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Great Wall FW-189 Finished

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, January 7, 2011 2:19 PM

I think Fermis owns stocks in the company, he's trying to bait us all into buying one of these!! Must... resist... urge to buy....

Looks really good with everything opened up.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by hkshooter on Friday, January 7, 2011 1:46 PM

Dayum that looks nice. Now I want  one even more.

 

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Posted by Hercmech on Friday, January 7, 2011 1:44 PM

DAAAAAAAAM  that came out incredible! Thank you for posting the pictures.


13151015

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Posted by fermis on Friday, January 7, 2011 1:35 PM

Finished!!!

RLM65/70/71

I could have saved a ton of time by cutting my own masks. As thin as my coats of paint were, them masks bled like a suminubitch. BOOOOOOOO. Spent about 3 hours last night on the cleanup, what a pocket full of SUCK!!! I will be cutting my own masks on the next one. It's gonna just hang out in the stash for a while though.

The figs are from the Eduard set, just there for the photo op.

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, January 7, 2011 11:55 AM

fermis

 

 Manstein's revenge:

 

This thing is taking longer than Jester's HS129...

 

 

No it's not!

It's certainly progressing faster than my Ho-229.... Whistling

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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  • From: Indiana
Posted by hkshooter on Friday, January 7, 2011 11:44 AM

fermis

 Manstein's revenge:

This thing is taking longer than Jester's HS129...

 

 

No it's not!

Yeah, c'mon manny, cut the guy some slack! What are you working on anyway?? WinkWhistling

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Posted by fermis on Friday, January 7, 2011 11:39 AM

Manstein's revenge

This thing is taking longer than Jester's HS129...

 

No it's not!

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Posted by TREYZX10R on Friday, January 7, 2011 9:51 AM

WOW its looking awesome Ferris,you're killin' me. I so wanna start mine ,but the Bf110 is taking up all my work spaceAngry

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 7, 2011 9:28 AM

This thing is taking longer than Jester's HS129...

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Posted by wing_nut on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 3:30 PM

Fermis I hope you don't mind me playing with the photo.  Looks like some weird color shifting in the 1st pic and the topside color look funky.  I tried to match the background with the other pic since the underside looks good.  Still look brownish.  Is it still off?  What colors are they?

Really like the faded panel effect.  I do that too.  WAY easier than pre-shading.  Nicely done.

Marc  

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Posted by Jester75 on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:36 PM

Looking schweet fermis!! Nice work with the new ab!

Eric

 

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 12:31 PM

Fermis, the process you described has much in common with the preshading by the book, especially if your base coat was darker than the top color. Glad to hear about your new AB, good tools are SO important! I transited to Paashe VJR from a so-called "Russian" AB about ten years ago, and it sure made a difference - but I kept the "Russian" and it still is handy from time to time for painting large surfaces. Good luck with your build

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 11:42 AM

I propose that we dig Wally up, draw and quarter, then burn him...

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Posted by Hercmech on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 10:38 AM

I would have sworn that was preshade. I guess the new AB is doing you well huh? Wally is dead...long live the king.


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Posted by fermis on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 10:33 AM

"Wally" was a JACKASZ!!!! I hold no feelings for him, I do not miss him, he was stabbing me in the back, all this time....what a jerk!

I sprayed the base color as it is out of the bottle, then lightened and hit in between the lines, then a super thin coat of the same lightened paint over all. No preshade.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 10:20 AM

WOW...I want to kick Wally's @$$ now...Angry

...very nice panel line (pre-shading?) detail and the shade colors look great!  IndifferentYesYes

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Posted by fermis on Wednesday, January 5, 2011 10:15 AM

 As some of you know, I buried "Wally" aka The Walmart Wonder A/B. Replaced with a combo A/B and compressor from Harbor Freight. This is my best friend!!!!! I don't care for the clean up process, but it's worth it!

 Spent yesterday painting, now I wanna repaint everything I have on the shelves!

It looks much better in person!

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Posted by Pawel on Monday, January 3, 2011 5:00 PM

Manstein's revenge

 

 

 

I've been framed!

Seems just like you have!!!

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

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Posted by Hercmech on Monday, January 3, 2011 4:00 PM

Shaping up to be a nice build! Cant wait to see this one finished.


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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 3, 2011 3:53 PM

Pawel

Fermis,

very nice detail on the cockpit. And looks like in this particular aircraft it will be pretty good visible, after closing it up! I heard it was used by the Germans during the Warsaw uprising in 1944 and the insurgents called this aircraft THE FRAME. Good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł

I've been framed!

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  • From: Poland
Posted by Pawel on Monday, January 3, 2011 8:40 AM

Fermis,

very nice detail on the cockpit. And looks like in this particular aircraft it will be pretty good visible, after closing it up! I heard it was used by the Germans during the Warsaw uprising in 1944 and the insurgents called this aircraft THE FRAME. Good luck with your project and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Monday, January 3, 2011 7:24 AM

fermis

Toast

...The outer wing portions were cemented together along with the control surfaces and......... clear wingtips, kinda silly feature! It took a bit of brutality and finess at the same time to make them fit the rest of the wing.

Hey Fermis, enjoying the progress on this. Clear wingtips? Maybe that is supposed to save you gluing a tiny bit of clear plastic for the navigation lights??

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 2, 2011 10:19 PM

fermis

 Sorry Manny, this one just can't knock Accumins TBF off the top shelf!!! I'd rank it somewhere in the middle, not GREAT, but not BAD. I'd build another someday!

 

Yeah, as more are being built I'm reading about some of the issues you are running into...BUT, overall the kit is still getting high marks, especially for a first offering from the company, Great Wall...and none of the issues seem to be "deal-breakers"...

Great work on the engines and landing gear...Yes...my refs show that the troublesome fenders were sometimes removed in the field...most pics show them on, however...

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Posted by Jester75 on Sunday, January 2, 2011 9:27 PM

Those Argus engines look fantastic!

Eric

 

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Posted by fermis on Sunday, January 2, 2011 8:45 PM

Toast

Moving right along!

Engines are simple enough. I added stretched sprue as a backer for the wiring rig, and bent some wire, to go from the short wire rig on up to where it belongs.

The landing gears are nice little gems, but somewhat of a PITA! The fender being the most difficult. The only attachment points are a tiny PE strip that wraps the fender.

For the wing/boom assembly, the instructions would have you first attach the bottom outer wing half to the outer boom half, then attach the top two pieces, while sandwiching the flap and aileron. Then you install the engine and gear, then the inner boom half.

 To make the sanding process easier, I glued up the booms, just to the rear of the gearbay. This way, they could be split apart to install the gear and engine.  Booms were warped.

When I cemented these to the inner wing top, I cemented the rear portion on both sides, but only the outer boom half was cemented all the to the front, allowing the parts to still be pulled apart.

The outer wing portions were cemented together along with the control surfaces and......... clear wingtips, kinda silly feature! It took a bit of brutality and finess at the same time to make them fit the rest of the wing.

 

 Sorry Manny, this one just can't knock Accumins TBF off the top shelf!!! I'd rank it somewhere in the middle, not GREAT, but not BAD. I'd build another someday!

 Should be throwin paint in a day or two!!!

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Posted by VanceCrozier on Friday, December 31, 2010 10:56 AM

Looks slightly better than my 1975-vintage version from Airfix... Wink

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 31, 2010 9:31 AM

fermis

Thanks all!Toast

 Manstein's revenge:

I love your eye and want to live in that big greenhouse it has for a cabin...

 

 I knew you would change your tune!!!!

Not much of an update. I attached all the clear parts, except those that will be posed open, and masked. The precut masks are mostly OK, only a couple had to be cut down a bit or added to. I can tell already, they are gonna be a pain to remove without bringing the whole clear part along with em. Super sticky! I taped off the openings from the inside, also used liquid mask to seal up the edges. This will help keep all that unwanted sanding dust from tainting the greenhouse.

http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu340/fermisb/2011/FW-189/001-2.jpg?t=1293770175

The rear gun position is somewhat of a PITA. You definitely have to glue the shroud piece to the circular clear piece before trying to install it(as per instructions). However, the way the thing is designed, there is only one way to position the "turret". Could be modified easily enough though.

http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu340/fermisb/2011/FW-189/002-2.jpg?t=1293770175

According to my refs, the entire tail cone could rotate through 360 degrees...AND the small circular window within the rear of it w/ the MG's could rotate 360 degrees as well, independantly within it....

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  • From: Frisco, TX
Posted by B17Pilot on Friday, December 31, 2010 9:12 AM

I got this kit too!  As always love the detail work.  Now I'm going to have to hold off on mine, cause yours is already way better Bow Down

Speaking of references, just got the Jan '11 Squadron catalog in the mail, and they have the Fw 189 in Action book on sale for under $10.

  

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  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Friday, December 31, 2010 12:49 AM

looking at the instructions the tail cone was for sure not going to be fun,looks like you have it well in hand!

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  • From: hamburg michigan
Posted by fermis on Thursday, December 30, 2010 10:41 PM

Thanks all!Toast

Manstein's revenge

I love your eye and want to live in that big greenhouse it has for a cabin...

 I knew you would change your tune!!!!

Not much of an update. I attached all the clear parts, except those that will be posed open, and masked. The precut masks are mostly OK, only a couple had to be cut down a bit or added to. I can tell already, they are gonna be a pain to remove without bringing the whole clear part along with em. Super sticky! I taped off the openings from the inside, also used liquid mask to seal up the edges. This will help keep all that unwanted sanding dust from tainting the greenhouse.

The rear gun position is somewhat of a PITA. You definitely have to glue the shroud piece to the circular clear piece before trying to install it(as per instructions). However, the way the thing is designed, there is only one way to position the "turret". Could be modified easily enough though.

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