1/32 Hasegawa FW190D-9 WIP (Completed)

Thanks BK!

Looking very very nice. I love the paint and all the detail touches to make it authentic. Well done, Sir.  I can't wait to see it complete.

BK

1943Mike

PJ, I've come late to the party but I'm delighted to be here! You're putting on a show! Some very fine painting and detailing sir. Love those FW's.

 

Thanks for dropping by and checking out my build. It's highly appreciated Mike!

PJ, I've come late to the party but I'm delighted to be here! You're putting on a show! Some very fine painting and detailing sir. Love those FW's.

Thanks Joe. I think the D9 is my favorite German WWII plane next to the Ta152. These planes just look awesome.

That Trumpy 1/24 Dora must be a beauty and huge. I have a Bandai 1/24 George and that thing is gargantuan.

crown r n7

PJ that late camo just amazing and the motteling on the nose 

 

Thanks Nick! Those nose spots got my attention as soon as I saw the art work.

That paint job is gonna look killer under some weathering and alongside the cals. Saw that you used a pencil on the oleos. I've started using the Molotow chrome pens for the oleos on landing gear. It turns out a nice shiny chrome for it. I found those things when I switched to auto modeling and they work GREAT!!!

Very nice work on this beauty of a D-9 Ernie. If it's one aircraft I like, it's certainly the D-9. I've got an Eduard 1/48 scale and Trumpy 1/24 scale D-9 in the stash.

PJ that late camo just amazing and the motteling on the nose 

Another update on my Dora....I was gonna give Hasegawa a pass on the color scheme mistake on Michalski's Dora thinking the kit was older. The kit isnstruction sheet is from 2005 and the Eagle Editions decal sheet containing the updated information is from 2003 so Hasegawa should have done some checking since the info was out and verified in actual pictures.

But then the Eagle Editions sheet has Michalski's name misspelled as Michaelski so even they made a mistake. As a side note, 21st Century makes a 1/32 diecast model of Michalski's Dora and they actually got the scheme and name correct LOL.

The corrected left wing tip area has what appears to be a paint patch, or half painted. This part is clearly visible in one of the pictures in the Eagle Editions sheet so It's correct.

The right wing also has a filled in area forward mid wing with RLM83 and the top of the right aileron is a solid RLM75 cutting into the green area.

Most all of the larger decals are on. I still have to add several small stencils.

I was going to replace the guns with brass tubing but I drilled out the bores even more and painted them several shades of Alclad paints till I got the desired metal color. I then hand polished them with a soft cotton rag giving them a metallic sheen.

The wing cannons

and the nose guns

I was going to replace the loop antenna with thin brass strip but tried first to thin the plastic to see how thin I could get it and it actually looks to scale so I will be using the part as is.

There are a couple more plastic antennas I will be replacing with thin surgical wire I have courtesy of my late friend and former FSM member John Staworski who sent me a ton of this stuff some years back.

The nose spots were carefully re-sprayed with RLM 84 Grey/Green which has a higher contrast as seeen in the pictures of the actual plane.

Some of the decals went on but it's getting late..

I decided to have a NMF on the drop tank. It was weathered with oils and Prismacolor pencils.

Fuel streaks are present.

Correcting the splinter pattern on the wings will be next.l

Greatmaker

Wow  what a fantastic build. Wish I was brave enough to do some scratch building. It always amazes me what you guys can do

 

Thank you!!

Wow  what a fantastic build. Wish I was brave enough to do some scratch building. It always amazes me what you guys can do

Thanks dog!

My decals came in the mail yesterday late afternoon but was busy helping my daugther move till late in the evening so not much done except reviewing the sheet and finding a couple of mistakes thanks to Hasegawa.

I should have ordered this Eagle Cals sheet from the beginning but trusting that Hasegawa's info was correct and their decals were still in good condition has been rather a disapointment.

The  Eagle Cal instruction sheet also provides pictures of the actual aircraft credited to Jerry Crandall and three other gentlemen cleary showing the pin stripe of the Stab JG4 tail band that Hasegawa totally omitted.

I painted it as per Hasegawa's description:

Pin stripe added as seen in the actual picture of Michaelki's Dora:

This was as simple as slicing a couple of thin strips of white decal film from a leftover helicopter decal sheet I have in my spares decal box.

Another area where Hasegawa goofed is in the nose spots where they list it at RLM 75. In reality, it was RLM 84 which makes it stand out more. This will be my next mission to carefully spray RLM 84 over the present spots.

Thanks D and Nick. I love the schemes on the Doras, specially the late war ones.

Ñoooo  Looking good Ernie

Hey Ernie, that Dora is looking fantastic.  Your attention to detail is outstanding.  Love the spiral on spinner.  The landing gear also looks great.  Looking forward to seeing decals on this kit.

Another fantastic build.  Thanks for sharing.

D

The decals were schedyuled to be delivered yesterday but it never hapenned. The tracking  # now says today so hopefuly they will arrive. SB is pretty fast and had them out within 3 hours after paying for them but our PO seems to drag now and then. Oh well maybe later today.

Thanks TJ!!

Johnny

The original spiral from Hasegawa desintegrated once it saw water. I used a spiral decal from my spares but stretched it a bit to the backplate by painting it MM flat enamel white with a small brush. You actually can't tell where the decal ends and the paint starts.

Looking really great.

Everything looks good, but that spiral is especially impressive. Is that painted? 

Decals are on hold till they arrive in the mail from SB.

Looks like the Hasegawa decals are beyond repair. Even after brushing several coats of Superfilm they eventually fracture. No biggie since Eaglecal #58 decal sheet is easily available online but will check first with my LHS as soon as they open.

Got the mains assembled painted and detailed. Made the brake lines from thin wire and the fittings from masking tape and a tiny drop of thin CA to secure them. Made my own strut placards at the copier from another sheet. Afterwards a dark wash of burnt umber helped to pop details and gives a grimy look. Some chips need some re touching to show up better. A #2 pencil was used for the oleo strut color instead of paint. The grahite gives it a realistic metallic sheen.

the leg actuators from the box

And after my mods. Wrapped thin copper wire around one arm and thin wiring for added plumbing.

The tail wheel and main tires are done too

Also went back and extended the spiral to the back plate by painting it flat white with a small thin brush

Getting ready for decals in a bit.   

kensar

You're coming along great on this project.  The detailing and salt chipping are excellent.

 

Thanks. Masking film is another method to get realistic looking paint chips but I like the salt method that even gives you some slight paint discoloration around the chips.

You're coming along great on this project.  The detailing and salt chipping are excellent.

Thanks Greg. The decals looked ok but the spiral disintegrated in the water earlier. Decals are from 2005 and are not that old. I brushed Superfilm over the decals in hopes of saving them. I will start decaling later today or tomorrow.

Coming along nicely, Ernie.

Appreciate the update pics. Please keep them coming.

An update on Dora. Got the canopy mask removed

Spiral's done

Tail band sprayed

RLM02 sprayed in the flap wells

Salt chipping done

other side

Several coats of Future are next

Thanks Toshi. There are several other methods for chipping/wear producing some fine special effects. Thanks for taking a peek.