SPA Modeler

Welcome back,

I am concentrating on getting the wing root seam as close to perfect as I can, as there should be no seam forward of the cannon bay at all, being a one piece pressed metal construction. It is a case of dry fit, sand, chisel or scrape then dry fit again to locate "high" points in the spars, wing root cannon assemblies or fuselage to wing joins:









I as a little overzealous in my sanding of the port wing root. I could not get a solid join and light showed through the underside join in the MLG bay. So a piece of thin card was glued to the inner edge, allowed to dry and then cut to shape:





The result is pretty good, remembering these pieces are just sitting in place with some finger pressure:







With various sections having had their gloss coat in preparation for washes, I turned my attention to the anemic shroud protector. On a previous build, I just painted it up. This time I wanted to beef it up so a piece of 1mm rod was cut and glued centrally to the shroud. Once this area has dried I intend to carefully bend the rod to conform to shape, ementing a bit at a time and allowing it to cure:





That's all for now, thanks looking in.

That is superb work on that dry fitting Kent - it's going together very well.

Welcome back,

Thanks for the feedback. I have washed the interiors of the MLG and cockpit with AK Neutral grey enamel wash. The wing uppers have been attached with promising results. The port rear moved a little when I added the tape for dihedral but some PPP will fix that. The leather shroud pad has been trimmed and fixed into position:









I have started detailing the MLG with fuel lines and wiring and the seat has been finished and awaits its matte coat and weathering:





Regards,

A quick update....some paint to the shroud pad and the Revi C12 gunsight and wing root cannon covers installed:











Obviously a bit of fettling to do. I shall set about that once I have attached the windshield and masked the area off to prevent dust getting in.

Regards,

Keep the updates coming!

Great updates & quality of the build and the pics!

By the way, what a fantastic jig you have !

- Kari

Thanks for the comments,
Kari the jig is the JH Models 4801 from UMM-USA and it does serve me well.

Steady progress this morning. I have applied AK Ultra Flat varnish to the finished interiors of the MLG and cockpit.The seat and the reflector glass and sun shield for the gunsight have been installed (I need to adjust the rear piece I can see!). I have dipped the clear parts in "Pledge" and once dry, I will mask and attach the windshield:









Regards,

That cockpit looks great! I love the dead flat finish

This crate is coming together nicely. Awesome work on getting all the panels to sit flush as this is a toughy on these kits.

Thanks guys,
 
One of the deficiencies of the Eduard kit is in the canopy internal structure. It is very simplified for an area that is so obviously on show. In my previous A8 build a couple of years ago, I had resorted to a crude but effective scratchbuilding attempt at the internals to at least give an impression of what actually lay beneath:
 
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Eduard have not adapted their current (first release) moulds and we are still given the basic three pieces to represent the framing. They may do so in the future release. However, in 2010 (according to the stamp on the PE) they did release some upgraded PE sets for their Fw190D series aircraft (D9, D11 and D13). These were in the new (old?) brass finish and contain a wealth of detail to jazz up your D series kits. The good thing is a lot of it can be used on an A series as well:
 

 
Including this little piece of gold (no pun intended) the internal canopy framing:


 


The only thing I have to ensure is the scheme I do for the D9 later doesn't use it. I did have to undertake some remedial filling due to overzealous use of a drill bit on the outboard MG-FF apertures. I filled each gaping hole with some styrene rod which I will sand during the leading edge work and re drill to a smaller, more appropriate, aperture:
 



 
Thanks for checking in!