World at War 1939-1940 Group Build

Nick, excellent work and a fine example of this workhorse of the Wehrmacht.

regards,

Jack

That is a stunning plane, Nick--excellent build and finish.  You did a great job with it.  It's very appealing.

Thank you for being part of the GB.  It's been a pleasure seeing your work!

Do you have a preference for the finished photo?  Both are good.

the ju-52 is done thank you for all your comments and for watching . thankyou CM for letting me be part of this GB!! 

Good strategy, Nick.  I've used poster tack for irregular camouflage splotches, but never tried it with canopies.

If you're using acrylic paint, and if you're using a toothpick for clean-up, it helps to dampen the toothpick with water.

ok I uesd poster tack on some of the hardest parts of the canopy. squared it off with putty knife crossed my fingers and sprayed came out pretty good need it trim some ? with a tooth pick.

my lastest pics.

CMK thank you I may have a work around going to paint the glass this afternoon I hope and if my fix works? 

Good progress, Nick.  You've done very well with the decals; looks like they snuggled right down--not always an easy thing to accomplish.

I've notice the problem of nearly non-existant canopy frames on some of the older Airfix kits.  Haven't had to mask any yet, though.  It appears you're overcoming the challenge!

the canopy frame work on this is almost nonexistent I will give it my best shot.

the decals are from the kit (airfix) lots of micro sol ans set for the corrugation.

That's one colorful bird, tj.  I've not seen that particular scheme before, and it looks spectacular.  Well done!

Nice 

Markings are on.

I like that tj, really interesting scheme.

Now that's sharp looking, tj.  Nice work.

The yellow with a little camo 

Good job, Nick!

Bish

Thats come out rather well Nick.

 

Thats come out rather well Nick.

its been a while but started the wash wasnt as bad as I thought,

There are a lot of them!  Hope it goes well.

tempestjohnnt that 109 looks awesome.

mawright20 cool looking 190 you are puttting in lots of labor on it

my ju 52 is still waiting on decals they should be here on the 30th but I started on the wash of all those blankity blank corragations!!!!!

Good suggestion, lost.  Thanks.

Hi Mike,

The"Pride of the Luftwaffe" GB is dedicated to the FW 190 and Bf 109. Your build would fit the bill there.

Good start!

Hi, Mike:

only problem is that this particular GB is intended for subject matter existing in 1939/40.  I've looked around the web, and it seems that the FW 190D series didn't enter production and service till 1944, so it would not be appropriate for this particular GB.

If this isn't so, I am willing to stand corrected.

Perhaps you have another kit from the requisite time period?  Currently these "World at War" GB's are opening on the 75th anniversary of each of the war years, so the planned "1944" edition won't get going till 2019.

I am sorry, but I really do need to keep the GB's focused on the specific year in question.

Nevertheless, you're off to a good start.

I’d like to jump into the GB with the HobbyBoss FW-190D. It’s been a pretty straight forward build to this point as can be seen in the following pics. Since this is a straight OOB build, I’m not adding anything extra. Since it doesn’t come with a pilot, I’m kind of dismayed there isn’t any seatbelts included. I also don’t see any advantage to the use of PE on the tiny parts of the cockpit. This was brush painted with MM acrylics. This was brush painted with MM acrylics. Appreciate any thoughts and tips for improvement.

Mike

Looking good!  Nice work masking.

starting to get some paint on