Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 I> JG. 2 Sorau (Early Production)
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Hi, sorry for the lack of more and better pictures, this is not a proper WIP, but I really enjoyed the kit and my progresses were so quick that I didn't have the time to stop and take them.
At this point I can only give my impression and humble advice if you are willing to start this kit: it is a "new generation" kit, with excellent fitting and stunning surface details like Eduard's Fw. 190A or SH Bf. 190E: mating surfaces have to be clear from thick paint and filler is needed only in a couple of spots.
I only had to trim the supercharger intake to fit the corresponding recess in the starboard fuselage and use some Tamiya liquid surface primer were I sanded it a little too much, and I will use it again at the wing root trailing edges and bottom wing to engine connection.
I am building this first one from the box, but I painted most plastic and PE parts before using them because it saved me some time from masking, especially in the wheels well area.
I had to brush paint some RLM66 on the IP and side consoles decals after their pose, because the decals has an incomprehensible black background: strange mistake for a kit so well studied and conceived...
Lots of small PE parts HAD to be used, they are not just optional as in other kits: gear legs scissors, some small levers in the cockpit, rudder pedals, seatbelts, the small flap to avoid exhaust gases to go inside the air intake and, most important, nearly half of the wheels well! Here I found easier to revers the instruction sequence and, for port wing, started with part PE-38, then PE-32, PE-22 and last PE-27 (please refer to the corrected Instruction on IBG website): I replaced the MG barrel cover inside the structure with a metal tube of suitable size and will add the proper barrel at building finished.
I reduced to barely visible all the lines representing the fabric tapes on the flying control surfaces and cut the pitot tube from the wing, to be replace later with some metal needle.
Here is some pictures of the model at this moment, I am not quite happy about
At this point I can only give my impression and humble advice if you are willing to start this kit: it is a "new generation" kit, with excellent fitting and stunning surface details like Eduard's Fw. 190A or SH Bf. 190E: mating surfaces have to be clear from thick paint and filler is needed only in a couple of spots.
I only had to trim the supercharger intake to fit the corresponding recess in the starboard fuselage and use some Tamiya liquid surface primer were I sanded it a little too much, and I will use it again at the wing root trailing edges and bottom wing to engine connection.
I am building this first one from the box, but I painted most plastic and PE parts before using them because it saved me some time from masking, especially in the wheels well area.
I had to brush paint some RLM66 on the IP and side consoles decals after their pose, because the decals has an incomprehensible black background: strange mistake for a kit so well studied and conceived...
Lots of small PE parts HAD to be used, they are not just optional as in other kits: gear legs scissors, some small levers in the cockpit, rudder pedals, seatbelts, the small flap to avoid exhaust gases to go inside the air intake and, most important, nearly half of the wheels well! Here I found easier to revers the instruction sequence and, for port wing, started with part PE-38, then PE-32, PE-22 and last PE-27 (please refer to the corrected Instruction on IBG website): I replaced the MG barrel cover inside the structure with a metal tube of suitable size and will add the proper barrel at building finished.
I reduced to barely visible all the lines representing the fabric tapes on the flying control surfaces and cut the pitot tube from the wing, to be replace later with some metal needle.
Here is some pictures of the model at this moment, I am not quite happy about
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The instrument Panel decals behave well, I used Micro Set and Sol and helped to conform with a Q-tip, but it is not easy to place them right.
I don't understand why they didn't print only the dials on a clear background, at the moment is the only criticism I can move to IBG..
It is NOT an easy kit, anyway: all the main parts are very thin, nearly scale-size, and one has to be very careful to glue them without warping or misplacing: I had a small gap at the port wing root and I think it is because I didn't glued the bottom engine cowls perfectly aligned (maybe for 0.3 mm. !!!)
I don't understand why they didn't print only the dials on a clear background, at the moment is the only criticism I can move to IBG..
It is NOT an easy kit, anyway: all the main parts are very thin, nearly scale-size, and one has to be very careful to glue them without warping or misplacing: I had a small gap at the port wing root and I think it is because I didn't glued the bottom engine cowls perfectly aligned (maybe for 0.3 mm. !!!)
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I think I have an answer to the strange black IP background: watching closely at my picture, I noticed that the dials are dark gray! IBG made some mistakes in the instruction leaflet and published an addendum on their website, because some parts number and colors were wrong or reversed...
Probably, hurrying for the delivery date, they gave Techmod the wrong, reversed color for background and dials...
Probably, hurrying for the delivery date, they gave Techmod the wrong, reversed color for background and dials...
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Camouflage done... not my best mottling but I will do better next one!!!
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Reich defence band painted and glossed!
All the small stencils are on by now, it is time for the main insignia...
All the small stencils are on by now, it is time for the main insignia...
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Surface details are unbelievable for this scale, in my humble opinion IBG set a new standard with this kit and I sincerely hope that they keep on this track!!!
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Wheel well as from the box: you could always add more details in it, but it looks great already
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Stardboard side, with the scratch I inadvertently made with my nail...
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small bits parade!
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Decaling and glossing phases finished, now I am heading to the oils steps: paneling, filtering, oil dots rendering and repeating them and not necessarily in this order, interspersed with flat and clear coats again...
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I have reached this point nearly ten days ago, but had to stop for a series of non modeling-related things.
Now I am finally back at the workbench!
Now I am finally back at the workbench!
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I have taken this and the next closer pictures just to highlight the kit`s surfaces details!
I hope you like them
I hope you like them
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I thought this could be of interest: at first I enhanced all the movable and opening panel lines with some thick black oil wash and cleaned when dried, then started to apply some appropriate thick oil colors washes on the rivets and remaining panel lines, mixing and messing here and there.
Here I am halfway, greens and browns done, till need to take care of the yellow and white band and the light blue-green side and undersurfaces.
Hope it will end like I imagine...
Here I am halfway, greens and browns done, till need to take care of the yellow and white band and the light blue-green side and undersurfaces.
Hope it will end like I imagine...
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This is the first step end: the results are quite subtle and difficult to take with the cellphone camera, you have to trust me...
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on the side and the undersurfaces is even more subtle and difficult to photograph but it will be more obvious after the next steps.
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This is where I am now: after the previous step I gave three or four flat coats, followed by some careful sanding down most of the clear thickness I built earlier; in this way I smoothed all the surfaces to a very plain finish and in the same time reduced the steps where the decals carrier film shows more and made the rivets less obvious.
Then I finally started with the Oil Dots Technique, using the appropriate oil colors to the background ones.
Now I will wait a couple of days, just to be sure the oils are completely dried, and will airbrush a satin coat ready for the next steps
Then I finally started with the Oil Dots Technique, using the appropriate oil colors to the background ones.
Now I will wait a couple of days, just to be sure the oils are completely dried, and will airbrush a satin coat ready for the next steps
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Finished tonight, propeller is only dry fitted for these few pictures, better ones in the next days with more comments.
I hope you liked it
I hope you liked it
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Now it is really completed, I forgot the navigation lights and the small retraction cable for the tail wheel on the starboard undercarriage leg.
Now all that it should be on, it is on it.
Now all that it should be on, it is on it.
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I hope you enjoy the pictures, I will write the last comments later on.
Thanks for looking!
Thanks for looking!
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Yorumlar
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