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I second that! There must have been a moment in history, prior to painting, when the original plane looked exactly like St. Pete's "model" in its current appearance, although perhaps with a somewhat lesser degree of wear and tear in the cockpit ... Anyhow, this artefact, right now, definitely has reached a sculpturous quality, where it stops representing anything but itself. It could be placed on a pedestal in the middle of a room, just like that.
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If anything, it has gotten worse with climate change since then. Probably the same amount of snow as in the Bahamas nowadays, cold rain having replaced the rest.
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OK, I'll admit that I am an annoying swiss nitpicker ;-) (proof: "Chuchichäschtli") My beancounting observations: Although this seems to be the same aeroplane (J-4013), it's definitively not the same overall paint job. In the faded version, the target roundels appear to be quiet a bit bigger, there are small differences all over the cammo pattern (p.ex. ID number 3 touching the dark grey border in the faded appearance, while beeing firmly embedded in olive drab in the pristine version), the sharp point of the nose dayglo touching the target roundel in pristine, but not in faded, white fuselage band missing in faded (?), usw. etc. Judging from your admirable masking job, you have prepared your model for the pristine condition (those sharp points of the nose dayglo reaching back to the rear end of the windscreen), which is perhaps a bit unfortunate, because I vote for "weathered" ;-) Greetings from rainy Bern. Joerg
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Pure steam punk, ain't it?
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
It's all so perfect... I sincerely hope, that you've been caught by the FW190-A-Bug by now, John, so that we'll see many, many magnificent Antons in the future out of your very, very capable hands. You never got tired of those Doras, after all ... ;-)) Cheers, Joerg (I can't wait for the final reveal, with the engine covers removed...) -
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
Just a quick question to this otherwise brilliantly painted section (if that's all right with you, John): I was under the impression, that the gun mounts plus the ammo feeds (adjacent to the guns) were actually painted black? Anybody in the know about this? https://acesflyinghigh.wordpress.com/2016/05/13/under-the-cowl-of-the-flying-heritage-collection-fw-190a-5/ (My guess was, that the people who painstakingly restored the A-5 in the link were not doing this randomly, but who knows with this Luftwaffe stuff) Cheers, Joerg -
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
I'm always flabberghasted, how you can make these little subassemblies look like 3D-renderings. Precise and pristine work, perfect photography, never, ever any dust particles in sight. Incredible! (My worst fears have, of course, come true: THIS, your engine, is flawless! Thanks for sharing!) Cheers Joerg -
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
Dear John I don't wanna flog dead horses here (;-), just mentioning that my previous comment referred to the specific picture quoted there (with the engine mount dryfitted upside down). At the time, I was still ignorant of your further updates, where everything is indeed correctly placed.... I also think, all of this is only worth mentioning for the benefit of other modelers, because the construction of the kit allows the wrong placement of the engine mount in the first place... Cheers, Joerg -
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
... Just noticed: The hexagon engine mount seems to be upside down, with the exhaust fairings pointing downward instead of upward. So the kit engineering obviously allows for this mistake to happen ... -
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BlackCanopy replied to Thunnus's topic in Works in Progress
I foresee "The Most Beautifully, Accurately Painted BMW 801 Scale Model, Ever", (Thunnus style), in this theatre, very soon, just to be completely hidden from sight under closed cowlings forever. You still prefer your models with clean, unbroken lines, don't you, John? You wouldn't stray from that principle, wouldn't you, just for once? Ooohh, It's going to be a tragedy... ;-) Cheers, Joerg -
Well, I'm gonna say this: It's a bit disappointing, that them hands in these gauges won't move even a fly's hair width, when the appropriate buttons and switches are toggled... ;o)
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That was not a "bad fit", but an intentional overlapping. The 190A "power egg" came as a completed assembly, where all the (8) parts of the cowling would be attached to the engine itself. There was no connection whatsoever to any part of the fuselage, other than overlapping flanges secured by the clamps. No model company could ever replicate this in a "functionally" faithful way and the wingroot area remains a challenge, because the "panel line" there was actually a gap of quiet a few milimeters. Cheers Joerg
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Oh yes please! My favourite obsolete aircraft design! I always thought they should've left this Bearcat alone just like that, it looks soooooo good, much more interesting than with the paint job completed. Also: Pete finally having his fun at least with the frontend of a radial engine, or perhaps even the whole affair, pipes'n'all, can't wait to see that...! Cheers, Joerg
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I just love what you're doing with this Revell kit and especially your application of patina ;-) Just one humble question: Weren't the 'cuffs' of the prop actually made from rubber, meaning there wouldn't be any bare metal scratches in this area? greetings, Joerg