Mig88 Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 Hello everyone! Here are my latest kits, a couple of Mark I Models 1:144 Focke-Wulf Fw 190As. These were reboxed Eduard kits with resin cockpits added and a new selection of decals for, in this case, A-6 and A-7 variants, of which I have built one of each. The kits built up well with minimum fuss, just cleaning up parts and mating surfaces being needed. The only major flaw, the overly long main undercarriage legs, was fixed by removing 1mm from the top of the doors and legs. Apart from that, I shortened the gun barrels a bit and replaced the tail mast as it was too flimsy. I added a few missing details, all from stretched sprue: the underside aerials, the wing probe, main u/c retraction arms, the ETC rack sway bars and the radio wires. In the case of the A-6, I modified the main doors to shorten them at the bottom and scratchbuilt inner doors from thin plastic (initially, the A-6 had two-part doors). The kits were fully painted and varnished with brush. I am very pleased with how they came out although the only let down was that the contrast between the Pollyscale RLM75 and Xtracrylix RLM74 became minimal under the matt varnish. First: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-7 "Red 13", flown by Heinz Bär, II./JG1, Luftwaffe, Störmede, Germany, April 1944. Second: Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-6 "Green 1", flown by Hans-Joachim "Hajo" Herrmann, Stab/Versuchskommando Herrmann, Luftwaffe, Bonn-Hangelar, Germany, August 1943. Versuchskommando Herrmann was established in late June 1943 with Herrmann and several other retrained bomber pilots who had experience in blind flying to test the concept of what would become known as "Wilde Sau". Two months later, it was redesignated JG300, the first of the Wilde Sau units. Thanks for looking and all comments are welcome. Miguel 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted April 20, 2023 Share Posted April 20, 2023 Hi Miguel, Amazing builds! 1/144 FW 190 are tiny and your result is plain fantastic. Adding a resin cockpit may seem redundant in this scale, but I appreciate the effort, and you know it is there. So congratulations are in order Super well done JR 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelingEdmontonian Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 There's no way that can be 1/144! Remarkable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianBke Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 What fab work at am amazing scale 😲 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiwarrior Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Lovely work there. It's surprising how good 1/144 kits can look with some care and attention to detail. Nice. Thanks for sharing Kevin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 21, 2023 Author Share Posted April 21, 2023 21 hours ago, jean said: Hi Miguel, Amazing builds! 1/144 FW 190 are tiny and your result is plain fantastic. Adding a resin cockpit may seem redundant in this scale, but I appreciate the effort, and you know it is there. So congratulations are in order Super well done JR As far as the Fw 190 is concerned, you're right about the cockpit! 12 hours ago, ModelingEdmontonian said: There's no way that can be 1/144! Remarkable! 10 hours ago, mick said: great work 10 hours ago, ianBke said: What fab work at am amazing scale 😲 10 hours ago, Samuraiwarrior said: Lovely work there. It's surprising how good 1/144 kits can look with some care and attention to detail. Nice. Thanks for sharing Kevin A big thanks to all for your comments and praise 😃! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 It is just so hard to wrap my head around the fact these are miniscule 1/144 scale kits. They are so finely done and intricately detailed that they look like they should be at least 1/48 if not 1/32. Your eyesight and dexterity skills must be amazing. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winded Penguin Posted April 21, 2023 Share Posted April 21, 2023 Wow, putting radio wires on 1/144 scale models is insane 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 15 hours ago, georgeusa said: It is just so hard to wrap my head around the fact these are miniscule 1/144 scale kits. They are so finely done and intricately detailed that they look like they should be at least 1/48 if not 1/32. Your eyesight and dexterity skills must be amazing. Thanks for sharing. 14 hours ago, Winded Penguin said: Wow, putting radio wires on 1/144 scale models is insane 👍 Thank you very much. Headband magnifiers really make a difference and no, my eyesight is a far cry from what it used to be! Straightfoward wires aren't too difficult but rigging in 1:144 is another matter... I haven't tried it yet 😉! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MACALAIN Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 Nice little things. Alain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 22 hours ago, MACALAIN said: Nice little things. Alain Thanks Alain! Miguel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Very nice indeed Miguel. Love the mottling at this scale...very impressive! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 24, 2023 Author Share Posted April 24, 2023 22 hours ago, binbrook87 said: Very nice indeed Miguel. Love the mottling at this scale...very impressive! 👍 Thank you very much! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernestf Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 impressive details in this scale !! Well done Ernest 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watto Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Fantastic work in such a small scale is very impressive. Well done 👏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mig88 Posted April 27, 2023 Author Share Posted April 27, 2023 On 25/04/2023 at 03:44, ernestf said: impressive details in this scale !! Well done Ernest On 25/04/2023 at 08:16, Watto said: Fantastic work in such a small scale is very impressive. Well done 👏 Many thanks! Miguel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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