John P
01-28-2007, 10:33 AM
Hey, I finally got around to building a Focke Wulf! That only leaves the dozen or so still in my piles!
This is Eduard's new kit, and Fw-190A-8. Insanely detailed kit with full cockpit, gun bays and engine detail, and scads of photo-etch. Some fairly, um, challenging assembly moments here. I was going to put the mortar tubes under the wings, but they feature four indivdual mounting rods with no way to align them but guesswork. I was too tired of vague alignment by that point, so I didn't bother.
It's also a little bit too bad that gluing the hood open tends to hide the insanely detaled cockpit!
http://www.inpayne.com/temp/fw190a8-ed-08.jpg
http://www.inpayne.com/temp/fw190a8-ed-03.jpg
Despite the fully detailed engine, there's no provision for opening the cowling.
There's plenty of opportunity here to add lots of detail to the gun bays - wiring and such. I wanted to get it finished, though, so what you see is no more than what's provided in the kit. Which is a lot!
This is Eduard's new kit, and Fw-190A-8. Insanely detailed kit with full cockpit, gun bays and engine detail, and scads of photo-etch. Some fairly, um, challenging assembly moments here. I was going to put the mortar tubes under the wings, but they feature four indivdual mounting rods with no way to align them but guesswork. I was too tired of vague alignment by that point, so I didn't bother.
It's also a little bit too bad that gluing the hood open tends to hide the insanely detaled cockpit!
http://www.inpayne.com/temp/fw190a8-ed-08.jpg
http://www.inpayne.com/temp/fw190a8-ed-03.jpg
Despite the fully detailed engine, there's no provision for opening the cowling.
There's plenty of opportunity here to add lots of detail to the gun bays - wiring and such. I wanted to get it finished, though, so what you see is no more than what's provided in the kit. Which is a lot!