Wednesday 27 February 2013

Eduard 1/144 Me 109 G-6 Pt. 9 - Bugger!

I've put my Me 109 on the back burner as I get the other aircraft in my Finnish air group to a similarly near completed state (I hope to finish all three at the same time). But putting this model to one side had an unfortunate result - I lost the propeller!

Don't ask me how, I do use a project box for each model but it still went astray. So I had to make a replacement prop spinner, luckily I had  couple of spare props in my Minicraft JU-88, though I had to sand the bomber's larger spinner down quite a bit...


I hope my new spinner looks OK. But this is another issue that illustrates the point that I need to get myself set-up with a special place for making my models, and not just a wobbly tray sat on my knee!

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  1. It looks perfectly OK. You do know that the prop will turn up, now that it has been replaced, don't you? Just stick it onto a Ju 88 with extra filler :O)

    Kind regards, Chris

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    1. LOL - Oh yes! I fully expect the original prop to miraculously turn up the very second I finished painting my replacement one. Probably in a place I had looked for it several times! :)

      I've started sorting out my 'man cave' and and installing anew desk specifically fo modelling - with lots o extra shelves and draws - and hopefully having an organised space just for model making will help prevent this sort of thing happening...Maybe!

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  2. Great replacement, well done.

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    1. Cheers Paul. I suspect this will not be the last time I loose a small part. :)

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