1/24 FW-190 WIP- THE MUMMY

Bad time for Vance to disappear.....

someone call Grissom, i lost the number

TomZ2

This is silly!

Perhaps it is being converted into a silly thread?

This is silly!

It'll show up eventually when Krow registers under a different name like one other member did..

Too bad, I wanted to see the results.

Mike

VanceCrozier

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

Uh-oh,......

...and you guys thought Aaron didn't have supernatural power .....

 

 

I never doubted the supernatural abilities of "he who locks threads & banishes insubordinators"... He cooks a mean Duck à l'orange too.

You'd be mean, too, if you were basted in orange sauce...

Sprue-ce Goose

Uh-oh,......

...and you guys thought Aaron didn't have supernatural power .....

I never doubted the supernatural abilities of "he who locks threads & banishes insubordinators"... He cooks a mean Duck à l'orange too.

Uh-oh,......

...and you guys thought Aaron didn't have supernatural power .....

jetmodeler

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

krow113:

Here is the model as it sits today, there are paper towel strips dampened and applied to the areas with Ambroid EZ Mask for the chipping .The mask is water based and will soften and prolly come off with the paper towel later.

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krow!!! The photos are down?!?!

 

 

VanceCrozier

krow113:

Here is the model as it sits today, there are paper towel strips dampened and applied to the areas with Ambroid EZ Mask for the chipping .The mask is water based and will soften and prolly come off with the paper towel later.

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krow!!! The photos are down?!?!

krow113

Here is the model as it sits today, there are paper towel strips dampened and applied to the areas with Ambroid EZ Mask for the chipping .The mask is water based and will soften and prolly come off with the paper towel later.

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krow!!! The photos are down?!?!

krow113

hey thanks

Keep building Krow.

hey thanks

Thats new. I've never heard of using a wet paper towel to do that.

...easy boyz the idea is to soften the mask to ease  removal. Scrapin' the mask off is liable to damage the nmf under. This is not workin' out perfectly ,I am removing the mask as it softens , but some of the nmf is comin' off as well. I'll post pix of the work ,good or bad, when I am able.

Yeah, we need details n this wet paper towel thingy going on there

this is going to be interesting...

i mean, very interesting

what's this process??  

can you explain a little more whats going on here?

Here is the model as it sits today, there are paper towel strips dampened and applied to the areas with Ambroid EZ Mask for the chipping .The mask is water based and will soften and prolly come off with the paper towel later.

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hugh-Thanks for your comment

Vance -Thanks and if you mean by 'access' ,that my vinyl cutter is 5 feet from my workbench, then yeah , it may not be fair. However my company and my work paid for the cutter and the sp 300 next to it . I feel no shame.

Watching another thread regarding "graphic artists" , you well know every one with a computer is a "graphic artist" now.

I leave in the morning for Nanton , the final North American show for the Bobber '47 model.

krow113

bysa , jmod-Thanks and keep watchin' ,all the markings are painted with computor cut masking .

Riiiight - I'd forgotten about your access to the signage equipment - it's almost not fair!

Krow113,

I have been following this build for some time now and, I have got to say that this is one absolutely stunning build that you have presented on this forum.  The amount of thought and detail that you have put into this amazing work makes my OCD just simply salivate. Simply amazing.  Looking forward to more updates.

Cheers

Dave

bysa , jmod-Thanks and keep watchin' ,all the markings are painted with computor cut masking .

bsyamato

VanceCrozier:

 

bsyamato:

 

 

krow113:

 

Alotta work today , 12 hours on the paint work ,got the base colors on there ,got panels isolated , got green!!!!!!

RLM 84 colors used to mix...

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

sublime green? what drugs use actually model master

curious about paint stripping i need to try something like that

 

 

bsyamato - "Sublime green" was a late '60s colour spec from Dodge.

 

ah! seems like a lizard color

My grandfather had a '69 Dodge Charger in Sublime Green.

Krow, those markings look great. Did you use decals or did you paint them on?

krow113

Here's a nice big pic of a swastika , in no way does this represent the mindset of the modeler or my (krow113) beliefs.Thought I would clear that up before any stupidity arises.

 

nice updates!

agree with this , i have lots of german ww2 planes but for a sort of mind stoppage i can not put swasticas on my new models .i did it only on 3 of my oldest works

In some way need to escape from this mind block!

waiting for finished model

Here's a nice big pic of a swastika , in no way does this represent the mindset of the modeler or my (krow113) beliefs.Thought I would clear that up before any stupidity arises.

Blue 12:

Last on this for a while ,model show this weekend ,I will ride for 10 hours to get there, see ya next week.

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VanceCrozier

 

bsyamato:

 

 

krow113:

 

Alotta work today , 12 hours on the paint work ,got the base colors on there ,got panels isolated , got green!!!!!!

RLM 84 colors used to mix...

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

sublime green? what drugs use actually model master

curious about paint stripping i need to try something like that

 

 

bsyamato - "Sublime green" was a late '60s colour spec from Dodge.

ah! seems like a lizard color

bsyamato

 

krow113:

 

Alotta work today , 12 hours on the paint work ,got the base colors on there ,got panels isolated , got green!!!!!!

RLM 84 colors used to mix...

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

sublime green? what drugs use actually model master

curious about paint stripping i need to try something like that

bsyamato - "Sublime green" was a late '60s colour spec from Dodge.

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bsya-Thanks I am working my way through the markings:

 krow113 you speed up this work! good green

Green is on . I will let his dry off for a good long time , then on to some more detail painting. These are the basic colors and areas of camo.

Brown on ,see the airbrush settings in the masked off cockpit area.

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Green to go...

Tgunner-Thanks - bysa -There is very little of the Sublime green in the mix ,it also looks twice as intense on the screen as it is actually.

She already looks great !  Beautiful work.

your result is good, but the name of color ....

(i have my car whit a paint named optimistic yellow.... )

Bysa-Thanks -I may see color differently,this is a natural part of my personality ,no further enhancement needed. The color was mixed in a full pot of RLM 76 ,a touch of the RLM 82 , a touch of Sublime Green , and then the yellow to green it up.

Here is a cartoonish profile of the aircraft being modeled.

And here we are:

krow113

Alotta work today , 12 hours on the paint work ,got the base colors on there ,got panels isolated , got green!!!!!!

RLM 84 colors used to mix...

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

sublime green? what drugs use actually model master

curious about paint stripping i need to try something like that

Alotta work today , 12 hours on the paint work ,got the base colors on there ,got panels isolated , got green!!!!!!

RLM 84 colors used to mix...

The results:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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...and on to the paint job. Here you will see the model and ref's laid out as well as my printout ,which is for shapes and layout ,not for color reference.

And starting with RLM 75 ,darkened slightly  with RLM 70.Front lower wing panel and camo on the upper wing/stabilizers. Masking quickly with tape and post it notes ,no pix of that ,I'm moving quickly through these first steps. I'll take a break now ,come back with the RLM 77 camo and the lower wing panels,to finish the wing today.

...moving along...

jm , wiz , Thanks , Ongoing with the paint work,I randomly applied EZ Mask with a small brush on t othe nmf areas painted prior. Does not take as long as you might think.Applied in a dotted and streaked method ,as long as they dont look too much like 'blobs'. This is the beginning of the chipping procedure.

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sir, you are an artist!!

i can only dream of being half as good as you are.

wonderfamazing work!

That is one awesome looking paint scheme. It's going to look just right on your 190.

Wheel details in the works  as well as the canopy into nmf state.

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Hmech , jmod , bysa , Thanks and stay tuned as I go through the paint work,its very involved.

Here is one of the color profiles I will use :

The bottom is now a nmf panel and I 'spotted' silver all over where there is chipping and paint loss.

You will see an interesting effect here as I sprayed the Alclad onto the flat black it was a dry spray, this I scrubbed lightly with a scotch pad to create a pattern of lines from front to back.

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VanceCrozier

That's some great work Krow - how did I miss this one??

just as me

very serious impressive work!

Hercmech

Preshading is a pain but gives great results

 

Looking good. Did you shade most of the bottom to work as an undershadow?

Looking good so far! Preshading is a pain but gives great results

Jmodeler , cml  - Thanks for watchin' seems every post I pick up another 'how'd I miss this' viewer. Excellent ,soon I'll have every one watchin'!

Pre-shading done in Burnt Umber/Flat Black mix , then in Flat Black , then panels to be NMFin Flat Black . I'll put some silver on in aboot an hour.

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Great looking build so far.

Will be sure to keep checking on the progress of this one.

Chris.

Nice to see somemore progress on this one.

Looks good. Can't wait to see some paint.

Grinding away at the fuse/wing details ,I added screws ,bolts ,washers , .010" brass rod 'hinges' ,Archer weld beads , and re-scribed a lotta lines and re-rivited a lotta rivits. This has taken a lot of time but has added a lot of details. I am lookin' at paint fairly soon , black/brown pre-shading to start.

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Jmodeler -Thanks - I reckon yer lookin' at the only one! The only GI I could find in 1/24.

Looks great so far.

I had no idea either that there was a 1/24 GI. Learn something new everyday.

The entire model has been re-scribed ,a 6 hour job. I also detailed the gun panels a little more ,and some fig work.

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So everything is filled in and new panel additions made from .015" plastic sheet .

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Rned -Thanks for the comp. I am working through the tedious details with regard to ommissions and or additions and or corrections!

Looking at the wings and reading reviews I see that the manufacturer used an incorrect drawing of the aircraft plan view, the original artist drew the panel lines in curves, Trump made their panel lines curved as well, prolly one a simple phone call, during kit design, would have helped!

Here is the top with the three curved lines :

And the bottom with two curved lines and a curved panel which I will leave:

This will be as well as : Adding the flap actuator to the flap , gun panel cover completion , proper landing gear indicators , replacing the small panel at the back of the wing root to straddle the panel line , all needed to bring the wing into line with the numerous reference drawings I am using.

Love the build Krow and  the theme of the diorama makes it even more interesting.

V.C. - Pav - Thanks for the comments and keep watchin' as I (krow113)  drive forward with this wip.

The original idea for the model was a diorama for Black 12 ,a plane surrendered as shown in this pic:

Bein' a tad naive regarding figs at the time , I thought I would have no problem finding some  to replicate the pic, I found this one :

But was unable to find any suitable fig for the GI ,I thought I was hooped , I tried the 1/24 Tamiya pit crews ,no joy except for a hat to use on the German pilot ,that can be seen in the pix as a blue item.

I saw a fig kit I never knew existed ,I only saw it once and bid on it on ebay and got it!

Now I can replicate the moment of surrender ,as I had originally planned ,here is the sit rep today:

As you will see the main parts of the figs are assembled and they are in primer, this is a really good thing for me.

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Really beautiful work so far.  What a shame to cover up all of that magnificent engine detail.  I'm glad you intend to cut out the engine covers to show that beautiful engine.

That's some great work Krow - how did I miss this one??

Cowl on and cannons from .083 s/s tubing ,ends filled with solder , to be drilled.

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Fermy , Hmech - Thanks for the comments , I have completed the Mutation Situation in the auto forum and have been eyeballing this wip ,with an eye towards a High Speed Run to the finish.

And an overall shot at this point...

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Looking good. Can't wait to see her all dressed up.

Can't wait to see this bird in color!

Very nice work Krow!

Blew a little primer on the wing/fuse connection ,the fit possible is excellent.

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Today ,tryna get the rear wings on and redoing the armor plate behind the seat. The Verlinden supplied p/e is not far enough back to fill the space to the hatch cover. .o1o" brass ,detailed with an MDC rivit tool.

Verlinden on the left...

And the model at this point...

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Reasoned , Jmodeler- Thanks and keep watchin'!

Not really anything new, but the exceptional fit of the kit is evident here as I work on the joining...

...over zealous sanding resulted in a gap on the bottom ,I filled it with cyano and will address it later...

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I haven't posted in this thread in a while. I see I've missed a good bit.

Good to see it's got its wings.

Looking fantastic Krow, what a ton of work.

Fuselage and wing mated ,I'll let this dry awhile...

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For today the guns adjusted to the correct position , and the cover in place, up next the wing fuse mating.

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Panel line filled with .020 styrene...

Sanding stick in play , black marker to watch the fuse...

Sanding sticks to finish , I was lucky ,rivit detail preserved.

Continuing...

And with dymo tape in place,I did scribe the lines ,however the bottom panel split so I re-glued that.There is also a lot of reshaping needed in the front of the fuse, it already looks a lot better with the straight hinge lines.

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Top panel glued in nicely ,tonight the lower .

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Last for today is the top panel glued in place ,fit is great , I'll let this dry and cut in the new panel line.

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Worked all morning to correct the Eduard seat belt kit. The shoulder belts looked a little long , so I whipped out my handy 1/24 scale ruler , the shoulder belts scaled at 6' long! After a lotta cursing and paint flaking off ,the belts are useable. Not good Eduardo.....

Heres a long one with the shortened ,and then the two useable's

One way to keep it on page one is to post progress photos,here are the exhaust inserted into the fuse end and aligned ,glued.

And some landing gear details,the spring actuator and attachment of the retractor leg. The kit instructions, and models I have seen, show these in upside down, something to watch for. I believe these are the right way with the microswitch in front.

Adding on here the' mount to nowhere' is now mounted to the front of the gear bay . And the structure added to stiffen the wingspar/gearbay.

Sfire -Thank you for your continued interest/comments. The marks are as you surmised,there are a lot of minor probs with this kit , best to mark them off so as not to forget to address them.I have a serious collection of over 400 pix and a good record of the corrections/additions for this kit.

Reasoned- Thanks for comin' on board,all comments welcome.

What were you guys doin' diggin ' around on the second page? This forum moves very fast ,like armor,tough to keep this on page one.....

Very detailed ... now this does fly... right?

krow113,

Excellent WIP's! The 'loose cannons' is a good idea that I will use in the future.

The small arrows & marks are reminders to correct seam flaws or to add parts? Either way I am getting to the point where 'reminders' marked on the plastic is necessary during construction.

Fuselage and cpit/engine unification successfully completed. The ip meets the left and right consoles on each side inside the cpit. This is where the two assy's actually touch and sanding of the bottom of the ip on each side allowed me to bring the tub up into the fuselage. A minor visual oddity on the rear where the panel meets the tub back. This is where the armor plate will go as well. Wicked! Happy to get to this point.

Nothing broke off and all the cpit parts are in place ,nice fit .Guns are still loose ,they clip into the mount ,to allow for final alignment . The front of the fuse will still flex open enough to insert the exhaust for final there as well. This is a great kit if a person wants to take it as far as they can.

Small interference from me (Krow113) adding too much detail ,fouled the wing/fuse dynamic.Took alla 10 minutes to re-arrange the hoses ,sand the "mount to nowhere" and sand off the chute extensions added by me(Krow113) . The wings fit excellently ,good news at this point. Here is the assy taped together ,the gaps were eliminated with a slight pressure,should glue up perfectly.

On to some wing work.The gear bay is minimal to say the least ,however it can be worked with. I added cartridge chutes for the mg's from .005" brass sheet .Like all the ommisions/corrections./additions to this kit ,they are really simple to deal with ,there are just a lot of them. I also made some retractor spring arm things ( I dunno what they are) . Added previously were the clips for the gear lockup and numerous holes for the wiring ,lines etc to come.

Went for it last night and glued in the cpit/engine assy. Some tight maneuvering then a little 'click' and the parts mated exactly, gotta like that! Highly recommend the Verlinden accessory kit for this model. The guns are loose to allow final line-up with the cover. The exhaust will be added through the front to allow proper alignment.

Back on the big FW for a while .Today I squared away the cpit and fuselage additions/corrections. I added the throttle lever and oxygen hose, touched up the paint ready to install.

On the fuse I scribed all the engine panel lines inside and out .They are as thin as paper now. The plan is to cut off the front panels at a later date to display the engine. I have a few parts left to install, gunsite pieces, canopy crank , exhaust pipes ,shoulder belts and back armor. I dipped the canopy parts in Future as well.

Here is the fuse inside:

Outside:

The lower line is a hinge , the kit has no line at all. this was added.

On the supercharger intake scoop the kit is very deceptive. There is a recessed area to drop the scoop into. This is incorrect,the scoop is rivited on top of the fuse skin. I got caught here and had to sand down the surrounding area to get the skin level to the scoop level. A proper fix would be to fill in the area and glue the kit scoop on top. It looks ok. I still have to add rivit detail at this point as well. I spent all day on this mostly, on the line scribing and seam cleanup. Good references wil help to get through the corrections ,there are lots to work on.

Seams look good...

Wnut -Thanks but don't worry about comments on the kit or my work, I appreciate the input. I primed all the parts in the pics from yesterday so I'm gonna take some time for another kit. Be back soon...

Cool, sounds like you got a handle on this kit.  I'll be quiet now  I agree with TMan, fire that sucker up!

Tman -Thanks and keep watchin'    Here is the completed gun/syncro assy on  the engine. These will be the last shots of this ,I want it in the fuse asap.

I also finished and primed the cockpit exterior and the last of the small details ,here is the throttle handle ,the canopy crank with quick release handle and the armor also the lens holder for the gunsite.

Engine looks like it could fire up.

Wnut -Thanks- I am aware of the hinges on the gun panel as well as the ammo doors .The gun panel aren't so much a compound curve ,they curve inwards and when sanded off there is the flat needed to install the correct appearing hinge. I cant see a hinge on pix of the area ,they are inside the skin. I have researched this part extensively in order to correct it. I will glue the hell out of the top front panel ,fill the joint and then saw the hinge line straight. Some hinges from The Model Garage would be nice ,I havent found any long enough though.I heard they make some for truck model hoods ,those are what I need . I am sealing it all up at this point,thinning the panels at the joint lines and will saw it all apart some other time. Thanks for the help.

Krow, I can't remember if you said you were going to show the engine and MG mount detail with open cowl panels.  The piano hinge that is on either side of the center section in front of the guns is compound curve on the model.  Wasn't sure if you were aware and couldn't remember if it was in one of your previous posts.

Sfire-Thanks for your comment. I will try to post finished pix of the cockpit/power egg today.

As far as shows in Canada there are a few I can go to .Vancouver IPMS is always a definite for me and the "Western Canada" model show ,in Alberta (?) I will try to hit this year as it is at an airfield where they have a Lancaster. I will also hit the Vancouver Automotive Modelers  show ,they always have a good turnout. There is not a cohesive effort in Canada regarding model shows ,somewhat sad.

Although as soon as this is posted someone will disagree and I might even get some comments. The lack of an IPMS Canada National show makes my point for me. I have heard of a Bi-annual show back east but not lately.The Canadian model sites I have been on are pretty much dead.

As far as the FW goes I am painting details , pix later.

Looking great Krow!

Should leave enough time to complete before the spring model contest season. Lucky you have a local IPMS show in the near future. On that note it seems there are only two provinces that get to host one....

Added another lever and rod end to enter the cockpit with the linkage.

I went on and mounted the linkage ,I will paint in situ.

And on the engine assembly...

...a bracket to the front of the cockpit will finish this.

I managed to get the throttle linkage sorted to some degree .I got some.047" dia.  rod ends from  rbmotion. They are perfect and make the part look real, they even come with a small 'nut' . Some p/e runner 'arms' and a length of .032" s/s tube with some Grandt line bolts complete the assembly.

Parts in place .I will detail the guns and get to the throttle linkage next.

And under...

Scity -Thanks

Jmodeler - Thanks . I think it 's a matter of 'when to stop' for them!

Wnut -Thanks. I have been checking your build regularly , my post was mistaken.

Thanks

Nice looking engine krow.  Sorry I did not see your post last month.  You can see mine on my site.

http://wingnutmodels.com/Fw%20190D-9_trumpeter.html

Nice work on scratchbuilding the syncronizers. I can't believe a kit that big missed something like that.

She's looking real good so far. Nicw work.

Here is an update on this.I got the guns and cover clearanced ,but then decided to get the brass barrels. These were installed and look good ,they are smaller than the kit and the Verlinden resin ones.

Also added a Tuner Motor Factory (car stuff)  hose for the oxygen in my cockpit.

I almost forgot the gun syncronizers there are two ,scratchbuilt from styrene .The kit does not supply any and they sit right on top in the open. I will make a mount for these and wire them as well. I will be adding a throttle linkage to this cockpit/power egg and then fuselage sealing .

And here are the syncro's in place on the top of the engine.

This will put us over 3000 views on this build.

Wnut _Thanks ,feel free to post a pic or yours on here , I am interested to see how it turned out.

Krow, I used the Hobbydecal transfers on my big 190... you're gonna love 'em.

Thanks boyz ,stay tuned .....

Very nice work there!

Mike

Oh mama, I like it!! Got the quarter scale version of this plane by Eduard and hoping to do some of the same detail.

The new machine gun tubes should look better IMHO. Nothing better than using metal for something that was actually metal.

Stalled out in Oct ,show duties dontcha know....  I was getting fit issues with the fuselage machine guns so I ordered these :

They are exquisite.

I also buggered up some decals so I ordered these; Hobbydecal 1/24 FW 190 dry transfers.

Both of the above from Spruebrothers.

This book has a semi-detailed build of the Trump 1/24 FW 190 D9 well worth getting for this kit.I dont know for sure but the Polish/English translation comes across as very harsh on some details of the kit but does not even see others. I found I was on the right track in some areas of my build and found info on other details.The book has great drawings of the real planes equipment.  ISBN #  978-83-7237-185-0   . From Amazon.

I am itching to get back on this ,later this month.

Jmodeler , wwheels- Closed up for now , to be opened maybe next year -remember with a D-9 the landing gear floor was removed to fit the Jumo 213 ,all the rear of the engine is visible underneath.

Thanks for your interest and comments.

Very nice work.  It's a shame to close it all up, but you have a good photo record.  Maybe you could display an interior photo along with the finished model.  Rick.

Looks great so far.

I have a question. Are you going to leave the engine closed?

Wnut- Thank you . Todays work on the ip mounting and gun cowl fitting. Gun cowl is very thin and the top of the guns is flattened out to get this fit.....

That really looks nice Krow.

Model meeting tonight , then all this will be in the fuselage forever!

Some work on the guns,a wipe with graphite dust should do these.

Engine touched up and painted, this will do with a very few details to go.............

Ignition wires finished as well as the plumbing.

Ignition wire tube ,lay out on hex ,drilled wire holes and mounts,then sand to correct round shape....

On the engine.........

Lap belts in place........

Jmod-Thanks todays pix will be of the finished engine/cpit pod.

Looks better and better everytime I see it. I really like how the engine is turning out.

Here is the rear fuselage with tail wheel and rudder ,also the antennawire ,I'll try this and see if it works.I carved a groove in the two fuse halves for the wire.The tail wheel is pinned.

The front of the fuse clearanced and painted.

A few loose wires and some ignition tubes to go.................

More test fitting ,looks good ,no issues. Gun cover detail to be completed.

Von Alf-Thank you heres some more ,its way out of hand but gettin' done.

Wow! looking awesome!

I love how it looks the engine, beautiful!

Went to test fit today and found a few issues,a lot of thinning in the engine area around the top of the engine mounts.Exhaust proving to be the bugbear,ended up cutting them off and then things went a lot better.You can see alot in the top and through the bottom, D-9's were'nt paneled in the top of the gear bay. Wound up with all parts there and fitting well, gonna try tyo finish the wiring/plumbing today.

hdh- thank you and stay tuned....................

Wow...definitely a difference between someone like you (an artist) and someone like me (a recreational amateur modeler).  Outstanding work

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Engine wiring/plumbing ongoing, I wont pic every wire but every hour I will take pix.

The Deadly Dora wings on , well ,wing assy anyway..............................

Engine wiring while the wings dry..................

Wing work goin ' on , Trumpeter parts are pretty good .I see a lot of comment on the fiddly p/e parts for these kits ,no sign of trouble here yet.I am hoping to get the wings assembled today for drying. Loo roll to support and protect the gear.

Now to the Bobber wip for a minor setback..................

The alien space chopper aligns it's 500mm stellar cannon on planet earth, to finally eliminate the universal scourge , humanity .

No ,really its the cockpit tub/engine power pod connection ,wanted to make this as soon as poss to get a good bond.

..........................unt zee happy heaadrest visits zee enchanted control zurfass forezt

Ongoing cpit details .Eduard seat belts ,paint flaking off , and placards from them as well.

The killer D-9 takes on some color ,prop in RLM 70 and spinner gloss black ,camo grey/white mix for the color.

And the camo on the rudder ,with control surfaces painted.

Thanks Dave. I'm looking at some airbrush work on this today.

You drilled holes in the landing covers to match the bolts?  Oh man!  I love that attention to detail.  The CP looks like it has been lived in but, not trashed.  This is some top notch work sir.

Cheers

Dave

Jmodeler & Wnut -Thanks for the interest. I added channels to the lgear covers and lined up the mounting holes . I also added quite a number of parts to the gear bay as well. The legs were slugged with .125" welding rod ,removing the springs . You can see the re-inforcement around the gear bay as well. The Verlinden resin kit is great it adds a lot of crisp detail to the cockpit and other areas, and fits really well.

Nice work there.  Did you redo the LG door interiors? Or did Trumpeter fix them?  That looks like the Verlinden resin cockpit.  The landing gear really needs to be beefed up.  That cockpit is like a brick.  i think if a fly landed on mine the thing would collapse.

Nice job so far. The spinner and the engine look great.

Spinner work ,I buggered the decal up so I scanned the sheet and traced the spinner decal converting it to a vector file and cut masks on my vinyl cutter.

Sprayed with MM Camo grey with a little white.Testors Dull coat to finish.

Progress today..............

Some paint work and assy goin' on......................

Landing gear covers in gloss black. Too cool not to put up - one day soon there will be a gloss black FW 190 D9 on here.

Berkut : Thanks ,I got the kit with 5 other 1/24's on ebay for $300.00 All the am came from ebay as well.

Great start! a expensive build, I know the kit was over $200.00 and after market over $100.00 so I passed, Hmmm now I'm envious.

Be looking to following the build.

More work on the ip and cpit .Seat and stick in ,detail painting.

Jmod Thank you .I would like some opinions on the ammo counter .This is the Waldron 1/24 set ,it is quite larger than the Eduard counter in the p/e placard set.I'm gonna leave it for now but may have to remove/replace later.

Your CP looks great so far.

Ip werk ,includes Eduard placards ,wiring , windshield cleaner fuel line , a Grandt rivit , a Tichy bolt , Verlinden p/e , adding up to a busy ip.

My entire life ended this weekend .Why? My computor went down.I have a dozen hammers ,if one breaks I grab another,not so easy on the computor side of things.Here is an update for this wip,moving things along nicely.

Landing gear in RLM 02...

tail wheel with at least 5-6 extra parts on the main assy.........

Cockpit comin' along.............

And landing gear cover with properly located mounting holes,these did not concur with the gear leg bolts....

Jmodeler -Thank you

Its really coming along nicely. I really like the engine.

Ip werk tonight ..............

And now to fry my brain................

Not as bad as I thought. 1.5 hours to layer the guages..........

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Updating here ,the engine in wash's of light grey and smoke .Gear bay 1/2 done in smoke to see the contrast.

HH- Thanks for the comment. Length of the model or length of the real plane?

Looking great, what's the length on this bad boy? I still don't know how to figure out the conversions.

And so here we go on the big bird ,todays werk consisted of blacks and greys and silvers abrushed on these parts..............

...................all questions welcome regarding this build. And I will be posting my usual dumba$$ headlines ,you may have noticed.........

Got some werk done on this- pix to follow...................

The base in progress , 3/4" medite cut to shape & routed edge ,sprayed with stone spackle spray paint ,clear coated. Clay groundwork.

And yet more base ,at least I will have some where to put these wips when I am done .Primered clay first.This one measures 30" x 30" /Washes on and some spackle to break up the flat ground work. Some small rises to be covered in grass.

Cut lines in to hold the spackle.

Washes for color.

Then white glue thinned and brushed on for sanding. More color to come and grass on the grassy knolls.

At last! The base is done ,some simple cleanup later and  maybe a little dbrushing ,I will put it away and try to get to the actual model now.I do have somewhere to put this kit when its done. Some blending is nessecary as well .The final here was color washes , edge blend , grass tufts from Woodland Scenics superglued in place and noched after . Base is 30" x 30" plane sits in the middle.Name plate to finish.

Wnut Thanks I am toying with building from scratch  out of metal,but I will check your build

Krow... looking good so far.   I've built this kit and the LG is a problem.  That soft vinyl like plastic will barely support the weight of the ting.  It has been a while so I can';t remember of the LG struts are hollow.  If so I advised inserting some wire in there.  The only way I could get the LG glued in was to use some gap filling CA and accelerator to harden it fast.  Set it on the LG and the weight would crack the glue because of the play in the fit.  I Kept doing this until the "gap" was filled with hardened CA glue.  If it is not hollow you maybe can drill it out from the top down enough to put some wire in to help and then work the wire into gluing the hole affair in place.

You can see my build here... http://wingnutmodels.com/Fw%20190D-9_trumpeter.html

Good luck.

Thanks for the compliments ,the hand is from a Vampiress...............

That is some prime work...

Nice photos of the primed parts, though I had to pause a moment when I saw a hand reaching up out of the parts.

Seeing the Jumo 213 makes me wish someone would just do a series of large scale aircraft engines in the same way Testors issues their auto engine series

But then, we'd want to scratch build ......the rest of the plane.