Kitchen Modeller Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi all - seeing that it seems to be the year of the Focke Wulf, here is my latest version - Tamiya's FW 190 D9 in 1/72. This is the second time I've done this kit since my return - basically the first attempt came out awful - I was still brush painting at that stage and my attempts at getting a mottled effect was a total fail. I really love this plane so I'm glad I was able to produce something a little more presentable at the second attempt. Still far from my lofty goals but a definite improvement. I've got the 1/48 version in the stash so it won't be long before I'm having yet another crack This version was built pretty much OOB - I replaced the wing gun barrels with needles and added some mig rigging for the antennae wire. Wings and fuselage fell victim to my riveting tool. Painted with Tamiya Acrylics, weathered with oils and pigments. I went a bit crazy with the weathering on the drop tank - this was an experiment using the hair spray technique - but apparently very worn drop tanks were quite common especially late war. The pylon holding the tank probably shouldn't be weathered to the same level so this is my mistake. Thanks for looking...! 50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Sehr gut! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 19 minutes ago, billn53 said: Sehr gut! Danke dir!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 (edited) Good looking 190. Did you use the kit decals? If you did, did they put up a fight? Edited March 4, 2019 by Sturmovik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sturmovik said: Did you use the kit decals? If you did, did they put up a fight? I did indeed - and yes, they didn't want to play ball If you look closely, you'll see that they are not aligned perfectly in places - so this time they went on but wouldn't stay put. Lots of clear coats seem to fix the thickness issue and they look fine but as you know, not my favorite flavour of decals to work with... I'll try your hot water method next time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturmovik Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Try the hot water next time, I used it on the decals of my Tamiya 48th A6M2, and they sunk into the panel lines. Not much, but the detail is visible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Nicely turned out 190. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugle07 Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Very nice 190! Riveting! The drop tank looks like it was fun! What did you use to scrape the paint off? Brush, tooth pick? Geoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 1 hour ago, Bugle07 said: The drop tank looks like it was fun! What did you use to scrape the paint off? Brush, tooth pick? I just used a paintbrush - first time using this technique so I went slow. I could have used a toothbrush but that would have taken too much off I think - paintbrush took too much off in any case... I was only going for a 'little bit' of rust but alot came off anyway - it was fun though! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christer A Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Great looking Dora! That extra tank is just lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snappedbydan Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 I was going to order this very model but went for the hobbyboss 1/48 in the end. You've done an excellent job here, something to aspire to 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 That looks really good. I couldn't be bothered to rivet a 1/72 model so hats off to you! The colours look spot on too. Brilliant all round. Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 4, 2019 Author Share Posted March 4, 2019 Thanks for the kind words @Christer A, @snappedbydan, @IanC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Oh yes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmouredSprue Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Looks really nice. Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 5, 2019 Author Share Posted March 5, 2019 Thanks @RMCS and @ArmouredSprue...! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Love the long nose FW! Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baldwin8 Posted March 6, 2019 Share Posted March 6, 2019 Well done. We are always afraid of our mistakes but it is the best way to learn. Very good airbrushing on this scale. I like the effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy86 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 It seems that the 190 is the "to go kit" to get back on the horse, i did one and came out awful as you say! But this one is great! Killer colors and the soft weathering did the job great, super cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 On 3/8/2019 at 8:30 AM, iggy86 said: It seems that the 190 is the "to go kit" to get back on the horse, i did one and came out awful as you say! But this one is great! Killer colors and the soft weathering did the job great, super cool! Thanks Iggy - it’s a nice kit and goes together well - the difficult part is the paint job...! I wasn’t 100% happy with this but it was better than the last effort. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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