**** DONE: GB-53 1/32 Fw190F-8 - Eastern Front

[Donivanp]

Username : donivanp
First name : Don
Category : intermediate
Scale : 1/32
Manufacturer / Model : Revell Fw190F-8
Extras : Quinta Studios cockpit, Masters gun barrel set, Aires gun bay and Quickboost gun cover

 

[Donivanp]

Here's what the kit looks like.
Instruction book and suggested aircraft

Thinking hard about the first one (79) just because I like the bomb. Anyone who would put that much work into art that will never be seen once used, well that one crazy son well you know.

X2 ea for the next two trees.

Even includes a stand

Kit decals, while a small set they are good, printed in Italy

 

[Donivanp]

Add on items.

Quinta

Aries

Quickboost

Master gun barrels

 

[Donivanp]

Oh and I do have an Eduard Brassin engine, it's a kit unto itself. I haven't really decided on it as looking at the kit it's self, seems half the build is the engine. I don't know yet lets see.

 

[Snautzer01]

Very nice kit. I am going to follow this build. Have a great liking to the Wurger.

 

[fubar57]

Beauty

 

[Wurger]

 

[Donivanp]

Instructions for the Eduard engine

 

[Donivanp]

At present, I have only been able to find one photo of the suggested bird. and to say a little worse for the ware. So where did they get the idea for the sharks teeth on the bomb I wonder?

Focke Wulf Fw 190F8 II.SG10 Black 6 Czechoslovakia 1945 02

Asisbiz article about Focke Wulf Fw 190F8 II.SG10 Black 6 Czechoslovakia 1945 02

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[Snautzer01]

Germans did do drawings on bombs. Specialy early war. But always with chalk.

 

[Donivanp]

Germans did do drawings on bombs. Specialy early war. But always with chalk.

Yeah it's a long tradition by anyone who ever dropped a bomb. But this is the kit depicted bomb.

I would love to see photograph evidence.

 

[Snautzer01]

Yeah it's a long tradition by anyone who ever dropped a bomb. But this is the kit depicted bomb.

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I would love to see photograph evidence.

Are you telling me that you are looking for a colour picture?

 

[Donivanp]

Are you telling me that you are looking for a colour picture?

No. No color. Just photograph documentation. Black and white, 50 shades of Grey will do. Just like to see that bomb. Was is real or where did Revell get it from?

 

[Gnomey]

Nicely done so far!

 

[Crimea_River]

Revell have been known to use a bit of artistic license in their schemes so....

 

[Donivanp]

Revell have been known to use a bit of artistic license in their schemes so....

Yeah me thinks so.

 

[Snautzer01]

German grafitti on a bomb Geh bloss scheissen College ,

 

[Donivanp]

Getting started the instructions call for holes to be drilled in the lower wing section. I have chosen to do it with the out board bomb rack instead of the wing tanks. so I drilled according to the B plan.

Next working out of order I started on the engine. The kit provides a pretty nice engine with out the Eduard selection, but after I got going I'm not so sure.

Two rows of cylinders with just the inner section as the back. I cleaned up and attempted to mate the first set (aft I think row) and it was so tight I broke one cylinder off.

so I glued it back on and sanded the inner section down and retried and re-sanded etc... got it to fit but my sanding was not uniform and it doesn't look so good. If I don't open up the engine no biggie as even in thei scale it won't be seen.

 

[rochie]

nice start Don

 

[Crimea_River]

You won't see any of that so no worries.