A Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 in Italy - June 1944 -- Revell, 1:32 scale.

[al49]

Hi everybody,
I left home all my w.i.p. models and here in my holiday place I started a new adventure.

The kit is the new Fw from Revell and my goal is to try to replicate this bird "weiis 11"

better seen here:

I also provided the resin cockpit made by Eduard/Brassin that really look better then the one supplied with the kit:

Resin part has been already painted RLM 66

So I have a question, does anybody have good colour pictures of pilot's office that show various handle and lever colours?

Many thanks in advance.
Alberto

 

[fubar57]

This might help Alberto...

Military Aviation Archives - Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Photo Set 1

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8 Cockpit | National Air and Space Museum




Geo

 

[JKim]

Very interested to see this one having built Revell's 1/32 109G-10 recently.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Thank you my friend.



Geo

 

[Crimea_River]

Looking forward to this Alberto.

 

[al49]

Many thanks to all and particularly to Geo for the good links.
Alberto

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Wayne Little]

Look forward to this build, considering one myself....

 

[SANCER]

I'm on the front row to enjoy your process Alberto.
Excellent references you have received and I imagine the wonderful information that will be handled here.
That cockpit resin is tremendous !!

Saludos
SANCER

 

[Airframes]

This should be a good one Alberto. I'll be watching, as I'm tempted to get this kit myself - even though I promised myself 'No More Kits' !!

 

[Wayne Little]

Resistance is Futile Terry....

 

[Ohm-men]

I like Fw 190's a lot! Will follow with keen interest!!!

 

[stona]

That NASM restoration is very good. I have colour pictures of two other Fw190s taken before/during restoration and they tally very well with what you see in that link. This is not always the case with museum aircraft, though things have got a lot better in the last twenty years or so!
Cheers
Steve

 

[Bernhart]

was just there at the smithsonian last week

 

[at6]

Plan to watch this build since the 190 is one the most beautiful planes ever designed. Something about radial engines that I can't resist. Now to grab my Tamigawa in 1/48th.

 

[Wurger]

Tamigawa means the mix of Tamiya and Hasegawa kits doesn't it?

 

[Wayne Little]

A special mix...

 

[al49]

Hi everybody, many thanks for all nice comments.

In the mean time I did some progresses, not much because my grandsons (three years and six months old) need some attention and it's a bit to hot (30 deg C) to work on models.

By the way, this is the BMW engine, just out-of-the-box because I still don't know how much will be visible just leaving a couple of engine covers in the open position.

Then some parts of the cockpit, still to be finished ans weathered:

Then fuselage halves and wings with a first coat of RLM02 and RLM66 where indicated.

All paints are acrylics, mostly from Gunze.

I hope you like it.
Some more will follow asap.
Alberto

 

[al49]

Damm!
Those macro photographs showed me something that wasn't visible with just a magnifying lens: almost all decals dials have wrong orientation!
I need a bigger and more powerful lens ...
Alberto