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

[speedgraflex]

Haha! Thanks, Medic! Good luck Saturday!!!!!!

[Medicman71]

Thanks! I hope you can rein the construction guys in with the loud music.

[KennyX]

Thanks, Clint! I am sealing my kits in their boxes as well. I want to be charitable and kind to others but the workers are testing my limits. They are supposed to start at 8 am, but since Thursday last week their start time has pushed back to 7:00 am. I don’t mind their zeal to get things done. I do mind loud music before 9 am. I just definitely feel that they are being unprofessional. I don’t work in an environment where loud background music is the norm. I assume most of us do not. I love music but not when it is used to assault others. Add the enormous dust cloud to the music and it is a nightmare. I’m nearly at the point of booking a night in cheap motel just to sleep without the stress of knowing some anonymous cadre of workers are not going to turn up with loud music at 7 am. I miss silence.

I peeked in to see what the cockpit looks like! Seems a long time ago I was working on this!

Glorious. Glorious, Bruce. That’s what the cockpit looks like. It looks Glorious.

[speedgraflex]

Thank you, Ken. Sincerely. Right back to you, bud. Sincerely.

[BlackSheep214]

So I’m late for the party. The pit looks amazing! Well done!

These days have been hectic and non-stop for me. Son had his confirmation Wednesday, his party today, a nephew’s First Communion in a couple weeks, then a college and high school graduation of my nieces in June, my son’s 16th b day party (most likely will be celebrated on July 4th or so), etc...

Oh, and a August family vacation to Canada - possibly Ottawa. I know there is an Air & Space Museum there and is on my bucket list to finally see a Lancaster bomber on display.

[speedgraflex]

Thanks so much for checking in and your update, BlackSheep! I remember summer vacations and graduations fondly! At the moment I’m sitting inside my car, waiting for the plumbers to arrive some time between 9 and 11 am. I am not sure what the day will bring or where I’ll be, actually. “Second star on the right and straight on ‘til morning.”

[speedgraflex]

Bolleken sent me some Fw 190 A-1 images. This one in particular makes me happy because the exhaust blackened half of the fuselage is all from the exhaust. I still am unable to reconcile why there is a hard edge on a portion of Black 13, but on this “13,” it is all from the exhaust. I don’t know why this continues to be an issue for me, but it is nice to see this!

[Floki]

My guess the more I think about it,on yours its a eagle wing or a black wedge shape painted there with the heavy exhaust staining on top of it

[speedgraflex]

Thanks. It’s Taco Tuesday for some. Not for me. I’m definitely waging war on my gut! Thank you so much, Clint. I know what you mean but I don’t know yet if I’m going to add any semblance of an eagle wing.. but that idea of yours makes sense.

[speedgraflex]

Bolleken provided some very helpful information today! Thank you, bud. Here is a snapshot of the progression of A-1 to A-3 profiles. The black "eagle wing" comes with version A-2. This is not definitive by any means. However, in our line of work we often go by the best available information, so I am going to blacken the sides with exhaust and not paint. I feel better making this decision.



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