rmcclure Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 (edited) Hi All, This is my attempt at Major Karl Kennel's FW190 A-8 from May 1945. Italeri's kit was a mostly enjoyable build and many of the parts had some lovely detail and most of the fit was pretty good. Having said that, there was a fair bit of flash on many of the parts to clean off, the joints of wing to fuse and engine cowling to fuse created some hideous gaps and Italeri's funky sliding canopy mechanism was on the fiddly side. The kit does come with some nicely detailed PE - instrument panel, belts, headrests, antenna and a few other bits. My experience of some other Italeri kits has been that the decals are high quality and this kit was no exception - lovely thin decals that settle well on Klear with some setting solution. This is the first Luftwaffe aircraft I've built since I was a kid and in researching the colours found just what a minefield the whole RLM business is! Having been bitten by Italeri's dodgy paint instructions when building their 1/48 Hurricane I decided not to pay too much attention to them this time and used a combination of Tamiya, Revell and Vallejo Model Air to finish the model in RLM 76, with RLM 81 and 82 stripes and mottles. This is the first time I've attempted Luftwaffe mottling too and I was pretty pleased at the end result. Anyway, here are the pictures and I hope you like it. All comments and critique always welcome. Cheers all, Roger Edited November 18, 2012 by rmcclure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Beautiful looking Würger !! Excellent Job on the camo !! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Smart looking 190! Love the cammo, especially the way it spreads onto the undercarriage doors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerjet Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 way cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Looks great, a real eye catcher. I did the same scheme on a 1/72 kit last year. Duncan B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Lovely, quite an unusual scheme, but very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbutcher Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Very neat work there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Like this a lot, good to see a different looking scheme, and you have done it very well. FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetherudders Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Nice !!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylurve Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Solid build with an unusual scheme. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek A Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 One to be proud of! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Very convincing build. Top marks from Major Kennel (wherever he is now, resting after 957 combat sorties and a long life), I'm sure! Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Unusual scheme, very nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 Thanks to everyone for the very kind comments. One thing I forgot to mention was that I used the precision masking tape from Creative Models - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234928521&hl= - exclusively to carry out a comparison with Tamiya tape. Can't fault it and I'll be using it from now on. I also used it to create the swastika mask for the tail - no decal in the kit, of course - and it performed very well. Cheers all, Roger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezra Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 That is superb, camo looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 (edited) Great looking Shrike, the camo is a real feature and you've done it well. I'm unfamiliar with the kit, what scale is it? Just found it... 1/48. Edited November 19, 2012 by Parabat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racedees Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Great work, look superb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carts Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Love late war Lufty jobs,and this one is a belter,distinct lack of adhering to RLM Memos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Jones Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Nice ! ,lovely clean build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Lovely clean build and class looking camo, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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