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JKim
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Plodding along... like I said above, I am approaching the main component assembly (wings to fuselage... cowling to fuselage) very deliberately. So in the meantime, I am working on the little bits and pieces.
Some aftermarket items have arrived in the post. First off... decals for Nowotny's White 8 from a company called Print Scale. I have never used decals from this company before but they look ok. Some uneven registry (tail swastikas have uneven white borders) but I have the Hase decals to use as a backup for all of the national markings.
Eduard masks for the canopy and wheels.
Here are clear parts with the masks applied. The Eduard masks are very good and follow the frame lines very well, even on curved surfaces. There were some parts of the mask that were not completely cut through (usually inside corners) which results in a "tuft" of excess material... need to be careful and either remove that excess or push it away with a toothpick.
The BMW801 rendition is pretty basic... one piece molding of the cylinder banks and a separate crankcase cover.
Landing gear covers... I've not gone through the trouble of removing the ejector pin marks because they will be hidden behind the struts (I hope!).
Landing gear struts... covers and struts have been given two different washes (browns and blacks) to weather and bring out details. I notice from this picture that I'll have to give the wash a little "scrubbing" to remove the obvious signs of application that I can see here. Luckily, I have not flat coated these yet.
Spoked wheels and tail wheel assembly.... again, looking at the pictures, I can see some flash that I missed and will need to be trimmed.![Evil or Very Mad :evil: :evil:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
Some aftermarket items have arrived in the post. First off... decals for Nowotny's White 8 from a company called Print Scale. I have never used decals from this company before but they look ok. Some uneven registry (tail swastikas have uneven white borders) but I have the Hase decals to use as a backup for all of the national markings.
Eduard masks for the canopy and wheels.
Here are clear parts with the masks applied. The Eduard masks are very good and follow the frame lines very well, even on curved surfaces. There were some parts of the mask that were not completely cut through (usually inside corners) which results in a "tuft" of excess material... need to be careful and either remove that excess or push it away with a toothpick.
The BMW801 rendition is pretty basic... one piece molding of the cylinder banks and a separate crankcase cover.
Landing gear covers... I've not gone through the trouble of removing the ejector pin marks because they will be hidden behind the struts (I hope!).
Landing gear struts... covers and struts have been given two different washes (browns and blacks) to weather and bring out details. I notice from this picture that I'll have to give the wash a little "scrubbing" to remove the obvious signs of application that I can see here. Luckily, I have not flat coated these yet.
Spoked wheels and tail wheel assembly.... again, looking at the pictures, I can see some flash that I missed and will need to be trimmed.
![Evil or Very Mad :evil: :evil:](/forum/images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)