Fw190D/Ta-152 "Langnase" Group Build

wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Thursday, September 22, 2005 5:50 PM

Thanks all for the kind words.

Looks like a good start and a good end too if you ask me... I like it.

Marc

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Sunday, September 25, 2005 2:17 PM

Photo BUMP

Havent had much time to work on my kit this weekend, had to go to Oktoberfest in Munich Big Smile [:D]

. Hopefully I will get to work more on it this week and have it finished soon.

Prost!!!!!! Big Smile [:D]

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, September 25, 2005 7:07 PM

Matt... did you have to edit your post to correct typos due too many steins of beer and weissbrots? Make sure oyuhave fully recoverd before gettingback to the 190.... you've come too far to muck it up now Wink [;)]

Marc

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, September 25, 2005 10:21 PM

Matt with your permission to use the badge you made and Cobra's approval to have it as the GB badge I have added it to many sig. I will remove it not apporved by either if you. Thanks in advance.

Marc

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Cobrahistorian

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December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Monday, September 26, 2005 8:08 AM

Looks good to me, Wingnut!

"1-6 is in hot"

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Monday, September 26, 2005 2:43 PM

marc,
no prob man, glad you like it. No worries on being less than able to work on the dora. I wont touch that baby until I am good and ready to put forth all my effort on it.

I had to edit the post because I forgot to mention the whole Oktober fest thing.

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Monday, September 26, 2005 3:59 PM

OK... 1 last question.... HA yeah right Wink [;)]

Yes I know I have the power of the internet at my finger tips for research and references... but if you had to buy 1 book for Fw 190 D-9 info, with the best detail photos of engine and plumbing, wheel wells, inside open hatches, tail wheel... well you get the idea...what would it be.

Marc

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Monday, September 26, 2005 6:13 PM

Marc, don't know if this is the best book, but I have the Squadron walk around book and the photos are pretty good. Lots of color and b&w shots of restored birds CP& wheelbays plus some very nice pics of an un-restored CP. Lots of good plumbing pics too. Hope this helps.

Jerry

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luftwaffle

Member since
December 2004
From: Yokosuka, Japan

Posted by luftwaffle on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:18 AM

The Squadron walk around is pretty darn good, hard to beat Squadron for "bang for your buck".

aka Mike, The Mikester My Website

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill

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luftwaffle

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December 2004
From: Yokosuka, Japan

Posted by luftwaffle on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:27 AM

QUOTE: had to go to Oktoberfest in Munich

Boy life's rough! Big Smile [:D]

I was stationed in Germany for 5 years, loved it! Where are yu at Matt?

aka Mike, The Mikester My Website

"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -Winston Churchill

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:38 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by luftwaffle

QUOTE: had to go to Oktoberfest in Munich

Boy life's rough! I was stationed in Germany for 5 years, loved it! Where are yu at Matt?

Just living in a small town outside of Nurnberg called Ansbach, gotta love bavaria. Smile [:)]

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Friday, September 30, 2005 3:14 PM

Hope to get some more bench time this weekend and get further on my Dora. I am really wanting to finish this one up right!!!

EDIT:
Question: Which type of canopy had the system to keep the antenna wire tight? I cannot remember, and am trying to finish up all the little details of my D9. BTW I am using the blown canopy.

Thanks

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, October 1, 2005 6:02 PM

Flat kept it tight and blown let it droop I am pretty sure.

-Tanky

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Sunday, October 2, 2005 3:10 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Tankmaster7

Flat kept it tight and blown let it droop I am pretty sure.

That is the same thing that I was thinking. Thanks for the info.

Good news is that she is sitting on her own feet and I'm almost ready to spray the Future and begin the decaling and weathering!!! Cant wait to get her finished so I can figure where I went wrong for the next Dora!!!!

Hopefully I'll have some pics to post some time this week.

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Cobrahistorian

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December 2002
From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!

Posted by Cobrahistorian on Sunday, October 2, 2005 8:57 PM

Yep, Tanky's right.

I like the droop of the blown canopy better.

"1-6 is in hot"

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ghettochild

Member since
November 2003
From: houston,texas

Posted by ghettochild on Sunday, October 2, 2005 9:48 PM

good looking builds everyone. ive finally started building mine. here is the pit so far with an eduard zoom set.

-Josh

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Sunday, October 2, 2005 10:55 PM

Nice looking pit Josh, good job. Those Eduard sets are real nice.

Marc

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Monday, October 3, 2005 12:06 AM

Josh,

Good looking pti, those zoom kits really add some nice color detail, keep up the good work!!

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pingtang

Member since
April 2003
From: NSW, Australia

Posted by pingtang on Monday, October 3, 2005 3:43 AM

That's a great looking cockpit Josh. I used a PE set for the first time on my build and it worked quite well. What scale is that?

BTW, this reminds me that I should get back to my build soon......

-Daniel

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Monday, October 3, 2005 2:34 PM

Nice lookin pit Josh. The Zoom set looks great.

Jerry

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ghettochild

Member since
November 2003
From: houston,texas

Posted by ghettochild on Monday, October 3, 2005 10:36 PM

thanks marc, matt, daniel, jerry. its the 48 scale tamiya, the zoom set is pretty nice but i prefer the regular sets. although the belts are real nice.

-Josh

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:28 PM

Well, I shot a coat of future onto the bird last night, and will be finishing up the prop and spinner tonight so I should get to decaling either tonight or tomorrow. (hopefully) I should have this beautiful bird done before too much longer. I always seem to rush towards the end and I am trying very hard not to do that with this one. I have a couple of small pieces to paint and then add all the little breakable bits to it as well. Plus I have to weather it at least a bit, although it does look very nice with just a few oil stains, etc, like it has only been flown once.

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, October 4, 2005 3:54 PM

Looking forward to the finshed product Matt. But I can be patient Wink [;)]

so don't rush

Marc

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Wednesday, October 5, 2005 1:03 AM

No prob, I'm finding it very easy to slow down and do it right on this one. Last night I worked on the cannon barells, replacing the front 1/3 with hollow brass rod, and then I rebuilt the pitot tube completely from brass and wire, I think that it looks 100% better than the kit part. I also opened up the mounting holes for the centerline drop tank hard point and the mounts for the retractable step. I should be able to paint those along with the other small pieces today and then it's time for another coat of future and the decals.

I am really trying to make this my best project to date and am throwing a ton of effort into it.
Thanks to everybody for all the info and encouragement.

Edit: Here are a couple of pics from before the decaling

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blkhwkmatt

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September 2003
From: Northern hemisphere - most of the time-

Posted by blkhwkmatt on Monday, October 10, 2005 1:34 PM

OK - Decals on, coated them with future and debating on how best to weather this bird. I really dont want to screw this up cuz i think that it is the best kit that I have built so far. And this will put this GB back on page 1. Smile [:)]

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dragonfly

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September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Monday, October 10, 2005 3:26 PM

Looks very well done Matt, and yes I agree, this is your best work to date. Congratulations.

Jerry

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 4:33 PM

Hello all! Smile [:)]

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i'm quite new to this forum, and navigating on the GB forum i realised this GB.
Can i still aply for it? Blush [:I]

I have a Dragon 1/48 FW TA 152 H-1, that´s 5% built.
i Thank you for answer!

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 6:27 PM

Hey...alright....152's are quite rare. I don't think it's too late. I'd like to see your build.

Jerry

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 11:46 PM

Jerry is right...page 1 says open ended for the end date so it seems that you should be good to go.

Marc

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 12, 2005 12:56 PM

Thanks for the chance!
It´ll be my first Luftwaffe subject painted with an airbrush.
This is what I´ve done untill now, hope you enjoy, and send feedback to help me improve!