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Post by Real G on Jan 2, 2024 13:28:10 GMT -5
Engine start! Klar! Box art: Proof shot: Test fit: So far, so good. Fit seems to be very good, with many parts converging at the forward wing root.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Jan 2, 2024 14:25:31 GMT -5
Lovely. I'm in to watch!
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 2, 2024 15:46:34 GMT -5
These D-9's just look so dang COOL!!! Looking forward to this one.
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Post by keavdog on Jan 2, 2024 15:54:10 GMT -5
Nice! Killing to GBs with one BIG FW-190D?
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Post by stikpusher on Jan 2, 2024 16:47:27 GMT -5
Nice! Killing to GBs with one BIG FW-190D? I've been thinking of doing the same thing...
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Post by Real G on Jan 2, 2024 20:05:55 GMT -5
Nice! Killing to GBs with one BIG FW-190D? I've been thinking of doing the same thing... I had not considered it. I think if you want to have a Big GB airplane model in 1/32, it has to be ludicrous sized like a 4-engined bomber!
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Post by hasenpfeffer on Jan 2, 2024 21:18:57 GMT -5
I had a lot of fun building this kit a couple years ago. Gonna love watching yours come together.
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Post by handiabled on Jan 3, 2024 2:59:39 GMT -5
Sweet! I am building the same kit! I'm looking forward to seeing how you tackle yours.
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Post by Real G on Jan 3, 2024 13:43:25 GMT -5
Sweet! I am building the same kit! I'm looking forward to seeing how you tackle yours. I think I will make the hard decision to go OOTB, but small scratchbuilt items will be allowed. I get in way too deep buying aftermarket stuff, which as we all know, is a two-edged sword. I need to do some homework now, as I will have to figure out what the brake lines looked like, and how the radio antenna wire was secured to the canopy. I am going with the blown hood, and wonder if it was just a hook like on the Me-262. For the brake lines, I have that weird and wonderful book "German Aircraft Landing Gear" for reference. The kit has a curious feature that allows the open and closed cowl flaps to be swapped after construction. I'll see if this actually works, or if it's just a wonky gimmick. I'm going to use the seated pilot figure, but noticed he lacks an oxygen mask. Was this normal for airfield protection duties? I would think that an O2 mask would be standard equipment. Handiabled, it will be interesting to see your kit go "full boogie" with the AM goodies!
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Post by TJ on Jan 4, 2024 5:19:51 GMT -5
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 4, 2024 6:32:12 GMT -5
Sweet! I am building the same kit! I'm looking forward to seeing how you tackle yours. I think I will make the hard decision to go OOTB, but small scratchbuilt items will be allowed. I get in way too deep buying aftermarket stuff, which as we all know, is a two-edged sword. I need to do some homework now, as I will have to figure out what the brake lines looked like, and how the radio antenna wire was secured to the canopy. I am going with the blown hood, and wonder if it was just a hook like on the Me-262. For the brake lines, I have that weird and wonderful book "German Aircraft Landing Gear" for reference. The kit has a curious feature that allows the open and closed cowl flaps to be swapped after construction. I'll see if this actually works, or if it's just a wonky gimmick. I'm going to use the seated pilot figure, but noticed he lacks an oxygen mask. Was this normal for airfield protection duties? I would think that an O2 mask would be standard equipment.
Handiabled, it will be interesting to see your kit go "full boogie" with the AM goodies! Seeing that this aircraft belonged to JV44 and being a Me262 landing and take-off protection aircraft, it's highly unlikely that they had oxygen masks Neal as these particular aircraft never climbed to any real altitude. Their job outside of airfield/ jet aircraft protection pretty much confined them to close proximity of whatever airfield they defended at the time.
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Post by handiabled on Jan 4, 2024 9:46:18 GMT -5
Looks like Joe covered that question. As a side note to it, the reason the under carriage is painted so brightly colored and quite obvious to see was to keep them from being shot down by their own anti aircraft guns when flying such lower cover for the 262's.
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Post by stikpusher on Jan 4, 2024 15:05:28 GMT -5
No Mae West would be worn either... all flights would be over land and not water, so no need for the life vest.
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Post by Real G on Jan 4, 2024 18:51:21 GMT -5
Thanks for the info guys! Well, it looks like I can use the kit pilot figure after all. But oh boy oh boy, I'm peeking at a Quinta 3-D cockpit set... Gonna try real hard to keep the AM to a minimum though. I'll try my hand at hollowing out the kit exhaust stacks and the little scoop thing on the engine cowl.
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Post by hasenpfeffer on Jan 4, 2024 20:28:23 GMT -5
Thanks for the info guys! Well, it looks like I can use the kit pilot figure after all. But oh boy oh boy, I'm peeking at a Quinta 3-D cockpit set... Gonna try real hard to keep the AM to a minimum though. I'll try my hand at hollowing out the kit exhaust stacks and the little scoop thing on the engine cowl. Yeah, they're pretty sweet. I used one for my F-14D build and it makes a world of difference. I'm not sure how much you'll be able to see, even with the canopy open. I had originally purchased an Eduard PE dash, but I ended up just using the kit part. As for the exhaust - totally doable. IIRC, I first drilled out as much as I could with a bit and pin vise and then used a hobby blade to finish the job. Shouldn't present too much of a problem for ya with great results. And I didn't even do that great of a job! LOL (You can see how little of the dash you can actually see here too...)
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Post by Real G on Jan 5, 2024 12:56:14 GMT -5
Hasenpfeffer, your hollowed exhausts look exquisite! They DEFINITELY look better than the unmodified kits parts. The plane they are attached to also looks quite nice!
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Post by deafpanzer on Jan 5, 2024 15:21:27 GMT -5
AWESOME! I have learned so much about Fw-190 already. I didn't realize the early ones had shorter nose while late version had much longer nose like yours.
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Post by Joe Rix on Jan 5, 2024 15:35:29 GMT -5
I am filled with immense anticipation for your 190 Neal. I know you are going to produce some epic results. All bookmarked and warmed up to bear witness.
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Post by Real G on Jan 12, 2024 0:53:46 GMT -5
Heh heh, I am such a big, fat liar! A friend asked if I was ordering from Hannants, and you know how that goes! OK while I resisted the Quinta 3-D cockpit panels, I did spring for some brass guns and a canopy mask. And a bunch of other unrelated stuff. You know how that goes.
So no 3-D cockpit panels mean I can start work on the cockpit. Hooray! It’s been a busy week at work, so bench time has been non-existent.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 12, 2024 9:27:06 GMT -5
Heh heh, I am such a big, fat liar! A friend asked if I was ordering from Hannants, and you know how that goes! OK while I resisted the Quinta 3-D cockpit panels, I did spring for some brass guns and a canopy mask. And a bunch of other unrelated stuff. You know how that goes. So no 3-D cockpit panels mean I can start work on the cockpit. Hooray! It’s been a busy week at work, so bench time has been non-existent. Uh-oh!! He's pulling the trigger on the AM stuff now. Look out gang!! Hang in there Neal....we're here rooting for you bud.
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Post by Real G on Jan 12, 2024 12:37:19 GMT -5
Heh heh, I am such a big, fat liar! A friend asked if I was ordering from Hannants, and you know how that goes! OK while I resisted the Quinta 3-D cockpit panels, I did spring for some brass guns and a canopy mask. And a bunch of other unrelated stuff. You know how that goes. So no 3-D cockpit panels mean I can start work on the cockpit. Hooray! It’s been a busy week at work, so bench time has been non-existent. Uh-oh!! He's pulling the trigger on the AM stuff now. Look out gang!! Hang in there Neal....we're here rooting for you bud. Ha ha, no really, I'm trying hard to limit the AM. Last night I test fit the kit pilot into the cockpit, and confirmed that passing on the 3-D panels was a good call, as almost nothing can be seen. I'll post progress pics soon.
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Post by 406 Silverado on Jan 12, 2024 12:38:39 GMT -5
Uh-oh!! He's pulling the trigger on the AM stuff now. Look out gang!! Hang in there Neal....we're here rooting for you bud. Ha ha, no really, I'm trying hard to limit the AM. Last night I test fit the kit pilot into the cockpit, and confirmed that passing on the 3-D panels was a good call, as almost nothing can be seen. I'll post progress pics soon. Right you are about the panels not being seen as they sure are tucked waaaaaaaaaay under there. Looking forward to those progress pictures Neal.
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Post by handiabled on Jan 12, 2024 12:39:57 GMT -5
The limit the AM battle was lost by myself on my D-9, but I agree the cockpit is wedged in the fuselage in a manner you can't see much of what is going on in there.
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Post by jeaton01 on Jan 12, 2024 14:03:43 GMT -5
The antenna fit on airplanes with the blown hood was different than on the flat canopy types. While the flat canopy antenna stayed tight when the canopy was open, the blown hood mechanism for the antenna caused the antenna to become slack when open. From the Squadron Fw 190D Walkaround book, a pretty good resource.
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Post by Real G on Jan 12, 2024 14:11:32 GMT -5
The antenna fit on airplanes with the blown hood was different than on the flat canopy types. While the flat canopy antenna stayed tight when the canopy was open, the blown hood mechanism for the antenna caused the antenna to become slack when open. From the Squadron Fw 190D Walkaround book, a pretty good resource. And that is why I’m doing a closed blown canopy! The flat canopy has a pulley system to work with the tensioning device. I wonder what the blown canopy antenna attachment looked like? The Me-262 had a simple loop that attached via a “J” hook secured to the rear canopy frame.
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Post by Real G on Jan 12, 2024 14:13:59 GMT -5
The antenna fit on airplanes with the blown hood was different than on the flat canopy types. While the flat canopy antenna stayed tight when the canopy was open, the blown hood mechanism for the antenna caused the antenna to become slack when open. From the Squadron Fw 190D Walkaround book, a pretty good resource. Another crazy bit of trivia is that the canopy frame flexed as it was opened. I think Eduard pointed that out when they started their 1/48 Fw-190 series.
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Post by Real G on Jan 22, 2024 22:57:32 GMT -5
Okay this is all the aftermarket I am putting into my model: The Hannants package came in a week, a new record! I'm just getting over a cold, so back to the bench!
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Post by lyle on Feb 1, 2024 15:35:58 GMT -5
Fit looks good.
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Post by Steve Zuleski on Feb 1, 2024 18:33:00 GMT -5
I gotta tell yuz, I'm really getting a kick out of the technical participation, this is really nice, awesome. Fine start, Ruck Onward, G!
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