Tamiya 1/48 Fw 190 A-3 Ian M

[Ian M]

Introducing PE682

Well its got to the point where I cant keep it to my self any more.

Things to do:

Mount the armour ring on front cowl, stick the prop in place, ditto landing gear and diverse detail paint, guns exhaust, that kind of thing.

Klear; decals; more klear, wash for the pannel lines flat coat. Sound about right?

Right then lets have a preliminary verdict:

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[AlanG]

Looking good Ian.

[stona]

Nice one,cool subject too.

Cheers

Steve

[Centurion3RTR]

Glad someone is doing a captured Fw190, nice work Ian.

Have fun, John

[Ian M]

Thanks guys. I have a question; Would a captured aircraft had the weapons removed? Or maybee swapped out with British guns?

[AlanG]

Would of thought they would have been kept in it to keep the CofG correct

[stona]

I read somewhere that they were removed (not from this aircraft,I think it was the captured Bf109F that was tested by the RAF) but I can't find the reference anywhere. I don't know what the standard procedure was, if there was one.They certainly removed other equipment for investigation and presumably would have replaced it with ballast.

Steve

[Ian M]

Hmmm.

I think I'll leave them on then. Should I find evidence to the contrary, I can alway cut them off.

Tank arials are much easier than aircraft! (still easier than rigging a boat though!)

[Ian M]

AAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHhh!:shocking :

Live and learn! I have learnt that DIY decal paper has a rather thick carrier.:smile11:

I have also learnt that decals printed on transparent carrier are just that: Transparent!!!:bigmistake:

So it looks like my easy 'cheat' of decals insted of paint has just done a runner!!!

Off to make a stensil!

Ian M

[stona]

Don't know if she's yours or not.

But it certainly looks like the armament on this one has been retained so you've made a good call. Good luck with the stencils.

Cheers

Steve

[Ian M]

Oh! there were at least two then!

I think that one is PM639, Which i found in my searches, but then I found a colour profile of PE682. It would seem that the Germans were better pilots than they were navigators. If I have done the right one, the RAF aquired it after the pilot landed her in a field in Kent thinking he was safe and sound in France. Duh!

[stona]

I don't know how many Fw190s they got. I think the one I posted may be PN999. We got hold of nine Bf109s here in the UK.

2 x 109 E (AE479 and DG200)

2 x 109 F (ES409 and NN644)

1x 109 G-2 (RN228)

2x 109G-6 (TP184 and VX101)

2x 109 G-14 (VD358 and VD364

But my favourite is the Ju88A-5 that "dropped in" in November 1941. Here it is resplendent in its RAF markings and sporting the serial HM509. I thought about doing this a while ago but chickened out.

Anyway,back to the 190s!

Cheers

Steve

[Ian M]

Roundels here roundels there, Im seing Roundels every where!

I have just worked out that it is going to take me longer to paint the markings that I have used so far to build and paint!!!!

This is quite fun this aeroplane stuff!

Thus far:

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[yak face]

Shame about the decals ian, Im sure itll turn out great. I was tempted too by the captured 190's, very cool paint job! cheers tony

[Ian M]

Why do people use decals for some thing as simple as a roundel?

I'll tell you why: They take freaking ages to do with an air brush!

First make the mask, after you have found the frisk film that is. And sharpend the cutting compass.

The roundel on the fusalage is Yellow, Blue, White and Red. Four colours, four times masking and painting.

Then of course there is the air brush that needs to be cleaned endlessly.

A minuet to stir the paint, a minuet to thin and load the air brush. Ten seconds to do the painting. One colour down. remove mask and leave to dry 110%. Clean air brush. Repeat as often as needed.

Ok you can do one upper wing, one lower, fuselage and tail at the same time. You could make several masks and do them all together, but there is still a silly amount of waiting time.

Enough waffle. This is how far i have come since yesterday.

Is it worth the effort? Hell Yes, look 100 times better than a decal. Even if I do say so my self!!!

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