Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:07 pm
John, you have made a superb transition to the 1/72 scale! Awesome work. Impressive...
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Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 6:39 pm
Metal barrels and pitons are better than the kit’s version. What a huge improvement.
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:45 am
Geez. I just did some catching up on this. Wow. That engine and cockpit look fantastic
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 11:44 am
Thank you Lyle! It's been an interesting "experiment" and I've largely found that most of the techniques and skills that are used in the big scales are still applicable at 1/72. I think the painting stage will present the most difficulties. I may have to bust out the Badger SOTAR.LyleW wrote:John, you have made a superb transition to the 1/72 scale! Awesome work. Impressive...
The difference is very noticeable in the close-up photos but in real life, not as much!BlackSheep214 wrote:Metal barrels and pitons are better than the kit’s version. What a huge improvement.
Thank you very much!tempestjohnny wrote:Geez. I just did some catching up on this. Wow. That engine and cockpit look fantastic
It looks like the S120 camera will be arriving today, ahead of schedule, so I'll have a new toy to test out. I did a little work on the fabric-covered control surfaces, which are presented as separate parts. I thought the ribbing was a little too pronounced so I sanded them down.
The painting of the engine has started and I've given the separate sub-assemblies a base coat of gloss black.
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 3:15 pm
The new camera came in today! It's used but it looks to be in excellent condition.
Much simpler to use for my modeling purposes and it looks like it has a nice short Minimum Focusing Distance so it is easy to get really close to small things, which is key for in-progress model photography.
Much simpler to use for my modeling purposes and it looks like it has a nice short Minimum Focusing Distance so it is easy to get really close to small things, which is key for in-progress model photography.
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:47 pm
Looks like a great macro cam. I'm so tempted, but I'm just a lazy iphone user 
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 9:55 pm
Nice work as usual, John. Especially in this scale!
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 1:49 am
Everything is looking beautiful John, sorry you had to get a new camera
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 3:34 am
keavdog wrote:Looks like a great macro cam. I'm so tempted, but I'm just a lazy iphone user
Except I hate iPhones. I've always been an android user. My wife has an iPhone and is always asking how to do this or that. I always answer the same. I hate iphones
Re: 1/72 IBG Fw 190D-9 Early Production
Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:01 am
not a fan either, last year the company I retired from had mandatory equipment requirements (they bought/issued/controlled the phones) and everyone had to go to iphone. I had been on android for 6 or so years after walking away from iphone way back.
Anyhow, back to John's build
Anyhow, back to John's build