**** DONE: Fw 189 A1 v7+1H - Me/ Fw Group Build

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WOW! Thanks a million clinton! The painting will start soon and this info will come in very helpfull.
 
T Bolt said:
WOW! Thanks a million clinton! The painting will start soon and this info will come in very helpfull.
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Your welcome Glen, I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Are you going to be applying the winter white wash with a paint brush as per the original '2100'?
 
clinton78 said:
Your welcome Glen, I'm looking forward to seeing the results. Are you going to be applying the winter white wash with a paint brush as per the original '2100'?
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I'm not quite sure how I'll do it right now, but have several ideas and will have to test them out first to see which works best.
 
Gnomey said:
Looking good!
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I third that. Jason (Jayl) is in a similar boat with his He 129 build, having to decide on how to apply the white wash. For my Bf-110 Wespe build, I applied the base factory camo using enamels, then applied a coat of Future. Once that has thoroughly dried, I applied a white acrylic mixed with a spot of brown for the whitewash using an airbrush. The white was purposely left looking rather patchy. Once that dried, I gave the white wash a light sanding to give it a worn look. I was pretty happy with the results and it was quite easy to do.
 
What I was thinking of experimenting with was very similar, starting with enamels, then Future, then acrylic white, but I was thinking of wiping off the white with an alcohol dampened Q-Tip or piece of paper towel. Another possibility was to use enamel white after the Future and wipe it off with a thinner dampened Q-Tip. I plan to paint an old model the base colors when I paint the Fw 189 and try both methods. After reading your suggestion I think I try out that way too.
Old Tempest model = 2 sides of 2 wings = 4 different methods to try out.
 
I found that building up very light coats of the white gave the effect I was looking for without having to use solvents to remove what I didn't want. The sanding gives it a very realistic look. Here's a pic:
 

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You have put some hard yards into this build Glenn and come up trumps. It's looking great and judging from your thoughts and others input, I've a feeling you're going to turn out something spectacular.
 
I spent just over an hour and a half putting on the Eduard masks and am well over half way done with it. I couldn't be more pleased with the masks. They are a vast improvement over the last Eduard masks I used which came with the P-40M I used in the Commonwealth GB. These are made of a material similar to Tamiya tape and fit perfectly. I don't even want to think how much time this would have taken me cutting each mask by hand. I bought the mask set several years ago so I don't remember what I paid for it, but whatever it was it was well worth it!

 
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