Re: 1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190D-13 Yellow 10
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2021 7:11 pm
Each riveting session begins with the drawing of lines on plastic using scale drawings. The last major component to receive the riveting treatment is the wing bottom.
A look at the surface texture right after the rivet wheel has tramped its way across the wing surface. Running my fingers across the raised bumps gives me a 70's vibe when raised rivets were common.
The wings are sanded with fine sandpaper and then given a brown pastel wash to check the work.
With both the wing tops and bottoms riveted, I wanted to check out the Aires wheel well bays again. If you recall, they fell short width-wise, throwing off the alignment of the wing cannon and the barrel openings in the wings. My solution was to cut the wheel well in half, exactly in the middle and using the wing cannon/barrel opening as the datum line for installation of the two bays independently.
All of the components seem to fit together pretty well.
Because the location of the wheel well has changed in relation to the landing gear mounts, the fit of the landing gear and retraction arms need to be checked. The Aires resin set would have you graft several components to form a new retraction arm which I think is too fiddly for not much benefit. I am sticking with the plastic retraction arms and making any necessary adjustments, which look to be fairly minor.
A look at the surface texture right after the rivet wheel has tramped its way across the wing surface. Running my fingers across the raised bumps gives me a 70's vibe when raised rivets were common.
The wings are sanded with fine sandpaper and then given a brown pastel wash to check the work.
With both the wing tops and bottoms riveted, I wanted to check out the Aires wheel well bays again. If you recall, they fell short width-wise, throwing off the alignment of the wing cannon and the barrel openings in the wings. My solution was to cut the wheel well in half, exactly in the middle and using the wing cannon/barrel opening as the datum line for installation of the two bays independently.
All of the components seem to fit together pretty well.
Because the location of the wheel well has changed in relation to the landing gear mounts, the fit of the landing gear and retraction arms need to be checked. The Aires resin set would have you graft several components to form a new retraction arm which I think is too fiddly for not much benefit. I am sticking with the plastic retraction arms and making any necessary adjustments, which look to be fairly minor.
