Revell Fw-190 A8 1/32

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Duke Maddog wrote:Nice looking squirrel; it must be a she since she has such lovely eyes! :lashed:

Nice job on the improvisation. Way to go!
Thanks Duke!

My wife (who gave it to me some years ago) also says it's a she! :-)

Now she back on her shelf waiting for next mission!

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Some work with the engine continued today; adding the exhaust pipes, painting and weathering with pigments and oil-washes.

Originally I was not planning to have any engine doors open or so, but might be I will anyway... the engine is a nice chunky piece and would be pity to totally hide it. Must think.. :hmm:

The engine is out of the box, no extra details added.
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Some work still with the front part, but then I would say it's a wrap regarding the BMW

- Kari
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Where’s the helpful squirrel? :Beaver:
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Stunning work on that engine Kari! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Brilliant work Kari! I don't blame you for wanting to show that engine off. How did you get that burnt look on the exhaust manifolds? I've been trying to find a way to capture that look and you nailed it in one go.
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Duke Maddog wrote:Brilliant work Kari! I don't blame you for wanting to show that engine off. How did you get that burnt look on the exhaust manifolds? I've been trying to find a way to capture that look and you nailed it in one go.
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Stik: The squirrel is released from her task and she is eating her acorn on the shelf...:-D

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Stuart: Thanks!

Duke and Bruce: Many thanks !!

I brush painted first the pipes with rust-color from Revells Aqua acrylic paints, it gives a pretty good fundament. Then I mixed Rust pigment with a drop of thinner. The pigment became of course thick as mud, but it was easy with a brush to cover the exhaust pipes. As thinner evaporates quite quickly, just after a minute or two, the pigment mix had fully dried and looked like rust (well like Titanic rust)
Then with another brush, I started slowly but surely brushing off the bigger lumps of pigment.

And indeed, the result looks pretty good and in reality even one step better than in picture.
If i may say so.

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- Kari
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Very nice! Thanks for the description; I'll try to use a similar technique on my next rusty feature.
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The last couple of days have been busy with everything but bench time..
I have also been postponing the final work with the cockpit and this has become now a bottleneck in the entire build..
And the reason for slow progress with the cockpit are the da#*#* textile seatbelts I am not so eagerly fond of.

So tonights goal was to finish at least one of the shoulderharnesses... and that I did! One to go and then the build can continue again!

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A close up of the attachment of the seat harness in a "real one". (The weird reddish spot is a reflection on my table lamp..)
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And my solution..
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Still one to go ....

- Kari
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Re: Revell Fw-190 A8 1/32

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The seat harness mountings look pretty good. I think that is the only area where PE can be such a let down due to it being flat rather than circular as shown here.
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