Troy Molitor Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Still smirking over the Bass fishing comment. Yes haw! Enjoy John! Those Synthetic Ordnance Works gear sets are just awesome. I totally agree. Thunnus and BiggTim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Thunnus said: The kit tires are smooth so I have the option but something in me doesn't like that irregularity. And who knows... it was probably a temporary condition. That's my first thought also: instinctively, it doesn't feel right to have different patterns on the tires. But then, it also points to the supply difficulties of the Luftwaffe at the end of the war. So it can be an interesting detail to represent on your model. Just a thought! Alain Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Definitely different tires BiggTim, Greg W, MikeMaben and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 I got some paint on the tail wheel... Martinnfb, Uncarina, LSP_K2 and 13 others 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 If it's on the real one, Might be worth matching them. But put the picture next to the model so no one asks questions. Matt Thunnus and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 Different tire pattern on one aircraft were common in American aircraft. especially on P-47 and P-51. Tail wheel is very nice. Martinnfb, D.B. Andrus, BiggTim and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vincent Posted May 30, 2020 Share Posted May 30, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Miloslav1956 said: Different tire pattern on one aircraft were common in American aircraft. especially on P-47 and P-51. Tail wheel is very nice. On German ones as well : when you have an issue with one wheel, it's better to remove it, install a spare one from a wrecked a/c and fix it later. That way the plane can fly while you fix the issue. And the repaired wheel will become the spare. So very common to see 109s and 190s with mixed tires styles and hubs (within a given size that is) Edited May 30, 2020 by Vincent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted June 3, 2020 Author Share Posted June 3, 2020 A very small update... I believe that Yellow 10 had different ammo chute openings than what is represented by the kit. This is based on photos of the restored D-13, which now has the correct D-13 wings in place, which wasn't the case prior the most recent restoration. I've used Milliput to fill in the the cut-outs of the ammo chutes. Now that the G-14 build can be re-started and the Ta152H may be in that position soon, I may have to pause this build. Three on-going builds is a little much for me and I don't want to get confused and do something stupid. Kagemusha, Greg W, BiggTim and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiggTim Posted June 3, 2020 Share Posted June 3, 2020 On 5/29/2020 at 2:28 PM, Martinnfb said: Definitely different tires I did not catch that on my build at all. Good thing I wasn't trying to be totally accurate with it! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconroot Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Just out of curiosity will you be returning to this build upon your return to the bench? Just checking..... Jim Root Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 5 minutes ago, Beaconroot said: Just out of curiosity will you be returning to this build upon your return to the bench? Just checking..... Jim Root Yes, Jim! I try to keep my Shelf of Doom as bare as possible so I will be returning to the D-13 build at some point in time. I just can't say exactly when right now! Beaconroot, Greg W, Kagemusha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 With the stop-and-go work happening on the 262B build, I thought I'd dust off this one from the shelf. You can tell I haven't gotten very far since all of the parts still fit into the original box. I had to review my build thread to determine where I stood on this build. As you may recall, having access to both the Real Model and Grey Matter (J. Rutman) Fw190D-13 conversions in hand, I decided to go another route and sculpt my own cowling bulges on the Hasegawa plastic based on photos and cross-section drawings found in Jerry Crandall's Dora Volume 2. I deviated from the Grey Matter rendition, which elected to graft a longitudinal bump along cowling hinge line, by feathering in the bottom edge of the bump completely and leaving only the top edge depression as the sole visual cue to the modifications. The major sculpt work has been finished and I've given the major engine cowling components a thin coat of Mr Primer Surfacer 1000 to help check the work done so far. So here is what the nose area looks like right now with some of the major components taped into place. The top cowling will be Grey Matter resin part and the supercharger intake will be from the Real Model set (which I think is a cast of the Z-M Ta152H intake). Kagemusha, levier, Beaconroot and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaconroot Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Very happy to see the return of this build. Looking forward to seeing how this one works out. Jim Root Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Great to see this one again as well John! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 Same views but in the light box... Hartmann52, Rivas, Kais and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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