:29 pm

Thanks Will! I had a lot of fun with it for sure.

ScaleModelling1105 · Post by **ScaleModelling1105** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:30 pm

MyHobbyInfo wrote:Thanks Will! I had a lot of fun with it for sure.

Are those rivets on the kit as standard or did you rivet the kit yourself. I might have to buy this kit.

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Wed Mar 05, 2014 9:50 pm

ScaleModelling1105 wrote:
MyHobbyInfo wrote:Thanks Will! I had a lot of fun with it for sure.
Are those rivets on the kit as standard or did you rivet the kit yourself. I might have to buy this kit.

That's what comes molded on the kit. Trumpeter did a fine job in that department IMHO...the only downside is that it literally took hours to get all that nice detail to pop out with the wash application process because there are sooooo many of them!

Yellowlazer101 · Post by **Yellowlazer101** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:48 pm

Looks great, well done mate

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Thu Mar 06, 2014 10:57 pm

Thanks Barry! Glad you like how it came out.

Nige201980 · Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:05 am

I hope mine is half as good when I get round to it.

Bissyboat · Post by **Bissyboat** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:23 pm

MyHobbyInfo wrote:Thank you sir! If I find your dingy, will let you know.

I'm counting on you. Hehehe

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:27 pm

Thanks Nige!

Bissy, perhaps now would be a good time to say I live in a desert...

Bissyboat · Post by **Bissyboat** » Sun Mar 09, 2014 9:39 pm

In that case you may need a camel with the tracking ability of a Basset Hound. It was left in the Gobi desert during a low tide. Not so far from the tumble weeds going up stream. Close to the dunes, that I accidentally thought was Camber beach.

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:59 pm

Bissy, ok, you got me beat!

HollywoodModelling wrote:Hm.. Thou shouldst build more planes....

Thanks HM, appreciate the vote of confidence!

Tiger131 · Post by **Tiger131** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:36 pm

stunning work bud there is so much detail to look at its cracker

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Mon Mar 10, 2014 9:11 pm

Tiger131 wrote:stunning work bud there is so much detail to look at its cracker

I was sooo tempted to leave one of the engine panels open as well as the canopy but then I realized how difficult it would be to keep it intact once finished due to my limited display options so they both got closed up. Trumpeter provides you with a lot of great detail on it for sure. Thanks for the comments!

galileo1 · Post by **galileo1** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:05 pm

Exceptional work on this one Bill! I've come to admire your armor builds through the years (when I used to frequent armorama) so I can tell you it's nice to see you do aircraft. Same spectacular results!

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sat Mar 15, 2014 4:09 pm

Thanks Rob! It was a nice change of pace to do an AC for sure.

andyww2nut · Post by **andyww2nut** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:15 pm

very nice indeed pukka job me finks

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:45 pm

andyww2nut wrote:very nice indeed pukka job me finks

Thanks Andy!

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:35 am

Sweet! Teach me to do that!

Cheers,

Martin

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 1:52 am

UKguyInUSA wrote:Sweet! Teach me to do that!

Cheers,

Martin

Thanks for the kind words Martin!

I kept a build log of all the steps involved if it helps, here's the link: http://www.bpmodels.net/Model/Album/php ... .php?t=525

AchtungPanzer · Post by **AchtungPanzer** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:12 pm

Wow! Its great execution - for me its a top level buddy

UKguyInUSA · Post by **UKguyInUSA** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:19 pm

MyHobbyInfo wrote:
UKguyInUSA wrote:Sweet! Teach me to do that!

Cheers,

Martin
Thanks for the kind words Martin!

I kept a build log of all the steps involved if it helps, here's the link: http://www.bpmodels.net/Model/Album/php ... .php?t=525

Thanks for the building steps link, Bill- greatly appreciated! : )

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:01 pm

My pleasure Martin!

martin57 · Post by **martin57** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 8:15 pm

Nice job , like the plain colour scheme .

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Sun Apr 06, 2014 11:16 pm

Thanks Martin!

patrickroos · Post by **patrickroos** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 12:35 pm

Very nice clean build mate!

How did You do the panel lines (wash?)
Very nice and tidy result, as in perfectly highlighted panels/rivetlines without any mess.
The decals are also very good, even from the distance in the photos you can clearly see all the surface detail underneath.
I like to "grime it up" but love different styles. Really like the subtle approach on the weathering.

You have achieved a great averall quality and harmony with this one.
Very nice to look at!!!

Great work!

wbill76 · Post by **wbill76** » Thu Apr 10, 2014 2:56 pm

Thanks Patrick, appreciate the comments! The panel lines were done by applying a modified pin wash to the panel and rivet lines. I say 'modified' as it's kind of a hybrid between a 'sludge' wash and a true 'pin' wash where you touch each and ever rivet independently. I then used clean thinner and a 10/0 pointed brush and very carefully removed the excess wash from the lines and rivets to get the look you see. I won't lie to you, it took several hours spread out over multiple days but achieved a very nice result that I couldn't get with the standard 'sludge' type of approach.

Glad you like how it turned out!

mperegrinefalcon · Post by **mperegrinefalcon** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 3:29 am

Nice work mate, you should continue with 109s. I spent 2 years hyper-focusing on 109s, and there are 2 minor inaccuracies in this kit. first one is the 2 small air vents on the right side of the nose, which were only present on the G-2 and latter varients.
the second thing that i couldent stop myself from fixing was the landing gear bays. Trumpeter moulded the squared off landing gear wells, which, were not on the F-4. funnily enough, the F-4 was the only 109 that had circles for landing gear bays. Trumpeter, u so silly. Other than those things, the kit is an amazing one. Dont lets this detract form the build tho, i just addore the 109, and unless someone knows what theyre looking at, they wont know. i dont mean to be a rivet counter, but i am right now.....

no harm, just trying to give some constructive criticism. The paint job is amazing, nice work on the weathering, and that was the same colour scheme i made mine in! love the work, want to see what else you do!

cheers mate love the work, looks beautiful!

tferedo · Post by **tferedo** » Fri Jul 10, 2015 12:03 am

Stunning work. Nice and clean build. Painting is spot on. I have the same kit and your work is very inspiring.