Focke-Wulf Fw 189

Holger Kranich That will become a very hard work, indeed!!!

Aghis Barberopoulos After a long time, I have restarted this project. An important thing missing from this kit is the engine exhaust collector pipe. This pipe also takes ram air from the two small intakes on the lower part of the engine nacelle. All that GWH provides in the line of exhaust, is the bit that hangs out of the nacelle side! The pipe should have been provided since it is quite visible from the front, as well as the side of the engine with open cowl doors. Other missing items are those on the firewall, which are also quite visible when the cowl doors are open.

Hunter Cummins Please an update!!!! I am intrigued to see how you fix all of the errors!!

Aghis Barberopoulos I am working on it...albeit very slowly among other projects...
Please bear with me, I promise progress photos once I have it wrapped up

Hunter Cummins Ok I'm.looking forward to them

Aghis Barberopoulos After a very long and frustrating battle with the many issues of this kit, I thought I was making progress, until the BIGGEST nightmare hit me in the face: The outer wing dihedral was totally wrong!!! I thought to myself: well, we can fix it right ? The more I tried, the more impossible it became, due to the poor assembly of the outer wings. After all the hassle with the out-of-scale details of this kit, the unrealistic wing dihedral was all I needed...
Unfortunately that did it for me: all the work and effort came to nothing. I thought it best to ditch the entire project and bin it. Enough is enough. So sorry, this is the 3rd Fw189 I discard...

Augie Aghi! good to see you around

Michael Hickey Yes Aghis good to see you around again, I've been wanting to do a Fw-189 but the look of her always made me think twice, now I'm glad I never did.

Martin Jakobsen Andy GREAT WORK
Where did the figurers come from?

MICHAEL WOODHOUSE Hi Andy - there is alot going on here and it looks great - the 'meander' paint scheme reminds me of my Storch build - so respect!

Jean-Paul DEWAR Very nice build. I like it.

Jens built great, great scene, very elaborate homemade meander

Andy Herschell Many thanks to all of you, this is the first build I have ever uploaded,so your comments are very encouraging. The figures are a combination of ICM,Eduard,Preiser & other figures & parts from various kits, modified for the poses required plus some filler.
Again thanks & Merry Christmas & Happy New Year to you all. Andy

Richard Hall hi Andy, i am currently doing a similar thing on a BR fiat. old italaeri kit. luckily it doesnt have the spilner pattern undernearth just green blobs on green. what you have done it brilliant! could you please explain again how you got the sharp splinter "under" the blue tacks? cheers Richard IN Tasmania Australia

Soeren . Fantastic result!

Christian That's amazing! Nice scenery and a very good paintjob.

bossy122 All vacuum form all the time.

Dave Flitton watching!!

Christian Meyerhoff Excellent work on such an Oldie! Looks very nice so far !

Stephen van niekerk Thanks. I did not mask the canopy so is a bit ragged. Looks fine in the cabinet though.
Now on to a Frog Hawker Hunter in Swiss markings.

Frank Krause Arbeitest Du Deinen Stash auf oder warst Du kräftig shoppen?

Mike Kryza Eher den Stash aufarbeiten... - Ist ja uferlos... Habe heute mal ein bisschen Zeit.

Oliver Peissl can you show your correction...?

Dirk Heyer I`ve added the correction in the kit description.
Look into your box and examine what GWH has suggested, my friend!
I think you can choose their colour guide as a what if project!

Dirk Heyer @all mates:
If you search for the particular aircraft, you will find only one original photo. And there you will see why I`m criticism the GWH colour guide.


Btw; Authentic Decal goes the right way!
See first decal option:
Focke-Wulf Fw 189 (Authentic Decals 48-45, 1:48)

Aghis Barberopoulos It is the best fw189 kit in any scale out there until today. Still it has some problems, like the canopy framing being somewhat too thick to name the most serious one.

Andy Herschell Although the canopy framing is 'too thick' it is possible to reduce it by careful sanding using wet & dry paper, then dipping in future/kleer. I have done so with this build & the result was very successful.

Aghis Barberopoulos The width of the framing is what I was referring to, and that cannot be corrected - I think I will have to live with it, unless an aftermarket replacement comes out.

Andy Herschell Hi Agis, I have added a new album showing what I hope is a reasonable solution to the problem albeit not perfect, please let me know what you think.

Aghis Barberopoulos Masking inside/out works well I think - the painted canopy framing looks in scale from here. I always thought that the unpainted canopy looked a bit diamond-like...and I hoped that painting may improve that. You have given me hope - thanks !

Frank Krause Already the masking looks like a punishment. I couldn't do that with my fingers!
My opinion - it looks good to me. 1-2 small corrections to be done, which shouldn't be a big problem. I would scratch off the excess paint and seal the scratches with clear lacquer.

Flemming Forsberg Glass clear instruction from you, i like the style and the way you show us step by step. this helps me alot, thumbs upp

Andy Herschell Many thanks for your comments, hopefully will clean up well.

Es-haq Khosravi Nice result!

Jens a really nice kit
when I was masking the detached / unusable
I even cut it from Tamiya tape
for the inside pages must all be made even

great work, also interesting to see the North Star in construction matters times

I like to look further

Dave Flitton Excellent work

Andy Herschell Thanks for your encouragement. Jens, the North Star wheel set is excellent, as for masking canopy just found that Montex make one of their masks for the GWH Fw189A-1 Nachtjager that of course gives both interior & exterior masks!!!!!

Jens Hi Andy, sorry, yes, the masks are for indoor and outdoor, sorry recognized too late

Motex the mask and probably also the emblem should be recommended for
the decals are very thick, but I was surpised how well they lie down in the joints, but paint is always better
Greetings Jens

Andy Herschell I have so far added Eduard photo etch to the wheel bays & interior, then primed everything with Vallejo grey primer when dry have airbrushed interiors with RLM66 & RLM02(mixed from Vallejo paints using colour charts).I have also reduced down the over done framing on the nose canopy & then dipped it in Kleer/Future to restore its clarity. I have removed the engine cowlings from the tail booms to allow me to detail the engines & bays more easily.The wonderful hot weather here in England is delaying my continuation of the build at present!!!

Flemming Forsberg I build outside in my garden, not so bad, cheers, i like yourwolfie

Frank Krause Nice start, Andy! The masking of the canopy must be a hell of a job. Looking forward to more...

Claudio Corral del Castillo I love this airplane. Did you know that it was designed to fly with one damaged engine?

Andy Herschell Thanks for comments.Kit canopy masking is being used to mask interior ,if possible! Will be using Eduard mask for exterior. Interesting information about damaged engine.

Wim van der Luijt I'm following this one.....one of my favorite planes!

Dave Flitton I'm tuned in!!!

Wilfried Bogaerts Go ! Go ! Go !

Frank Krause Interesting subject. I built a FW 189 ages ago as a boy. Must have ben this kit: Focke-Wulf 189 (Airfix 267, 1:72)

I'm in! Beer on me, Wilfried, popcorn?

Wilfried Bogaerts No popcorn but thanks, hot chocolate for me and afterwards some cubes of cheese or "een zak borrelnootjes"

Zimmermaniac " een zak calvé borrelnootjes " soaked in hot chocolate...had to serve thatto someone back in the times I ran the café

Michel Huijghe I'm going to follow your build.

Philip De Keyser Common Zimmi, lets start this one

Zimmermaniac let's finish the Spit at first, then I can go on building this along with the HE177, whilst paint dries on the either, building on the other...withing a week I guess

Augie I'm in too.. pass the popcorn

Burkhard D Indeed!

Dirk Heyer Ooh, something new for me! Never seen before! OO
Do you like it???
Did you started the kit?

Christian Mundt The set is excellent, it will vastly improve and correct the cockpit area; in fact it replaces the kit´s cockpit. I also ordered new main wheels for this kit (also from North Star), as the kit´s wheels look like "Off Road" tires to me. I will start the kit as soon as I´m back home (in about two weeks) and off course report the progress of the build here at scalemates

Holger Kranich Oh i will tune in when you start the build with this interiorkit. Is it all resin?

Christian Mundt It is resin, lots of photo-etch and a film part for the instruments. Especially the etched parts look quite complicated, I hope I can handle them.

Holger Kranich Due to the quite big clearparts, the interior will be good visible! I´m looking forward your build, to see how it comes out! No worries about the etchedparts, you will handle them!

Holger Kranich

Holger Kranich Na, hast den GWH-Kit schon fertig?

Christian Mundt Noch nicht mal angefangen wird auch noch ein paar Tage dauern, da ich gerade in Afganistan unterwegs bin... Aber dann geht´s los !!!

Holger Kranich Kunduz? Wenn ja dann grüß die Ecke mal von mir, hab mich fast heimisch gefühlt...

Christian Mundt Jupp, Bad Kunduz... 6 Monate ohne Modellbau sind echt die Hölle! Hab´ mir aber trotzdem ein paar Kleinigkeiten gegönnt, sonst wird man ja irre hier

Holger Kranich Wem sagst Du das... !

Holger Kranich Have you decided which markings you choose?

Aghis Barberopoulos Not yet! I am between the snaky SI+EG and the 5D+RK a very worn and dirty aircraft with yellow cowls. Not sure though...

Holger Kranich Though decision! But sounds interesting!I think i would choose... hmmmm, dont know... maybe the dirtyer version!

Holger Kranich Hey Aghis, something new for your wishlist!

Aghis Barberopoulos I will pass on this one, I think...The canopy is still the biggest problem of this kit, and the nightfighter version has very little choice in profiles!!! I would love the 'B' version though, or the ground attack one !!!

Holger Kranich The groudattack one is totally lovely to me!!!

Aghis Barberopoulos Yep, it is so strange, I love it!

Holger Kranich Do you know how much of them where build to groundattack-aircraft?

Aghis Barberopoulos Versuchs Maschinen: V1a & V1b WNr 1997, V6 WNr 0016, und produktion C-0 WNr: 0017 - 0029. 0028 & 0029 Bau abgebrochen.

Holger Kranich Wonderful, thank you! Do you know conversionkits for those aircraft?

Aghis Barberopoulos Not really...but wait and Great wall Hobby or someone else will do it in 1/48 I guess...

Holger Kranich That would be very nice!Ok, i´ll do an exercise in waiting...

Holger Kranich And the best fighterpilot ever! 352 aircraft dont fell from the skies, just having a technical problem...! He is the best of the best...

Holger Kranich Do you have a plomari in reach? If yes, Yammas! Aide!

Christian Mundt By the way, what happened to the 189 announced from ICM?

Christian Mundt There will be interior sets for the 189 from North Star Models. The sets will be available in late August or early September. Maybe these sets will save my MPM-189 from getting cannibalized...

Aghis Barberopoulos The MPM kit needs more that an interior set, I am afraid!

Holger Kranich Aghis, the destroyer of sweet dreams...

Aghis Barberopoulos Sweet dreams are made of these... I know But better get another kit than spending money on a detail set for an old kit full of problems... I bought 3 of them, two are on the scrap pile already, and the Fw 189B is half-built with probability 60% ending up in the srap pile also !

Christian Mundt Aghis, you are right abut the MPM kit. I actually wanted to use some of it´s parts for the GWH kit. The detail sets I mentioned are for the GWH kit, so I hope I can keep the MPM Uhu complete.

Christian Bruer Hi Aghis, looks nice so far. Yoke and pedals are looking highly detailed. Would be fine to see some more and detailed photos! Cheers, Christian

Aghis Barberopoulos Thank you! I Will post photos as I go along.

Holger Kranich My god, this is really bad! Wrong framing and that price....

Aghis Barberopoulos That was my thought, exactly. The kit is otherwise impressive, and captures the correct shape of the Fw 189, unlike the old MPM kit.

Holger Kranich Sind da eigentlich Masken enthalten? Da klebt man sich ja sonst nen Wolf!

Christian Mundt Jo, da sind Masken dabei. Wird bestimmt spannend, so ein Gewächshaus abzukleben...

Holger Kranich Gewächshaus ist das richtige Wort! Is aber bestimmt ein geiler Bausatz, steht auch auf meiner "to-do" liste! Baust Du den sofort oder hast noch andere Sachen vorher zu basteln?

Christian Mundt Eigentlich müsste ich ja erst meinen Panther fertigstellen. Mal schauen ob ich das durchhalte...

Holger Kranich Geht mir auch so. Ich möchte mit der eduard Bf 109 anfangen, hab aber noch einen M7 Priest zu liegen und hab mir just eben einen Wiesel gekauft!

Holger Kranich So, da ich soeben den M7 vollkommen versaut habe, kann ich mich endlich vollkommen auf den weiterbau der 109 konzentrieren!

Steffen Arndt Ich würde vom gebrauch der Papiermasken im Kit eher abraten und auf Eduard hoffen ... oder tamiya Tape nehmen. Die Masken passen schlecht, haften schlecht und je nachdem wie "nass" du spritzt kann das auch zu problemen führen ... im Übrigen würde ich den Bericht von jean-Luc empfehlen .. toller Modellbauer und ein genauso toller Typ! aeroscale.co.uk/modules.php?..q=viewarticle&artid=3664

Christian Mundt Danke für den Tip, ich werde dann wohl mit Tamiya Tape abkleben. Und der Vogel von Jean-Luc ist der absolute Hammer!

Holger Kranich Ach sch... Da braucht man aber zum abkleben echt nerven und ne Menge Zeit!!!

Steffen Arndt Hats recht ... Wir haben Jan Z. @Eduard schon angehauen, aber da ist bis jetzt noch nix passiert... leider. Schau dir einfach mal die Bilder in J-L's Artikel an .. einige passen ganz gut aber das frickeln kostet mindestens genauso viele Nerven, wie das gleich mit Tamiya Tape zu machen

Holger Kranich Hab mir den Artikel grad angesehen. Super was der Jean-Luc da erschaffen hat! Aber schon bei dem Gedanken an die Abklebeorgie, vergeht mir ein wenig die Lust auf den Bausatz obwohl ich die Maschine gerne in meiner Vitrine begrüßen würde! Ergo hoffe ich auf ein Einsehen bei Eduard!!!

Christian Mundt Endlich ist sie da! Was für ein Bausatz!