Dermo245 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hi everyone and just finished this wee one, Airfix's FW-190 A-8 in 1/72. Built OOB except for seat belts from masking tape. Brush painted with the mottle done with a small bit of sponge. Apart from the kit stencils and spinner, the markings are from Sky Decals for 'Blue 13' of JG 300, 1944. flown by Major Walther Dahl. From what I've read, the a/c was originally an R2 'Sturmbock' with 30mm cannons outboard and extra armour around the cockpit. These were removed and she reverted to type so I've added some paint dots on the cockpit sides to show where these attached. I'm not sure if the nose art decal should be darker too, so you can see the gunsight over the B-17. And I used the wrong shade colour underneath - it shoud be more of a light grey than light blue. No stress, I enjoyed building it anyway! Thanks for looking and enjoy your modelling All the best, Dermot Airfix FW_190_Done (1)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (5)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (2)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (6)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (10) by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (4)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (3)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr Airfix FW_190_Done (8)r by Dermot Moriarty, on Flickr 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue. Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great paint finish. Picked one of these up last week from Aldi. Looking forward to building it, hope I can make just as good a job of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allyby Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Looking good, love the weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Cracking little 190 Dermo! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Really good looking FW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Hi Dermot, great 190! I see you have handled the mottle nightmare with elegance. Not an easy feat when no airbrush is involved. So congrats are in order! What's next? Keep having fun! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Skipper Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 What colours were used, on fw-190 a-8 because I'm building this kit and I want to have different details on it as well. Where can I get details for this 1/72 kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Nearly finished mine, as a French nc900. Great looking model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermo245 Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 2 hours ago, John Skipper said: What colours were used, on fw-190 a-8 because I'm building this kit and I want to have different details on it as well. Where can I get details for this 1/72 kit Hi John, Good thread here on Britmodeller about Luftwaffe colours. Or search the WWII forum as there's some posts in there as well to do with Fw-190 colours. Or the FalkeEins blog is terrific too. Or good old Google. From what I've read, colours depended on where it served, what stage of the war it was, the unit itself, etc etc. Hope that helps. Dermot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudman1961 Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Good looking Fw190. Nice work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudman1961 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 15 hours ago, Dermo245 said: Hi John, Good thread here on Britmodeller about Luftwaffe colours. Or search the WWII forum as there's some posts in there as well to do with Fw-190 colours. Or the FalkeEins blog is terrific too. Or good old Google. From what I've read, colours depended on where it served, what stage of the war it was, the unit itself, etc etc. Hope that helps. Dermot You might want to Google ‘Urban’s Colour Reference Charts - Germany’, an IPMS Stockholm page. It’s a bit elderly these days, but I use it all the time. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Cracking result... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudman1961 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Cloudman1961 said: You might want to Google ‘Urban’s Colour Reference Charts - Germany’, an IPMS Stockholm page. It’s a bit elderly these days, but I use it all the time. Dave This is the link: https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/urbans-color-reference-charts-part-i/urbans-colour-reference-charts-germany/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hi Dermot You've done a wonderful job on that finish.....(and cheers for the plug!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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