Fw 190 Butcher Bird 2013 (extended to June 2014) Group Build

I didn't really make any progress, but I'm almost done with repairing the damage on the A-8. I wanted to wait with the update untill that's done. The next update should be up here either this weekend or on monday...

How's it goin with the build Clemens ol' buddy?

Sorry about the pic posting problem you're having BD. Say, are you gonna be in the 109 GB?

Sry trying to post pic with tablet still no luck. Nothing to do with GB

Thanks for the encouraging words. It really means a lot to me coming from you guys!

I just started filling all the ugly seams with some Mr.Surfacer 500. After that I'm going to have to do a whole lot of sanding, polishing and rescribing...

Wow I'm sorry that happens I'm sure you have the skills to repair it. But what a number.

If your skills werent what they are I'd say scrap it, but  hey, you have skills. Just hang in there and make it happen pal like we know you can.

Oh My Gawd Clemens! That's just plain nuts. I'm really bummed that happened to you. I must say that, for the life of me, I'm completely baffled. It sounds as though you have done as well as can be expected to pull off a repair job. You're a shining example of the little saying that Joe and I share often, " It's not in the mishap but, rather, it's all in the recovery". Keep your spirits up and those 190's rolling.

Thanks for the kind words, buddy!

I just finished reshaping the right gear bay to match the left one. The wing joint is going to need some more work, but it's a nice, solid bond. the only problem are the now misshaped gear bays (a bit too big and there's too much of the cutout visible from the front of the wing). their forward edges aren't as nice as they used to be either, but as long as you don't turn the model upside down and compare it with one of my other 190 models it should look good enough...

The big focal points of this particular 190 (open gun bays and engine panels) are all on top of the aircraft anyway...

Crazy that would happen.

I'm sure with your skills you'll make it look fine, Clemens.

Believe me, I'd love to know that myself... I got it all glued together now. And oh boy, what a fight that was. Took me almost two hours, a lot of superglue, even more plastic cament and all the clamps I have to get the damn thing in place. The left gear bay is shaped a bit differently now (a bit larger at the front) so I guess I'll just reshape the right one accordigly to make it look symmetric again. There is a noticable difference to my other Eduard 190s, but I should be fine as long as I don't pick up two of them and hold them side-by-side...

What tha??? How'd THAT happen?

Well gentlemen, I got a problem.

Today started off great with me getting home early and sitting down at my bench. I was happily sitting there, sanding the wing seams on my 190s to make them look prefect and things were going well, right untill the point where they suddently weren't anymore.

After getting a good-looking leading edge seam on my Eduard A-8 (the one with all the AM goodies) and rescribing all the panel lines I sanded away, I started to polish her with some fine-grit sanding sticks and sand paper to get her ready for a primer coat. And that's where it all went horribly wrong:

What you see here is a big chunk of the lower wing part that snapped off while I polished the model. To make things worse both wing leading edges (the areas that didn't break off) are split right down their join lines with only the very tips of the wings and the trailing edges still being in one piece. I don't know how that happenend, but I suppose I put a wee bit too much pressure on that area...

I think it's pretty obvious that I'm both shocked and extremely demotivated right now.

I will try to fix it, but I doubt it'll come close to how it all looked before I screwed it up. There's a lot of glueing and even more filling and sanding to do, not to mention the rescribing afterwards. I'll probably also have to repaint half of the gear bays and weather them again (good thing I still have some of the oil wash I used pre-mixed in a paint jar)

You guys are all da bomb. Thanks to everybody for making it the GB that it was. It was a true honor to be your host.

Well thank you Joe for having me on this it was my  first GB and I got to meet some great people and just as great  moddlers and I hope to work with you all in the  future.   and I  did pick up edwards fw-109g for the GB coming up so if I'm not on the list count me in.

I'm finishing off my new pc build so I hope that helps my pic. Download  issues.

One problem I did develop is I can't seem to stop buying FW-190 I'm a addict..!!!!!..:D

May I add my thanks and congratulations too -- this was a GB to remember, and the first time I've ever turned in multiple subjects. I'll be even more ambitious on the 109s next year!

Learned lots, had a great time, and that's what the hobby is all about!

M/TB379

Bish

 

Being a bit optimistic ain't we.

Haha, just a little!

hogfanfs

I'm looking forward to the next 190 GB after the 109 GB finishes sometime in 2020!

Being a bit optimistic ain't we.

I'm looking forward to the next 190 GB after the 109 GB finishes sometime in 2020!

Had a few problems with my internet security software not liking this website the last couple of days...

I completely understnad your decision, Joe! I can't promise you that I'll get my 190s done untill the end of this month, but I'm sure as hell going to try. I probably won't get all of them done untill then, but at least the Hasegawa birds should be doable (not a whole lot of weathering to do on those and the paint jobs aren't that hard either).

I can continue posting in here after November 31st or start a new thread in the aircraft section if you'd prefer that. It's your call, buddy...

Thatnks you very much for hosting this awesome GB! I learned loads of things since joining and also made some friends along the way! Hell, I know more than half of my buddies here from this GB!

yes indeed Joe, thanks for a totally awesome GB. And thanks to all for all those great builds some great info sharing and some good times along the way.

And now to the 109's, can we better this GB I wonder.

Joe, thank you for an outstanding group build. I had a ball, learned a lot of stuff, and came out of it with my best camo scheme to date, thanks to all the excellent help, advice and support.

A GB to be proud of for sure, buddy.

Folks I'm going to have to call this thing quits at the end of November. It's been a great run and a group build that I've been happy to host for as long as this thing has been going. Thank all of you who have participated in this build and have contributed to its success. I think Clemens has the last of the builds so with that I'll officially end this at the end of this month to give him a couple more weeks to wrap up and start focusing all of my efforts on the upcoming 109 GB for 2015. It's been a great run guys and I'll post a  wrap up thread in  the Aircraft section soon.

Come on with it dude! lol

I didn't get a whole lot of work done lately (was out of town), but I'm making slow progress on the engines. Especially the A-8 takes a lot of time with the 20+ Eduard kit parts and all the additional PE work involved.

I can't imagine a stash like that. For starters my wife and kid would kill me. lol

Thanks! It actually really does (well, half of it anyway)...

More kits? Your stash must fill up a room! Cool presents and Happy Birthday Clemens!

Thanks for the kind words! Hearing that from modellers as skilled as you are really means a lot to me!

Those AM goodies should polish up the Tamiya kit nicely, Joe!

I did a bit more drifitting on the Tamiya 190 today and it really is a mess. The cowling is too short which results in a 1mm (!) gap at the back end! this is gonna be fun to fix...

On the bright side, I got some really nice birthday presents today :

The mailman brought me two boxes this morning:

And one of my friends called me to tell me he got this beauty for me:

I'm not really into Italian aviation, but the SM.79 is an exception. I really like the ugly-duckling look of this bomber and it looks like  there are quite a few great looking camo schemes to choose from! The kit shouldn't be small either with it bein in 1/48th scale...