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

Bobbaily thats a sweet 190 very well done sir I really like your exhaust staining.

Eptingmike & Vetteman-thanks for the kind words..

Outstanding work Bob, I would go so far as to say that this is your finest i have seen.  Very well done, thanks for finishing and sharing her with us!

As I went to update page one, I realized I had not added the details of your build.  Could you refresh my memory as to the kit/scale?  Thanks Bob!

As of this writing, we now have 30 finished builds here.  WOW!!!  Never would I have hoped for so many, and such fantastic work all round.  Give yourselves a hand for this one, you earned it!

Thank you Frank.  The kit is the 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190D-9.

Again Frank, thanks for running this GB.  You do a great job-both building and running the GB.

Bob, nice Dora!!! 

Thanks Dave.

Nice Dora Bob, she really came out nicely

Cheers...

Bob, well done buddy your Dora came out superbly...very cool

Stik, nice work mate as always....looking forward to seeing some more

Bondo, sorry to hear of your families loss.....

Thanks Mike & Julez.

Bondo-I'm sorry for your loss.

I'f i'd have known you guys were going to keep going i would have kept on going in here as well...

I'm slowly  working away on this Eduard A-5, it's ready for a wash...

Very nice Dora Bob.

Can't wait to see what you do with your jagdpanzer.

Julez-your 190 is looking good.  I've got the Eduard kit in the stash but I'm not brave enough to start on it yet.  On a secondary note, if enough people hang around and keep building, this could be "The GB that never ends" .....or not....

Eric-Thanks.  I'm looking forward to an armor build but I'm learning to strongly dislike the Dragon instructions.

My Jadgtiger is the first Dragon kit where I had to dig up photos of the real McCoy to see where parts should go, so I can relate.

Instrument panel and cockpit tub installed this evening and the bottom seam of the fuselage glued together. I will get some pics tomorrow after the seams are sanded smooth and any lost panel lines rescribed. I will probably be able to get the wings and horizontal stabilizers glued on tomorrow as well if I hit no speed bumps.

Huge speed bump hit on Thrusday between family drama and home entertainment technical difficulties... ( looks like I picked a bad week to quit drinking) But this morning I got back on track. Seams sanded smooth. Rescribing of lost detail in the next few days and then...

Wings are glued on. Seam clean up this evening and tomorrow and then...

Just gottta add the belly rack and she is ready for begining paint.

Looking good Stik  Can't wait to see it with paint.

Great stuff there buddy, keep those pics coming!

I apologize for my recent absence, but family issues have come up and it looks to be a while before things settle down.  In the meantime, my phone is my main source of Internet and unfortunately FSM does not support posting via smart phones.

I will do my best to keep up here and keep any changes to page one current, but please understand that it could be days before I can get to a computer to update here.  Thank you for understanding!

I hear you about the no-smart-phone-posting thing, Frank. Wicked bummer.

It worked!

Now I'm going to try a picture from my photobucket App

Bit of a ****ache but if you write your post in your note App then you can copy and paste it into the quick reply message box on FSM.

My first post was over a normal phone network this one is on the work Wi-Fi.

Cheers...

Very nice Spike!

Well mine is now ready for lower colors...

More to follow by this time next Sunday...

Spike- No such luck here mate.  I can't even get the "quick reply" box to open on mine.  Bollocks!

Excellent work there stik, keep those pics coming!

Spike--Love "Blue 8" .  The spinner is awesome. 

Stick--The build up looks great! 

Frank--I hope your family issues are resolved soon.

Yup you guys have made up my mind for me, gonna have to add another 190 to my stash for sure.

Beautiful work guys

This weekend I applied the lower coat of RLM 76 to the wings, stabilizers, and fuselage sides.

Looking good Stik!!!

....dum de dum de ,D-oh!

Thank you sir!

And for the first use of my aurbrush/compressor set up at the new man cave here it is... my FW-190's topside colors added with Humbrol paints. Now I need to touch up the lower colors.