Pacific Coast Models 1/32 Fw 190A-1. Black 13. Belgium, 1941

[Floki]

That seat is looking good. Been working a lot and coming home, shower then pass out hopefully in that order lol. I have been following your progress and the amount of knowledge from everyone on this forum is unbelievable I'm so happy to have found this place. Unfortunately I wasn't able to I tried a recovery program and that failed so I reformatted the card but it was still causing a error message so went and got a new one.

[speedgraflex]

Sounds like my life as well, Clint, lol. I have trouble remembering that I made dinner thirty minutes ago... or the tea that I made an hour ago is still steeping... yikes. I am over the moon that you are here as well! Sorry to hear about that drive, though. Sometimes the bear...

[jkim]

RLM 66 over RLM 66 eh? That's a new one but hey, the seat looks good! Can't wait to see color #2!

[speedgraflex]

RLM 66 over RLM 66 eh? That's a new one but hey, the seat looks good! Can't wait to see color #2!

Color No. 2



John, Thanks so much for your encouragement. Seeing how you motored through painting, masking and decaling of Yellow 3 (Congratulations on all three!) was inspiring in many ways. The Humbrol flat colors still have a bit of a sheen to them which is quite nice. I brushed on two tans—the lighter of the two was a good starting point.

[jkim]

Seat looks awesome! The seat belts will probably cover most of the seat pad... just saying! If you want to match the Eduard color... add purple!

[speedgraflex]

Good point about the purple, John!

[jkim]

Kinda humorous comment... kinda not. I hate that color and I hate straying from what I feel is an accurate RLM66 but if you don’t, the IP stands out like Barney the Dinopanel.

[mostrich]

I think Eduard got their RLM66 issue solved with their new(ish) steel belt and löök IP series. But I still have plenty of Luftwaffe PE sets flying around with that coarse-grained, purple tinted color on it.

Great progress, Bruce! I really like what I see here.

[speedgraflex]

TGIF TO ALL

John, Torben and Ken (who wrote from Messenger), I want to thank y’all for your support. I am so used to observing you folks in action, taking action on this project was a good reversal of roles. It was also good to start small. I noticed my first two photos are softly pixelated. Apologies, gents. I took this “giant hand” snap last night. I am glad I did because there is still a molding seam line I need to address.



I just wanna ramble a bit on a Friday—I sincerely appreciate everyone here for being so kind. I do. It’s a rare commodity in my opinion, sadly. As I wrote above, there is a big difference between the observation of other builders and being a builder. I am glad to have been bitten by the need to build again. Maybe I left the “modeling doldrums” Torben wrote about. That resonates within me, bud.

[KennyX]

I’m holy you pulled the trigger on painting the cockpit and seat! And I like the work you’ve done with the thinned enamels on there as well. To me, that’s ballsy. I use oils because they’re so gentle. Enamels, that’s a man’s paint right there.

I’m glad you’re building, and I’m glad you’re building this particular aircraft.