mustang1989 Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 (edited) 2 minutes ago, James2 said: I do enjoy following along on these plane builds. More inspiration to finish my Curtis P6e.... Thanks for taggin' along James! Jump on in here with it bud. We'll help ya out. Edited November 2 by mustang1989 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Wow! Fabulous work on this Joe! I just love all the extra detail you're adding. David G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 2 Author Share Posted November 2 5 hours ago, David G. said: Wow! Fabulous work on this Joe! I just love all the extra detail you're adding. David G. Thanks Dave! I'm learning alot from you with that Widow build of yours man!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Well Joe you are doing a fantastic job on this one. Gonna be an impressive build Buddy? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rv1963 Posted November 2 Share Posted November 2 Looking good Joe, the paint effects look real good never tried that before. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 3 Author Share Posted November 3 6 hours ago, TransAmMike said: Well Joe you are doing a fantastic job on this one. Gonna be an impressive build Buddy? Thanks for taggin' along Mike and for the comments pal. 2 hours ago, rv1963 said: Looking good Joe, the paint effects look real good never tried that before. 'Preciate it Rob. That's the base prep work and the color will go over this in thin coats for what's called color modulation and is supposed to replicate a worn effect in the paint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 3 Share Posted November 3 Looking great Joe! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 3 Author Share Posted November 3 5 hours ago, slusher said: Looking great Joe! Thank you Carl. Let's just hope I can keep up the good pace. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 6 Author Share Posted November 6 The last couple of days at the bench have been spent on re-working the engine cowlings. These are two piece panels that are hinged in the middle to give two folding leafs to gain more access to the engine area on both sides of the engine. Dragon has put both leafs together to make a single opening panel. What I did was cleaned up the injector pin marks on the inside of the panels and cut about 80% of the way through the join of the two panels to give the proper open look of these panels. Untouched panel on the left and the modified panel on the right. I started by making passes through the join line with an X-Acto knife and when I got most of the way through the panel I used the troweling tool to make a V into the plastic to where the bottom panel could be opened and glued to the top panel with a clean joint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 The cowls look much more in scale now, nice work! David G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Buckaroo Posted November 6 Share Posted November 6 This is some really fine work, love the detail to the office and what you've done with the engine. The FW's have always been my most favorite of Axis flavor aircraft to model 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 12 Author Share Posted November 12 (edited) On 11/6/2024 at 5:29 AM, David G. said: The cowls look much more in scale now, nice work! David G. Still workin' on the engine panels Dave. I managed to get the other side looking like the one pictured above, have them both primed in the same marble fashion as the rest of the aircraft and have been working on the supercharger air intake for the last couple of bench sessions. I should have some photo worthy updates soon. On 11/6/2024 at 7:24 AM, Old Buckaroo said: This is some really fine work, love the detail to the office and what you've done with the engine. The FW's have always been my most favorite of Axis flavor aircraft to model Thanks a lot Sean. They are my favorite as well and this will make my third Fw190 variant to build AND I've got two other variants in the stash. My ultimate holy grail Fw190 to build though is going to be the V-18. Such an awesome looking bird. Edited November 12 by mustang1989 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 16 Author Share Posted November 16 This has been quite the journey through this build so far but one that I am now enjoying now that most of this bird is together. Here we are ready for paint.......FINALLY!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted November 17 Share Posted November 17 22 hours ago, mustang1989 said: This has been quite the journey through this build so far but one that I am now enjoying now that most of this bird is together. Here we are ready for paint.......FINALLY!! Very cool! I like the cork in the nose! It reminds me of one of those old Avon bottles. Best of luck with the paint Joe. David G. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted November 18 Author Share Posted November 18 9 hours ago, David G. said: Very cool! I like the cork in the nose! It reminds me of one of those old Avon bottles. Best of luck with the paint Joe. David G. Thanks Dave.....fingers crossed man. Those are actually landing gear bay and nose plugs from O mask. It beats having to stuff waded up paper towels or foam in there and I build enough Fw190's to mandate a set of 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted Monday at 09:22 PM Author Share Posted Monday at 09:22 PM After a looooooooong awaited silence on this thing.....we now have......paint!!! Using Vallejo Air colors on this and you can see all of the prep work if you look at the colors closely. I'm liking how it's turning out so far.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted Monday at 09:43 PM Share Posted Monday at 09:43 PM Nice camo Joe! David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted Tuesday at 01:35 AM Share Posted Tuesday at 01:35 AM Looking great Joe. That's a very cool looking Luftwaffe aircraft!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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