**** DONE: GB-57 1/48 Fw 190A-8 - WW2 Foreign Service

[fubar57]

Username: fubar57
First name: George
Category: Advanced
Manufacturer: Tamiya
Model: Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-8/A-8R2 Kit #61095
Scale: 1:48
Add-on: Karaya Decals

With apologies, this is a do-over so please bear with me

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[fubar57]

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Box innards

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Clear parts and what I think is the sprue for the R2 version

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Kit Parts added to Post #2

 

[fubar57]

Innards before....

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....and after spritz, spritz, spritz

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Detail painting shortly

 

[Wurger]

 

[le_steph40]

Nice entry Geo, but did i miss something?

 

[fubar57]

Yea Steph. The Eduard kit was driving me nuts and I was only in Step 2 of the instructions so I need something I can do quickly

 

[fubar57]

Detail painting done on cockpit insert. Waiting for clear coat to dry so I can progress further. Progress may stop once the Canucks start at 7:00 but will probably proceed at 7:20

 

[Wurger]

 

[Ralph Haus]

Detail painting done on cockpit insert. Waiting for clear coat to dry so I can progress further. Progress may stop once the Canucks start at 7:00 but will probably proceed at 7:20

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'Red Wings'; could appear orange in the right light. Be wary if this evenings confluances. Put the brush down! Unless the Chanuks beat the tar out of them, then continue on!

 

[Crimea_River]

Too bad you need a respawn but ok.

 

[Wayne Little]

the old switcheroo.....no problem there Geo......

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks like a minor mod required to the wheel door covers, easy done though.

 

[fubar57]

Got a pic that shows full covers so imma takin' the easy way. For two days I've been staring at this nub on the left side, trying to figure out what attaches to it. Nothing in the instructions or on the sprue trees.

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I'm about to cut it off but first I'll test fit the cockpit tub to see if its an alignment point or if it gets in the way. I place the tub and then it dawns on me, its the throttle. Brilliant but awkward to paint

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Just about ready to button up the fuselage

 

[Wurger]

 

[Crimea_River]

I don't remember that detail. This was the second model I built after returning to the hobby.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Proof that it always pays to check, check and re check before checking again.

 

[fubar57]

Possibly the last chance you'll see the I.P.. As soon as the upper dials hit the part they stuck fast and I couldn't budge them. I even submerged the part in warm water but they held fast. The rest of the dials I cut out individually and may be the way I go now. Note the canopy crank sets on a nub in the same location as the nub on the left which I why I couldn't figure it out at first. Slowly gluing up the fuselage halves now

 

[fubar57]

Going over pics of the aircraft again I notice this....antenna slightly offset to the left?