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Fw190 A-8/R2 "Yellow 8"

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Fw190 A-8/R2 "Yellow 8"
Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:06 PM

 I finished this up in the fall of 2013 and have recently updated the photos to reflect the recently acquired knowlege of how to operate my camera. I'll have to say that despite the severe warpage issues I had with the wings and fuselage, this Eduard kit was a joy to build. Depicted here is "Yellow 8" of II JG 4 in September of 1944. It was piloted by Friedrich-Karl Frank and was shot down 11 Sept 1944 in a fierce air battle over the Ore Mountains. Frank managed to bail out and the plane became a "lawn dart". Pieces of the plane were dug out of the ground fairly recently and some managed to find their way into the Royal Class Fw190 A-8/ R2 kit from Eduard which is what this kit is. 

                   

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  • From: N. Georgia
Posted by Jester75 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 12:14 PM

Sharp sharp sharp my friend!! I really like the opened up panels and the interior compartment details.

Eric

 

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 1:26 PM

Lovely looking build. I echo Eric, the open panels and the detail you have put in is amazing.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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    October 2011
  • From: The Netherlands
Posted by Plastic-surgeon on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:21 PM

A very beautiful Würger you've build!!! Top notch!!!

 

All that scrathing is making me itch!

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  • From: Ohio
Posted by B-17 Guy on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 2:49 PM

Very nice build! Damn fine work on the engine detail!

What is this about pieces of the plane being in the kit?!

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 3:03 PM

Thanks everybody. As far as the piece of Yellow 8 in the kit, its a fact alright. Its part of the reason for the almost 170 dollar price tag on the kit when I bought it in 2007. Being a Royal Class kit it came with the usual two of everything. Two kits, two sets of just about every PE set that Eduard had to offer for it back then, two decal sheets, an Iron Cross with Oak Leaves award and then a piece of the plane dug out of the ground with a certificate of authenticity along with  little brief history booklet on the air battle. See the first few pages of the Fw190 Butcher Bird Group Build for the layout pictures I took of it before I started.

The whole problem I had with this kit was one of my own making. I left all of my stash in the garage for 6 years in south Texas heat. Oh well it wasn't nothing a little boiling water wouldn't fix.

                   

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  • From: MN
Posted by Nathan T on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 4:27 PM

mustang1989

The whole problem I had with this kit was one of my own making. I left all of my stash in the garage for 6 years in south Texas heat. Oh well it wasn't nothing a little boiling water wouldn't fix.

Ha, lucky it wasn't one giant blob of liquid polystyrene! Hope you're keepin the stash inside the house from now on!.

Thanks for posting this here, nice build again. Good to see your long hard work finally come together.

 

 

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 4:29 PM

Nathan T

mustang1989

The whole problem I had with this kit was one of my own making. I left all of my stash in the garage for 6 years in south Texas heat. Oh well it wasn't nothing a little boiling water wouldn't fix.

Ha, lucky it wasn't one giant blob of liquid polystyrene! Hope you're keepin the stash inside the house from now on!.

Thanks for posting this here, nice build again. Good to see your long hard work finally come together.

It's all in the house now!!Whistling

                   

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  • From: Wausau Wi.
Posted by woodspiderF-18 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 6:21 PM

Beauuuuuutiful job........I hope I get to that point some day... Love the hobby...

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:29 PM

Thanks woodspider!  Its not a question of being good. Man I've picked up more stuff here on this forum than I care to mention. It's all guys like yourself who have something to add to the equation of skill and experience thats gained here. Looking forward to seeing some building out of you. Welcome to the forum, Joe

As far as how this kit all started. Here's the overall layout of the kit. The first pic shows both kits, the PE goodies and the Iron Cross award. The second displays the piece of Yellow 8 that I was talking about earlier with a brief story about what happened on Sept 11, 1944.

                   

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  • From: Bent River, IA
Posted by Reasoned on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:31 PM

Hey hey, yet another fantastic 190, I do love how the open panels add so much, excellent work!

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:37 PM

Thanks Reasoned! These Eduard kits really lend themselves to showing the "guts" off.

                   

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Posted by mississippivol on Wednesday, September 25, 2013 8:47 PM

Super nice build!

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, September 26, 2013 9:18 AM

Thanks Mississippi!

                   

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  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Wednesday, October 2, 2013 7:44 PM

Fantastic work.  Thanks for posting..

Joe

 "Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

 

 

 

 

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Thursday, October 3, 2013 7:49 AM

Thanks lawdog!!

                   

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Monday, July 28, 2014 10:19 PM

  I was looking over the pics that I posted and they were at a time when I didn't know how to operate my camera too well. I replaced all those really dark pics with some refreshed new photos that I lightened a shade or two. These bring out the details a little better than the original ones....

                   

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  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:33 AM

Beautiful build, love the finish you have on the exhaust stacks! Toast

Mike

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  • From: Indianapolis
Posted by Squatch88 on Tuesday, July 29, 2014 1:16 PM

Great looking plane. I really love the open panels and the detailing you did with them.

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  • From: Corpus Christi, Tx
Posted by mustang1989 on Monday, August 18, 2014 8:10 AM

Thanks Buckeye. Those stacks were not too bad to install as Eduard includes a template in which to position them all.

I appreciate the comments Squatch! Thanks.

                   

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