Airfix 1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw190A-8

[Jim R]

Hi all
After my HMS Victory and with the interruption of Christmas and the New Year coupled with my Ikea revamp of the model room I needed something straightforward. I remembered that Ron built this a couple of years ago with one of his wonderful "tales" to go with it. Hauptmann Hans 'Lottie' Haas :thinking: I bought the kit back then - £5.99 from Aldi if memory serves.
I wanted it flying. Spent quite a while on the propeller. Went fairly heavy on the weathering as I figured that in Belgium in late '44 the Luftwaffe were short of planes, pilots, ground crew and spares so it would likely be a refuel, a quick check over and back in the air.









Jim

[spanner570]

Excellent build Jim and nicely presented.

Good to see 'Lottie' Haas is flying again.

Nice prop too!

This aircraft is my favourite. a real brute, business like, killing machine.

Ron

[Mark1]

Nice build Jim, looks good :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent work Jim. Looks great.

[minitnkr]

Really nice finishes.

[adt70hk]

Jim

Very nicely done indeed. Hope mine turns out just as well.

ATB.

Andrew

[Steve Jones]

Not my thing Jim but it looks like a fantastic result

[The Smythe Meister]

Cracking stuff Jim :thumb2: .
Great finish all round,particularly the Prop-time well spent i`d say,
Well done Sir:smiling:!!
Andy

[yak face]

Lovely job jim , nice to see another great little airfix kit . Cheers tony

[Steven000]

Well done Jim, looks way better in the air where it belongs! :thumb2:
The prop turned out great, I think the Luftwaffe never used yellow tips on their props, but correct me if I'm mistaken! (Also don't want to be harch, just info)
Looking forward to your next project ; )
The weathered look came out great too :thumb2:
Cheers, Steven

[Jim R]

Thanks guys for all your very nice posts. Appreciated :thumb2:
Steven - you're totally correct about the yellow tips on the propeller. The box art and the painting guide and the references I looked at all showed no yellow tips.


I did make a couple of propeller discs without the yellow, I even dry fitted one.



Somehow it didn't look right. I don't know why but I wasn't happy so made the yellow tipped version which 'looked' good although was not correct :rolling: I certainly don't mind the comment - I'm grateful to people who look in on my builds.

Jim

[Steven000]

Thanks guys for all your very nice posts. Appreciated :thumb2:
Steven - you're totally correct about the yellow tips on the propeller. The box art and the painting guide and the references I looked at all showed no yellow tips.

I did make a couple of propeller discs without the yellow, I even dry fitted one.

Somehow it didn't look right. I don't know why but I wasn't happy so made the yellow tipped version which 'looked' good although was not correct :rolling: I certainly don't mind the comment - I'm grateful to people who look in on my builds.
Jim

I see, I think the prop effect looks very good, with or without yellow, nicely done Jim! :thumb2:
Cheers, Steven

[flyjoe180]

Fantastic job Jim, love the prop.

[boatman]

AN HI Jim YES I ALSO LOVE your prop on the plane it actually looks like its flying very well done
chris

[papa 695]

Cracking work Jim.