Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi Guys, After a few months of retirement playing with the Silhouette cutter and some new airbrushes I decided to get some modelling done. Last month I built four 1/48 scale Hobby Boss Fw 190D kits to get my hand to eye coordination sorted and my airbrushing back into shape for building something in 1/32. So here goes with three !/32 scale Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 kits and a fourth which is the Rutman/Grey Matters D-13 conversion. First thing is the resin upper cowling is poorly shaped, so out with a scraper, sanding sticks and a few minutes of work. The original: And the reshape: More to follow Regards, Bruce Crosby sandokan, BiggTim, Serhan and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr sandokan, Whitey, BloorwestSiR and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 More Fockes: D-13 Engine insert with new ejection shute Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Untitled by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr The cockpit with HGW seat belts Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Yahu instrument panels Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Hope you like them! Whitey, sandokan, AlexM and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Some More Focke updates: Cockpit insert weathered with a silver pencil and a coat of satin varnish. Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Seat thinned considerably, side plates and oxygen regulator. Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Making four kits in a batch build: Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr mywifehatesmodels, Whitey, BloorwestSiR and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) More: Interior: Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr D-13 exterior: Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr D-13 cooling flaps all move, D-9 has a fixed one centre stbd. Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Edited September 29, 2017 by Bruce_Crosby mywifehatesmodels, sandokan, BiggTim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 (edited) The D-9's all with eagle parts resin upper cowlings. Some shrinkage had to be addressed! Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Edited September 29, 2017 by Bruce_Crosby mywifehatesmodels, BloorwestSiR, Shaka HI and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 D-9 Focke Factory by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr IMG_2642 by Bruce Crosby, on Flickr Piprm, MikeMaben, Uncarina and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mywifehatesmodels Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Great stuff, Bruce! I will be following with great interest, as I hope to tackle my current 190 stash in a similar fashion (and like I recently did with my Bf 109s). This will include one Dora, as well. So, I could use some pointers! John BiggTim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Holy crap, Bruce! I'm still trying to find time to do ONE D-13, let alone this! You are a crazy man! Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi John, I'm actually a lot further on than the photos suggest. Four fuselages with wings on, I've got a clutch of undercarriage legs painted, waiting to have Eagle Cals data plate decals applied, etc. I hope to start painting next week. Obviously the D-13 will be Yellow 10 and I intend to paint it with MMP paint. I used it on the 1/48 Hobby Boss kit and its easily the best spraying acrylic available. Regards, Bruce Crosby mywifehatesmodels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi Tim, It's actually easier and faster! Get the paint out and spray 4 items that are the same (like undercarriage legs) and its about the same time as painting just one. Find a mistake on the first item, correct the rest there and then. The only real pain so far has been knitting the HGW seat belts together. Worse than the first divorce, believe me! Regards, Bruce Crosby Shaka HI and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi Tim, It's actually easier and faster! Get the paint out and spray 4 items that are the same (like undercarriage legs) and its about the same time as painting just one. Find a mistake on the first item, correct the rest there and then. The only real pain so far has been knitting the HGW seat belts together. Worse than the first divorce, believe me! Regards, Bruce Crosby First divorce? That implies that you may have been crazy enough to do it more than once! Bruce_Crosby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce_Crosby Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi Tim, It's not unusual, as Tom Jones used to sing. I'm now single, seeing somebody (2 divorces and a few other Ladies along the way) and it's semi-serious but we don't live together, both too independent. Plus my house is wall to wall boxes of plastic, no place for a Lady. As I'm newly retired I've got time to do what I always wanted to do - make models! No big ambitions, no desire to have lots of money. But I've got a big pile of models to build, a drawer full of exceptionally good airbrushes, some great knives and other tools and I hope I've got the talent to do something decent with them. A model show tomorrow at Abingdon, about 40 minutes away, so going to pick up paint, pigments, etc. Regards, Bruce Crosby CANicoll, Daniel460 and BiggTim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Great to see I'm not the only one who's tried building multiples of the same kit at the same time. I did 3 Tamiya Spitfires and the Matchbox one in one go. I didn't end up finishing them at the same time but it still worked like you said. Painting 4 at once isn't much more time to doing one. Can't wait to see more. Carl Gazzas, BiggTim and Bruce_Crosby 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Bruce, Some great work happening...and a lot of it. Those cockpits are looking fantastic! Congratulations on reaching your retirement. I hope you get through a lot of models! Gaz Bruce_Crosby and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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