Fw 190 Butcher Bird 2013 (extended to June 2014) Group Build

Joe- The P-38 is the only plane but they have a rotating bunch of military vehicles and so on ,,

http://www.bvhcenter.org/ is their website kinda shows what they have ,,

Tempest- Yup I'm a Mopar man too,,, even have a Scat Pack Bee tat on my shoulder ,, I bought her in 85 for a grand ,, 340 w/4 speed ,, my oldest bro has an 70 SE/RT Challenger w/383 ,, second oldest bro has a 70 RT w/440,,,  we've been known to make a rumble now and again...

handiabled

Tempest- Yup I'm a Mopar man too,,, even have a Scat Pack Bee tat on my shoulder ,, I bought her in 85 for a grand ,, 340 w/4 speed ,, my oldest bro has an 70 SE/RT Challenger w/383 ,, second oldest bro has a 70 RT w/440,,,  we've been known to make a rumble now and again...

First, you have a cool garageful of fun handi!

Second, your brothers and you sort of have a trifecta of great Mopar motors!   Man, throw in a '70 Hemi Cuda for the win!!  Seriously, as a senior in high school, I wanted a Dart 340 really bad.  But, it didn't happen.  I love those great Mopar muscle cars!  Rumble indeed.

Gary

Thank Guys ,, one last pic I guess in order ,, took this a few years ago ,, we tore around till the sirens got close,,,,

These photos are very cool, very much enjoying them, guys! Fun to get a glimpse of the real people behind the avatars too!

Progress pics on my A8, cockpit coming along....

Now time to stop procrastinating on the seatbelts.

Couple notes: These were my first PE rudder pedals, woo ha. They were fun and the astute among us might notice I bent the right one upside down and lost the neat ridges at the toe. And the color mismatch between the PE and the RLM 66 isn't quite as bad as it looks here. Oh, also my first PE throttle and learned why I have an inventory of tiny diameter plastruct rod. Knew I'd need it someday. :)

Looking excellent Greg and glad you noted that the color diff is less in person (it sure looks it in the photo but those can sometimes lie).  The seat and belts will really make her pop, looking forward to seeing it.

Looking good Greg!   Keep 'em coming.

Gary

Hey nice pit Greg. Great job making all the detail pop!

Sweet action on the cockpit Greg. By gum, I believe you are well on your way to becoming a PE aficionado.

Excellent Greg!!

Boy I'll say! Add me to that list that says," Way to go" and "excellent work" Greg!

Very Nice office!  Watching!

Greg: Very nice work indeed, my friend! Your drybrushing looks great (something I still have to work on) and your detail-work is stunning as well!

Great looking pit Greg and also those photos are so crisp and clear!!

Gary, Nathan, Doug, Mustang Joe, & handi Much appreciate your comments and continuing support!! Thanks!

Reasoned, thanks! A question for you and everyone: I know by now that PE isn't everybody's cup of tea, and that color mismatches happen. So I'm curious how you more experienced modelers might deal with it? I'd considered matching at least some of the cockpit with Eduard's blue-ish PE, for example.

Joe Rix, saw a cartoon somewhere showing a guy enthusiastically cutting PE from frets, I am sort of turning into that cartoon character, you're right! Starting to look forward to working with the stuff. :)

Clemens, when I joined up here earlier this year, I didn't know what dry-brushing was. Thanks for noticing my efforts here, mate. I still can't duplicate the delicate dry-brushing work I see from many of you here, but getting better at corners and edges.

Eric, thanks for commenting on the pics themselves, amigo. Still sorting some things out on the close shots like these, but getting closer.

Greg

Eric, thanks for commenting on the pics themselves, amigo. Still sorting some things out on the close shots like these, but getting closer.

Before that all my pictures were dark and I couldn't fix it!!!

I hear ya, buddy Joe. Cameras have so many features. I have more trouble with my little point and shoot than I do my more serious kit. Too many options sometimes. D-Lighting can work out very well sometimes.

I have a tip for you if you want to experience the joy of "real" PE madness:

Buy oe of the 1/32 Hasegawa, Trumpeter of Tamiya kits (Tamiya's new Corsair is a beat of a kit and it features the finest rivet detail I've everseen) and get yourself one of the Eduard Big-Ed sets. Lotsa PE goodies in there! Their P-47D-20 set includes all the PE frets and some masks for the Razorback Jug (cockpit, engine, gun bays, wheel wells, exterior, cockpit placards) and believe me, those sets are HUGE...

Regarding the color: It seems like Eduard has some problems getting the right shade of gray  for the colored PE. Their PE stuff for American planes (interior green) is almost spot on (at least compared to Gunze's interior green). I solved this problem by mixing my own shade of gray (darker, slightly blueish) and then spraying a flat clear coat over the 'pits after adding the PE parts.

Clemens, you recently picked up the 1/32nd Tamiya Corsair 'Birdcage', didn't you? I picked one up at Squadron last month for 1/2 off, if there is a Big Ed avail for it already, I'm gonna do it. Would keep me occupied for a year! Thanks for the tip, mate.

Also, thanks for your input on the PE colour issue. I rationalised that the slight blue of the PE would add a splash of color to my A8 office. Now you have me wondering about maybe at least adding a slight blue wash (or something) to the tub might be in order..........

Ooh, that's what I call a great deal! You'll love this kit!

The Big-Ed for the Tamiya kit is announced for February 2014:

www.hannants.co.uk/.../EBIG3335

It's kinda expensive, but it's one of the biggest Big-Ed sets...

I don't think a blue wash is necessary. I'd suggest spraying one or two coats of semi-gloss or flat varnish to to blend the colors together a bit. You can't really notice the color difference anyway once you assemble the fuselage around it. Eduard's PE parts vary a bit in color and two of my 190s had a very strong blue tint. That's the only reason i mixed my custom RLM 66...

Cool! Thanks for the release info on the Big Ed. I put a reminder on my phone to remind me Mar 1.  I'm hopeless. :)

Thanks for additional thoughts on PE colour mis-matches, Clemens. I'm still struggling with flat clear leaving a white-ish cast on everything. Until or unless I come to terms with this, I'd best not do any more flat coating to the A8 pit!

I pre-sparyed (LIGHTLY!) a matte clear on the panel faceplate and both of the side panel flats, just don't like the way the black details ended up. I read somewhere that Polly S used to have a matte 'varnish' that was well-loved, but that's no help.

Being the Corsair lover  that I am I was doing cart wheels (that hurt) when I heard about Tamiya releasing their 1/32.  Only thing is that I am not into the Birdcage version. So, I will wait patiently for their 1A or 1D Bubbletop. I mean I know they're going to release one. Right?

Well, if Tamiya wasn't planning on it certainly they will read your post and change their minds, Joe.

Well alrighty then...A little more progress,

The lower piece of the cowling was missing, nowhere to be found, and I had to make one. Luckily I had some lower cowlings fron a Me110 that wernt used, and I had the basic part, and a few hours of filing, and fitting and I had one that would fit properly.

ready to prime...

primed and starting to lay out the scheme. Some of the shading is subtle and difficult to see in the picsBut its basicly going to be 3 seperate paint jobs when all is done. The darkest grey is Tamiya FX63 I believe(German Grey) The intermediate grey is RLM66 Model master and the base will be straight Luftwaffe primer grey< the under side and a bit of the fuselage side and tail will be RLM light blue.

Clear coat (or 3 ) of future... Paint job 1 finished. 

Whoa Ho, Outstanding recovery Doug. Brilliant and skillfully done Doug.

So our leader Mustnag1989 sent me the stick, the envelope showed up but the stick didn't, the post office opened the envelope up and removed it.  GGGRRR I HATE THE POSTAL SERVICE!

So he had another one and put it in a Christmas card so they wouldn't notice, and it showed up just fine since he taped it in there.  I believe I have one more weekend of 7 day a week work then I'll be at this one again.  I did however make sure to glue that stick in there.  LOL.  As soon as I get the rest of the interior together and painted I'll snap some pics and post them.

Looking forward to seeing the pics of your build Mike!!

What? Post office stealing modeling parts?...was it deemed a weapon of Mass Destruction??

Yep. I had to send it twice!!

Thats what I was wondering, they send kits through the mail... What the hey...