Fw 190A-8 'Heinz Bär' Kdr ll/JG26, Apr 1944 Gruppe Build

[Wayne Little]

Great work Alex, keep it coming mate!

 

[Heinz]

Thanks guys!

 

[rochie]

had to paint the spiral on my A-8 Heinz, i cant belive how crap academy decals are !

 

[Heinz]

Too true rochie, I managed to line up the start on the spiral right on the tip of the spinner but the bugger just wouldnt settle down. Even with some decal softner, when it tore I gave up.

Your spinner looks a million bucks rochie, much better than my effort!

 

[ccheese]

Looking good, my friend.

Charles

 

[Catch22]

Looks great Alex! I wish I was there right now, it looks so nice there!

 

[Wurger]

With all here Alex.Nice progress.

 

[Maximowitz]

This is nice. Good to see a Fw 190 build in "braille scale."

If only my eyes were up to it. Great job!

 

[A4K]

Yep, great job mate! I know how hard it is to hand-paint those spinners spirals too!

 

[Airframes]

Looking great Alex. You've done a good job on the spinner spiral. Don't you just hate those sods!

 

[Heinz]

Much appreciated guys!

The last two days have been great for painting 39celcius yesterday and today

 

[Lucky13]

Coming along great Alex....keep it up mate!

 

[Screaming Eagle]

Great progress Alex!

 

[Heinz]

Thanks lucky and screamin!

Did a little more today, painted the red band on the rear of the fuselage unfortunately the tape let the red bleed thru slightly so Im a little annoyed. I made sure it was all firmly stuck, but ah well I'll fix that later.

I also made a start on the base with some matchsticks stuck down in an orderly but not neat to get the right affect. The putty is a water based wood filler which I used to build up the ground around the matchsticks.


Cheers.

 

[Lucky13]

Excellent work Alex! Sorry to hear about the paint bleeding through....

 

[Heinz]

Thanks Jan, however looking at your avatar has cheered me up

 

[Airframes]

Great work Alex. That base is going to look grand when it's done. I know it's a bit late, but for future reference, one way of stopping, or at least minimizing, paint bleed, is to 'seal' the edges of the mask with the previous coloaur, thinnly enough not to cause a ridge. The, when you apply the 'new' colour, it can't bleed through. Also, if you are unable to do this, when you apply the 'new' colour, do it away from the edges of the tape with the first strokes; in other words, working inwards between the edges of the masks.

 

[A4K]

Good tips Terry. Thanks!

 

[Heinz]

Cheers Terry, I have used a sealing method on my Heinkel Im working on. Where I sealed the tape with some humbrol clear so I could get the sharp splinter style camo.

The red band I actually sprayed as it was a decent match to the decal colour and I didn't fancy chancing the large red decal.

I'll try what you said when I fix it up. Cheers mate.

 

[Airframes]

You're welcome chaps!