FW190 - Work in progress - nearly done.

I have been working on the FW 190 - and am a tad frustrated with the canopy assembly  - the top 2 picks show the dry canopies on the model and they don’t fit too well. 

The bottom shows my solution - stick the canopy parts together- stickin place, then (to be done) fill the gap around the front will green stuff. 

I have now filled the gaps around the canopy - and tried to paint on the canopy frame (not my best work to be honest). If you look closely some green stuff is visible inside the canopy. Some tidying up to do on the camo patches down the sides, but nearly there.

I am hoping that the blu-tac doesn’t take any paint off the underside. I believe that I have some clear plastic rod to make a display stand. Decals next. 

Basically done, with a home made stand. I am not sure I will put on all the decals as there are so many  - I think I have to add a little paint on a couple of places. 

There are some nice things about this kit, but the fit on it wasn’t great in places - the bomb cradle - the guide holes on the instructions were not present on the kit, this might have had been related to the flash on the sprues. There was gaps between the wings and fuselage, which links to the tight fit with the fuselage and engine cowling and the propeller section. Obviously the canopy was a poor fit - not helped by some poor painting of the frame. 

Need to do a label for the base and check it over but it is basically done - months before the deadline of July.

Morts

FW190-A8 - Progress

So I have moved forward with progressing the Focke Wulf. 

The undercarriage is up and the bomb is on. The nose cone was delayed as I thought is would be better to put the sprial decal on while it was still attached to the sprue. Just a few bits (tiny) to fit on the underside of the fuselage (and be knocked off), before I can paint the light blue underside. 

The underside basically complete - moving along quite nicely. Insert picture to show some off the flash on the sprues - quite bad. 

Started on the topside … 

 Morts

FW190 Work in Progress - Part 1

At the weekend I did (amongst other things) started on assembling my birthday Focke Wolf FW 190 F-8 Revell model kit. This is the first model kit that I have tried making properly in 40 years … or more. 

I painted up the cockpit details a bit, but not too much and avoided using some of the decals in the box. This was probably a good call as when it went in the fuselage you can’t see much of it anyway.

The main wings and fuselage need to go together now - however I might have put to much pressure on the fuselage when sticking it together, because there is a little bit of a gap between it and the top wing. I will have to put some green stuff in there - d’oh! Although the bottom seems to fit ok when dry fitting. 

I think it’s going to be build with undercarriage up - that way I can’t snap off wheels.