FW-190 Reich Defender III 5/10-2/11

Vetteman,

Is this one of the Flug Werk 190's? I know of two that have crashed in the last few months, I didn't know there was another one flying in the US.

Rob

Great work guys all round

Randy, i never knew they raced them, very cool

Frank, my D-9 is in the paintshop, pics soon ok

Bondoman that would be great and lucky you being able to go to the races, after all one has not been to a race until you have been to the Reno Air Races. There will be a number of interesting planes racing this year along with the 190. A P-51A, 2 Yak-3's, among a few others. They have already broken 3 speed records in qualifying so far, tis gonna be a great race.

I'll see if I can get pictures of it up close in the pits...

Sorry about the double post guys,,,,, well not really. Here's a picture of the FW-190 that arrived at Reno lastnight.

Piloted by John Maloney, looks to be race #14 but I am not too sure about that yet.

Now to see if I can find streaming video so I can watch the races.

Guys guys!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thought you would like to know there will be for the first time an FW 190 racing at Reno this week in the unlimited class.

Hey Spike,

Nice job! I am sure you will have less fit issues than me- mine started from the beginning, so chances are yours will be just fine.

Rob

1/24- yes thank you .I'm kinda teasin' you guys ,please check the wip in the  aircraft forum ,I'm starting to move very quickly on it.

Clebode

Spike-Bondo-Epting -- Very nice WIP pics.  I am looking forward to seeing the finished birds.

Krow-Fantastic engine.  Love the textures.  That's a 1:24 scale power plant, right?

I forgot who built the little Turk Fw but I enjoyed the history lesson.

Spike-Bondo-Epting -- Very nice WIP pics.  I am looking forward to seeing the finished birds.

Krow-Fantastic engine.  Love the textures.  That's a 1:24 scale power plant, right?

I forgot who built the little Turk Fw but I enjoyed the history lesson.

Chaps I've a little more progress to show you,

First off I've got the fuselage half's together along with the pit inside,

And I've been busy doing the wheel wells.

Soon be time to get the wings attached which should be fun looking at others previous experience

All comments welcome,

Cheers...

Bondo that looks wonderful, very well done. 

Krow your progress is looking superb.

Mike well done on an excellent bit of modeling, great save!!

Cheers...

Another masterpiece Bill!!!! Well Done my friend!!

Alright, I have a kit to trade. I bought this at a cigar store, don't ask.  Wrong scale, first five PM's entertained with offers in trade will be considered, and no, I have no expectations but I like 1/72.

eptingmike

Thanks for the kind words, Bondoman

Luckily for me everything else I 'need' appears to be there or I have other options.  For example, I found out Thursday night that the loop antennae was missing but I had a PE one, so its all good!

Daywalker,

Thanks for the kind words! 

As for casting, nope, I really haven't done all that much.  I believe this is my fourth or fifth mold.  This one turned out pretty well save for one corner(conveniently hidden in the photo!)where I had to open up the mold a bit to pour in the resin.  Hopefully with a little paint over the top it won't be too noticeable. 

Mike

Mike- Outstanding stuff, your resin casting turned very well indeed!  Have you done a lot of casting?  Your results look splendid indeed.

Krow- Excellent work!

Thanks for the kind words, Bondoman

Luckily for me everything else I 'need' appears to be there or I have other options.  For example, I found out Thursday night that the loop antennae was missing but I had a PE one, so its all good!

krow113

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Nice save, Mike! You are a true modeling craftsman. Better keep the newest one unbuilt till you get through the original bag'o parts.

Good day everyone!

Thought I would post some WIP pics I have.

First, as some of you may remember, the kit I am building was purchased at a swap meet.  It was a collection of DML/Promodeler sprues and instructions tossed in a zip lock and listed as missing the details for the cockpit and no decals...at $3 I could live with that.  Well, lo and behold, it was missing a bit more than that, namely the forward fuselage cover!  Eek!!  What to do?  I hemmed and hawed and considered just dropping out of the GB but a cooler head prevailed.  At first I decided to just try and scratch build it.  Here is a shot from above and as you can see I put in two sprue braces to support the planned plasticard replacement:

You can also see a bit of the CMK replacement cockpit.  Here is another angle where you can see the gauges and such and just barely make out some Lion's Roar Luftwaffe PE foot pedals:

Here you can see the brass tubing used for the cannon.  They are a bit shorter that I think they should be but no turning back now:

The idea of scratch building the part, while intriguing, was, I believe, a bit beyond my current skills.  So what to do?  Go eBay!  I picked up another kit for cheap-o($12.50 with free shipping!), snipped out the part, and made a mold:

And here, though it is very hard to see the detail as the resin is snow white, is the recast part:

With any luck, I will get to priming this weekend! 

Thanks for looking,

Mike

Wow!!

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Very well done Bill!  I remember years back, looking through a 190 reference book and seeing a profile of one of these birds.  Up until now, I have never seen one built.  Thanks for the build my friend!  Page one updated.

thank you for the nice comments.

I'm down to giveing the plane a dullcote and weathering. which I've stepped away from modeling for a few years now. would I put on the decals before doing both...and what about painting on future since I dont have a airbrush to do it ( yes I know I need one) I used the canned air paint for the bottom of the plane thats why it looks 10x better!

Chewy, Great paint job.    can't wait to see more.

Maxfax, You're doing a superb job.  I can't believe all the detail you've packed into this build. 

  Wow Bill, didn't even know you were working on one!!!  Thought you were completely buried in the ships section.  Great little build and I had no idea Turkey had Fw's.  I'm going to have to give the Tamiya kit a try one of these days.

Bondoman: Nice 1/72 FW! I don't know how people can work on that scale and get nice results. Interesting bit of history as well!

Stumpjumper: I painted the pipes MM aluminum acrylic, then using the rust coloured Tamyia weathering powder(?) (not quite a powder- more make-up like), I rubbed it on using the foam brush, used the smoke colour (in the same kit) as well as some Tamiya smoke paint.

Here are the needle barrels. Close to scale, but could be perhaps one more gauge bigger (I used 21 ga). I found a photo of Willi Maximowitz's A8 (this is one of the three decal options in this kit), and it clearly shows the outboard barrels to be just out of the wing, with the inboard barrels sticking out quite a bit- which differs from the instructions and other models Ihave seen on the web. They're not perfect, but I 'm going with them!

Turkey - Focke-Wulf 190 Aa-3  In the middle of 1942 the RLM issued an export order for FW 190s to be sent to Turkey. Turkey received 72 FW 190 Aa-3 (a for auslandisch - foreign) aircraft between October 1942 and March 1943. The first FW 190 Aa-3 was built in August 1942. The FW 190 Aa-3 received its own Werk Nummer block, 0134 101 - 0134 172 (although it is not known if W.Nr 110, 123, 146 and 148 were handed over). These aircraft were basically FW 190 A-3s, with BMW 801 D-2 engines, and FuG VIIa radios. However, they did not have FuG 25 radios, and had an armament fit of four MG 17s, with the option of installing two MG FF/M cannon in the outer wing position.

The Turkish FW 190s served as fighters during their time in service, and left the Turkish Air Force in 1948 and 1949.

The four Squadrons were nicknamed Akbas (Whitehead), Sarýbas (Blondehead), Albas (Redhead) and Karabas (Blackhead), with their propeller spinners matching colours with their nicknames.

Tamiya Fw-190 A-3 in 1/72. One of their great little "warbirds" kits, pretty much one sprue of really first class parts for $ 15.00.

I bought the decals from Turquoise Decal in Turkey. I'm sending them the pics for their website, too.

I hope you like her, this was fun, and thanks Frank for another wonderful GB.

Love those Galland Circus Doras Matt, glad you were able to get some work done over the long weekend!