Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 I> JG. 2 Sorau (Early Production)
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71 8 February 2022, 18:55
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Welcome! Fit is nearly perfect but it requires great attention, no room for mistake! I will write more soon!
8 February 2022, 21:30
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I totally agree with Lukasz... Vorrei avere anche solo la metà delle tue capacità caro Andrea!
14 February 2022, 18:41
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Thank you mates, I appreciate your comments!!!
I just need to find a better feeling with Gunze Mr. Hobby when airbrushing small spots and lines, I prefer Tamiya for this but Gunze has a better color choice.
15 February 2022, 00:53
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I love those Gunze paints! Highly diluted and with low pressure wonderful results can be achieved.
15 February 2022, 14:00
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You gave already a lot of very useful hints concerning the built. Waiting for more. Following.
16 February 2022, 13:55
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Marvelous! The sanding really blended in those decals. They look like they've been panted on now. 👍
12 March 2022, 11:42
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thank you Guillaume and Spanjaard, every now and then it happens that I take a better picture than the other, but still I have to figure how!!!
23 March 2022, 15:16
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Brilliant Andrea! Sorry I am late to the show, but its good to be able to see the start to finish in a single sitting. Fantastic craftsmanship as usual. Love it.
15 April 2022, 10:31
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Thank you very much, Neil! Never too late, I appreciate your comment!
15 April 2022, 10:58
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Wow, that is amazing. When I first looked at the pictures I thought it was in 1/48 scale. It's only looking at your project photos that I saw it's 1/72! Brilliant.
15 April 2022, 11:40
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Outstanding result and perfect photography, Andrea. I'm looking to buy this kit. How was the building progress?
15 April 2022, 14:24
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Please forgive me Guy and Bernd if it takes me so much to thank you, sometimes I didn't notice the notification at first sight and then they slip to far!
Bernd, I hope you find the text in the pictures self explanatory, but if you need more info please let me know.
Ciao
Andrea
17 January 2023, 18:55
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Late to the party, but I've brought a bottle to toast the build! Fantastic!
17 January 2023, 23:17
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Cheers Andy!!! Many thanks!
And thank you Olivier and Pietro too!
Ciao!
Andrea
P.s. Pietro, nice bike...
18 January 2023, 10:19
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Just glorious Andrea! Thank you for sharing all your experiences and tips for this kit.
3 March 2023, 00:20
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Was in touch with these innovative people - asked why the amazing engine was moulded with closed panels?! Apparently it was just techinical limitations. The kits all seem to be very accurate -
HOWEVER - they have a D-11 with a nose cannon. Uh uh! That's not right and is a schoolboy error on their part. I'm surprised that with the amount of research they must have done for all the other kits that they would make such a blunder.
That said it is probably possible to resolve this issue. But still!
30 June, 07:05
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Thank you very much Ruy and Trez!
@Trez Mackenzie : could you be more precise about that inaccuracy regarding the D-11? I gave a quick check at my references ( Japo part I and Crandall vol II) but in both books I found the same bottom wings with one ejection chute for the motor cannon that was never mounted, and some prototype using a spinner with the cannon hole, but production had normal spinner.
Maybe the problem is that the instruction show the wrong spinner, but there is the right one on the same sprue.
2 July, 10:12
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Hi Andrea. Yeh, this one was quite the discovery. I have those 2 resources too, very nice.
If you check the instructions for the twin pack which has both the D-9 and D-11 you will find the D-11 is fitted with the Motorkanone.
That is wrong. You can see page 5 you will see the ammo can and cannon clearly fitted as per the D-13
Vis Step 8 as well
2 July, 21:26
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You are right Trez, I checked the D-11 boxing and in the instruction there is the same mistake.
Let's see the bright side of this: the plastic parts are correct and all the needed one on the sprues, it is only a problem due probably of a "copy and paste" done by the graphic guys...
But I am very happy you pointed it out because I will probably not notice in the building process, thank you very much!
2 July, 22:34
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Andrea you are very welcome - the IBG kits are very innovative and are no doubt stimulating the market. These guys are the first to do this engine at 1/72 scale
I would also like to add that IBG informed me that a separate engine release (through their CMK cousin) will be released around now (with panels)?
Secondly I pointed out that although their excellent pdf graphic displayed a late D-9 with the Ta152 tail there was no kit available!
They got back and said they would release as a separate kit
(I think both tails could have been available in the same box to add on to fuselage but their decision is to have 2 kits with moulded tails fitted)
A lot of builders are clambering for IBG to push out the logical Ta152 but there seems to be a little reticence from IBG. No idea why as there is an almost complete void in this area.
Cheers!
3 July, 08:39
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@ Trez Mackenzie
You are right on every points !
A Ta-152 would be a bestseller without any doubt !
Sadly, their website isn't running perfectly, at least for me, and Kaspersky doesn't like it at all !! 🙁
3 July, 14:54