1/32 Hasegawa FW190D-9 WIP (Completed)

its coming along nicely great job on the small stuff.

Dang Ernie! This is looking fantastic so far dude. Id've opted for chipping on the inside of the gear bay doors instead of the outside as that's where any stones would hit, but it all looks good anyways. Thanks for taking the time to explain the process. Weathering is one area I do need to work on.

mustang1989

Dang Ernie! This is looking fantastic so far dude. Id've opted for chipping on the inside of the gear bay doors instead of the outside as that's where any stones would hit, but it all looks good anyways. Thanks for taking the time to explain the process. Weathering is one area I do need to work on.

 

Thanks Joe. Great point about the chipping inside the doors. As a matter of fact, that is a detail I will add later on once I get to work on the inside of the doors. I want to add brake lines and placards but don't want any paint there for a positive gluing point for the lines. Once the lines are added then I will shoot the silver, salt and RLM02 for some chipping.

Thanks Nick!

plasticjunkie

 

mustang1989

Dang Ernie! This is looking fantastic so far dude. Id've opted for chipping on the inside of the gear bay doors instead of the outside as that's where any stones would hit, but it all looks good anyways. Thanks for taking the time to explain the process. Weathering is one area I do need to work on.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks Joe. Great point about the chipping inside the doors. As a matter of fact, that is a detail I will add later on once I get to work on the inside of the doors. I want to add brake lines and placards but don't want any paint there for a positive gluing point for the lines. Once the lines are added then I will shoot the silver, salt and RLM02 for some chipping.

 

Thanks Joe.

I'm doing the markings for Gerhard Michalski's D9 from Stab/JG4.

The colors are RLM76, 75 and 83 with a real cool spotted RLM 75 over the RLM 83. The side fuselage mottling is extending behind the side crosses. Instead of using the tail band decals I'm opting to spray paint those instead.

The canopy was riveted, masked, painted RLM66 first then RLM83. The RLM66 will show as the the interior frame color. The salt exposes some chips from foot traffic and wear on the wing walkway. 

The salt chipping exposes a few chips here and there on the outside of the doors. The inside will get the same treatment later on.

The prop unit got the salt chipping too. The MM RLM70 was  not dark enough so a few drops of flat black was added to darken the color a bit. The spiral will be next.

plasticjunkie

Thanks Joe.

I'm doing the markings for Gerhard Michalski's D9 from Stab/JG4.

The colors are RLM76, 75 and 83 with a real cool spotted RLM 75 over the RLM 83. The side fuselage mottling is extending behind the side crosses. Instead of using the tail band decals I'm opting to spray paint those instead.

The canopy was riveted, masked, painted RLM66 first then RLM83. The RLM66 will show as the the interior frame color. The salt exposes some chips from foot traffic and wear on the wing walkway. 

The salt chipping exposes a few chips here and there on the outside of the doors. The inside will get the same treatment later on.

The prop unit got the salt chipping too. The MM RLM70 was  not dark enough so a few drops of flat black was added to darken the color a bit. The spiral will be next.

 

 

 

 

Your friend, Toshi

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

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

Coming along nicely, Ernie.

Appreciate the update pics. Please keep them coming.

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.

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

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.

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.   

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.

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

Looking really great.

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

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.

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.

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

Ñoooo  Looking good Ernie

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

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.

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

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!!

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

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.

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