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Fw-189 Uhu, in 1/72

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  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: Piscataway, NJ!
Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:27 AM

Very nice job.  Great scheme.

Marc  

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    October 2015
Posted by GazzaS on Thursday, October 15, 2015 3:46 AM

Fantastic paint job!  A real attention-grabber.

 

Gary

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    February 2012
  • From: Olmsted Township, Ohio
Posted by lawdog114 on Thursday, October 15, 2015 12:16 AM
Very well done Owl. I have a new appreciation for the Fw 189. Thanks for sharing..

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GAF
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    June 2012
  • From: Anniston, AL
Posted by GAF on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:29 PM

Nice camo scheme!  May I ask what you used to brush on the squiggles?  I've thought of using Q-tips, but a brush probably works as well.

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    April 2015
  • From: New Hampshire, USA
Posted by UKguyInUSA on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 7:05 PM

Great job mate! That was one of the first kits that I built when I was around 12-13 yrs old. An unusual, but cool looking plane. I didn't do the squiggly camo scheme, just the two green camo version.

Cheers,

Martin Smile

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    March 2013
Posted by patrick206 on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 2:22 PM

Hi, Owl -

It's a very nice job you made of it, that camo is difficult and you made it look so realistic. Well done, thanks for the post and photos.

Patrick

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    August 2013
Posted by Jay Jay on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:43 AM

Oh My ! very well done and in 1/72 to boot.

You certainly have good ,young eyes Lassie, and very artistic as well.

 

 

 

 

 

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    June 2003
  • From: Cavite, Philippines
Posted by allan on Sunday, October 11, 2015 10:04 PM

This is supposed to be practice work?  Well Id say youre very much warmed up.  Really great build.

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    January 2003
  • From: Washington State
Posted by leemitcheltree on Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:40 PM

Sweet!!!  That squiggle cammo is tough to do.  That looks great!

Cheers, LeeTree
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    September 2005
  • From: Illinois: Hive of Scum and Villany
Posted by Sprue-ce Goose on Sunday, October 11, 2015 7:50 PM

Really nice paintwork ! Big SmileYes

Even more amazing.............an old mid to late 1960s era AIRFIX kit and ya completed it instead of throwing it against wall Surprise

 

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    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Sunday, October 11, 2015 7:04 PM

Amazing paint scheme, great build!

Toshi

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    May 2009
  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Sunday, October 11, 2015 4:21 PM

Yeah, very nice painting on this one - congratulations on a build well done!

Keep 'em comin' and have a nice day!

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, October 11, 2015 12:11 PM
Now that looks like an old kit, even I can't remember box's like that in the shops. You have done a great job in it, especially that scheme. Really nice.

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    January 2010
  • From: Nebraska, USA
Posted by CallSignOWL on Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:58 AM

BrandonK

That is a very cool scheme. I shudder that think of the time spent ABing it. It looks great even if it's an older kit. Great work.
BK

 

The airbrushing actually went pretty quick, as I only did the main splinter camo. The Squiggles were handpainted.

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    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:46 AM

That is a very cool scheme. I shudder that think of the time spent ABing it. It looks great even if it's an older kit. Great work.
BK

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  • From: Nebraska, USA
Fw-189 Uhu, in 1/72
Posted by CallSignOWL on Sunday, October 11, 2015 11:24 AM

Old Airfix, 1/72; Built OOB, there was quite a bit of sanding involved to get everything lined up. Its a shame about all those raised rivets!

I used this kit more as a canvas to practice some airbrushing. The main camo was airbrushed and then I applied the squiggles with a fine tip paintbrush. Decals came from the spares bin, as the originals were old and crusty...

Cool retro box, though!

 

The -189s had some fun schemes to choose from. I based this scheme off a pic I found:

The panel line wash on the underside has shown a couple of areas where I lost some panel line detail. Most of what was on the original plastic was raised rivets, and those got blasted away during all the filling and sanding work I did. That meant I had to guess where all the lines were supposed to be.

so...many...rivets...

Anywho, on to the completed pics!

 

coments and critique welcome!

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