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

Thank you all... I've since applied the gloss coat and when set will begin decals. Reasoned, glad to see you here! would love to have a build by you here too. Take care!

Doug

Alright, after discovering that one needs to thin Gunze Sanyo Mr. Color A LOT with Mr. Leveling Thinner I got the RLM 76 on. Must say I am quite pleased with the results. I'll need to practice a little bit further with ratios prior to applying the upper camouflage. I'll get some pics up right directly.

Paint is looking good Doug!!

Jump in Reasoned. After that CA build, you're considered a veteran now!

Reasoned, Would love for you to jump in and start building.

Just had to flip thru for some inspiration...... and you guys have done that and more, great work Doug I'm sure you'll recover just fine.

Thanks Joe... not sure about the Gunze, but a lot of solvents will cause those tiny Orings to swell up and stop parts from moving, thing is you figured it out and PERSERVERED! LOL... Thanks again bud...

Doug

Doug, Your camo came out superb. Excellent work. As far as the pencil goes I'm not really sure. I just grabbed an old mechanical pencil from my pencil jar and just used it. I kept a sharp tip on it rolling it on fine sandpaper.

Met with a near disaster today. I was all set to shoot my first light coat of RLM76 on when the paint immediately started spattering and little paint coming out. Stopped, dumped paint into jar. ran some thinner through it, reloaded and shot a light first coat no problem. Went to do a quick clean when I discovered that the initial clog had backwashed paint all through my airbrush. So, I did a tear down of the ole Badger 155 Patriot and tossed all the parts into a jar of Gunze Sangyo Mr. tool cleaner. Upon reassembly the trigger would no longer depress and let air through. Upon further investigation I found that the air valve no longer functioned. Weird. Fortunately I have an old 105 Anthem that I got cheap off ebay a while ago and that air valve fit perfectly and functions well. So, I at least do not have to wait for a new valve to arrive.

By the way... This is what I'm shooting for... The aircraft Obfw Jennewein usually flew was an A-4 "yellow 5"

which was med drk green and brown... but the day he forced landed behind enemy lines he was in this A6 "Black 7".

All rightie then... I'm gonna try to post the weekends work, been having a helluv-a-time with photo bucket, its been causing my computer to freeze up and slow way down during use causing frequent closing and restarting of photo bucket (of S...) I'd change sites but I'm afraid it would wipe out all of my postings. Well any way, were going to try. I got to the point of the underside light blue, and the upper was first painted the pale grey, then I splintered the wings in dark green but didnt like the look and went over that in free handed dark grey. I really couldn't find much on this staffle, II/Jg52, and noted that what I did find varied widely from green and earth brown to various greys and greens. The picture I'm working from is decidedly grey tones. So please forgive if I strayed a bit. Oh by the way, You talked me into it, the resin replacement guns are on the way. LOL...

Doug

Joe and Joe... Excellent work both of you! Thats my favorite part of the build, the paint and detail. Joe 1, I've been watyching and have seen people paint then install wings and such, How in the world do you do that? I have to be completly assy, before I feel safe to paint. Joe R. what kind of pencil and type of lead did you use?  Again guys...Bravo , very nice!

Dang Joe. Now that's lookin smooth!!! Nice job hero!!

Your Welcome Joe.

I highlighted the panel lines with a pencil rather than pre-shading in a regular manner with an airbrush. I felt that I would not be able to airbrush as thin of a line as I would like and still be "in scale". Thus i decided to give this a try and see how it works out. I hope to shoot the RLM 76 on the bottom today.

Well thank you Joe! Still have some touch up and clean up to do around  all of the cannon hatches and fuselage but it's coming along as planned.

Nice job on the brake lines there good buddy!

Very, Very, Very well done Joe. You have done a magnificent job. Seriously, it is a tight and smooth finish you have accomplished. Be proud of yourself Joe.

TADAAA!!! It's not complete by any means but the dull coat is now on and the panels are coming off. Still have the wing cannon access covers to go and some clean up but it's getting there.

Way to go on the brake lines Joe. And people think I'm nuts for working with small stuff like 48th scale!!

on those lines!

Hi Guys, Well it's not much but it is some progress. I fashioned some brake lines from lamp cord wire and got them glued on. This would have been a more difficult task except that I have the Eduard PE set for this kit which has brake lines and I just laid the wire next to them and copied the bends.

Terrific photos Mike. Thank You very much for sharing those. And excellent quality photos to boot. I could not help but notice from the photos how bent up the antenna wire is. I wonder is that actual or just poor restoration work. The USAF Museum is at the top of my bucket list. I've been to most of the others but, have yet to get to that remarkable shrine. That and the Oshkosh Air Show.

Wow, I'm jealous MIke, wish I lived close to some of the museums!! Thanks for sharing the pics!

Hello All,

I’ve been watching this build from afar, and am really impressed with the quality of work! You guys rock!

Since I’m way too much of a deadbeat to actually finish a model in the timeframe for this group build, (my D–9 is going on two years and the fuselage/wings are only just assembled) I wanted to contribute by sharing some new photographs I took last Monday at the National Museum of the USAF. I started a thread on the subject here.

However, I did take a bunch of detail oriented photos that you might find interesting; here are a few:

Thanks for letting me share. I’ll be looking in on the build as time passes as well.

Best regards,

Mike

Joe 1... brother thats looking nice! Gotta love the flashing on parts...

Joe R  thank you for the kind words, and ... perservere! LOL.looking forward to more pics!

Very nicely done so far Joe. Especially on all the flash removal. Man, is that ever a PIA.

As far as my progress goes I am attempting to install brake lines on the landing gear. Trust me at this point "attempting" is the key word. But, I shall persevere.

Well this morning I started assembling the engine after cutting more parts from the sprue and cleaning them up. Lots of flash on the engine parts......LOTS!! Anyhow got the two engine rows put together.

Ok folks. I finished up with the stenciling and walkway border lines on the upper wing. Will probably be doing a gloss coat tomorrow morning and set that aside to cure out. Meanwhile I have been cutting parts for the engine from the spues and getting all of that ready to go. No pics right now but stencils are pretty hard to see in pics( at least with my camera and not to mention the lighting but thats a work in progress).

Magnificent stuff Doug. I too really like the detail in the wheel wells. Nice.

Good grief Doug! Blastin right through this one too. Man youre makin good progress and it looks great. Keep it up friend, Joe

I think your right Eric... Along with the LHS, I like hunting through flea markets, Yard sales and lastly Ebay. Lots of treasures in all, but when older kits are found(The ones I prefer) the plastic has a way of becoming a bit brittle over time. Then you add oil washes, PE,resin, and the supports are weakened and over loaded. From now on, I will "pin" all landing gear. Its easier to do while under construction then as a repair. Take care my friends...

More soon...

Doug

Those gear bays look great Doug. Love the wiring and the brake lines!! I hear ya about reinforcing, the Eduard gear attachment points may be the weakest I have ever seen in any kit!!!