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Austrian Aces...1/48 Focke-Wulf Fw190A4 Oberleutnant Walter Nowotny, CO 1./JG54


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#26/2017

Another one made it before year´s end, seems this is my dad´s last model for 2017.

When Eduard released the new 190, my dad had to build one. Finally also the first model of our Austrian WW2 leading ace Nowotny.
The kit is definitely to recommend. Fit and engineering are far better then with Eduard´s initial 190ies. Only the main wheel seem still too thin.
Built OOB, painted as usual with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics, lead wire and plastic rods for the brake lines, fishing line for the aerials.

 

Build thread here

39256735382_b4f6364df2_b.jpgDSC_0001 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

39256733062_d471d269e0_b.jpgDSC_0002 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

38408770675_4d409cb58a_b.jpgDSC_0003 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

39256730692_c7aee37b8d_b.jpgDSC_0004 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

39256726932_0418c99cd1_b.jpgDSC_0005 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417940058_c534af656b_b.jpgDSC_0006 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417939048_309f469dc1_b.jpgDSC_0007 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417936328_972a674b10_b.jpgDSC_0008 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417934558_50216cb496_b.jpgDSC_0009 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417932728_7510a8cbfe_b.jpgDSC_0010 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

38577914304_42e10d6849_b.jpgDSC_0011 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

25417928458_c4abbcddf1_b.jpgDSC_0012 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422941727_e872eb1c50_b.jpgDSC_0013 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422939277_8c79fc9baa_b.jpgDSC_0014 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422935947_f32eec7ca9_b.jpgDSC_0015 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422933377_f069fb61e5_b.jpgDSC_0018 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

 

this year´s winterly JG54 gang

 

24422930727_701fb0ec36_b.jpgDSC_0019 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422927817_c52e52a943_b.jpgDSC_0020 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

 

24422924687_90e409befc_b.jpgDSC_0022 by Reinhard Spreitzhofer, auf Flickr

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6 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

:thumbsup: Excellent work on all three ... I guess the best compliment would be this. I wish i could be this good and hopefully someday will be. 

thanks once again!

learning by building ;)

if I may ask, how old are you?

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@Reini78 ... im 46 and still learning things. Do we ever really stop learning in this hobby ? I am told im a good builder but i still think i need improvement. I guess we are our worst critics.

 

Dennis

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10 minutes ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

@Reini78 ... im 46 and still learning things. Do we ever really stop learning in this hobby ? I am told im a good builder but i still think i need improvement. I guess we are our worst critics.

 

Dennis

Then you have still a lot of time :D learning never stops

My dad is now 70, he built models when he was a teenager and young adult, then he lost interest and had no time due to his job. He started building again when I was a young teenager in the late 80ies early 90ies when I received several model kits for birthday and christmas. He showed my how to do it and grew fond of the hobby again. Initially he only wanted to build each 109 and each 190 type, but it turned out different....

Since his retirement over 10 years ago, he had enough time to learn and improve.

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What a nice finish. More and more of Eduard's new 190s are surfacing in the forums. They made me buy the Royal Edition three weeks ago; can't wait to start with it.

Just a small observation: Your dad forgot to paint the fuselage guns.

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7 hours ago, Niknak said:

Excellent fw 190, jg54 had some interesting schemes on some of there aircraft

 

thanks

yes that´s right

 

18 minutes ago, mostrich said:

What a nice finish. More and more of Eduard's new 190s are surfacing in the forums. They made me buy the Royal Edition three weeks ago; can't wait to start with it.

Just a small observation: Your dad forgot to paint the fuselage guns.

 

thanks and thanks too for the hint, completely overseen that, I will tell him

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21 hours ago, neil5208 said:

outstanding work yet again 

 

19 hours ago, Bob Henry said:

Reini, your Dad did it again !! A very nice build indeed.                Bob H.

 

thanks, appreciated!

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