Nice work on that cowling, Chris! It will look stunning on the finished Butcher bird.

Just two progress pictures to let everyone know I'm still here and watching and working

This is how my work space is looking right now


And this is my A-5 with three colours on it. The RLM 04 and RLM 76 are masked, the colour visible is RLM 74. Next comes RLM 75.


I am using Silly Putty for the masking (for the first time ) I am trying for a soft edged demarcation line.

Later

more progress of my wurger. masking, masking and masking...

I have just completed my Airfix FW190 D-9. An easy build, on frustration I had were the paints, i dunno why it became so glossy, i had to tone it down with alot of layers of flat coat...

Starboard side


Port Side


Bottom view

German paintwork tended to be pretty glossy. I think that the level of gloss you've attained looks pretty realistic in those pictures. Very nicely done
Relax and celebrate!

Nice build, Ken. Your Fw 190D looks nice.

Thanks, Jessica, Jesper.

Finally have an update on the A-5. I tried the silly putty trick for soft edge masking. Obviously I need to practice this trick a few more times. I did some touch-ups with a brush. Next comes the gloss coat, decals, flat coat and some weathering.










And that is it so far folks. More to come...eventually

Later

I usually use Humbrol satin varnish which gives a slight sheen which I view is appropriate. I have found that the tinlet is a different formula than the bottle and is more aggressive and cuts the future quite nicely. The bottle I need to use a flat coat then use the satin to bring up the sheen. For my build the cast resin fuselage is together now in the process of shoehorning the cockpit into it.

Finished the Fuselage painting and the exhaust staining.

IMG_8918 by iflytb20, on Flickr

I might have gone a bit overboard with the exhaust staining but hey, in Spring 1945, cleaning up the exhaust stain would have been quite low on the to do list

Nice paint job, Raj.

I have made some progress on my Fw190G-3. Next is some weathering and the final details. Work has actually progressed beyond these pictures so more soon.

A quick update!



Build blog is here!



Magnus

My Fw190, just about ready to get some paint.

Jesper, nice built you got there, you even have the swatika, mine was not included..

Chris, I like the engine cowling scheme, very nice.

Bruce, nice camo scheme you got there.

Here is my entry, Hasegawa 1/72 Fw-190F-9 Panzerblitz1.

Thanks for the comment, Ken. The swastika was not included in my kit either, but I had some extras from a AM decal sheet.

I have now finished my build. An Fw 190G-3 on the Eastern front. It was very difficult to find solid references for this version of the Wurger, so I made a likely marking scheme myself.

Comments welcome

Better late than never, here is my entry for this GB. Its the Otaki 1/48 scale kit.
My model will be built as an abandoned Fw 190 that was discovered months after the war ended and it will have some extreme weathering done to it. I have never built a model like this before so this will be a painting experiment and will be learning as I go.


Matrixone

Interesting project, Matrixone. I am sure some excellent photography will follow your finished build.

Thank you Jesper!

Here is another in-progress pic of my build, this time I painted the uppersurface colors on the wings and tailplane, the wing root was masked off so I could have a sharp line at that area but all other areas were painted free handed with the airbrush. On the wing root you can barely see where I chipped the paint, this was done by using the salt weathering technique. On the fuselage sides I faded out the RLM 76 a little but won't do anymore paint fading until after I get all the markings put on so the markings will look as faded as the rest of the aircraft.


Matrixone

Decals are now on and set. Next comes weathering and then final matting. Just to let everyone know I haven't been sitting around all day doing nothing





And, of course the display box for it ....but that is coming soon

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Progress update of my Fw190F-9.

Nice work everybody!

Here are a couple more pics of entry, since these pics were taken the rest of the camo was painted on and the model clear coated and decals are being put on right now.



The pre-shading on the undersurfaces are too heavy for my taste but after the decals are put on the model there will be more weathering done that will tone down the pre-shading nicely.

Matrixone

Wow, some great build in there, congrats to those who have finished already, I have to get my butt into gear and make some progress on mine

Hi Lap Man!
Do I see the Panzerblitz 1 projectiles and missiles under the wings? Where have you found them?

Progress Update.
The decals are on. The nose decal gave me a great fight but i managed to thin it into submission in 9 coats of Micro Sol


IMG_8920 by iflytb20, on Flickr