1/32 Hasegawa Bf109K-4 Weisse 8

[Floki]

A lot of great info guys. The way I deal with the resin pour plug, I take it to work with me and use what is called a tootsie roll (sand paper rolled up) on a dye grinder at low speed (a air powered dremel) it makes fast work of the extra resin. Can be done at home with your preferred dremel style tool recommend outside and don't forget the dust mask.

[speedgraflex]

Thanks for your advice, Clint! Always very helpful! Since I can’t use the balcony for the airbrush, I am doing a kind of crazy little side build just to stay sane while watching all of these wonderful projects come together. It’s a not so secret build since I’m writing about it here. I just wanna stay focused on the PCM, but life is in the way.

John! I am so excited that you are building a K-4!

[jkim]

I'll have to keep my power tools in mind when dealing with resin blocks!

Mind is torn between two builds right now. I'm kinda mentally stuck on the Corsair build but mind's not free enough to jump into the K-4 build so I'm just doodling with both right now. I've thinned out the small air scoops on the nose of the K-4.



I've hacked off the molded open tail wheel doors. Most K-4's have the doors permanently shut and that's how I'm going to configure this one.


The cockpit resin has been given a coat of primer (Mr Surfacer 1200).



In addition to the trim wheel from the Hasegawa kit, the only thing that I've added to the resin is a small throttle lever made of one of those small molding pips you find on the end of kit part.



Here's the primed cockpit dry-fitted into the fuselage again.



I think the best thing for this K-4 build would be to overcome the mental hurdle of the Corsair build. I hope that happens soon!

[Floki]

Wow that resin looks good, so much better than the kit pit.

[mostrich]

That is a super busy looking pit. So much stuff crammed in such a small area.

[Medicman71]

That's some really nice resin parts.

[speedgraflex]

I saw these frames last night and said out loud, “So smooooth,” then I fell asleep before I could post just how beautiful Mr Surfacer 1200 is! I shot the lock off my wallet to get the black Mr S for the engine and propeller of Black 13.

[Duke Maddog]

Wow, I just found this and once again I'm stunned at the quality of the work and research here. Makes me feel like I'm just a 'dabbler', the real model building is being done here and on the Corsair. Way to go John! This is stunning work, keep it up man!

[jkim]

Thanks guys!

I opened up the ammo chutes on the bottom insert piece.



I then used it as a mask to mark where I'll need to punch holes in the bottom wing section.


I'm going to perform some modifications to this bottom wing section but I've been running into some questions about the specifics. So leaving that for now, I turned back to the cockpit. The Eagle Editions cockpit comes with brass foot pedals. I mangled the straps but they are supposed to be leather so some wrinkles shouldn't hurt.


The cockpit parts... primed and ready for painting. I want to chip the back rest and the seat so the back rest was painted silver and the seat tan (the bucket seat was wooden on the K-4).


I gave the sidewalls a base coat of black and shot it only from the bottom leaving the upward facing surfaces unpainted. I'm hoping to get a shadow effect.


Here are the cockpit parts after basic painting. RLM 66 Dark Grey (Mr Hobby Aqueous) for most of the parts.


I usually paint the foot rests and the control stick in a lighter grey to give some contrast to the cockpit.


I've glued the bucket onto the seat back and sprayed it with Mig Scratches Effect. I've learned to like this product as it can produce some really fine chipping details, which is great for cockpit work. Hope I didn't jinx myself!

[Floki]

Looks awsome John can't wait to see how that seat turned out.