Gardner95x Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Hey, Bought the Tamiya 1/48 FW190D-9 JV44 with the red and white bottom. I've painted the bottom white and am now masking the stripe bits however I don't know what size masking tape I'm supposed to use, it doesn't say in the instructions and on various sites they all seem to be a different size depending on who built them. On eBay the sizes I've wrote down are 2mm, 3mm, 5mm, would any of these the correct size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 the stripes may have varied between planes, and there are only a few, so yopu may wanty to ask exactly which one. I doubt it will be a regular size, as the originals were done in metric (what's a visible size Hans, 10 cm?) and 1/48th is imperial based... get a calculator out and do some sums.. eg 100 mm divided by 48 = 2.0833 mm, so I try that to start 10 cm is guesstimate from looking at these. ..off hand I don't know which plane is which in these, I'd suggest getting a uc door, and working out a size by eyeball, and then measure that and ponder on the full metric size... @Jerry Crandall who posts here on occasion might know though. Eduard also did a Jv44 special edition boxing, and the instructions should be available online as pdf, and that may have more information, look on the Eduard site here https://www.eduard.com/store/Aircraft-and-helicopters/1-48/Fw-190D-JV-44-DUAL-COMBO-1-48.html?lang=1&cur=1 no size listed. The JaPo book may have some info,. but mine is not too hand. HTH T 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck1945 Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) As Troy said, these were not a factory standard,perhaps try a little experiment. Cut a couple strips of tape 2mm wide and perhaps slightly longer than the wing cord, repeat with 3mm strips and perhaps even 4mm wide. Using the pictures Troy linked, try the strips and pick the one that most closely matches the relative width in the pictures Edited September 13, 2017 by Chuck1945 grammar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm Blecky Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Eduard does this kit in 1/48 scale. Why don't you go over to their website and check out the kit and instructions. Should give you plenty to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 On 13/09/2017 at 16:52, Troy Smith said: Eduard also did a Jv44 special edition boxing, and the instructions should be available online as pdf, and that may have more information, look on the Eduard site here https://www.eduard.com/store/Aircraft-and-helicopters/1-48/Fw-190D-JV-44-DUAL-COMBO-1-48.html?lang=1&cur=1 no size listed. 22 minutes ago, Wm Blecky said: Eduard does this kit in 1/48 scale. Why don't you go over to their website and check out the kit and instructions. Should give you plenty to work with. see above, with link, no stripe size listed in the Edaurd instructions I could see on a brief read. No response from OP as yet. as I also said, @Jerry Crandall would be a good member to ask, he wrote this the book is OOP AFAIK, and expensive used. As it'sfrom 1999 I suspect more information has come to light since. @tango98 alsomay know more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Im no expert here but going on the first photo you've posted. The one with the GI smoking. His hand is approximately the same size as the white stripes on the landing gear door. Now for arguments sake lets say the palm of his hand looking from above the width is four inches. In 1/48 1 inch = 48 scale inches. So 1/4" is 12 scale inches. Four inches in real life scaled down is approximately 1/12th of an inch. Now im not real good with metric but an inch is roughly 25 mm correct ? 1/12th of an inch would be roughly 2mm by my guestimation ? If im wrong and someone else knows the correct math or answer to the stripes width please help. But id try the 2mm tape for the stripes. hope this helps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wm Blecky Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) As another option, if someone has the Eagle Cals decal sheet, the OP could ask them to scan it and the all the OP would have to do is scale up the image to 1/48 or, of course, just buy the 1/48 sheet Edited September 16, 2017 by Wm Blecky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Scaling off various drawings, including the ones on this Eagle cals one on this page & the Eduard pdf gives a stripe width of very close to 2mm as near as I can measure. I'm also pretty sure that no one id likely to have measured the original ones so these will all be an educated guess. Eduard shows the stripes under the tail as being slightly narrower than the wings & fuselage stripes, maybe about 1.5 mm. For me, I'd be happy with those measurements. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yeah I'd go 2mm as well. Either buy tape at that thickness or get a ruler and cut larger tape into strips. Perhaps then you can include a variation from 1.8 - 2.2 thickness as they didn't seem that uniform in real life? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fewr9fkr9595 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 just remembered I have this sheet in 1/48, used a few years back. 1.5mm in size 👍🏿 I have the Eduard jv44 boxing but I think you have to paint the stripes, they don't provide any decals for those like in this set. That kit is buried deep in the stash. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bil Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 (edited) I'm almost convinced that the stripes were white, as shown on every reference, but I've never quite understood why it wouldn't have been easier and quicker to mask the 76 undersides and just spray red for the same effect. Edited September 16, 2017 by bil Grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonar Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 49 minutes ago, bil said: I'm almost convinced that the stripes were white, as shown on every reference, but I've never quite understood why it wouldn't have been easier and quicker to mask the 76 undersides and just spray red for the same effect. The colour photograph of 'Red 1' posted above pretty much ended the debate about the colours. They were clearly red and white. There are plenty of images of these aircraft to work with when working out the stripes (there is one each of Red 3, Red 13, and Red 1 in B+W posted in this thread). I've always masked and sprayed these markings and have intentionally not made the stripes identical. Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 57 minutes ago, bil said: I'm almost convinced that the stripes were white, as shown on every reference, but I've never quite understood why it wouldn't have been easier and quicker to mask the 76 undersides and just spray red for the same effect. the same thought occured, but many late war 190's did not have undersides in overall 76, there are detailed breakdowns f the undersides in the JaPo books, which varied depending on who built them (many subcontractors) and when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tango98 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 FWIW, a US report on one of the 190Ds states ".......lower surface of wings and tail painted red with irregular white stripes....." It doesn't specify which aircraft but given the pressing circumstances of the times it is entirely possible that all of them were so painted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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