Arado Ar-190
Side gun bulge sanded down and trench filled. Also filled the trenched under the canopy as they aren't in the book
Raised panel lines removed and rescribed
Started adding photo-etch to floats after removing moulded detail
Completed floats
Rear of floats showing new photo-etch rudders
Float assembly primed
Engine and propeller built and painted
Engine weathers and glued into the replacement cowl. Propeller added to finish the sub-assembly
Photo-etch cockpit parts added - very fiddly work!
Cockpit painted and (maybe over-) weathered
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.
Float glued on - a lot of filling and sanding required. Floats already painted as the tops will be hard to get to.
Top view - still some work needed in the cockpit (rear seat and the framing between the two seats)
Side view showing the extension needed on the front of the fuselage as the after-market engine cowl wouldn't fit without it.
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
Finished the interior and glued on the canopy pieces
Etched aerials added, canopy masked and framework painted
Main paint done - decals next
And about time to attach the nose and engine...
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
Comments
31 14 March 2020, 13:08
Greg BakerWhy 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
Uwe KaedingThanks 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
Alec KFollowing. Special Hobby has a new Ar 196??? Or were you thinking about the Sword kit?
19 September 2021, 14:29
Uwe KaedingThanks 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 KNP. 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 KaedingWell 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 BakerThat 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 KaedingNearing the end, Greg - a bit more masking and then the final paint
20 September 2021, 04:51
TorstenNice build, I hold it for the same build in 1:32, follow with great interest 👍
2 October 2021, 06:15
Uwe KaedingThanks 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
Uwe KaedingThanks 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
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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.
