Here is my Hasegawa FW-190D under construction.

It's built mostly OOB but I have added some minor details to the cockpit and wheelwells to make it look better - this kit is fabulous OOB and while the various resin tubs available are super - the kit pit paints up very very nicely.



http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/pit1.jpg


http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/pit2.jpg


http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/pit3.jpg

I added some wire and "grunged" up the engine bay, and added my own spent shell chutes.


http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/well1.jpg


http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/engine1.jpg

The wing on this one is NMF - here is my Floquil "old silver" NMF..


http://home.bresnan.net/~crenshaw/109D/wing1.jpg

I am really getting into 1/32 scale because detail work is so visible, and much easier to appreciate.

:cheers:

--Frank

Hi Frank. Where'd you get the idea for the red and blue instrument bezels?
Mike
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Mike,

I got the idea from my references.

The blue beezles are the oxygen stuff (I know that because I recognize the flow regulator from every single 109 I have ever built). Not sure why the others are outlined in Red (some have yellow as well) - better ask Jerry Crandal bout that.

-- Frank

Hi Frank

That's looking very nice! I've also noticed the red/brown colour of some of the bezels in pics of peserved aircraft - I wondered if maybe they were made of Bakelite and the black paint had worn off...

I'm looking forward to seeing the partly n/m finish on the undersides. Late-war German n/m is often said to have been a lot duller than on Allied aircraft.

All the best

Rowan

Mosquitos in RAF service had gaudy coulours on their instrument panels too. Nice work by the way.