Here's a photo to make you smile on Saturday morning.
Sometimes you've just got to get a really big clamp out
Steve
Sometimes you've just got to get a really big clamp out
Steve
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Nice work so far mate. The cockpit looks great. As they say, if it isn't working you may need a bigger tool.Comment
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I have managed to attach the wings and build up the front of the fuselage. Unfortunately it was such a jostle that It's too dark for a decent photo. It was also a task which severely tested the definition of "fun"
Next update next weekend when I get home.
Cheers
SteveComment
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I made an early start today whilst watching/listening to some Kiwis beat the crap out of each other in the ITM cup rugby.
I've spent a long time trying to make the entire nose assembly fit in something like good order. It really is very vague. It's coming together but still needs work.
I thought I'd stick some other bits together in the mean time, starting with the horizontal stabilisers. These parts illustrate perfectly the problems you can have with this sort of kit.
First on the inside of the parts, and very easy to fix, this.
I don't really have an issue with this. I'll fix it in thirty seconds. However, on the outside, that is visible surface, I found this.
That is going to be tricky to fix in what is quite soft plastic with quite soft moulding of the detail as you can see. I find it difficult to say anything nice about this sort of thing
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After much huffing and puffing I have primed this thing. The primer has revealed a couple of minor issues to fix (not visible in piccy) but no big deal.
I'm looking forward to getting some real paint on it.
Cheers
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This is looking good mate, progressing nicely. Can't wait to see it with a coat of paint.Comment
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Thanks. This one has been a bit of a jostle to be honest!
I don't think it is helpful to be too negative about a kit, as you can already see this makes a very nice looking Fw 190. At the same time I can only be honest, and I have struggled with this a bit. It's fair to say that whilst I might not be the best modeller in the world (by a very, very long way) I am reasonably experienced and I believe that someone very much less experienced would really have an up hill battle with this one.
I've already looked ahead to attaching the under carriage for example. The method proposed in the instructions simply won't work very well at all! Getting the angles correct on a Fw 190 is absolutely vital to getting the model to "sit" right.
I'm hoping to get some paint on next week, work permitting.
Cheers
SteveComment
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Looking very good Steve.
Seems difficult, but you are doing a great work as always.
I'm wishing to see your paint Job on it
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Coming along nicely despite the kit's drawbacks.Comment
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"Drawbacks"........that's one way of putting it JoeOriginally posted by \
I can assure you that there have been a couple of occasions when somewhat less restrained language has been emanating from my little "studio"
I've been a bit busy though I have sprayed RLM 04 on the rudder and underside of the engine cowling. It should be ready for masking today if I get a chance.
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We have faith in your abilities to see this one off SteveComment
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I finally got some paint on.
Pattern on wings is as per early Fw 190s and not as per instructions! There is a bit less of the darker colour on early schemes.
I've gone for RLM 71/02. Some early Fw 190s were produced in these colours, Armin Faber's A-3 was for example. There's no way of telling which scheme an aircraft is wearing from B+W photos, so if you painted this in RLM 74/75 it would not be "wrong" either.
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SteveComment
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I've not found much time to get on with this but this morning I managed to squeeze in a few hours to get the decals on.
I always like this bit, though there is still a looooong way to go the model now has an identity. It's not a Fw 190 A-2, it's Bruno Heganaur's Fw 190 A-2.
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SteveComment
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Nice crisp decals there Steve.Comment
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