Pride of the Luftwaffe GB

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Doug that came out beautiful! Love the way you pulled off that paint scheme. As others have said, really nice base as well. I've got it added to the front page and thanks for another great addition to the GB! 

Alright, calling this one DONE!  My Italeri 1/72 scale FW-190 A8.

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TXTP, Andy... Thank you both very much, it really helps to have a great subject, and great people to build with! Be back shortly...

Doug

I've been quiet for a couple weeks, but I've poked my head in here a couple times to keep up... and man, some really exceptional work on display!  PJ's rivet work just about made me quit the hobby!  lol... but I decided instead to use it as inspiration, and challenge myself to learn how to do that on a future project.  Great work everyone!

My build, isn't so great.  Been fighting with it a lot and even packed it all back in the box at one point and decided to move on.  But after I calmed down I got it back out of the box and decided to push on.  Lots of fit issues have led to some rather serious alignment issues with the engine and cowl.  I've decided to just accept it.  It won't be one of my best models, not even close, but I'll finish it anyway.

Here are some pics to catch you up with my Fw-190 A9.

Got the fuselage buttoned up.

Using some brass gun barrels on this build.

Wings glued up, with the wheel wells and cannons painted up.

Wings, meet fuselage.  And look at the "fit" of those gun-bay doors.  Ugh.... 

Both wing roots needed a bit of filling.  The trailing edge of the left wing needed a lot of filler.

The instructions called for assembling the three curved panels of the cowl together, then attaching that to the front cowl ring.  That didn't make sense to me, since there was no way to set the correct angles of the curved pieces together.  So I found that surrounding the front cowl ring with a bit of blu-tack held it securely to the table, which made it easy to glue the three curved panels to the ring.  This is one of the few things that went well with this build.

The engine was a beast, but I like how it turned out.  Too bad it will never be seen once it's on the plane.  Oh well. 

A grime wash to the wheel wells before masking them over prior to painting.  I used oils for this wash and like how it came out.

Ready for paint!  This picture doesn't show the major problem with the plane.  Unfortunately, while attaching the engine, cowl and gun cover, I realized there was a really serious alignment issue, which left the cowl tilted upward quite a few degrees from where it should be.  From most angles it's not too noticeable, but from the side, it looks quite ridiculous.  Or am I making too much of it?  Here's what it looks like:

Well, as I said... I'm going to push on, even though I don't think this one will make it on to the display table.  But who knows, if the paint job goes well, maybe that will make up for the build. 

Cheers, Mark

I think you are beating yourself Mark. As I see it looks pretty good and you seem to have it under control. Once in a while we hit a brick wall but you stop, take a coffee break and when ready get back on the saddle and tackle that wall. I'm sure that 190 is gonna look great at the end.

That looks pretty good to me Mark, can't see any issues with it.

Think that I was wanting to join this one when it was a feeler over in the Aircraft forum.  Count me in, I will either be building the new Eduard 1.48 Bf-109G-6 or one of the many 190's in my stash.  Just have to finish getting my workshop up and running after the move.

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Armor - That's a great finish there. I'll get you added to the front page shortly!

Mark - I have to agree with the others. I think that looks pretty darn good!

Matt - Glad to have you in this. Just let me know which you decide on and I'll get you added.

AA, nice finish, good job on that one.

Quick update. Layed down the RLM 75 using Mission Models paint. Brandon D inspired me with his earlier post, so I freehanded it for practice as I hope to do it with the RLM 74 next. It came out ok but I can sure use more practice

Should be getting the 74 shot down this weekend.Keep up the great work everyone!

Looking good Andy.

All mine is together on the base, just got the figures to finish off and the name badge to add, should be ready over the weekend.

That looks great Andy. I'm not a fan of acrylics and rather use enamels as a personal preference.

The decals were schedyuled to be delivered yesterday but it never hapenned. The tracking  # now says today so hopefuly they will arrive. SB is pretty fast and had them out within 3 hours after paying for them but our PO seems to drag now and then. Oh well maybe later today.

Got some more work done on my 1/72 190 f-8

John

That's coming along really nicely John!

Looking very nice there John.

Time to finish this one off. For weathering i just applied a light flory wash streaked across the aircraft and exhaust staining with Tamiya smoke.

The winch was finished off by attaching the chain mechanisim. The PE chain comes in one piece and to make it shorter you would need to cut out a section and them attach it to the free hanging section or it would be to short. But for this dio i decided to leave it long. I do plan on getting anotehr one of these and have it in the process of removing/fitting the engine so will modify it on that one.

And the tail stand was also finished off with a thing piece of wood attached to the top. On the build thread, John Jeaton suggested to try a piece of rug. So i checked my carpets from Reality in Scale and it does say it can be used for different scales right down to 72nd. So i cut a thin section, removed the backing paper so it would not be to thick and i thought it loked spot on so added that as well.

And then time to bring it all together and add the figures. As usual these were the toughest part. But i managed to find 5 that fitted the bill with some midificatiosn to most of them, including the kneeling figure having one leg amputated and another grafted on.

All the pics i had showed securing lines at the rear of the aircraft but on none of them could i make out what was used or how it was secured. So i used some of my finest rigging thread and made some loops with fine wire. One end was slipped over the bar going through the rear of the fuselage the other end was pegged into the ground.

And there it is. I am really pleased with how this has turned out. I have more builds planned with aircraft in similar positions including a Stuka having its guns calibrated, a Ju 188 and Fw 190 on compass swings and maybe a Bf 109 on jacks undergoing undercarrage tests. So this has been a great chance to try somthing new and pick up ideas for future builds.

Thanks Andy for anotehr great GB, i will certainly be following what the rest of you get up to. Please feel free to choose a pic of your choice for the front page.

Absolutely fantastic Bish.

John excellent work on the 190

That came out great Bish, everything ties in telling a story.

I like the plates you put on the dios and guess you make them yourself at the printer?

My decals came in the mail yesterday late afternoon but was busy helping my daugther move till late in the evening so not much done except reviewing the sheet and finding a couple of mistakes thanks to Hasegawa.

I should have ordered this Eagle Cals sheet from the beginning but trusting that Hasegawa's info was correct and their decals were still in good condition has been rather a disapointment.

The decal Eagle Cal instruction sheet also provides pictures of the actual aircraft credited to Jerry Crandall and three other gentlemen cleary showing the pin stripe of the Stab JG4 tail band that Hasegawa totally omitted.

I painted it as per Hasegawa's description:

Pin stripe added as seen in the actual picture of Michaelki's Dora:

This was as simple as slicing a couple of thin strips of white decal film from a leftover helicopter decal sheet I have in my spares decal box.

Another area where Hasegawa goofed is in the nose spots where they list it at RLM 75. In reality, it was RLM 84 which makes it stand out more. This will be my next mission to carefully spray RLM 84 over the present spots.

Cheers guys.

PJ, yes, i print them out on some card, cover in fablon and attach to a piece of stained balsa thats then screwed to the base.

Nice job on the band PJ. My Rudel 190 also had errors in the decals, but i wasn't ready to pay £14 just for 2 decals so i lived with it.

That tail band does look very nice, i have not seen one like that before.

Hi Bish, that is an outstanding 109e dio. 

Great attention to the details of a maintenance scene, and the Emil itself is a fine example of this early Luftwaffe fighter.

regards,

Jack

Absolutely outstanding Bish!! The whole thing looks great! Thanks for a great addition to the GB.

Mark that that engine is the cats meow nice build .

Andy nice camo.

John that 190 is moving along great!

Bish wow great dio.

PJ super job on that band.

again I havent worked on the 109g in awhile but here my lastest pics messed up on the motteling but I work with it.

Thanks guys, its much appreciated.

Bob, it will be the Airfix Ju 87B-1, but it probably won't be until next year.

Jack, some pics supplied by some of the guys really helped and getting the small details right are what i try and focus on now as they can make a big difference. I deffinetly need to do some more early 109's.

Its always a pleasure Andy.

Nick, thats not to bad. I can see a couple of patches at the front but nothing a little toutch up can't fix. I have that every time i do some mottling.

Crown

That is one fine looking mottling on that 109.

The Dora's nose spots were carefully re-sprayed with RLM 84 Grey/Green which has a higher contrast as seeen in the pictures of the actual plane.

Some of the decals went on but it's getting late..

I decided to have a NMF on the drop tank. It was weathered with oils and Prismacolor pencils.

Fuel streaks are present.

Correcting the splinter pattern on the wings will be next.l