German July - Swiss Me-109G-6
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claidheamhmorThe second of my three German aircraft is this one: A Messerschmitt Me-109G-6 in service with the Swiss air force. The Swiss bought or acquired a bunch from Nazi Germany.
The model is a Fujimi 1/48 kit. I bought it second-hand for R200, and it came two (mostly) two sets of decals. Unfortunately, one set was welded to the decal paper, and wouldn't come off. The other set were old and yellow, and also pretty fragile. I figured they wouldn't look good, so I masked and airbrushed the Swiss markings, and I found aircraft numbers (the 706) in my collection of spare decals, and I made the J - out of an O and an I. The mottling on the side, like the other two planes, was done by hand with my airbrush, and this Me-109 has four different colours of mottling.
Here's a link to the full album for all three models
The instrument panel is on the left, and the cockpit is the one on the left:
The model is a Fujimi 1/48 kit. I bought it second-hand for R200, and it came two (mostly) two sets of decals. Unfortunately, one set was welded to the decal paper, and wouldn't come off. The other set were old and yellow, and also pretty fragile. I figured they wouldn't look good, so I masked and airbrushed the Swiss markings, and I found aircraft numbers (the 706) in my collection of spare decals, and I made the J - out of an O and an I. The mottling on the side, like the other two planes, was done by hand with my airbrush, and this Me-109 has four different colours of mottling.
Here's a link to the full album for all three models
The instrument panel is on the left, and the cockpit is the one on the left: