Pete's Eduard FW190A-8

[Steve Jones]

Nice update Pete. Your certainly heading in the right direction despite all the alien interventions:smiling2::thumb2:

[stillp]

I've a confession to make. Eduard supply PE replacements for those bendy bits on the u/c legs (what are those bendy bits called?) but I'm not going to use them. I'd have no problem with fitting them but they replace a plastic part that is moulded on, and I'm not sure I could remove the plastic part without weakening the leg.
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The wings, ailerons, tail and fin are on now, it's starting to look like an aircraft.
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The wing was a perfect fit when dry-fitted, but needed a bit of filler when the glue was on. Why/how does that happen?
The spare canopy is on to protect the cockpit. When I've fitted the masks to the windshield and the canopy I'm going to use, we might see some paint!

Pete

[stillp]

Hmmm. There's a frame aerial under the rear fuselage, supplied as both plastic and PE.
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You can see the PE version, part 15, in the photo above. Inside it is the plastic part, so clearly the PE is a lot larger.
It has to fit here, in this slot in the fuselage:
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Am I supposed to twist the 'legs' to fit them into that slot, then fill the space in between, or what? If I use the plastic part, it fits the slot, but it's already broken once and surely will again.
Any ideas?

Pete

[stillp]

Paint!!!
Well, a start:
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This is the scheme I'm using:
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I'll give that plenty of time to cure before masking. Then the red tips on the prop, then the black - I can try some pre-shading while the black is in the airbrush.

Pete

[colin m]

Excellent work. I swore no more PE for 1:72 builds. However, it does add a level of detail which is difficult to beat.

[stillp]

Agreed Colin, but only when it fits!

Pete

[Si Benson]

Coming along nicely Peter:thumb2:

[AlanG]

Looking good Peter. Nice to see a slightly different paint callout too

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Pete

[Steve Jones]

Nice build Pete. Good luck with that camo pattern:thumb2:

[stillp]

Looking good Peter. Nice to see a slightly different paint callout too

Thanks Alan. Yes, it's an unusual scheme isn't it. I like the prop!

Looking good Pete

Thanks Joe

Nice build Pete. Good luck with that camo pattern:thumb2:

Thanks Steve. The good thing about the camo is that there's very little masking to do. The bad news is that it's tricky to see where the RLM76 ends, and the RLM75 starts.

Pete

[stillp]

Well, the paint came out darker than I was expecting, but not too bad:
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I haven't glossed the underside yet as I need to finish the undercarriage.
[ATTACH]321926[/ATTACH]Need to touch up those cannon too!

Pete

[scottie3158]

Pete,
Excellent work on the office and the build in general.

[papa 695]

Nice painting Pete.

[stillp]

Thanks chaps!
Undercarriage is being a bit troublesome...

Pete