stevehnz Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 A bit slow for the off with this but I reckon I've still got time. 1st up the obligatory pile of bits & pieces. Since I took that a couple of days ago, I'm using a copy of the Eduard scheme for this machine for paint info but I've decided against using any of the Airwaves set, it was originally bought to give me some engine fans on an Italeri Do 217 & I reckon what is visble in the Fw 190 pit doesn't make it worthwhile. A bit of time the last couple of days saw the cockpit module completed, at least as far as I want to go. I didn't like the kit decals much, huge backing films & the detail doesn't show against the RLM66 interior colour at all well. Some tape seat belts & its now about ready to drop into the fuselage which is now glued up. I've also amused myself filling the panel lines that an A-5 doesn't want & sliced off some lumps under the wings it also didn't want, a bit heavy handed here so out with the dissolved putty. Steve. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 . Does Hasegawa give decent instructions how to differentiate the -5, -6 and -8 from each other? V-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 I don't know how accurate they are but they do indicate which panel lines are not required for the A-5 & -6 compared to the -8. I think that removing the lumps under the wings was my initiative as Nowotny's plane didn't have the outer wing guns & the Eduard instructions & other builds didn't show them either. The h\Hasegawa instructions left them on as I recall, I don't have them with me just now. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vppelt68 Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Ok thanks, I know there's an A-6 to be built by me one day, and the manufacturers appear to like to skip from A-5 to A-8 😒. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 30, 2016 Author Share Posted August 30, 2016 I'm pretty sure you're OK for an -6 from the Hasegawa kit, the details for achieving that in the instructions might depend on the boxing though. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Looks like a good start Steve! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 18, 2016 Author Share Posted September 18, 2016 Hells teeth, what have I been doing the last 2 1/2 weeks, not much it would appear yet there is some progress & I'm hoping I can mask up the yellow tomorrow & get some camo colours on it. I've been playing around with a mix to lighten the Hu 242 with a little Hu 240 slightly to give some contrast in the top colours. Anyway, heres to evidence of my sloth. Steve. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 28, 2016 Author Share Posted September 28, 2016 But wait, theres more, progress slow but steady & getting to a satisfying stage. Underside painted with some frightfully gloopy Hu247 RLM76, I had to dip some from the can & thin before I could brush paint it. This photo taken on the 18th. Topsides with some colour on, I wasn't happy with the lack of contrast between Hu 242 (RLM71) & Hu241 (RLM70) so I added some Hu240 (RLM02) to it, maybe a little too much, I did 4 of 242 to 1 of 240, 5:1 might have been better, photo on the 22nd but once I put some Hu 242 (RLM70) on in the Fw190 camo pattern, I was not too unhappy with it. Photo today The prop & rear canopy are just sitting there for show Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) There has been progress, I'm pretty much done painting & just for a moral booster I've put on the main markings, just stencils & Nowotny's personal & rank markings to go on, it should be finished early next week. Just noticed a touch up will be required on the near upper wing cross, must have happened as I was removing an ingrowing cotton bud whisker. Steve. Edited October 12, 2016 by stevehnz 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Excellent progress Steve. Looking very good!! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 11, 2016 Author Share Posted October 11, 2016 I calling this done as of today. There're some things I could be happier about with it, the Chevron decals were out of register, something that wasn't obvious on the decal sheet, & are not quite the correct style, something Eduard seem to have got right according to the only photo I've been able to see of this aircraft on the net. That same photo gave me a moment of panic when I realised it had inner gear doors, something the Hasegawa kit being based on a A-8 version doesn't have. Luckily I have an Eduard A-8 kit which won't need these doors so I was able to poach these, I then had to square up the corner of the wheel well, which saw me chopping thru into the wing interior, happily able to be filled with some white glue, all this after painting the undersides & wheel bays. . Decals were a mix of Hasegawa for the main markings & Hobby Boss for the aircraft specific ones, I should've known they'd be inaccurate. That said, they went on better than the Hasegawa ones which did their best to silver, it took some work to prevent this. The first long skinny wing walk way decal broke into 4 pieces so I treated the rest to some Microscale decal film. Much better after that. Just a couple of quick piccies for now, I'll take some better ones tomorrow when I've some daylight, to go in the gallery. So there it is, I like the look of it, it is what it is & something I've wanted to do for ages. Next please! Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 Great job Steve! That turned out beautifully! Very nicely done! Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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