Lee in Texas Posted July 23, 2019 Share Posted July 23, 2019 (edited) Just getting started on it. I was worried about joining the airplane’s plastic with styrene, but super glue seems to be doing the trick. The plan, for now anyway, is gear up/no added cockpit detail and hang it from the ceiling. Edited July 28, 2019 by Lee in Texas D.B. Andrus, LSP_Kevin, rafju and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee in Texas Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 Moving the wing forward. This is more work than I had imagined, but it’s still fun. This is a big beast. I had it at arm’s length and the phone pretty much on my nose. Those stiffeners in the nose may disappear later on, but I felt like they were needed at the time. There were some huge gaps to bridge. LSP_Kevin, KiwiZac, Bruce_Crosby and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 I like what you are doing here. Are you using some smaller scale -190 wings for the extensions? Keep it up. I have one in the works as well, but as a standard “D”. But I will be adding a ton of details, making it look like it’s undergoing heavy maintenance. Keep the updates coming. THOR, Wurger fan........ Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee in Texas Posted July 28, 2019 Author Share Posted July 28, 2019 Yes, the wingtips are from Trumpeter’s 1/24 D-9. The idea came from an article by Alan Butler in the November 1978 Airfix magazine. He did it in 1/32 and used sheet styrene to extend the wingtips, but the general idea is the same. Now I’m going to make a slight hijack; I looked for a review of the Hobby Boss 1/18 FW-190A-8. I wound up here and read some harsh comments. I don’t care. I’m still going to build one and hang it from the ceiling. It will get the wine red nose, which I believe is incorrect, but stil looks cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Hobby Boss 1/18th scale Fw-190A? Did not know they even made one. Might be a good source of parts! Keep it up man. I will be watching. THOR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Hi Lee when I look at your last pix, what i can say is that german camo is very efficient (lol) very good job so far and i remember an article from an old modelling magazin (Airfix?) with the same subject but in 1/32 Thanks for sharing Raf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee in Texas Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 Rafju- Yes, the article was in the November 1978 Airfix magazine. rafju 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafju Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 ok thanks got it Happy modeling ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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