Hasegawa FW 190A-8 Gustav Salffner, 7./JG 300

[duke_]

some more progress on the landing gear.

 

 

 

 

 

spinner painted, 

 

 

 

 

canopy unmasked..still crispy and shining.

there is a minor scratch though..

 

 

gun cover and front cowling glued in place..

 

still a lot to do with weathering but i  really like how she turns out..

 

 

 

 

thanks for watching

Spyros

 

 

Edited July 20, 2022 by duke_

[TAG]

Wunderbar Würger!

[Thomas Lund]

Very very nice work

[duke_]

2 hours ago, Thomas Lund said:

Very very nice work

thank you Thomas

[duke_]

3 hours ago, TAG said:

Wunderbar Würger!

thanks Tag!

[Thunnus]

I really like how this turned out too!  The color scheme is interesting and very complimentary to this airframe... especially like the blue fuselage bands!

[duke_]

3 hours ago, Thunnus said:

I really like how this turned out too!  The color scheme is interesting and very complimentary to this airframe... especially like the blue fuselage bands!

thank you  John! 

 

i am not so sure if this was the actual color scheme, but i liked it  when i saw the eduard profile ..

although that JG300 band gave me a real headache to paint it..

[duke_]

some more progress.;

 

detail on the landing gears

 

 

number 6 masked and painted..

 

 

wooden blade propeller from eagle parts..

(i am not sure about this,  but as far as i am aware late war FW A8 had wooden blades instead of hollow metal.? )

 

 

 

 

 

 

and starting the weathering , first with some aluminum chipping effect on the wings

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thank you!

 

 

 

[Rockie Yarwood]

Looking really nice, Duke.

[Thunnus]

That's looking fantastic, Duke!  The paint/finish/weathering are superb!  My guess about the prop blades is that the wide paddle blades are the same as the Dora... wood with metal reinforcing the leading edge and tip...

 

[duke_]

1 hour ago, Thunnus said:

That's looking fantastic, Duke!  The paint/finish/weathering are superb!  My guess about the prop blades is that the wide paddle blades are the same as the Dora... wood with metal reinforcing the leading edge and tip...

 

 

thanks for this information john, is the third one , right?  i wasn't aware of that...

 

now i have to do it again and find a way to represent the metal reinforcement..

 

 

Edited August 2, 2022 by duke_

[LSP_Kevin]

Superb!

 

Kev

[duke_]

thank you Kev!

[MikeMaben]

I'm not sure that was a metal reinforcement. Also not sure it was on all D-9s

 

 

 

[Thunnus]

FWIW... I did a search on the photo that I posted and it was listed as a prop from a 190A at the National Technical Museum in Prague.  I could find no other information on it.  And also... the photo Mike posted of the D-9 seems to indicate some sort of "something" along the leading edges of the two visible prop blades, if my eyes are not deceiving me.  The brownish color could be rusted metal... just saying.