AmTech Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein

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March 22, 2013
Decal sheet....wont be using much of it
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March 22, 2013
lovely little fire crackers
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March 22, 2013
Cockpit built out-of-the-box
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March 22, 2013
it will be a "what if" anyway so I figured what the heck...let's make it a nightfighter
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March 22, 2013
Box stock wheel wells
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March 22, 2013
The basic colors before applying the camo scheme
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March 22, 2013
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March 22, 2013
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March 22, 2013
Plan view...used the lower color the apply as the camo scheme on the top...hard to photograph as it has very low contrast....less in real life then would appear from this pic
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June 24, 2013
the gloss makes it hard to distinguish...but that's a burned exhaust nozzle 😉
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June 24, 2013
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June 24, 2013
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June 24, 2013
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July 10, 2013
The decals under the wing started to wrinkle as soon as the matt coat hit them :-/ Never happened to me before....
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July 10, 2013
added a little pigment to the gun ports and shell ejection openings.. (will have to fix antennas)
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July 10, 2013
Weathering on the exhaust nozzle is hard to get on camera...looks better in real life...

Comments

22 March 2013, 16:22

Aghis Barberopoulos
Very interesting what if! Very original looking camo!

22 March 2013, 16:37

Christian Meyerhoff
Very nice camo! Looking for more Pictures...

12 June 2013, 21:12

Wim van der Luijt
It's still on the bench....

12 June 2013, 21:17

Christian Meyerhoff
That`s fine !!!

12 June 2013, 21:21

Helerson Maciel
Excellent job!!!
Congratulations!!
👍

12 June 2013, 21:30

Wim van der Luijt
ave the Hückebein a little bench time. Used some of the kit decals and the raven comes from Dragon Fokker D. VII which I figured would be fitting. (Hückebein is a nickname for a raven in a German story if I'm not mistaking). I also wanted to give the exhaust nozzle a burned look. I used silver as a base, sprayed a narrow band of flat blue followed by a broader band of hull red (both thinned more than normal). To blend this in I oversprayed with smoke with a tiny drop of gold leaf mixed in.....it's not quite there yet, I think it needs some black pigments at the very tip and then some flat varnish.....to be continued!

24 June 2013, 18:06

Gary
Your camo pattern looks like some kind of primative writting. Very nice job.Gary

24 June 2013, 18:17

Dave Flitton
Awesome!!! Looks real good!

24 June 2013, 19:00

Martien Lourens
Beautiful model and excellent paint job. How are those models of AmTech?

25 June 2013, 15:27

Wim van der Luijt
This one fits like Tamiya (in fact Tamiya bought the moulds and sold it under it's own name as well) I think the panel lines are on the deep side, but it's really a good, well engineered kit.

25 June 2013, 15:33

Christian Meyerhoff
Great work!

25 June 2013, 19:12

Gerald
Very Nice 👍

25 June 2013, 19:15

Philip De Keyser
Beautifull work Wim 👍

26 June 2013, 06:14

Holger Kranich
Very nice Huckebein! C´mon finish it!

26 June 2013, 13:49

Duncan Cook
AMtech sounds like an adventure.
How was the kit, Nice work by the way 👍

26 June 2013, 14:02

Wim van der Luijt
@Duncan: check a couple of comments above....
@Holger: Just painted the rockets...when they are dry I can wipe off the dust and out on a dull coat...the end is near 😉

26 June 2013, 14:32

Duncan Cook
Sounds like a good kit in the wrong scale😉
Cookie 🙂

26 June 2013, 14:48

Holger Kranich
...The end is near.. would have possibly been one of the thoughts that an allied pilot had after spotting such an aircraft in his 6´clock position!😢

26 June 2013, 14:51

Wim van der Luijt
It's done...the decals on the underside started to to wrinkle as soon as the matte coat touched them...I did use decal softener after applying them..they were smooth as a baby's bottom, now they have really bad silvering 🙁 I'm afraid to touch it again...so I say it's finished!

10 July 2013, 09:56

Holger Kranich
Ok despite the decals, it looks very good and unique!👍

10 July 2013, 11:52

Dirk Heyer
Hi Wim,
nice clean paint job you did. The burned out jet exhaust is looking fine!
The nightfighter variant is a pretty idea and the camo is corresponding this theme nicely!
I`m excited ........

10 July 2013, 13:33