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  1. Great conversion, build and finish really well done. I did the same conversion some years back using the Dragon kit and the Falcon vac-form conversion. The end results were as follows:-
  2. Really great build, good to see the research put in to this model. Very well done.
  3. Great build and finish, well done.
  4. Excellent build nicely detailed and finished, very well done.
  5. Very clean and tidy build of this iconic machine. Well done.
  6. Unfortunately I am unable to find the link to the pic of Red 2 (I found it over 12 months ago and printed a copy,) Thanks to FalkeEins for confirmation of the lack of slogan. Take a look at Claes Sundin's excellent profile https://luftwaffeinprofile.se/Fw 190 D Hofmann JV 44.html. As far as I'm aware all the 190Ds had yellow spinner tips ? At the end of the day our models are our interpretation of how we personally think the prototype machine appeared rightly or wrongly!!!!!!!!
  7. Thanks for your positive comment. As to the slogan you quote, I know that it has been put forward as being on Fw190D-11 Red 2. However the photo I found on the internet shows no slogan on the fuselage and some Luftwaffe 'Experten' also confirm that Red 2 did not have this slogan. Although one decal manufacturer does supply it on their decal sheet for Red 2! Maybe there's a sixth 190D from JV44 that no photos have been found of? Cheers Andy
  8. Yes I know JV44 Protection Flight (Platzschutszstaffel) has been done to death BUT not by me!!! I commenced this project in late 2022 but due to illness and a spell in hospital-yeuk! I had a break from kit-bashing and shelved this project. Then late last year I re-discovered the project, blew the dust off it and decided to complete it. Enough of the project history and on with the details:- Items used:- 1 x Eduard JV44 combo 1/48 Fw190D-9 + Fw190D-11 1 x Eduard 1/48 Fw190D-9 'Profipack' 1 x Eduard 1/48 Fw190D-9 'Weekend' 1 x Eduard 1/48 Fw190D-11 5 x AML 1/48 resin replacement tails 5 x Quickboost Fw190 Gun Covers 5 x Kits World 3D Instrument Decals - not recommended they did not fit well even though stated for the Eduard kit. 1 x EagleCal JV44 Decal sheet Eagle Files 1 ' Doras of the Galland Circus' plus as much reference material I could gather. The Eduard kit is not the easiest of kits to build but is probably the most accurate, except for the inaccurate too thick tail. Eduard should have taken the opportunity for a new tool D when they did the A - but still!! The build was a bit of a trial, I added what detail I could and eventually got to the painting stage. I used the EagleFiles book as the main reference for colour schemes and markings. AK Real Colours were used for painting. A couple of notes on the final result, I chose to show the undersurface white stripes a little ragged as they were probably hand painted. The stripes under the rear fuselage I chose to omit due to the fact they can't be seen on any photos, even though the photos aren't too clear. Also it would have been a bit of a pain for the ground crew to paint them???? Even though Red 4 & 13 were shown to be finished RLM 75/81, I found a reference by Jerry Crandell ( I think on Hyperscale) that all these machines were in fact RLM81 variations/ 82 which is how I decided to finish them. I also decided to build all five of the protection flight after finding a photo of Red 2 an Fw190D-11 on the internet. Not some of the best kits I've completed, some of this build was done whilst I was unwell so you will probably see some errors in my work!! It's certainly not a project I would repeat, I'll stick to two builds a time in future, Thanks for looking Andy
  9. This is a straightforward OOB build of the LF Models 1/48 Heinkel He112 kit with the 3D printed detail set. One thing I found necessary was to re-scribe the panel lines as to my mind those in the kit are rather soft, my personal choice and not a criticism of the kit. Cockpit is rather sparse so added some detail to it, not that much can be seen when built. Instrument panel is just raised detail so used Airscale instruments decal to give a better representation. The detail set provided hollow exhausts and guns, oleo links and improved tailwheel leg. Three options are given with the kit. I chose to build the V-9, prototype for the B series machines, On checking in Michael Ullman's Luftwaffe Colours it appears this machine was painted in LV40/52 a light grey used pre-war by the Luftwaffe. I found a reasonably close match to the colour swatch, in the previously mentioned reference, in the Vallejo paint range. The decals turned out to have a complete coat of matt varnish over them and required cutting out individually. I was a little uneasy about using them but they went on well, to the Kleer topcoat. With another coat of Kleer they looked fine, I left the Kleer as the topcoat as photos of the machine show it to be in a gloss finish. The machine is represented as the Heinkel He112V-9 photographed at Rostock, July 1937. Cheers Andy
  10. This is the MikroMir 1/48 Junkers W.34hi built pretty much OOB but with the addition of the Metallic Details engine and details sets 3D printed. The kit is well detailed, corrugations are really well done. I didn't bother detailing the interior due to lack of references and the fact you wouldn't see anything anyway! Cockpit detail is minimal, although a 3D decal instrument panel is supplied. Canopy I wasn't too impressed with being a four piece assembly, I ended up slightly fogging part of it MikroMir do actually supply two sets of transparencies which unfortunately didn't help me!! Also supplied is a small sheet of photoetch details and sheet of masks (not all of which fit very well especially the fuselage windows). My biggest problem with this build were the decals, I should really have tried to paint the markings usual problem corrugations and decals!! Despite the use of plenty of decal softener the results were not satisfactory . I finished the option in the kit of a W34hi of FFS(C)16 in 1938, finish was overall RLM63 ( Real Colours).:- Cheers Andy
  11. Very good build of this awkward kit, have just finished building 5 of these kits a real slog!!! You have certainly ended up with an excellent result.
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