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1/18 Focke-Wulf Fw190C V18 'Känguruh'


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9 hours ago, chuck540z3 said:

 

No wonder your models cost so much to build.  You go "all in" on every model, which is very fun to witness.  it?

 

Cheers,

Chuck

 

 

You are not wrong there Chuck - the costs on this one are already eye watering...

 

21st Century Toys kit £165

HB kit £100

3D printing £100

PE £90

Books, plans & drawing CDs £120

Paints £30

 

so I am already over £600...

 

I have to look at it that it is about £1.50 a day for as long as it will take me to build it otherwise I might give up the hobby!

 

Peter

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evening ladies :)

 

got a good session in over the weekend, so a bit more to show..

 

the prop blade root rings were laminated & assembled...

 

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..not fixed yet, but slid on for size..

 

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..and what they will look like on the prop..

 

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..the floor parts were prepared, some are laminates and the one in the middle needed the rectangular pressing adding by first making a template and working some annealed litho..

 

the far left part is the firewall bulkhead..

 

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..the base part for the rear canopy had a brass channel added to the back..

 

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..this was then added and a little bit of P38 filler to just fair it in just right..

 

.the rough holes in the floor are just that - rough holes in the floor (to allow the proper holes to be see through)

 

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..to make the pressing that is behind the seat and holds the baggage hatch, I made up a buck in thick plastic card so I could form a metal one over it..

 

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..the first stage in forming - this is after a little hammering and pressing with wooden tools..

 

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..and after finessing a bit...

 

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..I actually decided to leave the part on the buck and integrate that into the model - here the floors have been fitted, but the seat bulkhead is just restiung in place..

 

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..it's nice to get going now I have the PE - lots of little projects I can get on with..

 

TTFN

 

Peter

 

 

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Hey folks :) thanks so much for your encouragement - means a great deal to me

 

Started working on the cowling having sorted the prop out – it’s unpainted NMF and split into four panels…

 

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..before I could do that I needed to form the fairing that goes from the fuselage in behind the radiator, so this was roughed out in litho in two parts..

 

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..then once finessed a bit, I marked the locations of the rods that control the cowl flaps..

 

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..with that done the cowl was temporarily added to mark out the panel lines with cotton and draw them on..

 

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..then the first panel was laid down starting with the flat part at the rear and working the metal forward over the cowl lip..

 

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..that ultimately failed as all the folds & kinks formed on the cowl lip and in sanding them to a reasonable finish it started to get too thin & break up..

 

So take 2 was to start forming at the lip and work backwards, but this too resulted in too many deep folds and a pretty crap finish..

 

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..the front of the cowl finished up well, so I thought I could maybe do it in two parts, by removing & replacing the rear section where the cowling is flat..

 

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..to repeat this four times for each panel would be a pain so I finally decided to start again but with one forward part for the whole lip and try and get it to conform as far back as possible..

 

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..then once this was trimmed, one sheet was wrapped around the rear…

 

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..it was then burnished down to overlap the cowl nose part…

 

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..then sanded away the overlap getting a near invisible join..

 

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..then the panel lines were marked out again..

 

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..and the panels scored into it and rivets added – here also the cowl flaps are taped in place..

 

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..also test fitted the PE parts for the radiator which fitted beautifully..

 

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..then the nose could be dry fitted for testing looks & fit..

 

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..it was really difficult to skin the cowling and I am not 100% happy with it, but I can’t face doing it all again..

 

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one thing I am not sure about are the internal colours for things like the inside of the cowl – on the P51 it is interior green or zinc chromate, on a 190 I assume it’s RLM66 in the cockpit, but are internal parts either RLM02 or anodised metal? Any thoughts welcome

 

TTFN

Peter

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