And then there were two.

 

The beginning of the End for the Eduardargh 109F. 

Interiors done. 

 

 

 

 

Onto the Noodling. 

And that was all she wrote, regarding Eduardargh. 

I have put this build on hold. I'm not happy with the finish with the paint (AK 3G) No matter what ratio, no matter what pressure or due to myself. So waiting on the new AK Real Colours to drop in the stores. Tamiya and Mr Hobby Aqueous good paint's but for me not the right colours except for a few. 

AK 3G Constant speckling, tip dry and I have experimented with every ratio of paint to thinner, air pressure max to min, internet advice to no avail. 

Hampering any detail work, speckling, spluttering etc. Running it with a 0.3 needle I have run it through a 0.2 for detail work before and that's a whole different nightmare. 0.4/5 could be an answer, for 1.48 and larger scales they may not be ideal. maybe 1.72 as the time spraying will be shorter. But I am done with pure acrylic's.  

 

 

Tamiya X-27. 

By contrast a 23ml bottle of Tamiya X-27 bought from Romer Parrish over thirty years ago, sprays lovely. 

Attired in their respective RLM02. Excited to get AK Real Colours and the way they sprayed I got over exuberant with the RLM65 on the 190. Therefore did not remove the masking to make a unified colour and then return to the wings. But like a Numpty' or a Boilermaker (Depending where you work) went ahead regardless with the RLM02 on the wings and free handing the camo'. Now, will I strip it back? sand it back? And repaint it? Or abandon it and carrying on with 109? Undecided at the moment. The weekend and BEER is coming up so i'll probably decide when i'm half cut. 

Sanded back the RLM65 (AK 3G) and applied AK Real Colours RLM65. Aye I've decided to save it. 

I'm definitely becoming a Fanboy of AK Real Colours. Sprays lovely right down to .9 Psi on a .2 needle on my Fengda. 

Splinter camouflage applied. Think I will re-paint the RLM65 

RLM02 (1938) and RLM71 Splinter Camo'  

Decaling done.  

Picked up the Bf 109 to inspect it, it slipped out of my hands. Thus breaking the aerial, pitot tube, tailplane braces and whatever those teardrop dangly bits are.  

Repairs, varnishes and weathering to be done later. I'm off to Mallorca for two weeks of hopefully, Sun, Sun and Sun, definitely some crisp Spanish and German pilsners maybe a Kolsch if I can find one and an I.P.A. 

VMS Satin applied and repairs/additions completed. 

Touch ups and rigging to be applied.
 

Just the stand/mount to finish, then I can call it finished.