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thomasweir · Last edited by thomasweir on Sat 30 May 2009 09:18 am; edited 1 time in total

Badwolf will be posting his build here.

Badwolf · Posted: Fri 29 May 2009 21:26 pm Post subject:

I'll be building the 1/72 Fw190D-9 (01064) for this GB.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 30 Jun 2009 21:31 pm Post subject:

Preliminary photos...

Box

Instructions

Sprues

Decals

The best place for these decals is file 13 I think. I'll have a look in the spare decals box sometime this week, I think there's something I can use in there.

I'm planning to start this build later this week or the weekend, I'd like to get my 3rd Anniversary GB finished first.
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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 01 Jul 2009 10:34 am Post subject:

There's no rush. Only two months to go!

Badwolf · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009 21:23 pm Post subject:

Finally started this one! I've put a couple of coats of Hu67 on the cockpit area and glued the fuselage together. I've also assembled the wings, then sanded the seams smooth.

Found some decals from a previous build of this kit in the spare decals box, they look like they're still usable.

The only thing missing is the swastika tail markings, not a problem as I have a whole sheet of them in various sizes made by Superscale.
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Badwolf · Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 21:22 pm Post subject:

I've added the gun cover/top cowling part yesterday, then filled the gaps with milliput after the glue had dried.

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Brews · Posted: Thu 09 Jul 2009 23:20 pm Post subject:

You needn't worry about sloppy-fitting parts on Fw 190s. The real deals had sloppy-fitting panels, with wear and tear. Many Fw 190Ds weren't new-builds, but were re-builds of tired A8s. It complicates things if you go through the exercise of trying to work out how many Fw 190s were produced.
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Flash Flash · Silver Star Joined: 16 May 2006 Posts: 2938

The best box art ever!
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Badwolf · Posted: Fri 10 Jul 2009 21:29 pm Post subject:

Badwolf · Posted: Fri 17 Jul 2009 21:14 pm Post subject:

Basic assembly is done, time to break out the paint.

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thomasweir · Posted: Sat 18 Jul 2009 07:12 am Post subject:

Looks good. The parts seem to be a better fit than my Dora.

Badwolf · Posted: Sat 18 Jul 2009 21:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks Thomas, I did have to do a little fettling of the wing/fuselage joint before gluing the parts together, but the kit did fit reasonably well.

Today I've applied an undercoat of Hu64.
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Badwolf · Posted: Sun 19 Jul 2009 18:26 pm Post subject:

I've put the first coat of homebrew RLM76 (2 parts Hu28 to 1 part Hu65) on today.
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Badwolf · Posted: Tue 21 Jul 2009 21:14 pm Post subject:

The second coat of RLM76 has been applied.

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TimJ · Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2009 19:43 pm Post subject:

Coming along nicely.
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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 22 Jul 2009 19:50 pm Post subject:

Looking good

Badwolf · Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2009 21:38 pm Post subject:

I've got the light green on now. I used Hu80 instead of Hu78, not sure if it's correct but Humbrol don't do RLM colours. I also plan to replace Hu27 with Hu102 in the hope of producing something vaguely resembling an RLM76/82/83 scheme. The colours I've picked may involve a bit of artistic licence.

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Ratch · Posted: Tue 28 Jul 2009 22:43 pm Post subject:

The matches I have are

RLM 82 = Hu: 2 or Hu: 80
RLM 83 = Hu: 30 or Hu: 163
HTH
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TimJ · Posted: Wed 29 Jul 2009 19:32 pm Post subject:

Looking good so far.
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Badwolf · Posted: Wed 29 Jul 2009 21:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks Ratch and Tim, I tried out test patches of Hu30 and Hu102 this evening, I'll check them out after drying overnight although I think Hu30 looks better for the dark green at the moment.

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