Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-14 (Zoukei-Mura 1:32)
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BlackSheepTwoOneFour
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Zoukei-Mira is known to be one of the higher end kits out there. Expensive too and well engineered. Expensive too. I'm assuming it's your first Zoukei-Mura kit.
I highly doubt you'll find fit issues or lack of detailing.
I highly doubt you'll find fit issues or lack of detailing.
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This...Come on don't keep us waiting Edbert
...needs to be finished. As posted elsewhere, I'm almost ready to say I love rubber-band-tracks.
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At my age, with failing eyesight, I have no time to spend fighting with fit, more than what should always be expected. If that means spending more money, so be it, but this kit cost less than or no more than the 1/32 Corsair and 1/48 F-4B from Tamiya.
I'm hoping this complexity with so many details and the large assembly manual will help me slow down.
My decision for now is...do I use my old RLM colors in enamel with the acrylic wash?
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Me too, I hate those link and length, either fall apart when attempting to fit on or get so much glue on them .
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Eh, it's simple enough: Are you in the service? Because if not, then you're not allowed to use the instructions, which would make it hard to build the model
(Also, I wonder who they got to write their German for them, because there's a superfluous "Die" there that isn't grammatically wrong but would not appear on a real German set of instructions.)
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These arrived in the mail....
Cloth belts and metal buckles/hardware. I'm taking it as a green light
This is my first experience with the manufacturer, I'm amazed! The 'Bauanleitung' (I had to look it up, just means instructions) is 65 pages which was awesome but also a bit intimidating. Upon closer inspection, and actually starting the build it quickly becomes obvious that they are just very thorough, it is not an indication that the complexity is off the charts. See the example below.
These two pages, all of the wording and illustrations and photographs represent a small number of parts. In this case there are 8 parts on the left-hand page and 5 on the right. Each separate part number is circled in green. They just provide the builder with maximum information.
The mold quality is off the charts (with my limited experience), and this figure shows what I mean. Those belts!
I've started assembly. Above it looks like two halves of the engine, which is basically right. But who knew or would have thought that it would include pistons and connecting rods?
Which is kind of interesting considering no crankshaft, right? Guess those Nazis were better engineers than I thought. But of course none will be visible within the next page or so of the instructions.
One of my biggest problems with modelling is making myself slow down. I'm hoping to use this kit's inherent complexity to try and force myself to do just that. There's a looong way to go, and many parts will have to be painted more than one color prior to assembly and then again after partial assembly prior to full, it is a marathon not a sprint....a marathon not a sprint.
Cloth belts and metal buckles/hardware. I'm taking it as a green light
This is my first experience with the manufacturer, I'm amazed! The 'Bauanleitung' (I had to look it up, just means instructions) is 65 pages which was awesome but also a bit intimidating. Upon closer inspection, and actually starting the build it quickly becomes obvious that they are just very thorough, it is not an indication that the complexity is off the charts. See the example below.
These two pages, all of the wording and illustrations and photographs represent a small number of parts. In this case there are 8 parts on the left-hand page and 5 on the right. Each separate part number is circled in green. They just provide the builder with maximum information.
The mold quality is off the charts (with my limited experience), and this figure shows what I mean. Those belts!
I've started assembly. Above it looks like two halves of the engine, which is basically right. But who knew or would have thought that it would include pistons and connecting rods?
Which is kind of interesting considering no crankshaft, right? Guess those Nazis were better engineers than I thought. But of course none will be visible within the next page or so of the instructions.
One of my biggest problems with modelling is making myself slow down. I'm hoping to use this kit's inherent complexity to try and force myself to do just that. There's a looong way to go, and many parts will have to be painted more than one color prior to assembly and then again after partial assembly prior to full, it is a marathon not a sprint....a marathon not a sprint.
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