The Fw 190A-9 of Siegfried Baer, 5.Staffel, II./JG301, in Detail....

[ccheese]

Looking really good, Wayne. That's what I like, "Attention to detail".

Charles

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys...working on filling and sanding those forward wing roots to look right...requires some careful work!

 

[Wayne Little]

Thanks Guys...working on filling and sanding those forward wing roots to look right...requires some careful work!

Ok a bit of before and after...but not finished yet...

 

[ccheese]

It's getting there..... just a wee bit more.....

Charles

 

[Heinz]

nice Wayne, patience of a saint as they say

 

[Wayne Little]

Been over the area a couple of times filling and sanding, its a pain in the *ss area to work on and it has to match up correctly with the cowling....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

also fitted the gun cowl and drilled the machine guns, now that was interesting to say the least!!

 

[Wildcat]

Coming along nicely mate

 

[Catch22]

Excellent!

 

[Erich]

Wayne this is a converted A-8 to A-9 correct ? the mg cowling bulges look extreme don't they ?

~ maybe it is just the angle of the foto .........

 

[ccheese]

Lookin' really good, Wayne. Coming along nicely....

Charles

 

[Wurger]

Very nice progress. Keep working.

 

[Wayne Little]

Wayne this is a converted A-8 to A-9 correct ? the mg cowling bulges look extreme don't they ?

~ maybe it is just the angle of the foto .........

Yes -8 to -9 and No not the angle of the photo, they are a little extreme Erich.
I thought about replacing it with the Eagle Ed. cowl but it changes the kit into a Mod category rather than Enhanced, so I chose not to replace it. I am thinking about a bit of 'sanding surgery' to improve it....

 

[Heinz]

Wow Wayne you drilled out the MGs

Something I wouldn't contemplate doing

 

[Wurger]

I would use the injection needle for barrels. But it is a very good solution aswell.

 

[Maximowitz]

Excellent work. The attention to detail is wonderful and only right considering the subject. Great build in progress.

 

[lesofprimus]

Good lookin stuff Wayne, and yes the cowl is incorrectly bulged... I would think that correcting that kind of "mistake" in the kit design would be a requirement for these big time competitions...

 

[Wayne Little]

It's not a requirement, rather an attention to detail thing...for the most part it is still a 190 and still judged on the major basics of construction, painting and finish.
You may change or add some basic components, such as seat belts, antenna wiring, guns...to meet an enhanced criteria, but when you replace or modify major kit parts then the model is elevated to the modified category.
If this was a single 'Open' category then I would go the whole hog...

 

[Erich]

Wayne what's the latest on my cous's 190 ?