GB-68 1/48 Fw-190A-9 - We all build Fw 190 (2 Viewers)

[fubar57]

Well done, Glenn. Hopefully the worst is over

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Glad you ok Glenn.

That wing fit is terrible, bit of work there sadly.

 

[Crimea_River]

You'll get there though. Nice attention.

 

[Jock Tamson]

Great work Glenn. Hope you feel better soon.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks, still pretty sore and can't spend too much time setting at the bench but managed to get a bit of work done.
I installed the upper instrument panel and coaming which was quite a pain in the @ss. Also put together the armor headrest assembly and glued it into the canopy. See above pain in @aa statement. I'm beginning to think Eduard engineered this kit to be difficult to assemble on purpose.
Lastly, I installed the ailerons and horizontal tail surfaces. These went on quite nicely. Surprise, surprise.

 

[Wurger]

 

[fubar57]

Totally agree with you Glenn. From what I can figure out, Eduard retooled and released their 190A line in 2017 so check with Scalemates for kit numbers if you are going to buy another. I made gosh darned sure my A-4 was a later one and when I opened the box, sure enough, no fiddly hatches or engines. I have three early 190s that I need to deal with unfortunately

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Doing good Glenn. Glad to say my A-3 is not proving to be problematic at this stage, it's the profipack from 2018 with new parts.

 

[Lucky13]

 

[A4K]

Doing great despite the obstacles Glenn

 

[T Bolt]

I have three early 190s that I need to deal with unfortunately

Sell them on ebay and I se the money to buy the newer version.
Years and years ago I build Eduards P-39 kit and it was wonderful. Not over complicated at all. Seems like they went through fazes of just right to over complicated then back to just right. We just need to be carefull.

 

[fubar57]

Good to know about the P-39. Its on my "Next" list to be done as "UMP" in the 1941 Louisiana Maneuvers

 

[Crimea_River]

In my opinion, Eduard's appearance in the modelling world came with a fresh view toward engineering, detail, and accuracy. Their early kits offered lots of parts for which even the small ones were made to the correct scale size. The results were mixed and the skill needed was often above what the average modeler could muster. Much of the engineering relied on high expectations and was sometimes impractical. In the case of the 190, kudos to them for listening to their customers and coming up with a more reasonable, new tooled version. Their scale mistake on the early 109G kit was also acknowledged and fixed.

I like the Eduard kits for their detail, accuracy, and build challenge though I still have some niggles with their new decals.

 

[T Bolt]

I glued on the canopy and masked it and the other openings and sprayed on a prime coat of Testors square bottle flat gray. Hopefully it will help with the adherence problem I'm having with the Vallejo on the Panther.

 

[Wurger]

 

[rochie]

Nice !

 

[Gnomey]

Glad you don't need surgery Glenn!

The build is coming along nicely!

 

[Crimea_River]

That's looking very good Glenn.

 

[T Bolt]

Today I sprayed some Testors square bottle flat black behind the exhaust stubs and sprayed the underside, tail and up the sides of the fuselage with RLM 76. I'm using Vallejo Model Air for this and I like it much better than the Vallejo Model Color I used for the Panther. It went on very smoothly and the airbrush gave me no trouble at all. I don't understand why the Vallejo paint sets for aircraft are Model Air and the sets for armor are Model Color, but I'm stuck with them for now as I bought both the German and American Armor paint sets.

 

[A4K]

Nice and smooth Glenn