1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190D-9 "Black One"

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Today is high school graduation for my elder daughter. Strange to think that our little girl will be leaving the house for college in just a few months.


I took the day off as my sister flew in from Hawaii to attend the graduation. So I snuck out into the garage for a few moments this morning to work on the Dora.

The windscreen has been painted with the interior color RLM66. Still toying with the option of displaying the canopy open or shutting it. The fit with the resin hood, windscreen and canopy looks pretty good. Slight overhang on the windscreen but nothing that can't be easily corrected.



Thinking ahead to painting, I trace a mask of the sliding canopy section.


The supercharger fan was painted.


And the supercharger intake was glued into place. The glue seam around the intake needs to be filled so that is why I am doing it now since it'll be much easier to access the bottom seam without the wing in the way.



The gap around the intake is filled with White Milliput. Once this is dry, I will blend the joint with Mr Dissolved Putty. I've been using this stuff more and more and I'm beginning to really like it. Compared to Mr Surfacer 1000, it dries faster, doesn't shrink as much (big plus) and sands just as nice.



The horizontal tail surfaces have been glued into the separate tail unit. Again, it is much easier to work on the joints with this tail unit separated from the fuselage.



That's all for now. USPS tracking says that my PE bending tool will be delivered today so soon I'll be able to play with the Eduard brass flaps.
 
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Congratulations on the graduation of your daughter John, you should feel proud and the opportunity to attend college, will give you more satisfaction.
The advance in your bird, simply formidable.

Saludos
 
Thanks for the comments! Busy weekend with the graduation activities so only a short update.

The supercharger intake seam is getting cleaned up and I've put a seam line across the center of it. A few more iterations of putty/sanding are needed to get it blended in.



The 5.5" bending tool came in the mail but I discovered something wrong with the flap set. I've got two Part 2 pieces instead of one Part 1 and one Part 2. I've fired off an email to Eduard to see if I can get a quick replacement.

 
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The main gear legs on the Dora kit can be susceptible to breakage. I know that first hand as I snapped one on my Yellow 11 build as I was inserting it into the landing gear well. Being nervous about the added weight that the Eagle resin cockpit as well as the Henri Daehne prop adds to this model, I decided to take a look at some metal replacements. I opted for the G-Factor brass legs. Visually, they seem to be identical to the Hasegawa parts, with no added detail. There is a slight, irregular mold line that runs down both sides of the legs that are visible but not overly noticeable. The gear legs are molded in one piece with the oleo scissors molded into place.


After priming the brass legs with Mr Surfacer 1000, I discovered that the locating pins on the legs didn't match the corresponding holes in the landing gear doors. Placing the G-Factor legs next to the kit legs reveals that the G-Factor legs are a touch shorter than the kit legs. It's always SOMETHING not quite right with these aftermarket parts!


To make things fit, I decided to grind off the pin closest to the wheel end of the G-Factor strut and glue a new pin more towards the end so that the pins would correspond to the holes in the gear doors. This seems to be an acceptable solution. I will add the brake lines to the gear legs before priming and painting.


Eduard promptly answered my email about the flap snafu and have committed to sending me a replacement. Confident in Eduard's promise, I tried my hand at folding one of the flap pieces with the new folding tool that I got.


This is the upper flaps after folding the end pieces up at right angles.


Each rib is carefully rotated 90 degrees before final fold is complete. I can then secure each rib individually using CA glue.


After the ribs are glued into place, I clean off the excess CA glue using debonder.
 
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