1/24 FW-190 WIP- THE MUMMY

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...