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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 17, 2016 18:33:23 GMT -7
I finished this one up in the fall of 2013 and have recently updated the photos to reflect the recently acquired knowlege of how to operate my camera. I'll have to say that despite the severe warpage issues I had with the wings and fuselage, this Eduard kit was a joy to build. Depicted here is "Yellow 8" of II JG 4 in September of 1944. It was piloted by Friedrich-Karl Frank and was shot down 11 Sept 1944 in a fierce air battle over the Ore Mountains. Frank managed to bail out and the plane became a "lawn dart". Pieces of the plane were dug out of the ground fairly recently and some managed to find their way into the Royal Class Fw190 A-8/ R2 kit from Eduard which is what this kit is.
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Post by coyotecrunch on Nov 17, 2016 20:27:33 GMT -7
Love the historical background with this. And you sure did a fine job, has so much realism and depth - love the overall affect.
If I did not know better, you could photoshop this into a classic airfield picture and nobody would ever know the difference
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Post by DeeCee on Nov 18, 2016 1:25:00 GMT -7
That is some great model building mate, it looks just spot on.. hand-clapping-smiley-emoticon
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 18, 2016 2:47:09 GMT -7
Thanks Tom and Dale. I've always liked the lines of these Fw190's whether it be the A or D series (or the later Ta-152 or V-18 versions for that matter) and they always packed such a nasty punch in the way of armament. The A8/R-2's were "up gunned" flying tanks with two 13 mm machine guns in the cowl, 2 x 20mm cannons in the wing roots and if that weren't enough the outboard "up gun" package was a set of 2 x 30mm cannons not to mention the extra armor these things were outfitted with. A closer look at the sides of the fuselage where the pilot sits and the sides of the canopy will reveal added glass to the cockpit sides and added armor to the sides of the fuselage. These were fighters but had to be covered by the much lighter and more nimble Messerschmitt Bf109's of the day due to these things just being so heavy and the radial engines didn't perform as well at higher altitudes as the V engines of the 109 did.
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Post by 70cudatj on Nov 20, 2016 5:16:01 GMT -7
Yep nice, very tough SoB's these things were indeed.
Love your paintwork on this two-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 20, 2016 15:47:32 GMT -7
Thanks a lot Tim!! This paint job was a pain in the patootee because it was my first ever attempt at a faded mottle pattern but I was happy with the outcome.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Nov 20, 2016 15:51:54 GMT -7
I know nothing about planes, Joe, but I know a great build when I see one. This is another one of your great builds. Excellent details
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 20, 2016 15:56:02 GMT -7
Thanks Joel!! Hopefully I get a chance to do a re-do on this one(and I have three more of these kits) one day. I've got a couple of really cool schemes in mind and like always....it'll be all opened up.
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Post by Big D on Nov 21, 2016 9:10:05 GMT -7
Looks really good Joe. Great detail work.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 21, 2016 9:53:11 GMT -7
Thanks Dennis. I'm looking forward to another one of these in the future. The Eduard 190's have a bad rap because they're "fiddly and difficult to build" but I've built one and seen enough of them built ( I ran the "Butcher Bird GB" over at FSM for a 18 months) to know my way around them fairly well now.
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