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Hi all. Has anyone else ever had problems with Eduard kits? Or to be specific to my particular case, the Eduard Fw-190D-9 (Revell rebox). In addition to a fair amount of flash, parts have incredibly poor keying points, are overly large to fit, don't match the instructions or don't even make sense. I started assembly in the cockpit area and it was straightforward until the footpedals, which have such a poor connection point and appear larger in reality than the instructions depicts. Next up was the gun bay, which again had terrible locator positions for the parts so they had to be manually aligned. It then asked me to add in a pipe that was far too long, but as I looked ahead, completely disappears from the instructions and another part is added to the same place! To try and align things properly I test fitted this section to the fuselage, which has two tiny locator bumps, one at the front and one at the rear, and the rest is basically fitting by eye. It took a lot of force to get the parts to somewhat line up, and I still don't know if it'll fit correctly. I'll have to paint these parts before I continue, but so far this feels like such a chore, and so incredibly disappointing given how often I see people saying Eduard kits are amazing. I don't think I've had a kit with this much wing it construction since Airfix back in the 90s and 2000s, and I don't even think it felt that bad then Almost reminds me of my experience with my Miniart T-55 have similar shallow location points or parts that didn't fit properly. Oh, to have every kit build like a Tamiya one. Gaz

Hallo again This is my Focke Wulf 190 F-8 from Revell in 1/32. All painting and insignia are as explained in: Happy modelling

This is my 5th build after I came back to modelling and also my first model where I'm going to use airbrush, therefore I decided to document the build. The kit is by Eduard.

Hello All, After finishing my 1 1/2 Strutter I didn't fancy resuming any of my in-progress models, so I thought I would have a quick "no frills" build. So on Saturday lunchtime (12:30) this came out of the stash: From a Hobbycraft sale bin a couple of years ago, can't remember how much it cost..... So the aim of the game is a quick build, no improvements, right?? OK, just two - cannon barrels across the undercarriage bay courtesy of Airfix Sturmovik rocket launcher rails, and two card side consoles for the cockpit. I haven't decided whether to add a pilot, so I haven't added any seat belts yet. I've also plugged the fuel tank pylon holes, although I suppose I should have cut the tank off the pylon and added the it to the fuselage. Hey ho. The main components were stuck together before a rather late lunch: I used a little Perfect Plastic Putty under the wings, and in the upper wing root and lower wing to fuselage joins, otherwise it wasn't too bad. The panel over the fuselage guns comes up a little short, so I added some thin strip to the back edge of the recess for it just in front of the canopy, and sanded it to blend it in. The kit has a cover in the wheel section of the undercarriage bay. I have chosen to leave it like that rather than cutting it away and showing scratch built internals in the fuselage. And I've painted the bay RLM02 in defiance of the instructions, which say aluminium. My decision not to go overboard with interior detailing seems to be justified: I was keen to try out my Airfix acrylics for RLM76/82/83: All painting is with a brush. All painting finished before dinner time. Mottling was accomplished with a brush from a Revell starter set, cut down to 2-3mm, with the brush wiped clean of paint before dabbing to get the mottle. The RLM82 (Hu 252) needed a good shake and careful dilution, otherwise you get a strange pale chalky effect that you can see on the left wing and right aileron - these will need a repaint. The red undersides needed three coats to get decent coverage. I realised that where I was painting over the green overspill on the wings and under the roots was going to be persistently darker, so I painted over those areas in light grey to get the same colour as the plastic before resuming. The red paint was slightly silky. The underside decals performed flawlessly, much to my surprise! All decals applied directly over paint with lashings of Humbrol decal softener above and below. This eliminates silvering, even on my mottling, which is matt and quite rough to the touch. The only changes I made to the decals were to add two extra strips to lengthen the white stripes on the cowling and to cut out two white underlays to give a white outline to the "1" on the fuselage. I cut up the white fuselage band from the other option to get this. When I'd finished all this it was definitely time for bed! Quite a lot of progress for 13 hours, with a break for cooking supper too! So tonight I hope to: Paint the guns and ejector chutes Paint and add the undercarriage (doors are done already as part of the striping Paint the exhausts Add seat belts and/or pilot Add and paint cockpit Touch up the RLM82 Apply some swaffelstickers Add exhaust staining and weather it Matt varnish Hopefully in RFI some time tomorrow! Thanks for looking, Adrian

FGMmasterdujin (http://fgmmasterdujin.e-monsite.com/) has just released a 1/72ndANF Les Mureaux 190 C1 resin kit (ex-Dujin) - ref. DA7245. Source: http://fgmmasterdujin.e-monsite.com/pages/a-n-f-les-mureaux-190-c1.html V.P.

The Man, This is not my image. Josef Pips Priller was born on 27 July 1915 at Ingolstadt in Bayern. In 1935, Fahnenjunker Priller was serving in Infanterieregiment 19. Oberfähnrich Priller transferred to the Luftwaffe and began his flying training at Salzwedel in October 1936. On 1 April 1937, Leutnant Priller was posted to I./JG 135. In November 1938 the unit was redesignated I./JG 233 and again on 1 May 1939 to I./JG 51. In July 1939, he was serving with I./JG 71 which was to be redesignated II./JG 51 in October 1939. On 1 October 1939, Priller was appointed Staffelkapitän of 6./JG 51. He gained his first victories on 28 May 1940 over Dunkirk in aerial combat with RAF fighters. He claimed six victories during the French campaign, including his 6th on 25 June, when he shot down a RAF Spitfire fighter near Desvres. By the end of August his victory total stood at 15. On 17 October, Oberleutnant Priller claimed his 20th victory resulting in the award of the Ritterkreuz on 19 October. He claimed at least fourteen victories in the Battle of Britain. On 20 November 1940, Priller was transferred as Staffelkapitän to 1./JG 26, succeeding Oberleutnant Eberhard Henrici (7 victories) who had been lost in aerial combat over the Channel three days previously. Despite much combat with the British, Priller was unable to add to his score before the end of the year. That winter, JG 26 was withdrawn from the Channel front back to Germany for a rest. On his return to the Channel Priller enjoyed a remarkable run of victories between 16 June and 11 July 1941 shooting down 19 RAF aircraft, including 17 Spitfire fighters, to bring his victory total to 39. On 14 July, Priller shot down his 40th victim. He was awarded the Eichenlaub (Nr 28) on 19 October for 41 victories. Hauptmann Priller became Gruppenkommandeur of III./JG 26 on 6 December 1941. By the end of 1941 Prillers score stood at 58. He recorded his 60th victory on 27 March 1942 and his 70th victory on 5 May. By the end of 1942 Priller had 81 confirmed victories to his tally. On 11 January 1943, Priller became Kommodore of JG 26, replacing Major Gerhard Schöpfel (45 victories, RK) who was taking up a staff role. He was awarded the Schwertern (Nr 73) on 2 July 1944. Oberstleutnant Priller brought up his 100th victory on 18 July 1944 when he brought down a USAAF B-24 four-engine bomber. On 1 January 1945, Priller led JG 26 and III./JG 54 in the attack on the Allied airfields, codenamed Operation Bodenplatte, at Brussels-Evére and Brussels-Grimbergen. On 28 January, Priller was appointed Inspekteur der Jagdflieger Ost, a position that required he cease operational flying and which he held until the end of the war. Post-war Pips Priller managed the family brewery business. He died on 20 May 1961 at Böbing in Oberbayern following a heart attack. Josef Pips Priller flew 1,307 combat missions to achieve 101 victories. All his victories were recorded over the Western Front and include 11 four-engine bombers. He was the most succesful pilot in battles with Spitfires claiming at least 68 of them. The machine, (Link to WIP) http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234966349-harrier-hiatus-airfix-fw-190typhoon-1b-dogfight-doubles/

(Started Sunday) I bought this kit because of this post, http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234965363-hawker-typhoon-1b-airfix-172/ From the box, any info appreciated. It's Humbrol Matt varnish day on the harrier tomorrow so little else can be done. It will be 21:15 on the 24th August as I open this bag, this will be a quick build. It is the new tool Airfix 1/72 Fw190 a8 as found in the dogfight doubles box I got a few days ago. It will be the test bed for the new (to me) alclad gloss. This is bank holiday Mondays work. Cockpit details, painted with Tamiya XF-24 Dark grey, very thin black wash, dry brush with games workshop fortress grey & mithril silver. Looks excellent from the box, the only thing I did different from the instructions, fix gunsight to coaming instead of console. Grey on control column is Airfix acrylic 64 (light grey) this colour was supplied in the box, it is the dogfight double box which has some paints, 2 brushes and a small tube of glue included. This makes the kit work out very cheap, it's even better if you grab it on offer as I did. Steaming technique. The lower wing is VERY distorted, It looks more like an x-wing! The tips need straightening from the leg end of the undercarriage opening and also a slight bend at the nose and a more significant bend at the tail end of the piece. I used a regular kettle and made some coffee at the same time, it took a few goes to get things lined up enough that tape/pegs/glue will hold things in place without distorting the upper wing half or freeing itself from the rear fuselage joint. The jig is the kitchen worktop with a chopping board between 2 pegs, the nose is resting on the worktop jointing strip which happened to be about right for the job. The butcher bird is indeed living up to its name, not only did I need to butcher the wing to get a fit I also decided to attempt a fillet o' finger when removing said wing from the sprue! TAKE CARE WHEN USING SHARP IMPLEMENTS.

This is my alternative project so that I don't get too bogged down in rivet counting on my Hurricane build.