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Skyhiker
For a relatively new kit I am surprised on how much flash and fitting issues this kit has.

Skyhiker
It's really hard for me to fight off the urge to correct the structural issues with this kit. But I promised myself I would make this one out of the box.

Patrick Hagelstein
I've seen that promise before Skyhiker! 😂 Good luck keeping this one OOB! 😉👍🏼

Skyhiker
I really hate Revell conopys.

Sergio Ordonez
Mate, I think you should put the windshield uspside down. The ángel does not cope with the real one as I see on photographs.

Skyhiker
Unfortunately it looks even worse the other way around. The idiot engineers at Revell should be fired.

Sergio Ordonez
Well, I had some work with French engineers and I know shit happens. Could you take a photo with this one in the other position?

Sergio Ordonez
drive.google.com/fil..J9/view?usp=drivesdk
The windshield is not an isoscelles triangle so the windshield has not a 45 degree ángel over the capot. Please, see these example of a TA-152 (and please, mind It is 35 years old and I was only 13 when I drestroyed It).
I think an easy solution can be made. I do not want any mate to be anoyed by an engineering issue. I had them everyday (it's my job, Factory engineering problem solving, known as 'shit managing") and It can destroy your mojo.

Ben M
What a terrible canopy

Skyhiker
After several hours of sculpting I got the canopy to fit better. I will continue with it tomorrow.

Sergio Ordonez
Your mojo works, mate! Now you have became a great problem solver!
On the other hand, I think another 3D engineering guy needs to stop drinking and 20 years of 2D drafting. The fitting is worse than I could imagine. But I see is no a problem for a seasoned mate like you. Great work, mate!

Nicolas
Following. I build this kit several times in older versions. The fit of the canopy is realy sh*t. My solution was (with about 10 years) to sand the backside of the windshild till it fitted. Of corse so most of the frame is missing.

Thomas Kolb
What a struggle! It reminds me of some Heller and Amodel kits. But it looks that you manage to coax it into shape!

J35J
Great effort and progress! 👍🏻

Skyhiker
Sergio the TA 152 had a very different canopy than the 190. The 152 was designed for high altitude flying, was pressurized and had double panes.

Sergio Ordonez
Thanks you, Skyhiker: I think I can remember now, as I researched about FW190 and TA152 black in the 90's. Also, canopy is bubble-shapped. Sorry, my FW190 Mustang have been gone forever, I expent the night trying to find It, just to find my solution, but I think only the reta of the TA152 has survived.

Mr D
You done a better job of the seat belts than l did 🤣. The cockpit glass on my model was not very clear!
Looking good, ... Thanks for uploading 👍👍👍

Skyhiker
Mr D did you also have so much trouble with the canopy? I read in the kit review at the bottom of the page that it was bad. I really wish the reviews would be moved up because I always forget about them. It took me quite a while to get the canopy to work. It needed a lot of reshaping to look right.

Skyhiker
I decided to make my own blueprint for this plane. So, that's taking up a lot of my time at the moment.

Mr D
Hi, yes l had trouble too, l did a dry fit before paint, and l had to take a combination off the glass n some off fuselage, and had to use a bit of UV clear resin.
I got it to fit in the end, but it's not very clear to see through.
I had a bit missing of my engine fan too, had to make it up with super glue gell.

bughunter
Oh, another biplane is created in Munich 👍

Doubtingmango
Watching

Ludvík Kružík
This project is very interesting. I will definitely follow it. 👍

Alex K
Me too.

gorby
Fantastic modelling and photography!

Jim Bob McCabe
This is bloody marvellous! Hats off to you, Simon, for such an inspired idea and excellent execution of the subject. You can almost hear that gull calling....

Alec K
Great concept and implementation 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Highly impressive, love the water effect 👍

Spanjaard
fully agree with all of he above. splendid. I love how you combined the figures to keep the steel wire in place

Mr James
Beautifully presented 👌

Vincent
I agree with Mr James. This looks great🙂

Thomas Kolb
Amazingly done diorama! Beautiful painteork and stunning presentation!

Robert Podkoński
What else could be said about the model, idea, and photos... Chapeau bas!

Shar Dipree
Awesome, fantastics work! 👍

Neuling
Very very good! 👍👍

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻
Nice model, well set scene and nice and atmospheric photography.

Bruce Huxtable
Superb observation of so much subtle detail, perfectly executed. Loving the moody images too 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Incredible scene, congrats!

Simon Tibbitts
Thank you all for the very kind words indeed!

Alex Rodionov
Fantastic!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fine build so far, Alberto

Treehugger
It's a little tricky with the clear parts on top. The top "housing" is molded with the big hull, and so if you glue on the big parts, you can't glue on the clear parts anymore, because the clear parts are supposed to be glue on from the inside.

Alberto Traverso
Thank you Dietmar 👍

Alberto Traverso
Yes Treehugger, in this case the clear parts definitely must be glue on before gluing the main chassis

Bruce Huxtable
Really nice looking interior too 🙂

Alberto Traverso
Yes it's practically a full interior kit