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A quickie I did of a Fw190D-9 running up it’s engine..
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After seeing how nice the 1/48 Hobbyboss FW-190D-9 kit was, I picked up the D-11 kit planning on a parallel build. While it is nice, it has some accuracy issues. It basically is a D-9 kit with a new cowl and supercharger intake, and replicates a mistake on the D-9 kit in that it has a single cartridge ejection chute between the wheel wells (the D-9 should have 2, and the D-11 should have none) Also, the D-11 has the outboard MK-108 cannons miss located, no upper or lower breech covers or ejection chutes, and incorrect panel lines. The cowl cover is also bulged where it should be nearly straight and the motor mount subtle bulge is missing. Time to play ... here's the un modified D-11 wings - note how far outboard the MK-108's are compared to the drawing here's the modified wings, rescribed, with a fairing made from sprue (D-9 wings on top for comparison) (cartridge chute filled on the D-11, and a second one added on the D-9) After priming, with the guns relocated Upper breech covers made from .040 plasticard and panel lines rescribed as nesc. (also note that I've removed the cartridge chutes from in the wheel well) The gun cowl for the fuselage (Eduard's on the left, unmodified D-11 below, and D-9 above) You can see how "bulgy" the cowl is originally Cowl was backed with Millput and filed/sanded to shape and rescribed, the primed The cowl flaps were also separated with a razor saw, and the one flap in front of the supercharger closed For the D-9, the lower, aft portion of the wings is unpainted, so I've done a bit of "stressed skin" and riveted it. IMHO, large expanses of smooth aluminum just don't look right Even with this, it looks like a much simpler build than the Eduard's kit, and accurate in (most) outlines. Hope you like, so far, Colin
