Airfix Focke Wulf 190 D

Box contents. Not many parts here

Interior and small parts primed black

I started by scribing some lines on the fuel tank

Better than a plain tank 🙂

Undercarriage mainly XF-22. At least it is more detailed than the cockpit 🙂

Interior painted XF-24. It is very basic as the tool is from 1976.

Painted some details and dry-brushed a little bit of aluminium paint

Gloss coat on the internal parts

Cockpit is OOB except I added the seat belt

Panel liner

Started the main assembly. The fit of the wing on top is not good...

Filler needed also on the lower surfaces

Putty applied

Bottom sanded

Drilled out the exhaust pipes

And replaced the pitot tube that I broke previously

Also drilled out the wing guns

Sanded everything and masked the cockpit

And painted the internal color of the canopy

Drilled the small hole in the spinner

Decided to try the Aqueous Surfacer by Mr. Hobby as primer for yellow painted areas. Quite happy with it, it's like priming with Tamiya or Gunze paint

Painted white areas with XF-2

Masked the spinner for the white spiral, it's tricky in 1:72

Painted the spinner and the tail band in black

Unmasked the spinner, I´m ok with the result 🙂

Masked the areas to protect from primer

And apply primer, again Mr. Hobby Aqueous Surfacer, very nice and easy to use

Applied marbling

And painted the lower surfaces in RLM76

Also the sides. Waiting for the top camo.

RLM82

RLM83. It's a shame that most of the preshading is hard to see

And a bit of light mottling. No major disasters so just with that I'm happy 🙂

And masks off

Gloss coat and 40 year-old decals on (fingers crossed!)

Highlighting panels and panel lines

Matt coat on

Painted the exhaust and the red details

Painting the exhaust

A bit of chipping

Exhaust stains with pigments

Some weathering with oils

Attachment of the lower surface parts

And the top parts. Nearly finished now.

And it's finished!

Comments

62 23 July 2023, 17:46

Spanjaard
Very nice

3 August 2023, 18:31

Alberto
Thanks Spanjaard. I hope I can make something decent out of this oldie!

4 August 2023, 05:11

Spanjaard
Sure you will 🙂

4 August 2023, 07:13

Bozo
Hi Al,
Your work is really impressive on these very old and basic kits. This Dora is going to be beautiful like your Tempest. Bravo.

17 September 2023, 05:47

Johne 69
So far so good 👍

17 September 2023, 08:45

Alberto
Thanks a lot mates. Bozo, your words are very kind, I appreciate the comment very much! I have a soft spot for the Dora and would hate to make a mess of this build. There are still a few more very old kits where this one came from.

17 September 2023, 12:16

Clement
Your paint skills are on point! I'm especially impressed by the spinner and your pre-shading
Well done!

17 September 2023, 17:03

Alberto
Thanks Clement. You are too kind, I struggle with free hand and mottling like most mates! 😂

17 September 2023, 17:28

Matthew A
Lovely job on some classic plastic

17 September 2023, 19:57

Alberto
Thank you for your kind words Matthew 👍

4 October 2023, 06:37

Moreno Baruffini
Superlative!

22 October 2023, 19:40

Alberto
Thanks Moreno!

23 October 2023, 11:15

J35J
You pulled of some great work with that old kit. Congrats!👍🏻

23 October 2023, 17:15

Alberto
Thanks J35J 👍. Vintage kits deserve some TLC too!

24 October 2023, 07:20

Andrea Brenco
Really a great job on that venerable kit!
May I ask what do you use to dilute the W&N Galeria flat?

24 October 2023, 09:51

Alberto
Thanks Andrea! I dilute W&N Galeria with distilled water. 75% varnish to 25% water, it sprays in the airbrush really well, no tip dry (0.4 needle and 25 psi).

24 October 2023, 10:07