Fujimi 1/48 Bf190K-4 hand-me-down

[nicholassagan]

I picked up some bargain kits in the past few weeks and among them was a partially build Fujimi 1/48 Bf109K-4. I already had this kit but it was a good deal so I pounced. I'm glad I did because this kit ain't that bad. The only parts that were assembled already were the fuselage and cowling parts and a few cockpit parts. After reading some online reviews I'm kind of glad that part was already done because it seems to be the most 'prone-to-headaches' part of the assembly process.

I took this on as mostly an out of box build, with only adding some minor details such as: rivets, wire antenna, metal pitot, Quickboost's Revi gunsight and magnets for both the propeller and base. This magnet thing is pretty awesome and I'm getting some good practice in with them. I also used an old pilot from the Bf109E-4/7 build from a while back. Over the past week, in fleeting moments, I was able to get her to the primed stage. I have a few projects on the bench that are all at the painting stage so I'll tackle them all some evening soon.

 

[letsgobrowns82]

Awesome work so far!

 

[nicholassagan]

Pre-shaded! My paint was pretty thin and my airbrush is crap and needs a good cleaning, but here she is. Still not sure about what scheme to go with. White tips or yellow??

 

[nicholassagan]

Finally got to painting. Belly coat is Lichtblau, light gray and forest green splinter (all Tamiya but I’ll have to double check #s). Mottling was more of a freehand airbrush experiment than anything else. All the detail paint is on, too so next up is a dark tint wash of Future before decals will go on. As far as those go, they will be combined markings from an E-4/7 kit and Aeromaster’s G-10/14 set.

 

[nicholassagan]

This special K is actually finished up, I’m just waiting for my new photo booth to come in to take some nice final shots! In the meantime, here she is getting her weathering and decals.

 

[nicholassagan]

All done!!!

 

[Cash]

Nice bird.

 

[nicholassagan]

Thanks! A bit more clunky than I'd like...but hey, it was fun. REALLY looking forward to Eduard's upcoming F/G/K tools...

 

[Maverick]

Outstanding! Great looking plane. Im very interested in how you did the cables. Are they fishing line? How did you attach them? Glue? Whatever you did looks great.

 

[nicholassagan]

Thanks Mav! It's actually filament from an unwoven piece of wiring! It's really fine copper wire. Here's another build where it shows how it was attached.

But for this one, I pulled a length through the point behind the cockpit and another thread through the side of the fuselage. Once it was time to button up the fuselage, I pulled the long one taught while I clamped/glued the tail halves. Then the piece from the fuselage was wrapped carefully...

 

[yanpol]

Very nice build, congratulations! I would really like to know how did you mask the propeller hub.

 

[nicholassagan]

Thanks!

Decal! Huzzah! With some Micro Sol