Fozzie Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Hi all I'm back with another of the German Luftwaffe this time its the Focke Wulf 190 F8. It's the Revell kit and so far she's proving to be a nice build, I will post some pic's later of the build so far. Clive Lee White and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 cant wait to see what you do with this one Clive, I have it in the stash and look forward to it. Fozzie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted February 6, 2016 Author Share Posted February 6, 2016 Hi all I've made a start on the cockpit first off I went with the grey then highlighted over the top with a lighter grey, next I picked out the cockpit switches and instruments with a tooth pick using Tamiya X-18. After this had dried I then went on to use rub n buff silver to highlight the wear on the floor and seat once this had set then a wash of payne's grey and vandyke brown was then put to use. The whole lot was then sealed with johnsons klear, well here's a couple of pic's enjoy. Thanks Shawn well your wait wasn't to long I hope. After the drying process the cockpit was then glued to one side of the fuzz. Cheers all more soon. Clive tucohoward 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 NOICE !!.........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick K Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Jug Bait - love it! watching this build, looks great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted February 8, 2016 Author Share Posted February 8, 2016 Hi guys Harv, Rick and Maru thanks for the interest, here's another little update just got the radial done so it will be fitted tomorrow now as I'm off to the land of ZZZZZ's. This was a quick dry fit and there's a little fit issue that needs fixing so tomorrow it is. This is the airframe I spent most of today spraying this up. Well that's all folks till the next one bye. Clive Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 wow you work fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted February 9, 2016 Author Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hi Shawn she's quite a straight forward kit this one so progress is quick, although today the only thing I've got done is the exhausts and mounting the engine to the main frame. She's had to sit drying under stress as the engine mount when fitted looks great until you marry the engine, this points upwards and needs to be corrected. She's all good now so I will take some snaps tomorrow but for now here's a little progress. These first two pic's are just test fitting the engine before committing the glue. And if it could not get any better the Arado won 1st place in her class last night. That's all for now more soon. Clive LSP_Kevin and LSP_Paul 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Congrats on the Arado win, Clive! Kev Fozzie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Certainly a quick build on this one, and I like the article title for it. Looks like the Revell kit builds up very cleanly, and is a great value for model builders Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted February 15, 2016 Author Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi all a bit slow on this one as things needed to dry due to odd fitting items, the engine mount fitted perfectly but once the engine was placed upon it the whole thing was pointing upwards. So she spent the next two days drying whilst being bound up with elastic bands to get the engine sitting right. Still I got on with a few other things being the wheels and centerline fuel tank, the tank is now on and the wheels are needing to be finished. Here's a few pic's of where I'm at now enjoy. Thanks for stopping by and for your interest see you soon. Clive RBrown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Extremely well done Clive !......Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hworth18 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Nice start and you've done a great job so far, but I feel compelled to point out a couple of things before you get way too far along.. For one, the Reich Defense Band is too far back on the tail, it should stop at the joint line before the main tail assembly and the armour headrest is wrong for that canopy. You have the blown canopy headrest on the flat canopy. It looks great other than that.. hth... Harry Here is an example of what I mean by the RDB.. Edited February 16, 2016 by hworth18 RBrown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozzie Posted February 16, 2016 Author Share Posted February 16, 2016 (edited) Hi there thanks Harv and thanks Harry for your kind input. The canopy I knew about that and have changed it already,but the defense stripe is a different matter altogether. The Fw190 I'm doing is the top one in the pictures below, below that is the only picture I could find trawling the net of a JG 4 bird albeit its an Fw190D but as you can see the stripes go up onto the tail and it's even longer than the Fw190 A8. As I can not find much in the way of photo's on the actual bird I'm modelling I'm going to leave it as it is, as I think it is down to the amount of lettering on the side of the A/C explained below. Fw190D but the stripes go up the tail. This A/C below has a number in white and a long white stripe going through the defense band. This A/C below which is the one I'm doing has more charecters on the side pushing the defense stripe further back towards the tail. Thanks again for the help and more soon. Clive Edited February 16, 2016 by Fozzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hworth18 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Ok, thanks for the clarification.. the RDB on that 190A isn't standard and that's what always makes this stuff fun..lol Glad to hear you've fixed the canopy, that was probably more of an issue than the tail band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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