Azgaron Posted February 13, 2020 Author Share Posted February 13, 2020 The wings doesn't fit well against the root. I test fitted the wings and it looks like this. It's a little better on the underside. I tried to push wings and root together, and sure it closed the gap, but it also tilted the body and made it near impossible to close the gap on the other side. So I took some plastic sheet and inserted, and then glued and pushed both sides together. It became better, but I think some more plastic shims might be needed. I'll do that next and then shape them right and fill the rest with putty. Håkan LSP_Kevin, Dpgsbody55, Alain Gadbois and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Hi Håkan I am loving your build. I takes me back to 1975 when I first build this kit and at the time these Hasegawa kits were the best available. Cheers Nick Dpgsbody55, Azgaron and BradG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Thank you Nick! At that time I mostly built cars and Tamiya tanks and figures! Not even sure if those kits were available here at that time. Back then I only built one kit at the time! Håkan chrish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Nice effort so far This is the really old FW-190 kit. They missed the exhausts on the belly... I've tried to correct this (have this kit on the shelf of doom) but this is a major effort. In hindsight: go with this kit as is, it is not that noticable with the bird resting on is legs. Same with the rivets: If you lose some of them, just scrap off the same rivets at the other side of the aircraft to get a symmetrical look, and everything is fine. If you sand down all the rivets a bit and add a dark latewar camouflage it will have the right look and feel of a Fw-190 and everything will be fine Regards - dutik Azgaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Looking good, Håkan! I have the Hasegawa A8, and it looks like they came from the same molds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted February 16, 2020 Author Share Posted February 16, 2020 Thank you Dutik and Gaz! Yes, I also think it's the same molds. I have a Frog A8 kit, also same kit but horrible green plastic! After some glueing and holding. puttying and sanding, the wings looks a lot better! Hard place to sand and some rivets lost, but I'm not gonna bother very much. I added a pair of plastic rods in the wheel wells. With some colour and some imagination it can be mistaken for gun barrels! Soon time to mask the canopy and check which other parts that needs to go on before primer and paint. Håkan LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois, Gazzas and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 4, 2020 Author Share Posted May 4, 2020 I just realised that there is almost a month left to finish this build. I'll give it a shot! Håkan BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 I did some touching up and masked the canopy parts and put them in place. After that I painted some RLM66 on the frames and then did some preshade painting with black. After I took this pic I realised that I've missed a few spots, which I've sorted, so now it's ready for paint. Håkan Alain Gadbois, LSP_Kevin, Lothar and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 Nice work, Håkan! Stefan Azgaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 Thank you Stefan! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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