GazB Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Hi all. I hereby present the finished article that is my 1/48 Revell rebox of the Eduard Fw-190 D-9. Its been quite a while since I had a kit so fraught with problems, and this one did test my patience quite a bit. Fit issues, poor location/keying, incorrect or confusing instructions, and even mis-moulded parts. By some miracle it turned out looking decent. Due to the instructions being contradictory at times, I ended up losing decals to masking tape while painting the tail bands on (decal bands didn't completely reach around the tail. Instructions told me to place the bands over the stencils, but the finished pictures on the manual and box show the stencils over the top, which would have preserved them 🤦♂️ The protruding rod on the right wing came off early, and I hadn't yet reattached it. The dorsal antenna behind the ring shown in the painting instructions didn't exist in the plans (including the Eduard ones) or the sprues, so not sure about that one. Anyway. Glad to finally be done with it, even if the right landing gear keeps wanting to collapse and won't seem to reinforce with glue >< On to the pics. Thanks for looking Gaz 35 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spit Fan Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Very nice build of a IMHO very difficult kit.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 37 minutes ago, Spit Fan said: Very nice build of a IMHO very difficult kit.👍 Thanks, Spit Fan Yeah, it was a bit of a battle for sure, hah Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 👍🏾 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 A wonderful Dora. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 25, 2021 Author Share Posted September 25, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, mick said: great work 8 hours ago, Bozothenutter said: 👍🏾 8 hours ago, BerndM said: A wonderful Dora. Thank you mick, Bozo, BerndM ^-^ Gaz Edited September 25, 2021 by GazB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 That was a tough kit! Great Job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal LH Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Well done ,wonderful result with a difficult kit. Having followed your work in progress, yours was another example of the poor buildability of the Eduard D9 (and D11/13) . If maybe there had been more critisisms of the kit when it was first released, as there was with their original A series, maybe they would have retooled it as well, instead of keep rereleasing it as they have done again recently As it was noted in your thread there is a surprisingly long list of innaccuracies as well. With the Tamiya kit being so long in the tooth now ,as well as no engine and small undercarriage,( and the weird upkick on its nose?) , and to be fair Hobbybosses good attempt , but which also has its faults, it would be nice if someone ( updated and retooled by Eduard or Tamiya?) could give us an accurate and buildable D9 as has been done with other machines. ( Mustangs and Spitfires for two examples !) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 5:17 PM, Tokyo Raider said: That was a tough kit! Great Job! 28 minutes ago, Hal LH said: Well done ,wonderful result with a difficult kit. Having followed your work in progress, yours was another example of the poor buildability of the Eduard D9 (and D11/13) . If maybe there had been more critisisms of the kit when it was first released, as there was with their original A series, maybe they would have retooled it as well, instead of keep rereleasing it as they have done again recently As it was noted in your thread there is a surprisingly long list of innaccuracies as well. With the Tamiya kit being so long in the tooth now ,as well as no engine and small undercarriage,( and the weird upkick on its nose?) , and to be fair Hobbybosses good attempt , but which also has its faults, it would be nice if someone ( updated and retooled by Eduard or Tamiya?) could give us an accurate and buildable D9 as has been done with other machines. ( Mustangs and Spitfires for two examples !) Thanks Tokyo, Hal ^-^ Was certainly a bit of a fight, hah. I've come to find that despite the heavy prevalence of WW2 subjects, certain ones (which happen to coincide with the projects I take, go figure, lol), are limited in kit choice and/or aftermarket options. Though if this kit has taught me anything, its take some of the glowing reviews with a pinch of salt 👀 Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Very, very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 55 minutes ago, wellsprop said: Very, very nice! Thank you, wellsprop Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, GazB said: Thanks Tokyo, Hal ^-^ Was certainly a bit of a fight, hah. Gaz You are being too nice! I saw this kit described as 'fiddly'. Being from Michigan, I did not know what that meant. Now I am learning real English from the Britmodellers! Building My Eduard Dora was like mud wrestling a mean wild boar... It was worth it in the end and the model looks like a Dora! Its hard to look at a Tamiya Dora or a Hobby Boss Dora and see inaccuracies, but building an Eduard Dora as nice as yours is like a rite of passage! Those mountain climbers have their satisfaction... its like that building an Eduard Dora! Edited September 28, 2021 by Tokyo Raider 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Heres a real challenge... try building it with gun hatches closed next time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 15 minutes ago, Tokyo Raider said: Heres a real challenge... try building it with gun hatches closed next time! Pleased to here someone else had the same problem as I did. Most surprising for an Eduard kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Murfie said: Pleased to here someone else had the same problem as I did. Most surprising for an Eduard kit. Oh yea! Never ending work to get them closed with a decent fit! This kit (I think) was planned for a redo, like they did on the 190A. The new 190A kits are a wonderful build! The author of this post did a wonderful job... this is a challenging build... i just wanted to put such a nice model in context... alot of work to get this model so nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 2 hours ago, Tokyo Raider said: You are being too nice! I saw this kit described as 'fiddly'. Being from Michigan, I did not know what that meant. Now I am learning real English from the Britmodellers! Building My Eduard Dora was like mud wrestling a mean wild boar... It was worth it in the end and the model looks like a Dora! Its hard to look at a Tamiya Dora or a Hobby Boss Dora and see inaccuracies, but building an Eduard Dora as nice as yours is like a rite of passage! Those mountain climbers have their satisfaction... its like that building an Eduard Dora! While I was finishing off the painting I briefly put the landing gear arms into the recesses as if retracted. They didn't fit. They were far too short, so you'd have gaps along the thinner end. Really wasn't designed to be closed up, hah. Luckily, I like to show off what I can, and the lack of pilot meant I had to 'ground' it anyway. I'll probably look at using some old completed ground accessories to do a mini diorama with it Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Raider Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 Oh yea! That main gear install scared me. I worried for days how the gear would actually go in at the correct angle and how that tiny tab was to fit in the wing notch on the SIDE! but you know what? Mine actually glued in perfectly on first try... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Glad to see it all turned out nicely in the end. It is not the easiest kit to make but with perseverance it will give decent results, well done on sticking with it to the end. Duncan B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 17 hours ago, Tokyo Raider said: Oh yea! That main gear install scared me. I worried for days how the gear would actually go in at the correct angle and how that tiny tab was to fit in the wing notch on the SIDE! but you know what? Mine actually glued in perfectly on first try... The left gear went in with relative ease. But the right gear wouldn't hold up at all, and the supporting arm was sitting at a different angle from the previous despite being in the same positions. I had to pack in a lot of superglue and even some white glue and then rest the wings on two paint jars to give it time to set enough. Fully expect it to weaken again if I start with diorama stuff. 8 hours ago, Duncan B said: Glad to see it all turned out nicely in the end. It is not the easiest kit to make but with perseverance it will give decent results, well done on sticking with it to the end. Duncan B Thanks, Duncan. Nearly gave up a couple of times, hah. Was lucky to have the F-22 to do at the same time to take my mind off it Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 Great modelling, much too difficult for me ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 2 hours ago, Wulfman said: Great modelling, much too difficult for me ! Wulfman Thanks, Wulfman ^-^ Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 Great job 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Yech Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 2:44 PM, Tokyo Raider said: Heres a real challenge... try building it with gun hatches closed next time! Absolutely!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazB Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 On 10/1/2021 at 3:10 AM, Walter said: Great job 👍 Thank you, Walter Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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