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Foke Wulf 190 F-8 (1997 tooling)
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Project: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8
39 1 August, 17:22
SkyhikerFor a relatively new kit I am surprised on how much flash and fitting issues this kit has.
2 August, 04:46
SkyhikerIt'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.
2 August, 11:32
Patrick HagelsteinI've seen that promise before Skyhiker! 😂 Good luck keeping this one OOB! 😉👍🏼
2 August, 20:39
Sergio OrdonezMate, I think you should put the windshield uspside down. The ángel does not cope with the real one as I see on photographs.
2 August, 20:52
SkyhikerUnfortunately it looks even worse the other way around. The idiot engineers at Revell should be fired.
2 August, 21:04
Sergio OrdonezWell, I had some work with French engineers and I know shit happens. Could you take a photo with this one in the other position?
2 August, 21:09
Sergio Ordonezdrive.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.
2 August, 21:23
SkyhikerAfter several hours of sculpting I got the canopy to fit better. I will continue with it tomorrow.
3 August, 02:12
Sergio OrdonezYour 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!
3 August, 05:17
NicolasFollowing. 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.
3 August, 05:31
Thomas KolbWhat a struggle! It reminds me of some Heller and Amodel kits. But it looks that you manage to coax it into shape!
3 August, 07:11
SkyhikerSergio 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.
4 August, 10:03
Sergio OrdonezThanks 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.
4 August, 14:05
Mr DYou 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 👍👍👍
11 August, 15:13
SkyhikerMr 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.
11 August, 17:40
SkyhikerI decided to make my own blueprint for this plane. So, that's taking up a lot of my time at the moment.
11 August, 17:42
Mr DHi, 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.
11 August, 17:48
Alexander GrivonevBuilt one too back in the day, the nightfighter version. Speaking of the canopy, I like how the rear part of it is just molded to the fuselage 😄. Used some other canopy I found in my spares because the one from the kit was entirely unusable.
10 October, 16:19
Mr DLooking good 👍👍
It's a nice model when it's finished once you sort the shortcomings out.
I did get my prop to spin in the end....had to do alot of work to the cooling fan to make it run smoothly.
Good luck on next steps 😃👍
10 October, 19:29
SkyhikerIf I had thought it would have been a problem I would have dry fitted everything first. But I wanted to keep the parts on the sprue for painting. It wasn't worth messing up the paint job just to get the propeller to spin. Especially since the contact points were so fragile. So in the end I glued it together so it will be stable.
10 October, 22:56
Mr DNicely done.....looks good now 👌👍👍
You managed to get a correct decal for the tail.... Better.
You got it very close to box art.
21 October, 23:02
Mr DOn the fiddly bits... Did you decide to make your own part for that Whip shaped thingy🤣 don't know what it actually is 🫣.... ?
Quite a few little fragile bits on the bottom... I was extremely cutting n sanding these.
Like the way the guns are visible through wheel well's👍
27 October, 19:30
SkyhikerMr D, the Morane antenna I built by filing down a wooden toothpick and super gluing a hog's hair on to it that I got from a cheap brush. The kit part was ridiculously out of scale. I use this hog's hair method for whip antennas and static dischargers because the hair is flexible enough that it won't break off.
27 October, 19:35
Mr DAHH thanks it's Antenna 👍 be better with bit of flexibility... looks more accurate to photos as well.
I noticed HB do a Ta-152 kit....looks quite good for price.. bit of PE in kit.
I was tempted.....but promised myself l will build one buy one 🙄🤣.
27 October, 19:46
SkyhikerLol. I promised myself the same thing and the next week someone offered me their entire stash of 45 kits for super cheap, which I bought immediately.
27 October, 19:51
Chrissweadded a new photoalbum.
18 2 November, 11:47
ChrissweThank you Rui! It is my first build in modern times. I learned a lot from this project.
2 November, 12:20
gorbyLovey work - particularly for a first 'returnee' build.
Welcome back to the hobby.
2 November, 12:23
ChrissweThanks a lot for your kind words. I think I did many mistakes during the build but it turned out well in the end. A big ship is probably more forgiving than a small aircraft for example.
2 November, 12:32
ChrissweThanks Paul and Villiers and Jörg. Yes I sprayed it with wooden colour and painted some of the planks in lighter and darker colours. It worked well on the part of the floor that is PE and not so well on the original plastic main deck.
3 November, 20:41
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HemingwayAbsolutely stunning, i can only imagine the hours you have into this, the work is flawless
7 July, 03:05
Tamas NemethThank you! I did not count the hours, but it was about a year from start to finish.
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NeilThis is fantastic work! I have this kit in my stash too, thinking of undertaking next year. Your build is very inspiring.
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