Nice progress Vance!!

Great colour scheme Vance ! Oh Yeah , good progress as well

Bit of progress on rote 13. Sprayed roughly rlm75 over where the old tactical numbers would have been



And applied the main Experten decals. Very thin and very little carrier. red and white come as separate decals so
if it is out of register it is ones own fault. some smaller ones to add then details and weathering as this was a rather
beaten up aircraft.

Steve: The best projects are ones you get for fathers day in my book

Vance: Great Air brush work. That is going to be first rate when finished.

John-Paul: That mottle on your Dora is outstanding. My eyes are too bad to work in 72nd scale.

Taylor

Little more progress from me again.

After a while of procrastination, I finally grabbed myself by the neck and did the necessary modifications to the fuselage gun cover on the Dora: scribed a missing panel line and added two bumps on each side. Almost done here, I've only have to make that missing little intake scoop on the right side.
Contemplating the gunsight + instrument panel coaming problem, I think I'll be going for a compromise, leaving the gunsight off altogether.

Hello all, here is the progress pic of my entry. Fw190 Mistel-2S.

Well, I got it done. Strictly OOB followed the kits colour callouts, no idea if its correct. I don't mind, I had no time to do any research, and it will sit on my sons shelf anyway.

Some pics, quality is awful as I had to take them indoors as no sun and plenty of rain. The weather man says the sun will have his hat on tomorrow so I will post better pics then










Comments, critque, questions more than welcome.

Steve

Hi all!

I just read trough the whole tread, yes all 20 pages, and I realized how many cool schemes there are.
I also enjoyed all the beautiful and colourful builds done so far, and no scheme is duplicated!
Astonishing!

I also realized that I have forgotten to post any progress I have made on my Wurger!
I’m, involved in far too many Campaigns at the moment, I guess!

It’s actually almost done so I’ll take a quick approach on the build-report.

The Eduard box is fairly large and full of plastic parts, etch, decals and masks.
As always with Eduard, there’s no need for aftermarket stuff and the quality is very high indeed.

I decided to build the kit straight out of the box as everything is included in the Profi-pack.

I also decided to build the aircraft with everything closed, only the canopy will be open to show the detailed cockpit.

But when Quickboost released the one-piece cowling I could not resist, and what a lovely piece of resin that is!
As a bonus you get all exhausts, already moulded with the cowling, plus a replacement for the small part on the underside.
They are hollowed out, that was my main reason for buying!



From the beginning…

The wings assembled easily and they are well detailed.



Main parts completed;



Cockpit completed;





From there it was a rather smooth ride..













The Quickboost cowling was a perfect fit!



Masking the engine was simply done by cutting a disk of the right diameter and some tape to seal the edges



I decided to build the landing gear before any painting, to get as strong bond between parts as possible.



Then I airbrushed the wheel wells and landing gear with RLM02…




…and masked them by filling the wells with damp tissue paper.




I glued the Wgr.21 rocket tubes to the wings, a very fragile and delicate assembly!







I painted the whole model in RLM76 only to cover the plastic and act as a primer for the white paint on the cowling.



The cowling was then painted RLM04 yellow, and masked up before the cammo could be painted.

A new fresh coat of RLM76, then the top fuselage, wings and tailplane in RLM74/75.
Finally the mottling in 74/75 along the sides.







Well, this is where my build stands so far.

More have been done tough, so more pics are on the way!

Cheers!

Stefan

Stefan, nice progress. Looking forward to see more on this beautiful Eduard Kit.

Lap Man, what kit is that? What scale is it?

Looks nice. Good job with the mottling.
It looks you got the main landing gear legs mixed up, as the axles are pointing outwards.

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Boy, what a F**k-up!

Didn´t see that "detail" myself, now i´m really embarressed!

Well, too late to switch the legs, maybe new axels done from some steel pins?

See if i can recover and save the model from the bin!

Thanks for the heads-up, Eetu!

Cheers!

Stefan E

Been there done that ....

ouch

You're welcome. I'm sure it can still be fixed, it doesn't look that hard. I'd clip off the axles, drill a hole through and make new axles from either styrene rod or metal pin or something. As there's not that much margin for error, I'd start by drilling a much smaller hole than is needed, then using larger bits to get to the right size. That way you can monitor the angle better than with a single drilling.

Hi all!

Eetu;

That was exactly what I had in mind, but it was almost impossible to get the little pin vise in place, and even harder to drill!

Sooo... I carefully bent the rods from the leg and pulled straight out!
The legs came off after applying some "brute force", only damage was that I lost about 4mm on one leg so I had to shorten the other correspondingly.

I completed the build today and It looks OK to me, even tough she sits a bit low on the gears.

At least not so obvious as having the wheels facing outwards!

Pics coming soon!

Stefan E

Here we are, a few more pictures, not much better, because the Sun hasn't shone as promised











Thanks for looking

Steve

Stefan E., nice progress with the butcher bird!! I have the same kit and curious if you've encountered any issues with the kit. So far, the only issue that I'm noticing will be with the assembly of the wings. While test fitting, I noticed that the upper wing extends a little forward from the bottom one (I believe this is due to the details of the wheel well). Look forward to seeing future updates to the build.!!

Cheers,
Hermann K.

my progress report:

basic markings are on. The camo scheme looks darker now because of the gloss coat. I put the cowl checks on last night:



The decals are a mish-mash from several sets, including from the Tamiya kit, a Dragon kit, a sheet of swastikas, a luftwaffe numbers sheet, and scraps from an ancient Bf-109 build.

After installing the fuselage Balkenkreuze, I darkened them by hand painting out the white with RLM 75, which is my best guess for how they were done on the real aircraft (not that i am overly concerned about the accuracy of this build having only profiles and no actual pictures to work from).

The checkers were made from Fw-190 cowl stripe decals (from the Dragon Fw-190A-4 kit) that i sliced into squares and postioned one by one, working my way from the top to the bottom (leaving off the rows for the cowl bumps on the side and the very bottom row, which were all hand painted). Very tedious, but i am reasonably happy with the result.

Now that the checkers are laid down (being the most daunting part of the build by far - I was reallly fearing that step), I need to do some touch ups to the checkers and camo, add what stencils need to be in place (I am inclined to assume many were oversprayed with the green camo), and then get a flat coat on before weathering a bit.

Hello friends!

Nice work here!

Well, Yesterday I started to build my first aircraft. I know that I will to make some mistakes but I hope to make a best works in future.

I selected an inexpensive kit for learning of Airfix 1/72

I had some problems for painting the pilot because is a small scale, ( normally I build tanks in 1/35, this is some different for me).





Regards,
Rodolfo

Hi all!

Hermann, I had a slight step (about 0,5mm) on the wing leading edge too, just as you state!
Probably because of the whell well details.
I read that the cockpit could be a troublesome fit, so I glued the fuselage together WITHOUT the cockpit!
By cutting the tabs on the floor and the slots on the fuselage sides I could glue the coaming and upper Instrument panel FIRST, and then adding the cockpit from beneath.

Worked like a charm!

Here´s my last update;

Now I have finished painting the cammo RLM74/75 over 76, mottling with 74 and 75.
I had to go back and fourth a couple of times, but I think she turned out pretty good.

These mottled schemes are hard work, but also very fun to do!

Finally I painted the patch where the yellow “7” will be in RLM71.





Time to get the masking off!







A coat of clear and then the decals…









Those decals snuggled down perfectly, without any silvering and there’s hardly any need for micro-set and absolutely NO need for micro-sol!
In my opinion Eduard’s decals are as good as the best aftermarket decals you can buy, or even better!

A good black wash that brings some life to the model was applied, then a final satin clear coat to seal everything in properly.

The few remaining parts were added, the masks removed and a few small touch up’s, and the model is done!
Yep, she’s finished!

























So, there she is, here are some of my thoughts about the kit;

Fit is overall very good, although there are some tough (and fiddly) areas where you have to be very careful with the alignment (engine mount and Wgr tubes).
The kit are a bit over engineered in a few places, but nothing anyone with a bit of experience can overcome.
The kit is designed to be built with everything open, so closing it up as I have done creates more work and a wee bit of cutting away some plastic, causing some (self-inficted) fit issues.

Don’t get me wrong now, I really like this kit!
I also love Eduard´s approach,super-detailing without compromises!
The whole package are top-notch quality; fantastic box art, beautiful and clear instructions, high quality plastic, etch, masks and decals, you get plenty of options, many different and interesting markings to choose from, all this to a very competitive price!

I recommend this to all who wants to build an Fw-190, and I’ll build a few more myself, that’s for sure!

A big thanks for your help during my build, much appreciated!

Also big thanks for a fun and well run campaign!

Cheers!

Stefan

Hello friends!

Stefan, great work you have done!.
Finally I finished my first aircraft. I hope you like it. I used my own mask instead of decals.

6 Staffel, II Gruppe, JG 26 "Schlageter", Nordhorn, Germany - Early 1945











Regards,
Rodolfo

Nice entries everyone!
Even though that Aifrix Dora is an older kit, it still captures the "spirit" of the aircraft nicely.
Seeing these numerous Doras being built got me wondering what was the first kit with an accurate main wheel wells. Quite many kits seem to have got it wrong with the closed A-series style wells.

Your finished entry looks nice Stefan. Did resort to shorthening the landing gear legs? In case you did, they look fine to me in the pics.
Btw, is that grey overspray supposed to be there on top of the WGr 21 tubes?


My Dora is all but ready for priming.


Not that much progress, but I added the small intake scoop on the front of the gun cover, glued on the canopy brace/armor and sprayed the cockpit areas still unpainted with RLM66.
Because of the incorrect position of the instrument panel coaming, I'm going to leave off the gunsight.
What I could still add is the padding to the edge of the coaming, but what would be the best way to do it? I was thinking about milliput, but I doubt I could roll it thin enough, let alone stick it on convincingly. Would a bead of PVA glue, painted brown, do the trick? What do you think?


The drop tank received steel wire pins to connect it more robustly to the rack, a PE strap from the A7 detailing set and a round part depicting a fuel cap, dug out from my spares.

Hi Eetu!

Yes, I had to shorten the legs about 3-4mm, mostly because I managed to break the left gear when trying to pull it off, so I cut the right one accordingly and reassembled the bits.
But the model still keeps the correct stance so I wonder if the gears actually are a bit too long?

From what I can find the tubes could be either RLM76 or 74, and from the beginning I intended to paint them RLM74.
But when I did the cammo I got that (RLM74) overspray from the wings and I tought it looked pretty cool, so I let them be as they were.
Let´s call it a bit of "artistic license", and I don´t think it´s totally unrealistc either.

This was my first Fw190 from Eduard, but I will build a few more as the kit is so good!

Your build seems to be a pretty nice model too, good work so far!

Rodolfo, Your Dora looks absolutley beautiful!
Good work, mate!

Cheers!

Stefan E

I noticed the oleo struts in the landing gear in the kit are depicted quite a way extended. That could be the cause for that. They would compress much more under the weight of a fully armed and fueled aircraft.



Thanks.
It's a nice kit indeed, but benefits from some further detailing.

10 days left and I'm on the final stretch. It's been emotional. Two changes of paint,
two changes of scheme, new decals bought. Glad of that as the hobbyboss wing
walk stencils would not come off the backing paper.

Here are some picks. a bit more weathering to do and I'm done. The u/c and wheels
are not glued on yet so look a bit wobbly. The exhaust stain is done with charcoal and
linseed oil and turps. It looks quite dense in real life but somewhat translucent in photo. Weird.




Click on photos for large scales.

Oh man, I've got pick up the pace if I'm to finish within the deadline. As I've made more progress on my Dora, I'll concentrate on that.

Some more progress here. Nearing ready-for-priming stage.
Several things not quite worth pics of, but still important:
- drilled holes for antennas and stuff & cut a groove in the antenna post in fin for the wire
- filled in huge hole meant for the awfully inaccurate underwing antenna, PE replacement to come from A-7 set
- glued in the pitot tube
- cut cannon barrels (hypodermic needle) to length
- drilled holes for the landing indicator on top of the wings

And a couple of pics too.

The reinforcement strips in the wing root area were missing in the kit so I made them from scrap PE. I tried pressing with a needle to make the four rivets, but they didn't turn out that prominent.
I simulated the padding around the edge of the instrument panel coaming by applying a bead of krystal klear and painted it brown when dry.


With all the detailing going on, I couldn't think of just gluing in the drop tank and calling it done. And because I couldn't find any other references than other models, I followed that example and bent pieces of wire to make the piping. In the pic I'm dryfitting my second attempt at making the pipes. I think those'll do fine.

until next time.