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

Nice! Is that the Eagle Parts gun cowl I see? Its a much better shaped cover.

Thank you for your nice comments.

Completed the pilot's seat, rudder pedals and glued the seatbelts.

I finished the "office" of the pilot. Everything already glued in place.

Now the wells and landing gear.

Regards

ajcmac

Nathan... Yes they are... For now, I will be changing that as she progresses. I've already started opening them up for alteration as the build goes on. Thanks!

\Doug (RR)

PS... Like I said before, I've been building her in my head for months now, and hope it comes out any where near as good as I've imagined.(ha)

woops, sorry, 1/32

Some great work guys. ajcmac, the cockpit is looking really good. Rigid, some great progress there.

ryoung, welcome aboard.

ryoung

I have the Revell 190F-8.  I'll be building from the box.

maxfax

Mustang,

Count me in. I'll be doing a AMC 1/24 FW 190 A5, won't be starting for a few months.

Rob

I have the Revell 190F-8.  I'll be building from the box.

Great job Doug. She looks like a Langnasen now! It looks like the kit gives you closed in wheel wells? Any corrections there?

ajcmac... Starting out great! Looking fwrd to seeing more.

ajcmac - Those are some excellent effects you have achieved with the light/shadow, drybrushing and wash. Really well done.

Drybrushing looks great ajcmac!

Off to a great start there!

Mike

I started the cockpit. Painted with Tamiya paints. First with XF-63. lights and shadows, a very dark brown wash and finally a dry brush with XF-54.

I started the cockpit. Painted with Tamiya paints. First with XF-63. lights and shadows, a very dark brown wash and finally a dry brush with XF-54.

Now the rudder pedals, seat belts and glue the two halves of the fuselage.

Regards

ajcmac

Maxfax - Welcome to the GB. I am definitely looking forward to watching you throw together that big butcher bird.

Thanks for all the comments guys. My pace will be really slow for a little bit.  My dogs have been taking up some of the time I use for benchtime in the morning the last few mornings but hopefully they get through the cough and the adjustment to me getting up in the wee hours of the morning again! Got some good looking starters around here. Keep the photos coming, Joe

maxfax

Mustang,

Count me in. I'll be doing a AMC 1/24 FW 190 A5, won't be starting for a few months.

Rob

Mustang,

Count me in. I'll be doing a AMC 1/24 FW 190 A5, won't be starting for a few months.

Rob

Great to hear that Eduard took care of you on that PE Mike!

Joe, looks like its coming together well. Well shot photo too!

Here is a quick progress photo. This is actually more of a test as my wife and I have finally entered the cyber world at home. That's right, we have never had a computer at home as my wife has had a "techno fear". Well, having your first grandbaby fixed that right up. So, I was finally able to buy her a laptop for x-mas and hook us up to the world. Thus, I'm having to learn Windows 8 and a new laptop. So here is a test to download photos, upload to photobucket and post here. It appears I have met with success. The best part, I now have easier and more frequent access to the Forums!! Life is Good.

Mike - that's awesome to hear! My Tammy PE was extremely light. Fortunately the F-8 PE with the Profipack seems darker (not as dark as the set for the Me 262A-1a/U4 I'm also working on, but close enough for government work

Gents,

I had the same experience with my currently in progress Eduard Fw 190 D-9. Actually, I knew the color would be at least slightly different, and tinted the RLM 66 to match the etched parts. To my dismay, I realized that the now matching color was horrid and I had to start over again.

There are a lot of Eduard 190s in my stash, and looking through them showed that some were really close to RLM 66, and some (like the ones I used) were not even close; maybe 10 shades lighter.

The reason I bring this up is, I sent photos of the "bad" colored parts to Eduard via their "info@eduard" email address (it seems that they now have a dedicated support email form) and they wrote back within a business day saying they would replace the poorly colored parts. And the did just that, with zero cost to me.

I believe that they know they had a time period with poorly colored parts, it was even referenced in one of the monthly newsletters, in terms that they knew they had a problem and it had been rectified.

Give it a try. Eduard has always had very good customer service in my experience, and I bet they will take care of you if you provide photos and a nice email.

Best regards,

Mike

It's their BigEd set for the Tamiya F-8. I compared it to the PE provided with their own F-8 Profipack and it's staggering how much poorer it is.

Ouch Doogs, that is horrendous! Is that Eduard etch and which set is it so I'll avoid it like the plague in the future.

Well crud. Finally got to a point last night where I could start adding color PE to the Tamiya F-8's cockpit, and...eesh. 

Apart from nowhere near fitting, the panel is extremely 2D and a far cry from the far superior color PE Eduard is putting out in more recent detail sets.

Of course, I've already sanded off all the kit detail to accomodate the panels. As I see it, that leaves my options as either sourcing an aftermarket pit, or just shifting gears to the Eduard F-8 I have in the stash.

So I'll be doing the latter.

Wrinkledm- Very nice 190 there!

Mustang- That cockpit looks fantastic!

I'm starting to get a inferiority complex here with my simple OOB build. LOL

Mike

Starting to build my sub-assemblies for painting my Eduard A-8.

Thanks to all the hints offered here I think I've got the wing spare installed correctly.

Mike

Looks nice Mustang. Time to build another, Wrinkledm! I love Dortemund's bird. I like the weathering on the drop tank. Canopy aerial should be tight though I think.

Wrinkledm -  That is a sweet build. Thanks for sharing it with us. I'll second that you should share some more of your talents by jumping in and building another along with us.

Joe - Very, very Nice! You've done an exceptional job on the cockpit so far. Really like the belts.