Ask anyone who knows me as a modeler and one of the first things they’ll say is that I am a lover of WWII Luftwaffe aircraft. With that being said, I would be remiss if I left out one of my favorite aircraft ever in the Focke Wulf lineup…the Ta-152.
I’ll be going with the Dragon kit for this aircraft build and will be opening it up to display the engine and tailwheel retracting mechanism in the tail plane.
What a cool plane - both ahead of, and behind, its time. Really looking forward to this one! You going to paint it up as the box art bird?
Kinda sorta Tom. I’ve got a 1/48 ZM Ta-152 I’ll be using for spare parts. lol
that is one of my wishess to see in 1/32 man the stuff id do to it in detailing, 5high ,MAN its good to be back!!! 
I can’t imagine one of these in 1/32 scale but hey…B-17’s and the like are being made in that scale so anything is possible. Good to see you back 5-high.
Managed to make a couple of changes so far to the interior. One of which was the usage of PE rudder pedals from Eduard. Kit parts are kit parts and the plastic ones just didn’t look right. Same goes for the control column as I robbed that from one of the spare Fw-190 A kits that I had in the stash. Flip switch / guard for the button at the top of the column hand grip was added using a PE strip that I had and I added the column wiring retainer at the bottom of the column shaft made from a BMF strip and given a coat of flat clear to tone the chrome effect down into a metallic look. Pilots seat is all painted up, detailed and weathered and is ready for the HGW seat belts.
Great choice… big fan of them and the Stuka. I am along for the ride.
Thanks Anderson. Right with you on both counts!! D-9’s and G-2’s are tops!!
Which kit is that? Hasegawa maybe?
This is the German Revell kit. Tamiya has a nice kit also.
Great job on the paint details. You’re off to a great start. 
Thank you for the feedback Anderson.
Honestly, Tamiya is really the way to go for the most part but I don’t think they offer a modern one. Eduard is supposed to be working on a Ju-87 …D? variant. Here’s the link for that : Future 1/48 Eduard Stuka Release On the same page is a little about the upcoming P-40 release in which I’ve already pre-ordered mine. 
YES!! Big fan of the P-40 also. I like a lot of the WWII aircraft. I have been snooping around the forums and found a group build that caught my interests… It was called The Japanese GB XIV. Japanese fighters also interest me.
I’ve been wanting to build a P-40 for a while now and then I saw the Royal Class kit for it on pre-order. I was all over that like a rat on a Cheeto!! 
I have the Hasegawa P40E Warhawk in the stash.
If I remember right that’s a good kit!!
I’ve been putting these fabric seat belts from HGW together and I’ve gotta say that I’m impressed with them. Not only do they look a lot more realistic than the PE ones that I’ve seen (and used), but they can also be lain pretty much any way you want them. I laid these out in a bit of a non-traditional way that I’ve done in the past so a lot more of the details on them can be seen and for a more natural “lay”.
So far…
I’ve now moved on to the powerplant section of this build for now because I’m going to have to get the fit right with the pit before I close the fuselage halves together. I built up the OOB Dragon Jumo 213 along with the 213 from Zoukei-Mura and set out the Aires 213 next to them. I’ve got them all next to one another in the following photo to check the difference in dimensions as well as to show the differences in details from one kit to the next because they are dramatically different. Dimensionally, the ZM version is only slightly larger and has a TON more detail than either the Dragon OR the Aires version. I’m really wanting to use the ZM 213 in this build provided that it will fit in there. I’ll be test fitting things soon to find out what my real options are. If the ZM wont work then I’ll use the Airies offering as it’s next in line for detail.
Left to right. Dragon, Zoukei-Mura and Aires.
That cockpit - I have to keep scrolling back up to check if this is 1/32 or 1/48 scale. 
Will be neat to see which of those engines fit.
It caught my eye at a local hobby shop and she came home with me. I love going to and buying from local shops, but the prices are getting a little harder to justify.
