Eduard BF-109G-6 Hermann Graf
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2022
- Greetings everyone, join me for this full build video of the Eduard BF-109G6 in 1:48 scale! This is the personal 109 of German fighter ace Hermann Graf with his famous red tulip pattern.
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From England, I've just watched your video again 14th Oct. 2023, and feel I have to applaud the skill patience you put into this build. Something else that makes the viewing really enjoyable is your narration. Believe me it really helps to go along with the viewing. Bravo sir.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words. I'm glad you enjoy the narration, I find videos easier to engage with a video when you can hear the maker talk about what they are doing and why, so that's what I try to bring to my videos.
Cheers,
Brett
Here's a couple of tips about paint adhesion that I learned years ago. First wash the sprues in warm soapy water (a soft paint brush helps), rinse and dry. This removes the release agent that keeps the plastic from sticking to the mold. Also if you sand the surfaces with 600 grit sandpaper it gives the surfaces 'tooth' for the paint to adhere to. Lastly, wipe the model with rubbing alcohol to remove oil from your hands. P.S. the slats were not spring loaded and are normally shut when on the ground. The slats ran on tracks and angle of attack caused them to open or shut.
Thank you for the tips and the feedback, I really am a noob when it comes to the 109, so clearly I have a lot to learn, but I'm always happy to learn more information!
The paint job came out really nice.
Thank you!
lovely build and presentation.
Thank you! Cheers!
Followed you on Instagram and your models are fantastic, my 6yr old loves seeing your models!
Wow, thank you, glad you both like them! Thanks for watching.
This is my favourite Bf-109. I love it!!
I love it too, thanks for watching!
Great build, love the finished model. =)
Thank you! Cheers!
Excelente trabajo muy bien realizado en detalles 👍
Thank you!
Lovely work! Looking forward to Eduard's 1/72 109G
Nice!
One thing I like is that you left the section of the fuel line in the cockpit clear. I've seen a lot of builds where people paint all of it. I've also seen modelers who use a little clear orange to represent fuel in the line.
Yeah, I had seen someone else do it and had to research what the part was, but once I figured out it was a fuel line it made sense why the part was molded clear. Thanks for watching!
I really know very little about Luftwaffe aircraft. My main focus is on the Pacific. Everything I know came from my Dad! He can freehand all of that camo like you wouldn't believe. I'm lucky if I can get -109 and -190 subvariants and details correct. The one -109 that I have always liked was flown by ace Alferd Saurau. It had a yellow spinner with a black spiral and had eyes painted on the breeches on either side of the cowling. If I remember correctly, Saurau was killed intercepting B-17s.
Great job on that BF-109. I'm building the weekend edition now.
Awesome! Good luck with your build. It’s a good kit! Thanks for watching.
A superb build!
Thank you!
Just by looking at the model for a split second I was like; that tulip was masked and the yellow and white borders are way too thick.. First thing you mention is the main event of this build: the masking and painting of the tulip.. 😂 Ill be damned! Lol. Masking on a scale like that is near impossible and it's impressive you got this result in 1/48. I've build the Hartmann version of that kit for a friend of mine and was very pleased with the result. For the red not matching; don't worrie, in many cases different batches of paint and different moments in time led to different hue's of the same base colour on one plane.
I definitely want to revisit this build, I have a new set of custom masks made for this livery that I think will yield better results and give a more in scale look. Thanks for watching!
Nice, just got the weekend edition.
Good choice!
Great job, looks fantastic and the diorama really sets it off wonderfully..👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thank you so much 😀
Really great video. Enjoyed it and also really enjoyed your narrative. I don't know how you can talk for so long
Ha ha, thanks, its really not difficult to get me talking about the models I make, and I will usually take a few breaks during recording sessions so that I don't fry my voice too bad.
WOW!! that was the first video ive ever seen of yours, absolutely brilliant, you are a master at your craft 👏👏💯%
Thanks so much 😊
Great build man, as always 😉👏
Thank you! Cheers!
From England, OK I like eduard kits, I like 109's (I also like hurricanes, hint). I like vallejo acrylics so why don't my kits look like that, hmm. Great work as usual sir. Thank you.
Hard to say what it could be, could be many different factors. Hint has been noted, thanks for watching!
Hi buddy cracking build and paint job. I do like the eduards bf 109. like you. I think they are better than Tamiyas 109g-6. I always look forward to watching your videos. You're an amazing aircraft builder. Cheers Gary from the UK 🇬🇧
Thanks Gary! Greatly appreciated!
Very nice build. Love the yellow-red star on the nose. I have built the oldie Revell 1/32 H. Graf a few years ago. great looking airplane. Yours came out fantastic. 👍👍
thanks for watching!
Great build. Get yourself some VMS matte varnish. You won’t regret it.
I’ll look into it!
Amazing work on this 109. I have to agree Eduard's 109s are the leader right now. The Tamiya is fantastic, especially for beginners or those getting back into it though and that's not knocking it, I love the Tamiya kit for a quick fun build up of a 109.
Couldn't agree more!
Nice, but...
The plane was a specially modified G-5. The aircraft had an outer main landing gear door (as on the K-4), and rear view mirror - a modified canopy. The emblem under the cockpit belongs to Grislawski's plane. Graf only took a picture in it. At the time he had the tulip painted, his aircraft was armed with Wfr. Gr. 21 rocket launchers. His plane was filmed, so we know what it looked like.
I have a rebuild of this kit planned, I will take this information into account, thanks for sharing!
Anyone built both the latest 1/48 Eduard F-4 or G-6 and Zvezda F-4 & G-6 to offer a comparison. I've built the fabulous Zvezda F-2 & F-4, but not the Eduard equivalents. Detailed, they build into a very nice Bf 109, but like their initial 1/48 new standard toolings such as the La-5FN from 2007, overengineered and so unnecessarily complex builds IMV. Unsure if Zvezda followed the same design ethos with their G-6? Their later new tools like their awesome Pe-2 from 2018, whilst superbly detailed, were much better I thought.
I think this is pretty close to what you are looking for:
ua-cam.com/video/7bx_iStRAzg/v-deo.html
@@HammerheadModelMaking My thanks for that. FWIW I'm an afficionado of all three brands today, and have loads from each on my shelf and in my stash.
Very clean build... The biggest disadvantage of the Eduard kit over the Tamiya kit is the gear legs are much too long and not "fat" enough. Tamiya is the only 1/48 Me-109G-6 with proper fat gear legs. The G-2 and maybe some G-4s(?) still had thin gear legs, but that was the end of it. The giveaway is the wheel bumps on the wings: Probably almost all 109s with those bumps should have fat legs. It is visually a big error, worsened by the excessive length. Eduard kept this error even in their G10s and later models.
Thats good to know, I'll have to look to see if there are some AM sets to replace the landing gear for the next time I build it.
Great build but for future reference, the correct green is rlm 74, not 80.
Thank you for the correction, I will be sure to add that to my paint collection.
Great build!
The one sorrow is Eduard's Bf-109F/G series are not really shape accurate and need some plastic surgery to be a real Bf-109F/G.
But it doesn't matter if you are not a rivet counter like me.
I'm curious, what sorts of shape inaccuracies there are on the kit? I have a few more of these planned and might take some of these into consideration. Thanks for watching.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Wrong shape of the fuselage back, canopy, wheel wells position, wrong panel lines and riveting in several places.
@@gadeeshi Thanks, I'll have to look those up and see if they are worth fixing, thanks for the additional info!
Where can I source that stretchy nylon thread you used for the antenna on this aircraft? Thank you.
This is what I currently use and find it very nice:
www.amazon.com/EZLine-Simulating-Wires-Charcoal-Black/dp/B07KSDVF4V/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2H7PBMQDKLID0&keywords=EZ+line+fine+black&qid=1703901928&sprefix=ez+line+fine+black%2Caps%2C163&sr=8-3
@@HammerheadModelMaking - Thank you. I’ll try it out.
What's going on with eduard new decals. You have to remove the upper decal membrain ?
The only eduard 109 g kit I have in my stash was the one that's out of scale so they pulled that run and then released a new inscale kit..
So kind of a rare kit.
I've tried removing the carrier film off the new Eduard decals and it usually just ends up ripping the decal and ruining it. I've seen other people do it successfully, but I have yet to master it.
@@HammerheadModelMaking is it a necessary thing with there new decals?
@@jerryrichards8172 Not at all necessary, but I feel like the decals look slightly off with the carrier film on, it's rather thick and tends to add a slight filter to the colors of the decals. (But these are simply my opinion) I also my be over critical about them, but they used to use Cartograph and their decals are simply amazing! If you have their old 109, it probably has the cartograph decals.
@@HammerheadModelMaking ok I understand now. Yes my kit dose have the cartograph.
Thanks for getting back to me. It's amazing how much detail model builders can achieve.
Herman Graf or rather Eric Hartmann???
Erich Hartmann's 109 had black tulip petals, this one is indeed Herman Grafs aircraft.
Hermann graf sein Sohn ist ein guter Freund von mir
Thats really interesting. Thank you for sharing!
Great video. The leading edge slats are not spring loaded however, and can be in or out on the ground. They operate purely with aerodynamic forces. ua-cam.com/video/UBaF0qcfHBI/v-deo.html
Thank you for the clarification and watching the video!
@@HammerheadModelMaking Thanks for the videos. Your Green nosed Airfix Mustang inspired me to build one too, as I live near East Wretham airfield where they were based.
@@cochrane4599 Oh wow, thats awesome!
The pipe you where on about is not the fuel line it is the oxigen .
Interesting, I was under the impression that the yellow pipe with the clear part was a fuel line and the part I'm painting at aprox 7:32 was the oxygen regulator/hose.
@@HammerheadModelMaking Just a small tidbit : fuel is drawn from the belly/drop tank then goes up through the cockpit (the yellow pipe with the sight glass)and then flows into the main tank. In essence, the drop tank only replenishes the main tank. The engine is always running on the main tank.
@@BarbosaUral very interesting, thank you for the additional information!
The wingsy 109 is more accurate.
I'm not familiar with that kit, I'll have to look it up.