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Academy 1/72 Fw190A8 'Eismeer'

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  • From: Towson MD
Posted by gregbale on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 8:42 PM

Thanks, guys.

Greg

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Posted by Hodakamax on Tuesday, October 18, 2016 7:43 PM

Realistic I guess is the word, That's what modeling is all about! Nice job!

Max

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    December 2002
Posted by Bossman on Monday, October 17, 2016 7:39 PM

A really pretty scheme, canopy looks PERFECT !  and the whole thing looks very fine with all the really light prickly parts - like you have to be careful handling it. (that's a good thing)

But because you asked - only one word of criticism . . .   Where are the detail pics of the underside ?

Great job man !

Chris

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  • From: Naples, FL
Posted by tempestjohnny on Saturday, October 15, 2016 5:37 AM
Sweet. Always liked the German aircraft with the Blue numbers.

 

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    December 2002
  • From: Northern California
Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, October 14, 2016 12:03 AM

Nice! 

John

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    January 2015
  • From: Tumwater, WA.
Posted by M. Brindos on Thursday, October 13, 2016 10:50 PM

OOOO! That's pretty. Where did you find that? I want one.  :D

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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Posted by mississippivol on Thursday, October 13, 2016 9:05 PM

Toast

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Posted by Toshi on Thursday, October 13, 2016 4:27 PM

Very nicely done!

Toshi

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  • From: Canyon Lake TX
Posted by wildcat13 on Thursday, October 13, 2016 2:51 PM

Sweet!!!

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  • From: Towson MD
Academy 1/72 Fw190A8 'Eismeer'
Posted by gregbale on Thursday, October 13, 2016 1:26 PM

This is Academy's 1/72 Fw190 A6/A8 kit, done up as Ltn. Karl-Heinz Koch's well-used 'Blue 9' of JG 5 'Eismeer,' Herdla, Norway, in the spring of 1945. Build was strictly out-of-box save for cannon barrels from brass tubing and aerial wire from stretched sprue.

I liked the kit quite a bit, but there were minor annoyances: the fuselage cannon cowling is a bit too narrow for the fuselage, and some of the molded access cover latches are too prominently raised---I'll take them down a bit next time I do one. (I have several of these in the 'pile.')

Camouflage done in home-made mixes of Tamiya acrylics. Decals a mix of Print-Scale, which behaved themselves for the most part, and the Academy kit ones, which were typically miserable to try to get to lay down. I realized after the fact that the spinner spiral goes in the wrong direction, but that was the only workable decal I had to do it with.


Comments, criticisms and accusations of diminished capacity cheerfully accepted.


Enjoy!

Greg

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"Every time you correct me on my grammar I love you a little fewer."
 
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