Gazzas Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 (edited) Hello boys and girls! I got a great (really great!) deal on this Hasegawa 190. I'd been wanting one for quite a while, and I didn't want to wait to build it. The decals are aged with time... so I'm not certain which scheme I'll give it. Due to the parts available I can make either version. The Nowotny scheme is quite nice, but I tend to gravitate more to the western confrontation. One of the first things I did was thin the sides of the seat... then painted and weathered it. I just used a darker gray wash over the dark gray paint and then painted the cushion. I also did some sponge chipping which doesn't show at all. I also ordered some seat belts from BNA. Likewise, the cockpit tub and IP. After matte coating the parts, I used Five Second fix to put glass lenses over all of the gauges. The Hasegawa decals worked well enough though it took a lake of Mr. Mark Softer to get them to to lay down completely. Quote Edited June 29, 2023 by Gazzas denders, LSP_Kevin, Fanes and 20 others 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 Excellent start! The kit decals for the instruments are surprisingly convincing! Alain Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 4 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: Excellent start! The kit decals for the instruments are surprisingly convincing! Alain Thank you! To make getting them down accurately, easier... I cut them into smaller, more controllable sections. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Looks like fun Gary Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 1 hour ago, MikeMaben said: Looks like fun Gary It is true... modelling is fun... before the swearing has begun. Dpgsbody55, MikeMaben and Rick Griewski 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Nice! So Five Second Fix? Is a UV glue..? Have to have a look for some.. Matt Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monthebiff Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Great sar Gaz, Instrument panel looks superb and very nicely done on the seat pad! Regards. Andy Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss FL Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 IP Looks great. Following. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksjager Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Nice work so far. Looking forward to more progress on this one. I am building the Airfix 1/24 Fw190A-5 and, like you, I am not all that keen to build an Eastern front machine, though I found it hard to find an interesting scheme. Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 20 hours ago, mattlow said: Nice! So Five Second Fix? Is a UV glue..? Have to have a look for some.. Matt Yes, it is. mattlow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 17, 2023 Author Share Posted April 17, 2023 5 hours ago, Volksjager said: Nice work so far. Looking forward to more progress on this one. I am building the Airfix 1/24 Fw190A-5 and, like you, I am not all that keen to build an Eastern front machine, though I found it hard to find an interesting scheme. Thank you! I agree... finding an interesting scheme that hasn't been done by many a modeller before is not easy. Volksjager and MikeC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlow Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 What about doing an A-5/U3... a jabo.. Some schemes on Eduard's website from their 1/48th kit....Eduard 190A-5/U3 Jabo You could do the one which landed at a British airfield by mistake, normal camo with a sooty black night camo over top... It did have 'FW Trager' wing drop tank mounts, but these were removed quite quickly and left interesting RLM 76 patches on the wings... No outer wing guns, not sure if the access cover on wing undersurface was changed (to something like an F, which these were the ancestor of)... Just a thought. Matt MikeC, Gazzas and nmayhew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 On 4/18/2023 at 6:30 AM, mattlow said: What about doing an A-5/U3... a jabo.. Some schemes on Eduard's website from their 1/48th kit....Eduard 190A-5/U3 Jabo You could do the one which landed at a British airfield by mistake, normal camo with a sooty black night camo over top... It did have 'FW Trager' wing drop tank mounts, but these were removed quite quickly and left interesting RLM 76 patches on the wings... No outer wing guns, not sure if the access cover on wing undersurface was changed (to something like an F, which these were the ancestor of)... Just a thought. Matt Thanks for the suggestion, Matt. I'm really much more into fighters than fighter bombers. mattlow 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted April 20, 2023 Author Share Posted April 20, 2023 Back again. Yesterday the HGW belts got here. And thank goodness you get two sets. Because I totally ruined one with clumsiness and bullheadedness. And since I had today off... scheduled, not a sickee... I knew I would get them done. They took me all morning. You can see in the last picture that 65% of the detail disappeared when I closed up the fuselage. Ciao babies! Volksjager, LSP_Kevin, MikeMaben and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Some tips on those belts - and apologies if you actually did all this - give them a crumple in your fingers before assembly - properly mash them up! It will make them more compliant when trying to lay them / bend them - consider a wash in conjunction with the above if you want additional ‘plasticity’ - most of these belts are only painted one side (which is a bit lame from HGW, and i have already flagged this to them), so if you ever want to have one or more sections completely flipped over, which can look kind of cool, paint the backside before construction - far less fiddly! - construction tip: use tamiya tape or similar to hold down the various belt sub sections onto your cutting Matt - it’s like having a third or fourth set of hands! Once i started using this technique, construction was made much easier - it’s still fiddly, but no real voodoo about it looking forward to seeing this one built up! Such a shame these early marks have been a 1/32 desert for so many years (but maybe you are speeding along Z-m’s releases?!) cheers Nick MikeC, Gazzas, TAG and 2 others 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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