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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 08 Jul 2009 17:51 pm Post subject: Airfix FW190 GB phil B's build

phil B will post his build here

phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

thanks thomas!
after seeing this kit around this group build i just had to have one! so after a weekend on ebay this arrived today.
i really like the artwork on the box, and the "red stripe" 190 looks so cool

and to make sure i actually build it i'm joining in with this gb!

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phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

ok i've been beavering away on this kit, and what a nice kit it is!
heres the parts layout, plus a bit of interior painted-

once i got hans looking ok i could get on with the rest of the build

recorded for posterity!

and this where i am now, at the fill, prime, paint, stage. the cowl ring is only lightly stuck on, so i can paint it with the rest of the kit, pop it off, then put the propellor and fan on.
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thomasweir · Posted: Sun 12 Jul 2009 08:56 am Post subject:

looking good phil

thomasweir · Posted: Sun 02 Aug 2009 13:29 pm Post subject:

Any further progress

phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

hi thomas! there is some progress, though my building and posting has been a bit patchy due to work then ironicly a holiday!
i'm now at the fun part, ie painting, ive done the nose stripe and rudder in h 174, masked them and begun spraying rlm 63 on the undersides and up the fusalage sides-

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thomasweir · Posted: Sun 16 Aug 2009 17:56 pm Post subject:

Looking good

phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

oops! It seems that the rlm 63 should only be on the fusalage sides the under surface colour is actually light blue 65! I can't tell one dot pattern from another
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thomasweir · Posted: Mon 17 Aug 2009 13:40 pm Post subject:

I did that with my 1/48 build. I just used it as a good undercoat

phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

yeah, as i post i've just 65'ed the underside, it also seems i need to use 63 as one of the upper colours! not the end of the world though, however i better get my skates on with this!
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phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

ok getting there now! its beginning to look like the pic on the box

its a trick of the light that the tail and nose bands look a strange cherry colour instead of the dull red it actually is.
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Badwolf · Posted: Mon 24 Aug 2009 21:52 pm Post subject:

Looking good.

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thomasweir · Posted: Tue 25 Aug 2009 09:16 am Post subject:

Quite striking

phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

oh dear. I have got the transfers on,and was hoping to finish this yesterday, due to the fact i'm away now and won't be back home until after this gb ends, best laid plans and all that! I have to say that the 30 odd year old decals went on like a charm, after spending a month stuck in a window to sort out some yellowing
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phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

ok i'm back!
spent yesterday getting the u/c on, the prop and spinner mounted and put some gun barrels in that i made from fine brass tube

unlike the rest of the transfers the wing crosses are giving me some gyp!

this shows the brass tubing, unlike the kit part i made it long enough to run through the wheel wells

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jhl1908 · Posted: Sat 05 Sep 2009 10:38 am Post subject:

Great work! phil b.

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Ratch · Posted: Sat 05 Sep 2009 16:18 pm Post subject:

Excelent

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thomasweir · Posted: Sat 05 Sep 2009 17:08 pm Post subject:

That scarlet banding looks very smart

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sat 05 Sep 2009 17:32 pm Post subject:

Indeed.....Very striking!

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phil b. · Yellow Star Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 113

thanks everybody! she's now flat coated and officially finished!

i'm pretty chuffed with the fact that i used H174 instead of H19 as suggested by the instructions because it is a dead ringer for the red on the transfers and ties them together nicely.
i enjoyed being part of this gb, just a shame a pesky holidy got in the way of me bringing this in on time

*edited due to me mucking about with the pics on the hosting site*
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