Pride of the Luftwaffe GB

Hello friends.  Update #1: Got the cockpit finished and fuselaged closed.  I must say, this new Eduard 190 is going together without and hiccups!  Nothing like their original 190's.   Wings and gear bays are next.

Some very nice extra detail there PJ.

Looking really nice Chad, great looking engine and pit.

Hey Chad... Eduard kits have had a few Oops's over the years, but they usually get right on them and resolve the issues. Yours is looking great! Excelent detailing...

Mopar Madness

Hello friends.  Update #1: Got the cockpit finished and fuselaged closed.  I must say, this new Eduard 190 is going together without and hiccups!  Nothing like their original 190's.   Wings and gear bays are next.

 

 

 

 

 

Man, that looks sweet! I'm starting one of their original 190s. Wish me luck, lol.

-BD-

Thanks!  Lol, luck and patience!  Can't wait to see it.

Bish, RR - Thank you for your kind words!

Ok, I am nearing the end of my Condor Legion 109, so I decided to crack open an Eduard Fw-190 D9 in 1/48. Deep breath.

Another deep breath.

I thought I'd be cute and do the thing closed up and ignore all the innards forward of the firewall, behind the engine.

But I realized that the landing gear bay on this one doesn't have the normal cover (it's a late model), and you can see all those innards from the bottom. D'oh! So I built it up and will paint the underside bits so there's something to look at should any jerk ever shine a light up there.

My biggest concern is the wing root cannon bay fit. In short, it's a terrible engineering decision, but Eduard knows that, so I won't rake them over the coals here.

How I dealt with it:

Well, I could open them, but I don't want to. So Barring that, I added the cannon bay doors to the fuselage and glued them down, holding the wing in place to ensure proper alignment, if not perfect fit.

Next step was to add the upper portion of the wing to the fuselage. I've never built a plane this way before, but Eduard provided a pretty hefty connecting tab that actually makes this not so awful. I began by gluing only the front portion of the wing in place after cutting away all the parts where the cannon bay door will cover. I did not elect to use the supplied internal parts, as I saw no way that they would help.

Once dry, I glued the cannon bay cover to the wing at the forward-most joint, then got it as level as I could. After that, I worked my way down the wing, eventually gluing all but the rearmost part of the cannon bay cover.

Finally, I glued the rear portion of the wing to the fuselage.

Next, I added some sheet strene to the bottom of the cannon bay door from inside. This is just so the putty I will force into any remaining gaps will have something to push up against and not just fall inside the wing and annoy me.

So here we have my current progress, coated with a quick spray of Mr. Surfacing Primer 1500 Black.

As you can see, there is some work to do, but it shouldn't be insurmountable.

If it is, I'll fly it right to the trash can and buy a Tamiya Dora, even though I think the Dora is one ugly aircraft (especially compared to the awesomeness of the Antons).

-BD-

That's definitely a sore spot but youve come up with a great fix!  I have a few of these in the stash so I'm glad you posted this.

Thank you Bish, PJ, Rooster and Chad, looking good PJ, Chad and BD,

I added the dark green to the camo and will start on the red.

Fantastic looking builds gents, lots of talent in this group.

More riveting

This red tape from HL is perfect for irregular surfaces specially on the hood.

The hood looks better now

The red tape was also used around the cowl ring

I wiped on some washable blue paint to make most of the details easier to see. I made sure not to go too deep to keep it subtle.

This riveting thing is getting to be addictive. I thought it was going to be hard and boring but it's actually fun to do.

Chad -that's a really nice start! Cockpit looks great.

BD - I'm building one of the old molds too but with the gun bays open. I have another in the stash that I'll probably close up and I'll definitely go about as you have. Thanks for showing your process.

PJ - I'm really digging the riveting and it's looking great! Thanks for showing how you're going about it.

wow everyones work looks great. i have been away from my desk for some time now.

but i have found some time to get to it today. my kit wich is a older hobby craft kit dosent even have any dash decals and im not good at painting them at all. im hopeing with time this changes.20180124_181409 by 2018-01-24_06-14-56 by Jerry Richards, on Flickrps://www.flickr.com/photos/148521530@N05/]Jerry Richards[/url], on Flickr

the pits are so small im just hopeing for color as my pit will be closed up.

Jerry

the kit 2017-09-11_06-15-30 by Jerry Richards, on Flickr

is labeled as a 109-b but after looking at my resurch book it looks like it would be much more easy to make it a 109-D version. im getting close so i need to make the choice.

Jerry

kind of hard to see but with the cowl vents and wing accesses the D would be the best way to go with less filling to do. pluss i get to add the wing MGs. the kit seems to have all of these items for the 109-B C and D version all on 1 kit.2018-01-24_07-09-12 by Jerry Richards, on Flickr

you cant see it in the pic but there are more acsesses panels on the front of the wing that dont belong.

Jerry

Plasticjunkie It' looking nice. I also have bin giving riveting a go. I only have the trumpeter riveter and it seems I have to push to hard. I' afraid I'm going to crack somthing. I havent  taken on as much as you are doing nor dose mine look as good. Nice job thanks for posting.

Jerry

Hello mopar looks like your doing another fine job. I really enjoy the 190 family mostly the TA-152 and the dora so Im really looking foword to pre dora version as I have yet to do 1. Thanks for posting your work looks great.

Jerry

That dash sure looks fine to me!  I have this kit in the stash so I’ll be following this one closely.  Looking forward to seeing your progress. 

Man, there is just sooo much good stuff going on here! I have to respond to one in perticular, BD... Your doing a bang up job, and its going to look great, and I'm just the other end of the spectrum on the Antons and Doras. While I really like the Anton and how it looks so mean just setting on a hardstand, I think the Dora (9)looks vicious. lolol... The one I'm not a fan of is the Ta152 even though it was said to be the better of the trio. That long nose and wings are just a bit much for me.lol...The Eduard kits while a handfull, are worth the effort. The look great when finished! Take care all!

Doug

PJ... My hats off to you sir, your rivet work is nothing short of awesome. 

Heres some more of mine...

OK, heres the beastie that they (Revell) always get wrong. As was mentioned earlier, due to the extra plumbimg and such when adapting the Junkers Jumo to this air frame, the most of the wheel bay had to be removed. I tried to cut away as best as pictures showed.

I think I got the best of it...

and this is my attempt (I'm sure there is more then I added) to duplicate the plumbing. There was only a small dab of putty needed to seal an ugly little seam so far. Not bad for an old Revell kit.

Thats it for now, I'll get the lower wing and upper attached today... Thanks, 

Doug

Fantastic work Doug! Those lines look great, and the connectors look so real.

Thanks Steve... When I can go to Hobby Lobby, I look in their bead and jewelery aisle, and they usually have a good supply of various types and styles of beads. I just look for the absolutely smallest ones on the rack, and in my opinion, think that some of them (like you said) make for some realistic looking connectors. Also in that aisle, you can find some bead twine (?) that makes a very convincine braided hose and such. Thank you for the kind words. Your paint is looking exceptional on your Dora! 

Thanks again,

Doug

Hehe, I knew I might draw some ire by saying the Dora is ugly ;)

Don't get me wrong, I'd jump in one and fly it in a heartbeat, but I just think the Anton is the perfect 190.

I spent some more time working on it last night and should have something to show for it after tonight. It's a fun build so far, if a bit annoying at the wing roots.

-BD-

blackdog - Nice start with the pit!

Doug - That plumbing/wiring looks really good! I had a Barnes and Noble card from Christmas so I took your suggestion and ordered the Rober Grinsell book for a couple of bucks and then the Haynes manual book. Can't wait for them to come in!

BrandonD

Hehe, I knew I might draw some ire by saying the Dora is ugly ;)

Don't get me wrong, I'd jump in one and fly it in a heartbeat, but I just think the Anton is the perfect 190.

I spent some more time working on it last night and should have something to show for it after tonight. It's a fun build so far, if a bit annoying at the wing roots.

-BD-

 Not at all Brandon... Just a matter of opinion! I have an IPMS club  member friend that thinks the Churchill Armor are the most beautiful tanks hes ever seen, me, not so much...lol... 

Andy. I think you'll get a lot from the books. I still want a haynes manual. If they are as indepth as their auto manuals (and they appear to be) that'll be a great source of info. The R Grinsell book has alot of good info, I'm sure you'll like it! 

Doug

Excellent work on the plumbing!

Doug great work on adding the plumbing

BD I kind of agree with you. Maybe not ugly but definitely ungainly on the ground. Kind of like a pelican.

Thanks and great work Doug. You are giving the old mold one heck of a facelift.

Hi All! I’d like to jump into 2018 and the Pride of the Luftwaffe 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

Mike - not sure how the photos are being inserted, but they're distorting here (though they came through just fine in my email).

Looks like you had a little bit of paint lift with masking tape. Model Master Acryl is very touchy with that, and I have found that it needs a good primer coat before application to prevent that. Also, I use Tamiya tape, and stick it to my firearm several times to make it less sticky, and that helps.

Looks like you got them touched up, though!

-BD-