Tonys Eduard 1/72 Fw190A-8

[yak face]

Fuselage now glued and drying . The undercarriage wells have been assembled and painted , the cannons that go through the wells have been left out though . I fitted a couple of small pieces of brass tube to the rear spar so I can fit the cannons after painting ( they would be bound to get knocked off ) which will be made from brass tube . The undercarriage legs are supposed to have the scissor links cut off and replaced with PE but as is often the case , the PE doesnt look right , being too thin and flat. Plus , the cutting off of the links would have been a messy job and probably weakened the leg too. I decided to leave them but drill the holes with 0.7 and 0.8 mm drill bits.

[Tim Marlow]

That’s going great Tony. It’s amazing how similar it looks to the 1/48 version. The level of detail is pretty much the same, so some of those parts must be pretty small…..

[Jim R]

All looking fine Tony. I've just started mine and I will use your build as reference. Rather pleased that you're building the same kit ???

[yak face]

That’s going great Tony. It’s amazing how similar it looks to the 1/48 version. The level of detail is pretty much the same, so some of those parts must be pretty small…..

Thanks tim , yes the level of detail is excellent for 1/72 and the fit and precision of the parts rivals Tamiya standards . I’m hoping to do the Airfix 190 after this and use one of the spare decal options so it will be interesting to see the comparison , cheers tony

[yak face]

As this kit is so precise its vital to test fit before gluing , sometimes even a coat of paint on mating surfaces can make a difference . In this case a dry fit showed that the undercarriage bay insert needed a slight sanding to close up the joint on the cowling. Now the wing bottom is fitted next up is the tops , which from a test look like they will fit perfectly with no further attention needed .

[yak face]

Wing tops now on and as mentioned , apart from the seam on the wing leading edge no further attention required . The thought that has gone into the design of this kit is amazing . Eduard have made sure the majority of the joints fall on actual panel lines and the precision of the fit combines to make the build fuss free ( and therefore filler free! )

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Tony, and glad to see another fuss-free build ?

[Tworrs]

Coming along a treat Tony.

[Geoffers]

Nice work Tony ?

Its a real shame more manufacturers don’t take the same approach.

Geoff.

[papa 695]

Just caught up Tony, it’s shaping up nicely.

[yak face]

Got this ready for primer now . The rear canopy is one of the unused spares provided , just tacked on to mask the cockpit during painting. The front part of the cowling and nose ring have been left off too , reason being the cowling front is painted Rlm 02 and the nose ring Rlm 74. ( see camo option C , first post ) . Rather than have a tricky masking job I’m going to paint them separately and fit them last off , they should just snap fit in .

[papa 695]

Looking good.

[yak face]

After giving the underneath and fuselage sides a coat of Rlm 76 the airframe was masked up and a light coat of Rlm 75 applied .

[flyjoe180]

Quick paint work Tony, looking good

[yak face]

RLM 74 now on and unmasked ready for the mottle , BUT - with the drama of the new halfords primer I forgot that I should have primed the fuselage band white and sprayed the yellow and red before any camo went on . So , the band was masked and primed ready for the yellow .