Fw 190A-5, III./JG 2; Maj. Egon Mayer

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October 9, 2014
Preparation for closed weapon bay
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October 9, 2014
Bay floors are not mentioned in instructions
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Little spacers to align bay covers
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Tape alignment
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Some etch for the wheel well
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Thinned edges just for the look
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Some playgrounds
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The corrected tail - much thinner
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October 9, 2014
The corrected spinner - I love that UC stuff
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October 9, 2014
Have a seat, Egon
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October 9, 2014
Followed instructions without dry fitting - ouch!
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October 9, 2014
The Quickboost cowling - crap!
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October 9, 2014
Just used the exhaust tips
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October 9, 2014
Eduard missed a hatch on the belly
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October 9, 2014
Finally closed
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October 9, 2014
Some piping on the gear
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October 9, 2014
Vallejo grey primer
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Pre shading
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October 9, 2014
RLM76 for the underside
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October 9, 2014
Classic '74 & '75 for upper surfaces
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Some masking to avoid a huge decal
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Spinner and blade
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October 9, 2014
Future and decals on
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October 9, 2014
...on both sides
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October 10, 2014
After the washings (Oil & AoMIG)
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October 10, 2014
Splatter made with air & soaked brush
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Exhaust stains on the belly
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Stretched sprue dipped in Revell clear
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Cut and sticked into the wing tips
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Weathered landing gear
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Jig to achieve the 8 degree angle
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Starting with the base
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Watch the signs!
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Fiddly bits part 1: Antenna
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Fiddly bits part 2: Indicators
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Fw 190A-5 * Hptm. Egon Mayer * Spring 1943
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Comments

2 9 October 2014, 15:11

Wim van der Luijt
Looks like an ambitious project....I'm going to follow this one!

9 October 2014, 18:19

Wim van der Luijt
Wow...that would count as high speed building in my house! It sucks when aftermarket stuff such as that quickboost cowling fit so poorly don't you think? But other than that this machine is coming together beautifully!

10 October 2014, 18:20

Torben H.
Bedankt, Wim! I must admit that I've thrown in some old pictures the past day. The build lasts since christmas '13, but I think it will be finished in the next two weeks. - And yes, I totally agree, bad AM-stuff really sucks!

10 October 2014, 18:38

Wim van der Luijt
phew....at least I feel better about being a slow builder now 😉

10 October 2014, 18:46

Kerry COX
It take real commitment to start ripping your kits apart, but the results here are quite worth the effort. Great attention to detail and I love the "spatter" tip with the airbrush. 🙂

18 November 2014, 20:27

Torben H.
Thank you, Kerry. It was indeed a long way to go. The next Ede 190 will be much easier - it has to, got 5 more in stash. 🙂
Oh, and I added some more pics...

18 November 2014, 20:38

Jan Hazes
What a beauty! 🙂

18 November 2014, 22:27

Bill Davis
Out standing work!

18 November 2014, 22:33

Murad ÖZER
this is a dog of a kit if one's to close those open hatches - great work on those and the rest of crate as well, the Hptm. is proud! 👍

18 November 2014, 22:39

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!!!

18 November 2014, 22:53

Ulf Petersen
Hi Torben, this is really magnificent work, absolutely beautiful! 👍

19 November 2014, 06:06

Soeren R.
It looks awesome! Nice work of a nice plane😉

19 November 2014, 06:10

Kerber
Uh, I like it very much! Nice and clean...

19 November 2014, 09:07

Holger Kranich
Excellent work, Torben!
But the build of this kit was a pure suffering at some points, hu? 👍

19 November 2014, 10:33

Martien Lourens
It is a beauty. Very nice work

19 November 2014, 11:24

Torben H.
Thank you for the nice comments, Gentleman. Much appreciated!
Holger: Yes, on some points it was quite a PITA. But the more you suffer, the more you learn.

19 November 2014, 11:24

John Thomas
Very nice work

19 November 2014, 13:16

Kerry COX
Torben, By your comment on suffering, I had to laughs as it sound like you have come to grips with the 'joys' of scale modelling mate !!! 🙂

19 November 2014, 13:57

Gerald
Very Nice FW 190 👍

19 November 2014, 16:18

Erik Leijdens
Very nice! What a great model

19 November 2014, 16:22

Danijel Ciboci
Awesome work 🙂

19 November 2014, 19:16

Torben H.
Gerald, Erik, Danijel: Many thanks. I'm honoured by your words.
Kerry: Hello, my name is Torben and I have to confess... I'm... I'm... a modeller.

19 November 2014, 20:07

Kerber
🙂

19 November 2014, 20:18