FW190C-V18/U1 Planet Model Conversion

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Planet Models conversion and Hasegawa's FW190D as donor kit.

I started this build about 2 years ago and ran into some issues.  I boxed it up in April 2014.  With the recent release of Hasegawa's FW190D9 "Tall Tail" I was able to get my hands on a tail that is darn close to the "C" tail.  Now she's back on the bench.




Planet Model has this scheme an overall RLM 02 with a NMF nose.  Smith/Creek's FW190 Vol. 1, pp 253-259 shows this bird was overall NMF.  In other words, its all about Alclad.


Parts washed along with donor kit.


Planet's conversion parts.


Hasegawa's FW190D will be used as donor.

Planet Model resin is very brittle.  Cleaning flash, etc on fuselage then this happens...


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Glued a piece of sheet styrene from inside with epoxy.




Matching up will be time consuming, not difficult. Just PITA.

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Mending the fuselage started with the front end.




Black primer applied and front glued. Will hit the pit and tail wheel area with RLM 66 then secure the rear fuselage.


Tail wheel is EagleParts 52-32. Strut is kinda squirrley to put together. Looks nice and will benefit with RLM 02 and some highlights (wash).



Using kit pit and IP only after market will be HGW belts and some scratch built levers and knobs. Just too many issues with fit so I chickened out with the PE upgrade. The PE upgrade makes the pit flimsy. Works well with the Hasegawa fuselage however this resin fuselage with no mounting points. OOB pit is solid and very beefy and will add strength to the fuselage which I already snapped in half. This resin is really brittle.






After a long cure time with front end and RLM 66 paint. I will finish pit then complete the fuselage.

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Cut down the lower wing to accommodate the turbo supercharger scoop.


Shell ejector ports are plugged with scrap styrene. This aircraft was a test bed for a turbo supercharger and high altitude/pressurized pit. The FW190C-V18/U1 not armed so all gun ports and shell ejector ports were buttoned up.


Photo-etch from the spares box fit nicely over the shell ejector ports.

Turbo Supercharger scoop is glued with medium CA using small styrene pieces to act as locator pins.


An annoying truth with resin conversions/kits (at least the ones I have been working on) is no locator pins so its almost alignment by braille.


Some cleaning and filling is certainly on the agenda. A piece of resin chipped and will be repaired after mounting to lower fuselage.


A little test fit. From this point putty and fill should be minimal. The scoop nests nicely on rear wing, pic does not show.

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Pit complete with exception of the shoulder harness, stick and straps on pedals. Pit is OOB using kit decals. Scratch built some knobs and lever. HGW used for belts.


Hard to tell, after I gave the pit a matte varnish I hit each dial with a drop if Vallejo Still Water with good results.



The engine from the Hasegawa 190D9 donor kit shown with some slight modifications to accommodate the location of the turbo supercharger.

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The "double hose" wrapped in wire will be fed into the turbo supercharger near the front of scoop. This detail will be visible from the wheel well.


Will give the engine some weathering before installation.


Planet Model's engine/cowling detail (right) is weak compared with the Hasegawa part (left).


My plan will be to surgically remove the Hasegawa firewall and mount the Planet Model firewall then use the Hasegawa engine/cowl/cowling flaps. Am taking the FICE approach on this part. BTW there will be several other FICE moments on this build.

I often remind myself, "I control this build, this build is not controlling me."

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Engine/Cowling mount. Hasegawa to Planet.


Cut the engine firewall from Hasegawa FW190D9.  A little cleaning will be required.


Spot glue firewall with acrylic for test fit.


Cowling flaps.


Engine radiator.


Cowling fit.




Color me happy.  CA glue firewall and let it cure.

[TRM]

Wow Rick! Looks like you have a pleasantly ambitious project on you hands! Lovely work in the office there...and on the repairs! Looking forward to seeing this one unfold as you go!

[mustang1989]

Good stuff here Bezoula!!!! Man .....190 builds all the way here!!

[wbill76]

Whenever I see these particular Fw-190 variants it makes me think of what the offspring would look like if a 190 and a Mustang got together.

[Leon]

WOW...That is some nice work on the surgery and repairs Rick! The pit looks great.

[Rick]

That is some awesome surgery and a really interesting take on a 190. Still got that lazeboy pulled up for this one Rick

Rick

[Deleted]

Way cool!

[sturmbird]

Talk about a recycled airframe! The FW190C (there was one that Professor Tank played with for a year or so)was assembled off of one of the pre production A series airframes. It would later be cut up again to build a pre production TA152 or maybe the FW190D9. Think it was the TA152V something.
gary

[mustang1989]

Any progress on this one Rick?