Arado Ar-190

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March 14, 2020
Side gun bulge sanded down and trench filled. Also filled the trenched under the canopy as they aren't in the book
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March 14, 2020
Raised panel lines removed and rescribed
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March 14, 2020
Started adding photo-etch to floats after removing moulded detail
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March 14, 2020
Completed floats
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March 14, 2020
Rear of floats showing new photo-etch rudders
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March 14, 2020
Float assembly primed
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March 14, 2020
Engine and propeller built and painted
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March 20, 2020
Engine weathers and glued into the replacement cowl. Propeller added to finish the sub-assembly
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March 15, 2020
Photo-etch cockpit parts added - very fiddly work!
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March 20, 2020
Cockpit painted and (maybe over-) weathered
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April 5, 2021
Fuselage glued together and wings added. This shot shows the radiator section hollowed out and some mesh added so you can't see through it.
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April 5, 2021
Float glued on - a lot of filling and sanding required. Floats already painted as the tops will be hard to get to.
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April 5, 2021
Top view - still some work needed in the cockpit (rear seat and the framing between the two seats)
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April 5, 2021
Side view showing the extension needed on the front of the fuselage as the after-market engine cowl wouldn't fit without it.
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September 18, 2021
The aircraft in the book has a different canopy setup to the kit. I removed the centre upright and made a mould and a copy out of clear resin
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September 18, 2021
Finished the interior and glued on the canopy pieces
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September 20, 2021
Etched aerials added, canopy masked and framework painted
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September 22, 2021
Main paint done - decals next
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September 22, 2021
And about time to attach the nose and engine...
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October 2, 2021
Decals added. Lots of small white markings that don't show up well in the photo, as well as the insignia from Blue Rider - I went for the EFRS markings from the English language version of the book
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022
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April 25, 2022

Comments

31 14 March 2020, 13:08

Dave Flitton
Wow - I like the attention to detail here. Awesome work

5 April 2021, 02:36

Greg Baker
Why wasn't I informed of this project being under way?! Luckily, I scan Uwe's wall every so often to snoop on what he's up to. I've been thinking about this one as well. Great to have a step-by-step guide along the way.

8 April 2021, 13:54

Cuajete
Following.

8 April 2021, 18:52

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks guys - started this one this time last year, so it's been moving slowly! Of course just after I started it special hobby released a new kit, so I probably could have saved the rescribing - but it was a good learning experience. Still some way to go on this though, including some changes to the canopy glazing.

9 April 2021, 06:42

Matthew A
Nearly missed this

4 May 2021, 19:16

Cuajete
Very nice job so far. Fantastic detail in engine.

4 May 2021, 19:46

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Matthew & Cuajete. Really must get back to this one...

5 May 2021, 07:58

Alec K
Following. Special Hobby has a new Ar 196??? Or were you thinking about the Sword kit?

19 September 2021, 14:29

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Alec - you're right, I must have been thinking of the Sword kit (I knew it was eastern European and started with S!)

19 September 2021, 22:38

Alec K
NP. Got me excited there for a minute. The Sword kit is apparently a bear to build, so the old Heller kit is still pretty good, raised panels and all.

20 September 2021, 01:39

Uwe Kaeding
Well there you go - newer isn't always better! Might be a good thing I stuck with the Revell kit, particularly as I'm building a comic book representation anyway...

20 September 2021, 01:51

Greg Baker
That was my reasoning… it even kept me from rescribing the panel lines. 😉

I can't wait to see what Uwe's going to come up with here.

20 September 2021, 04:26

Uwe Kaeding
Nearing the end, Greg - a bit more masking and then the final paint

20 September 2021, 04:51

Torsten
Nice build, I hold it for the same build in 1:32, follow with great interest 👍

2 October 2021, 06:15

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Torsten. Finally got around to finishing this one (the rigging on the floats held me up) and taking the final photos.

25 April 2022, 02:31

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely! But why have you left the cowling and prop unpainted? 😉 😛

25 April 2022, 07:24

Uwe Kaeding
Thanks Lukasz - always good when the cowling and prop boss only need to be grey! The propeller blades have been painted though 😉. Unfortunately I had to paint them because the kit plastic was a different shade of grey to the resin cowling!

25 April 2022, 12:55

Cuajete
Very nice. Congrats!

25 April 2022, 17:27

Erik De Smet
This Tintin project needs the formal approval of master Greg Baker

25 April 2022, 18:03

Greg Baker
Ha! I've been stealing Uwe's Tintin build secrets for years!

27 April 2022, 05:58

Album info

This is the EFSR (European Foundation for Scientific Research) Ar-190 floatplane from the Tintin book The Shooting Star. Its based on the Revell 172 kit with an Eduard photo-etch set and a Quickboost cowling. As it is meant to be a civillian aircraft I've also tried to demilitarise it by getting rid of hard points and guns.

The Shooting Star

28 images

1:72

Completed

1:72 AR 196 - Correct Cowling (Quickboost QB 72 395)

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