Greif8 Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 I completed this year's first build last night, Hasegawa's very nice FW 190 A-6 kit. I built the kit as a JG1 aircraft, mostly because I really liked the yellow and black checkerboard pattern on the cowling and the partial stylized eagle on both sides of the forward fuselage. As JG1 generally flew out of airbases with asphalt or concrete hardstands and runways; and because the service life of aircraft were almost always pretty short from late 43 onwards, I kept weathering to a minimum - with the noticeable exception of the drop tank. I only used three AM items on the build. An HGW seatbelt, Master barrels and pitot tube, and a set of Damian's outstanding landing gear (I'll using more of these excellent sets on future builds. They are that good.). I also only did some simple and minor scratch building adding brake and electrical lines to the landing gear, flap and landing gear position indicators, an antenna line, and a throttle handle and circuit breaker panel in the cockpit. I also scratched the base by scribing some evergreen stuff and then painting and weathering it. I added the rain puddles because I thought the base looked a bit "boring" after I painted it. Those puddles is one area that I wish had turned out better, but they do the job I suppose. First up are some overall shots. Ernest I mostly closed the canopy hoping that it would lead the viewer to think that the weather is still threatening rain. I toyed with the idea of adding wet areas to the aircraft as well, but decided that had too high of a potential for disaster. So I opted to show the bird dry - perhaps it has just been pushed out of the hanger. williamj, F-4Phanwell, Chris Wimmer and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Now some mid-distance and close up shots. Ernest Edited January 20, 2021 by Greif8 Spelling AlanG, mpk, Landrotten Highlander and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 20, 2021 Author Share Posted January 20, 2021 (edited) Finally, some shots of the pilot figure which turned out pretty good. It is one of the rare figures I do that I am completely satisfied with. The face and hands were painted using artist oils and the uniform was first airbrushed with acrylic colors and the highlights and shadows were added using the same colors, lightened or darkened as appropriate, using a "wet pallet" hand brushing technique. Ernest Same angle/distance with softer lighting. Extreme macro showing some of the detail painting. You can also now see the sharp (at macro range) delineation of the flesh tones. At 1/32 scale they have to be pretty defined, because the light and shadow effect will disappear at normal viewing range if they are too subtle. Edited January 20, 2021 by Greif8 Greg W, F-4Phanwell, florin13 and 19 others 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod Bettencourt Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Great looking build! Very cool scheme and that figure looks good to. Thanks for sharing. Rod Greif8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanG Posted January 20, 2021 Share Posted January 20, 2021 Excellent build. Would love to have a bash at the A6. Always loved the checked nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Great build, and well displayed too. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Andrus Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Beautiful work, Ernest! Really like the thought you put in to the presentation. I look forward to many more coming from Grief8 Werke. Cheers, Damian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Very nicely done Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Boy Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Feast for the eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/20/2021 at 6:11 PM, Rod Bettencourt said: Great looking build! Very cool scheme and that figure looks good to. Thanks for sharing. Rod Thank you for the kind words Rod. Ernest Rod Bettencourt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 On 1/20/2021 at 8:14 PM, AlanG said: Excellent build. Would love to have a bash at the A6. Always loved the checked nose. Thank you Alan! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 15 hours ago, Dpgsbody55 said: Great build, and well displayed too. Cheers, Michael Thank you Mike! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 15 hours ago, D.B. Andrus said: Beautiful work, Ernest! Really like the thought you put in to the presentation. I look forward to many more coming from Grief8 Werke. Cheers, Damian Thank you for the compliments Damian, hopefully I will have as productive a year as I had last year. Ernest D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greif8 Posted January 21, 2021 Author Share Posted January 21, 2021 14 hours ago, LSP_K2 said: Looks great! Thank you Kev! Ernest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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