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Building the Iraqi Bf.110C from a Fujimi kit 1/48 scale |
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by Giovanni Galvan © 2008 Modeler Site |
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Legal Notice No material from Modeler Site any Web site owned, operated, licensed, or controlled by Damian Covalski may be copied, reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, except that you may download one copy of the materials on any single computer for your personal, non-commercial home use only, provided you keep intact all copyright and other proprietary notices. Modification of the materials or use of the materials for any other purpose is a violation of Damian Covalski's copyright and other proprietary rights. Read More here > Legal notice The famous Bf.110 “Zerstörer”, in spite of being frequently described as a fiasco for the Luftwaffe, wad widely used on all fronts, and in almost all roles until the end of the war. One of the most peculiar episodes of its use was the help to the revolt in Iraq against the British in 1941. During the short duration of this local war, Italy and Germany sent some air units to help the rebels, via the Vichy’s Syria. That’s why we can see many Fiat CR.42s or Bf.110s with hastily applied Iraqi insignia, now famous for decidedly more recent wars.
Anyway the general shape is good, and I decided to proceed to make my “exotic” Zerstörer. Inside the cockpit I added some piping on the sides, I scratch built the rear seat and modified the front seat, reducing the thickness of its walls, and added paper seat belts. The instrument panel is on decals. The cockpit colors are semi gloss Black for the instruments, Tan for the cushions, while the rest is overall Grau RLM 02 FS 34226 (Gunze H70).
The rest of the assemblage does not deserve surprises, fuselage closes very well. I added the “handle” antennas on the belly after the painting, to make gluing and sanding more easy.
The tail planes required some trimming, but you have to be careful about the surrounding rivets. The lower radiator flaps were replaced with plasticard, being the joint zones of the nacelles. The landing gear legs and wheels are well done. The color of the interiors and of the gear is Grau RLM 02 FS 34226 (Gunze H70), while the wheels are Black, with very dark Grey tires. On the engine nacelles I perforated the exhausts and painted them in Brown.
I choose to make one of the examples sent in Iraq still with the classical splinter scheme in Mittelgrau RLM 75 FS 36132 (Gunze H69) and Dunkelgrau RLM 74 FS 36081 (Gunze H301) on the upper surfaces, with splotches of the same colors on the sides, with the sides and undersurfaces in Hellblau RLM 76 FS 35622 (Gunze H417). The German insignia were obliterated with a sort of medium Grey (I used Gunze H317), while the upper nose was White and the engine nacelles were in Yellow. The propellers and front spinners were in Schwarzgrun RLM 70 (Gunze H65), with the front ring of the spinners in White.
I did some weathering, mainly using slightly lightened tones of the colors, and with a lot of Gunze Flat coat finish. To enhance panels I used black oil paint and with some grey airbrushed the exhaust stains.
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