1/48 Tamiya-ish Fw190 D-9 "Black 10"--Her Last "Hoorah"

Oh that is cool. Nice work. Put that front and center in your display.  John

Excellent job Mustang. I too like to open up things and show as much of the interior guts as possible. I did an Eduard Fw190D-13 for the Butcher Bird GB and I used wine bottle foil for the open gun hood. It gave it a scale thickness over the plastic hood. Great job.

Man, that's beautiful Mustang!  Fine craftsmanship on display here folks.  This makes my Fujimi model of the exact same aircraft look like a die-cast toy! 

Gary

Fantastic build. I love the DETAILS.

John:Thanks man! I've got it sittin' right beside my Fw190 A-8/R-2.

PJ:Thanks for the kind words. That's friggin cool about the wine bottle foil! Never woulda thought of that!

Gary:First off thank you for the uplifting comments! Secondly: About your build looking like a toy.....Whatever! lol ! I've seen that build and it's anything BUT a toy!

Thanks cnq!!! Handling this thing scares me half to DEATH! Thats the one worry I have about builds like this is moving them around for cleaning, showing,etc.

I love those open panels! Great job!

Thanks mississippi!!! This was probably one of the easiest AM update kits I have worked with so far believe it or not! lol

that is SCHWEEEETTTTT

Thanks alot USMC!!!

Hey Mustang, that's a great build!  I love it all opened up!  Beautiful 190!!

Steve

Although I glorified you already on the 190 GB, Joe, it deserves a second round here amongst your piers. You have done a magnificent job of modifying the Tamiya kit into an incredible and realistic piece of modeling. Your struggles and efforts more than paid off here by turning out a contest worthy model. Thank you for sharing your model and skills with us Joe. It is definitely choice eye candy.

Now that's a stunning looking build, some great detail in there. It's been a brilliant GB with some amazing builds, it was a pleasure to be a part of.

Mustang, that 190 is, in NO way, "run of the mill". That's an OUTSTANDING job on it! My complements! 

Joe that is nothing short of Spectacular.  I have this kit in the stash and have heard about the landing gear issues.  I like your solution and may have to steal it when I give this one a ride.  Hmmmmm...call Eduard and tell them I'm missing some landing gears.....ha!  Kidding aside, how did you slice the gears onto the Tamiya kit?  Thanks for sharing...

Joe  

Man you guys are too kind! Thank you sanderson, Joe Rix (for putting up with me as well) , Bish--Thank YOU for being a part of that GB, Devil Dawg (the kit OOB is run of the mill--LOL) and lawdog.

Lawdog: I shaped the top of the landing gear strut in the shape of a square ( I had two spares and destroyed the first strut) to perfectly fit in the square insert for the landing gear on the Tamiya wing and did alot of measuring to ensure both struts were of equal length so that the bird would have an even stance as viewed from the front. The gear doors were a good reference as well. I'll put together a little tutorial on it and see if I can be of further help to properly illustrate what I'm talking about.

I aint THAT good! Thanks a mil Todd. AM all over the place!!!

Thats a really beautiful build.  Congrats.  Im quite familiar with this set up, years ago I built one for a friend. and I know how difficult it is to put together.  Again, beautiful build!

Thanks alot allan! I have to say it was an enjoyable build for the most part. The only problem I have really is handling it for picture taking due to a finished model like this being so dang delicate. Aside from that ..............it doesn't get moved at all!!

What a great build, Mustang!  Love the open engine detailing (something I would never try.).

Gary

GAF: Ahhh you can do it! Takes a little extra time and planning but it's all doable! Thanks for the kudos man.

wing_nut: Thanks for hiliarious comment! It says it all ....and I love that movie!

Forgot to squeak this one in here as well. The tail section opened up a little. The CMK undercarraige kit included a retracting spring in the box but it sucked so bad that I wasn't about to use it. Instead I used a piece of guitar string I had layin' around and after a coat of paint and a wash it was ready to install.....

Very nicely done Sir!

Thanks Trey!!

Joe, sorry for the late reply to this beauty, been out west skiing.  Wow, that's a mechanic's dream come true, love all the special touches and open display, very inspiring.

This is KILLER Mustang!! All these German builds are making it so difficult to stay in the Pacific.  =]

What do you think about the Tamiya build vs. the Eduard?

Fantastic!! I have to do one like this one day.