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

[Crimea_River]

Hope it works for you John. The real 190 canopy actually was split at the top centerline part way along the length of the glazing. It could be an option to do the same on your model, drilling a small hole at the end of the split and then sawing the plastic with a very fine saw (I have PE ones for this type of thing) up to the hole. Once the desired angle is achieved, the sawn split can be filled with CA. Not sure I'd have the courage to try this myself but thought I'd throw it out there.

 

[le_steph40]

You're building another future masterpiece John !!! Your work is amazing

 

[Gnomey]

Great work so far John!

 

[turbo]

Good luck with the heavy metal John!

 

[Ohm-men]

This build is so good...I can't get enough of it...
Like I wrote before, I'm a huge fan of your building and painting techniques!
Thanks for sharing all your knowledge

 

[JKim]

Thanks for checking in! The canopy tabs seem to be holding. Sawing the canopy was NOT an option that I was considering... I'm sure I would've mucked that up! The aerial is a combination of two materials. The main line is stretched sprue. But that problematic limp line that goes from the fuselage up to the taut aerial line is a piece of pre-bent fine wire "posed" in the appropriate way.

After that, all that was left was to glue in those tiny landing gear indicators (almost forgot about them), the pitot tube and pop in the propeller. Instead of giving another build update, let's just skip to the finish line... Here is my finished Fw190D-9 "Black 1".

More pictures to come!

 

[rochie]

Simply wonderful John

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

You're building another future masterpiece John !!! Your work is amazing

I was right !!! =D>

 

[Gnomey]

Looks great so far john!

 

[SANCER]

I agree with everyone, about the qualifiers to your work.
Your new Dora will be an excellent reference and consultation to practice the different techniques throughout the process.
We have a winning model in future competitions.
Congratulations John.
BTW, the photographs are very good!

Saludos.

 

[turbo]

Fantastic result John, terrific! Great attention to detail in all aspects.

 

[JKim]

Thank you so much for the great comments! Greatly appreciated! I went through some up and downs on this one but was able to get it done!

 

[Wurger]

Impressive, really impressive.

 

[Crimea_River]

Totally agree. A fabulous build John.

 

[Airframes]

Agree with all.

 

[Tony Hill]

WOW!!!! Just WOW!!!!!!

 

[Wayne Little]

Awesome......

 

[JKim]

Thanks guys! It better look nice since it was on my workbench for eight months! I am happy with the way that she turned out but there's lots of stuff that could be improved upon. Definitely need to be more careful with my model surfaces prior to painting to counter the paint chipping problem.