New to this group build stuff but really looking forward to it!

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Looks excellent paul ,great painting on the engine. Cant wait to see it with the camo on. cheers tony

[Guest]

Coming on very nicely Paul. Take your time, no rush. Like the exhaust pipe colour, what did you use?

[stona]

That looks very good. It's a tight fit under the various covers as it was on the real thing. I'm glad you've found some useful references,it's something that makes a group build worthwhile.

Cheers

Steve

[tr1ckey66]

The exhaust pipes were first painted leather brown (vallejo) then given dark brown oil wash (with the rest of the engine) and finally given a wash of mig pigments standard rust. This rust wash is probably the most noticeable stage. Basically I just tried a few things until I was happy with the result.

I'm thinking, because everyone else has pretty much used up the figure sets available (and made a damn fine job with them!!!) I may try a kubelwagen. I also quite fancy the idea of having the 190 under a camo net but have no idea whether the airfields in Germany actually used nets to cover their aircraft or whether they were in hangers etc. Then again, I may just settle for the aircraft for now!

[stona]

Hi Paul. The Luftwaffe most definitely used camouflage netting as well as everything they could find to try to hide their aircraft. Aircraft were always dispersed around airfields and towards the end of the war the Luftwaffe was forced to operate from temporary fields (and I mean fields!) and even suitable lengths of autobahn. I've attached a few piccies showing netting and one of Hans Dortemann climbing into his D-9 which has been camouflaged with cut branches.

Cheers

Steve

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[tr1ckey66]

Brilliant, That's me sorted then! One 190 under camo nets coming right up! That shot by the woods is cool too... I quite like the idea of the 190 emerging from cover maybe I'll go for some trees too.

Thanks for the reference - that's great.

Paul

[stona]

Here's a few more. That 190 is not far from those trees! Notice the heavily camouflaged accumulator trolley on the right of the photo. This is how you operate when the enemy has air superiority.

There is also a photo of a blast pen built from bales,bang goes some local farmer's harvest.

Finally one showing a substantial structure of camouflage netting.

Cheers

Steve

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[tr1ckey66]

Cheers for all the reference. I think I am going to go for the camo net/forest idea. I think it kind of tells it's own story - allied air superiority and increasing desperate measures by the German forces.

The first pic has a 190 with 2 drop tanks - where the hell is it going? a secret mission over the US!!! The 2nd pic - I don't think those hay bails are going to give too much resistance to a 1000lb bomb! Talking of which, they don't seem that bothered about where they leave their ordinance do they? check out the bomb in the foreground - just waiting for Frank Von Spencer to trip over it!

Superb pics though - it's shots like these that flesh out the 190 story for me.

Thanks again

Paul

[stona]

No worries ,I've enjoyed digging them out. Most of them are already scanned on my computer,it's just a matter of finding them in my rather arcane filing system! I did find this one,not nets but camouflage nonetheless. How many out of ten would you give this chap for this effort? He looks very proud of himself.

Cheers

Steve

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[tr1ckey66]

He looks proud but I spotted the 190 almost immediately!

:thumbs-up:

[stona]

Me too. Today's prize for "most unimaginative use of camo net" goes to JG53. See if you can spot a Bf109G-6 hidden by this magnificent effort.

Steve

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[tr1ckey66]

That 109 looks like it's got a cold! Got a scarf on and a blankie to keep it warm! Aw, bless!

[tr1ckey66]

Hi everyone

Just got myself ready for painting my 190. The scheme I've gone for is for Walter Dahl's Blue 13 - the chief reason I bought this particular model was because I liked the red band and blue numbers (I don't really know anything about FW190s). The strange space hopper undercarriage is actually white tac. I used this to mask the undercarriage bays with 2 more blobs to support the model so that I could rest the piece down without marking the paint.

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[tr1ckey66]

I've now got some paint on the 190. The steps I took are pretty much shown in the photographs. This is my first attempt at preshading - a technique that I know some modelers don't like but I was keen to try. I've used it for armour models and wanted to see if I could achieve the effect on a 1/48 aircraft. I am quite pleased with the results and hope you like it too. I've still to touch in a few areas (like the tips of the exhausts which were impossible to mask) but once these small areas are done, it's on with a coat of Johnson's clear (for the gloss varnish) and then the decals.

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Sorry Graham, I did try to slow down the build but just couldn't help myself!

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[Guest]

Coming on really well Paul. Nice looking scheme you have chosen to. Have to say I like the space hopper tip lol. Paintwork looks great. I always do the pre-shade but it doesn't always work ot. It all depends how thick the colour has to go on. I tend to find I lose most of it but then again subtlety is the key to pre-shading. I also find that sometimes it looks great on the model but is lost in the pictures.

Looking forward to seeing this come together. Have you sussed out the pine trees yet? They are going to be tall in 1:48 1 to 2ft tall I would think......