Scale Aviation Modeller International – April 2019

its to the lower fuselage
leaving the inest of gaps which
are easily illed. The it of the
Aires tail parts was trouble-
free, and the elevators could
be set slightly delected.

PAINTING

I’d decided on the early 1939

s c heme of R L M 61/62/63/65

since it itted with other stuf

I was building at the time, and

the chocolate brown is rather

irresistible.... The sharp splinter

pattern meant that hard-edged

masking was the order of the

day, starting with a light pre-

shade with Tamiya XF-69 NATO

Black, and the basic colours as

recommended by Eduard of

Mr Hobby H67 for the RLM 65

undersides, H308 for the RLM

63 grey, H303 Green for the RLM

62 and inally Tamiya XF-64 for

the brown. I confess to being

a bit sceptical about the H308

for the RLM 63, I know it’s a

controversial colour, but out of

the jar, the 308 looked too blue

to me. I ended up over spraying

it quite considerably using

Tamiya XF-20 to warm up the

tone. Both the green and brown

colours were post-highlighted

with lightened versions of the

paint, concentrating on the

panel centres and some very

dilute Tamiya X-19 Smoke

was used to give some depth

to some of the panel lines.

After a couple of days drying,

the entire airframe was given

several thin coats of Mr Hobby

H30 gloss clear in anticipation

of decaling. The decals need

some care and planning

since they release incredibly

quickly; a count of ive in warm

water is enough to have them

loating of the backing, so

think through the handling

before committing. Having

been caught out early on I used

only water to position them,

following up with Micro Sol.

Most of the schemes use very

large code letters, some with big

swathes of decal ilm and I did

have some problems with minor

bubbles and silvering. A sharp

scalpel and Mr Hobby Mr Mark

Softer improved things. The

undercarriage legs are pretty

straightforward and etched

parts are included to represent

the brake lines. Despite this, I

The main airframe before

painting, - minimal amounts of

filler are needed

First couple of painting stages

complete; RLM 63 grey on and

masked, and RLM 6x green applied

Bf 108 was designed as a

two-seat sports/recreation

aircraft

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