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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 18, 2016 4:58:10 GMT -7
This build took me about 4 months to get finished. Being a Tamiya it lends itself to a quick build. It was a run of the mill 1/48 Tamiya Fw190 D-9 with an Aires (pretty much complete engine and cockpit set), CMK undercarraige set, Model Master gun barrels and Aeromaster decals. Additionally, there was a slew of parts that I used from my spare Eduard Fw190 A8/ R2 kit to include the sliding canopy section, landing gear struts and doors (due to fact that Tamiya's landing gear is WAY too short), port side wing root cannon access panel, pitot tube, and instrument panel with PE. I also used a cowl gun access panel from an Eduard Fw190 D-9 kit that I had. The aircraft that I built is "Black 10" from I/JG26 surrendered in Flensburg in May of 1945. The aircraft was supposed to be shipped back to the U.S. for evaluation but never made the trip and was left in Germany. Odds are it ended up in the scrap heap. Anyways , noticeably visible is the half obscured Gruppe numeral on the side of the fuselage after it was reassigned from III Gruppe to I Gruppe as it was hastily painted over in the field.
In February of this year my son and I went to San Antonio for Model Fiesta and I took this home in addition to a 1st Place Award in its class:
First time I ever took home a Special Award before. I was shocked!!  |
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Post by kpnuts on Nov 18, 2016 13:29:08 GMT -7
I can see why it won, incredible, one thing I can't build to save my life, I just can't seem to build a good plane. That is plain awesome though (did you see what kind did there, plane, plain)
I'll get my coat.
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 18, 2016 17:00:15 GMT -7
They are still doable to me in the 1/48 scale line up. I've seen people do this kind of stuff in 1/72 scale and to me that's just NUTS! There aint no way................no WAY I'd tackle this kind of build in 72nd scale. I do have a 1/24 scale Bf109G-14 that I built in 2012 that was a little easier due to the larger scale. |
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Post by coyotecrunch on Nov 19, 2016 6:55:25 GMT -7
Man, I have been going over and over this one, so many ideas you give. Even towards car builds, but this is one mean build. Your details are awesome, I am so glad you gave up the drinking and came to modeling, it fits you!! I as well gave up the hard grain alcohol years back, and modeling came back to me as well. Awesome work Joe - am really soaking up your work!
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 19, 2016 8:13:38 GMT -7
Man, I have been going over and over this one, so many ideas you give. Even towards car builds, but this is one mean build. Your details are awesome, I am so glad you gave up the drinking and came to modeling, it fits you!! I as well gave up the hard grain alcohol years back, and modeling came back to me as well. Awesome work Joe - am really soaking up your work! Dang Tom. Thanks for such a great compliment. On the other note.........Man life is good aint it? Dam good! |
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Post by Big D on Nov 19, 2016 10:00:09 GMT -7
Lot of work in this one. Great details Mustangman.
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Post by 70cudatj on Nov 20, 2016 5:26:43 GMT -7
Another cool build mate, well deserved win two-thumbs-up-smiley-emoticon
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Post by mustang1989 on Nov 20, 2016 15:21:24 GMT -7
Thank you Dennis and Tim. I appreciate the comments.
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