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Congratulations - Great, I am happy to see that you have started reporting about spacecraft modelling here. I hope that we find some followers. There are very good kits from Red iron models - for example Regards, Alfons

Congratulations, the best riveting I have ever seen

Eric, congratulation, even the original doesn't look any better. Alfons

where are the photos gone ?

YOU ARE RIGHT Kev, the HpH address was the wrong one, my mistake, but it worked and is working. I have preordered one kit. Alfons

I am happy, very happy, to have all these wonderful conversions from AIMS. You can make modelling parts better yourself, if you want, but I say: Thank you Pastor John

What I can send to you is no photo but an evaluation of Charles Metz (†), if it helps - see below. I like your build and report very much, for me it is a professional work of art. And I like the participation of so many. Fw 190 D detail references by Charles Metz Crandall and Tullis: 'Yellow 10: The Story of the Ultra-Rare Fw 190 D-13' (Eagle Files series, No. 2; Eagle Editions [USA], 1999; 88 pages; US$30) -- Fw 190 D-9 propeller hub (p. 69), radiator (p. 33), wing panel between wheelwells (p. 72); Fw 190 D-11 engine bay (p. 8); Fw 190 D-13 boarding step (p. 34), cockpit detail (p. 33), engine [Jumo 213 E, lower-rear portion] (p. 63), engine bay (p. 65, 70, 72), exhaust pipes (p. 31), multi-view drawings (p. 13, 81-86), propeller (p. 21), radiator (p. 33), supercharger intake (p. 21, 23), tailwheel (p. 34), upper cowl panel (p. 64, 69, 70), wheel (p. 35), wheelwell detail (p. 60, 61, 69, 70, 72); Ta 152 fin structure (p. 79) Merrick: 'German Aircraft Interiors 1935-1945: Vol. 1' (German Aircraft Interiors series, No. 1; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1996; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- Fw 190 D-9 cockpit detail (p. 171-176), tail (p. 177); Fw 190 D-13 cockpit detail (p. 224, 225) Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190D' (Aero Detail series, No. 2; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1990; in Japanese and English; 76 pages; US$34.95) -- Fw 190 D-9 ailerons (p. 31), cockpit detail (p. 58, 59), cowl (p. 4-6, 8, 9, 52-54, 56), cutaway drawing (p. 51), drop tank (p. 61), engine [Jumo213A] (p. 54, 55), exhausts (p. 12), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 46-48), guns (p. 60, 61), landing gear (p. 37, 38), propeller (p. 56), tail (p. 38-42); Fw 190 D-13 canopy (p. 13-15), cockpit detail (p. 14, 16-18), cowl (p. 6-10, 57), engine [Jumo213F] (p. 43-45), exhausts (p. 10, 11), propeller (p. 56, 57), step (p. 24), tail (p. 39-42); Fw 190 D-9 & Fw 190 D-13 wheelwell detail (p. 26, 27, 30, 32-36, 38); Fw 190 D-15 cowl (p. 53, 57), engine [DB 603] (p. 55), propeller (p. 57) Rodeike: 'Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug Fw 190 A, Fw 190 "Dora", Ta 152 H' (privately published [Germany], [undated]; in German; 443 pages; approximate value US$80 [availability unknown]) -- Fw 190 D-9 canopy & head armor (p. 389), engine bay (p. 388, 393), flap interior (p. 392); Fw 190 D-11 propeller & spinner (p. 408); Fw 190 D-13 supercharger intake (p. 413) Ryle and Laing: 'Fw 190D' (Walk Around series, No. 10; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1996; 80 pages; US$14.95) -- Fw 190 D-9 cockpit detail (p. 15-18), cowl (p. 19-22), engine bay (p. 6), fuselage interior (p. 8, 9), generic marking patterns (p. 68), gun bays (p. 24, 25), propeller (p. 67), step (p. 38), tail (p. 13, 14), tailwheel (p. 15), turbocharger intake (p. 19-21), wheelwell detail (p. 23, 26-31, 33, 34); Fw 190 D-13 cockpit detail (p. 52-54), cowl (p. 59, 64), cowl flaps (p. 59), engine bay (p. 60, 61), propeller (p. 67), tail (p. 40, 41), tailwheel (p. 58), turbocharger intake (p. 56), wheelwell detail (p. 48-51, 64, 65) Smith and Creek: 'FW 190 D' (Monogram Close-Up series, No. 10; Monogram Aviation Publications [USA], 1986; 32 pages; approximate value US$25 [out of print]) -- Fw 190 D-9 cockpit detail (p. 11), cutaway drawing (p. 13), generic camouflage & marking patterns (p. 22, 23), multi-view drawings (p. 22, 23), miscellaneous other detail; Fw 190 D-10 multi-view drawings (p. 24); Fw 190 D-11 multi-view drawings (p. 24); Fw 190 D-12 cutaway drawing (p. 31), multi-view drawings (p. 24); Fw 190 D-13 multi-view drawings (p. 25); Fw 190 D-14 multi-view drawings (p. 25); Fw 190 D-15 cutaway drawing (p. 31), multi-view drawings (p. 25) Smith, Pentland and Lutz: 'Luftwaffe Painting Guide' (Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings series [unnumbered]; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1979; 88 pages; approximate value US$90 [out of print]) -- Fw 190 D-9 cockpit detail (p. 52) Urbanke: 'Green Hearts, First in Combat with the Dora 9' (Eagle Editions [USA], 1998; 351 pages; US$85) -- Fw 190 D-9 "blown" canopy & headrest (p. 153, 254), "cigar-shaped" drop tank (p. 232), engine bay (p. 203), windscreen (p. 254); Fw 190 D-13 supercharger intake (p. 312) ------------------------------------------------------------------------

and about my typing error discuss = discussion

Bronco made a DFS 230 in 1/35 scale - let's start a useless discuss about this model, too ...

I am fan of 1/72 and 1/32 scale a/c models, but these 1/35 kits fit very well to military vehicles of the same scale - so, it's very good for me.

I tried this: http://www.hphmodels.cz/hph/ and it works to all: healthy start into the New Year

not bad ... No, all are more than wunderfull ! Congratulations !

Alan, please, no criticism: in German it is called "Riedel-Anlasser" see http://mep1112.de/?page_id=33 for example. John, I like your building so much. Cheers Alfons

I wish you and all a negative test result.