Revell 1/72nd Fw 200C-8 Completed

Bish, is this the kit I build back in the '60s? I don't remember that one being as nice as this one you are building here. Of course, all of the PE accessories and what-not didn't exist back then.

frank, no, this is a new tooled kit released in 2006. The kit you built, first issued in 65, has not been re-released since 1995.

What a great kiT. I had one of these in the stash but sold it last year. Such nice detail inside and out. It’s a shame you have to close up the fuselage!

Thanks Chad. Your right, it is a nice kit and a shame to hide so much away. The Trump kit goes even further in that it includes internal for the whole fuselage includeing long range fuel tanks.

I don't blame you for skipping away from the squiggly line camo. I painted one like that and it was very hard to do. I don't relish doing another one. I love what you've done so far on this one, it looks quite good.

BK

Thanks BK. I will have to do that at some point, but i would rather do one where the patern was not so tight. I'll probably save it for a Ju 88.

Are the wings really that long, or is due to the camera angle? It almost looks like a glider. Nice work, by the way.

   I had the Trumpy 1/48 Condor, IMHO a beautiful plane, particularly fascinated by the landing gear, unfortunately I got talked out of building it by a fella who just badmouthed it from the word go, traded it for a tank or something.

   Nice build so far Bish.

Ah so no mirror wave camo?  That’s a fiendishly difficult one to do in 1/72, although I have seen excellent renditions at contests.  How they did it is quite beyond me.

Do you have the Ju-290 as well?

JohnnyK

Are the wings really that long, or is due to the camera angle? It almost looks like a glider. Nice work, by the way.

 

Thanks Johnny. The wings are that long but i think the illusion is caused more by the kit. Its dimensions are very similar to a B-17 but the Condor seems bigger. I am thinking it might be becaiuse the wings are slimer and that makes them look longer than they are.

Its deffinetly not easy to handle around the bench.

armornut

   I had the Trumpy 1/48 Condor, IMHO a beautiful plane, particularly fascinated by the landing gear, unfortunately I got talked out of building it by a fella who just badmouthed it from the word go, traded it for a tank or something.

   Nice build so far Bish.

 

Cheers.

I had not heard anything bad about the Trump kit, the reviews all say its nice. I always wanted a C-3 to do an aircraft from the Stlantic campaign so jumped at the Trump kit.

Real G

Ah so no mirror wave camo?  That’s a fiendishly difficult one to do in 1/72, although I have seen excellent renditions at contests.  How they did it is quite beyond me.

Do you have the Ju-290 as well?

 

Deffinetly not on this. But ye, i have seen some really nice o nes in that scheme, i think i might have to get some practice in first. It was a nice bonus to see the Xtradecals had markings for a c-8.

ye, i have both of Revell's 290 kits. I think one of them might be my next big German subject.

Looking great so far! I've got the 1/48 Trumpeter in the stash might have to give it a go. Did you decide on a scheme yet?

Thanks Trey.

Its just the standard 72/73, it was the only C-8 on the xtradecal set.

That 48th kit is going to be a whopper, will be watching out for that.

Nothing wrong with a nice clean standard splinter cammo , wellenmuster cammo is hard in 1/48 scale let alone 1/72! Looking forward to the next update

I seem to have missed an update. I had the pre paint pics taken and loaded onto Flickr 10 days ago but seem to have forgotten to post them. So a double update this time.

Got the underside gondola masked up and fitted.

And the same for the pit canopy and upper turret.

After some primer, the paint. RLM 65 underneath and 72/73 on top. This ofcourse included the best bit of painting German aircraft, masking for the splinter camo.

And then the decals. I do like Xtradecals, they lay down nice and i have never had any issues with them.

Just somelight weathering to add, going to give it a wash with flry and some exhaust staining.

Looks awesome, Splinter cammo looks spot on

Thanks Trey. Now i have the weathering on and flat coat applied, i am really happy with how its loking. Just going to finish a couple of vehciles to go with it.

Looking forward to see those weathering pics. You went through quite a bit of paint on that fuselage!

Cheers guys.

Chad, ye, quite a bit. Not often you get to do a German subject this size.

Wow!  She looks great Bish!  

Cheers mate.

Bish, I like that jig your Condor is resting on. Very nice. Is it store bought or home made?

Edit: Just saw pictures on Google Images and the jig is store bought. Gotta get one!

Store bought, a company called EBMA.

http://www.ebmahobby.co.uk/

I have a few of their items including paint racks and botle stands. There are a couple of companies here that do stuff like this.

There is another UK company called Spehere. I have a couple of their paint brush holders as well as a different paint rack. The owner is also a member of the same model club as i am and he is an amazing figure painter.

Slightly different range, but similar style of products.

https://www.sphereproducts.co.uk/

Time to wrap this up. I got the Condor finished last weekend. Undercarrage, flaps and other bits were added. I gave it a light Flory wash and some exhaust staining. Really pleased with the end result, for once i haven't completly blended the 2 greens.

Then spent last week finishing off the vehciels and figures. I do like those Academy trucks, its my second this year. The Kubel is Hasegawa and the figures all Airfix.

Thanks for following along and all the comments. Always welcome.

Wicked cool!

Your bases and vehicles always add a nice touch.

Very nice work.

Oh wow, sweet vignette and smashing Condor! Also, the wood effects on the Academy truck look great.