Muller Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 (edited) I built this pretty much OOB just as a practice run. Added aerials and scratched straps. I wanted to try another Luftwaffe mottled camo scheme and to see if the RLM 74/75/76 Humbrol equivalents looked ok. I'll be starting a 1/48 Hasegawa 190A-6 soon. Not a great kit, decals are totally wrong and check out the 6" thick bulletproof canopy! It looks ok on the shelf beside my 109. Thanks for looking Edited March 24, 2009 by Muller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Very nice Keith I like that a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpack Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 I remeber this kit from years ago. It was a pile of then and still is. Apart from the Xfers, the kit is dimensionaly way out. Even the old Monogram FW190 is far better than this. I saved mine for spares, the MK101s in particular. As a test kit for an airbrush, it's fine, but for a serious build, go Eduard, Tamiya, Monogram, Dragon in that order. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo33 Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Looks pretty good to me - but I don't know much about the Devil's Airforce.... I'd say it's a pretty good effort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turnerdad Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Nicely put together and finished despite the kit itself. Good base too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Well, I'm no Luftwaffe expert, but it looks like a 190 to me. And you've done a nice job on it. Base looks good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted March 24, 2009 Author Share Posted March 24, 2009 Thanks folks Wolfpack, you're right about the dimensions being all wrong, it's smaller than my last build, a 1/48 109K! I compared the wingspan to the Hasegawa 190, it's about an inch short! The base has a new home in Teeside now, gave it to another modeller! Thanks again for the nice comments people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted March 24, 2009 Share Posted March 24, 2009 Nicely done Muller! Like the finish, love the base - how did you do it? Is it me or is that swastika just huge!?! cheers Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muller Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Cheers Rick, that swastika is 1/32 I reckon! Re the base, it was made using a cut out from a wooden shelf, 200mmx200mm. After a few coats of varnish to stop the wood warping, I glued the wooden boards onto the base, the wooden boards are cut up coffee/tea stirrers swiped from my local service station. I stained them with some woodstain I found in the shed. I gave them a few coats, in between coats, i scrubbed them with a stiff wire brush to rough them up a bit. Added oil stains with white spirit and oil paints. Then around the boards I gave the base a covering of plaster (polyfilla), when that was dry it was painted with an earth colour, then white glue applied with a brush, some patches left with no glue. Sprinkled with static grass I got in the LHS. Then airbrushed some yellow in patches and general weathering around the boards. Not too difficult to do, give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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