"The Big Condor": Focke-Wulf FW-200C-4, Trumpeter, 1\48
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1 19 March 2018, 19:00
Dmitriy AndreeshchevI am always posting constant updates on my work on the instagram (same nickname as here), so, if you are there, feel free to follow!
19 March 2018, 20:17
Dmitriy AndreeshchevI've just prepared the workbench for work, no rushing, friends!
20 March 2018, 06:20
Spanjaardand i thought that the condor in 1/72 was big.... i will not miss this one 🙂 must be huge!
20 March 2018, 06:40
Spanjaardi will be more worried about where to place it after finished... well price will be something to consider, specially since it will be nice to add the bigEd set.....
20 March 2018, 21:57
Spanjaardabout the wings, you may want to add some metal tubes for example, to give it some strength. i have seen people doing it for this kind of big ladies....
20 March 2018, 21:59
Dmitriy AndreeshchevTo wings I will add wooden struts - something like Nautilus produced for this model. From PE I'll only add pliot seatbelts, exterior PE and antennas from Eduard
21 March 2018, 07:17
Dan MThat's an interesting kit and since it's so big I'll be happy to watch you build it instead 🙂
Nice interior! Too bad it probably won't be so visible anymore.
23 March 2018, 18:32
Andrea MorrisTedious yes, but worth it in the end. As the saying goes, "Its all in the preparation". 🙂
1 April 2018, 12:18
Wim van der Luijtlike you project so far! are the wings support really that flimsy? or are you just making sure nothing happens?
19 April 2018, 16:48
Dmitriy AndreeshchevUnfortunately, they are! Underside main wing part is very fiddly, and upper wing parts only connected by their structural ends, therefore all the wing structure technically will be connected by thin glue seams, so there is a possibility of warping of the whole wing, or simple disconnectings of parts from each other during the construction, due to their size and weight.
19 April 2018, 17:16
Andrea MorrisThat wing spar looks just the job, I was thinking of a length of 5mm brass rod.
19 April 2018, 22:36
Andrea MorrisThe wheel brake lines look the dogs bollocks 🙂 What diameter did you use?
30 April 2018, 19:31
Dmitriy AndreeshchevAdded some more progress photos! Getting quite near to the assembly ending)
1 May 2018, 11:03
Dmitriy AndreeshchevThe update may shock some of you)) I did have this idea nearly from the start of the build, but kept it as a secret) This is a pure improvisation, based on some of my references and fantasies, but still, I did want to represent the plane's graceful forms throught it, and still making it as some "what if" luftwaffe scheme. The work on scheme is still in process!
27 May 2018, 08:45
Dmitriy AndreeshchevYeah, masking required a several hours work, quite a tedious job)
27 May 2018, 10:11
Gordon SørensenGreat looking paint, Dmitriy! The masking might have been tedious, but the end result was definately worth it!
27 May 2018, 17:37
Spanjaardno way improvisation... that has some careful planning behind!! 🙂 amazing masking job, excellent result. impressive, no doubt
27 May 2018, 20:40
Dmitriy AndreeshchevThank you all for your kind words! Spanjaard, believe it or not, I didn't even have a draft. This just the way I work - slowly constructing the idea and the look in my mind, and then just making it at once) Though I must say, that I did have some of my references in front of me - but they were mostly an inspiration, not some patterns to copy.
27 May 2018, 21:12
