Foke Wulf 190 F-8 (1997 tooling)

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August 1, 2024
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August 2, 2024
A kit from 1997 shouldn't have wing gaps like this.
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August 2, 2024
The gaps in the wings were filled with super glue and the missing line separating the canopy was scribed in.
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August 2, 2024
I really have to question if the engineers at Revell now work for Boeing? This canopy doesn't fit together at all and it is too wide for the model! Didn't they build this thing?
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August 2, 2024
How can they seriously engineer things like this?
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August 2, 2024
Here is a requested photo of the canopy the other way around. Obviously wrong.
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August 2, 2024
To make this work at all I had to first remove the armor plate headrest, file it down so it wouldn't be contacting the canopy like it is in the kit. Next I will have to file down the canopy and hope there will be enough space for the headrest.
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August 2, 2024
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August 2, 2024
I sanded the back canopy down to the correct height and width, but the back corners need to be flush. Note the gap that needs to be dealt with in the front.
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August 2, 2024
The back corners of the canopy glass have been sanded down to fit flush.
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August 2, 2024
The front of the canopy is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top than the back canopy.
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August 3, 2024
After several hours of sculpting I got the canopy to fit better. I will continue with it tomorrow.
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August 3, 2024
On the other side I had to make a plate to fill the space under the front canopy
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August 4, 2024
Revi 16b gun sight made with celluloid film and the reshaped canopy is now glued on and fits very well.

Comments

15 1 August, 17:22

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

2 August, 04:46

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.

2 August, 11:32

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

2 August, 20:39

Skyhiker
I really hate Revell conopys.

2 August, 20:42

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.

2 August, 20:52

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

2 August, 21:04

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?

2 August, 21:09

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.

2 August, 21:23

Ben M
What a terrible canopy

3 August, 01:29

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

3 August, 02:12

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!

3 August, 05:17

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.

3 August, 05:31

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!

3 August, 07:11

J35J
Great effort and progress! 👍🏻

3 August, 07:55

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.

4 August, 10:03

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