Fw190D/Ta-152 "Langnase" Group Build

QUOTE: Originally posted by dragonfly Nice tail Marc...reminds me of my X. Sheet styrene? Jerry

QUOTE: Originally posted by wing_nut QUOTE: Originally posted by blkhwkmatt [ for the group - other than buying the specific color from a online hobby shop how would you suggest making the straw color that is seen on the fusalage sides of some of the late war Doras? My revell kit gives a scientific method for doing it but I would rather not have to use their horrible paints to make the color. I thought that I had read somewhere - cant find it now, obvously - that you could use a Japanese army or navy color and add some white to it to get the correct shade? found the thread that I was talking about: http://hsfeatures.com/features04/fw190d9bigtail32ir_1.htm but I have already ordered the Color of Eagles "RLM 84" from GreatModels so I'll use that but if I dont like the way it looks I'll use the method described in that review Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!! Matt, I was at the LHS looking for markings for my Dora and happened upon these. I remembered the post about the straw color and thought this might be helpful. It happens that I am going to use that scheme since I think the NMF under the wings will look cool. Edit Ok the pic won’t get big so you can’t read it… here is what is says: A/C 3 FW 190D-9 of III./KG(J). This very late war A/C wears a scheme consisting of RLM 82/83/76 plus that elusive late color used on some 109’, 190’s and 262’s (called by some books RLM99?) This color has been described as very close to the British SKY color, and many experts believe there were perhaps 2, 3, or 4 different shades. Mixing RLM 76 and a little RLM 02 will give you a close shade wile allowing you to control the hue. Bottom of the wings is believed to be Natural metal with RLM 76 ailerons. Other sources indicate the front half of the bottom of the wings was RLM 99?. A/c shot down Apr. 1, 1945 Drop me an email if you want the that pic file sent to read it.

QUOTE: Originally posted by blkhwkmatt [ for the group - other than buying the specific color from a online hobby shop how would you suggest making the straw color that is seen on the fusalage sides of some of the late war Doras? My revell kit gives a scientific method for doing it but I would rather not have to use their horrible paints to make the color. I thought that I had read somewhere - cant find it now, obvously - that you could use a Japanese army or navy color and add some white to it to get the correct shade? found the thread that I was talking about: http://hsfeatures.com/features04/fw190d9bigtail32ir_1.htm but I have already ordered the Color of Eagles "RLM 84" from GreatModels so I'll use that but if I dont like the way it looks I'll use the method described in that review Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by wing_nut Thanks Matt. It took a couple hours on and off. A lot of the time was spent getting the littlest pieces to stay in the tweezers to get them glued in place…. Pick it up… drop it… pick it up again… drop it again. It went together pretty easy though… the bending was easy with nice deep score lines to bend on. Almost all bending was done with my big sausage fingers.