1/48 Eduard Fw 190D-9, Black 4, II./JG 301 (Complete)

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Beautiful work Hoss!

It could pass for the real thing in those outdoor pics.

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Now that is simply BEAUTIFUL! Brilliant work Hoss! It’s a pleasure to look at. Well done man!

Best,

Nikola

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Hi Hoss,

I forgot to ask - do you freehand the camo or do you ‘‘worm’’ mask first? If you freehand, which nozzle, airbrush and paint settings do you use? It just looks perfect and so well controlled.

Thanks in advance,

Nikola

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Thanks JB! Much appreciated. I like to try to display these birds in their natural habitat.

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Thanks Nikola! Glad you like it.

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Great question. I use a combination of techniques, but here was my approach for this one:

Wings - Paper masks with little rolls of masking tape keeping the masks about 0.5mm above the surface.

Fuselage - “worm” masks of white tack about 2mm in diameter. I freehand some of the edges, especially those that are too sharp, to make the edge a little uneven or change the position a bit.

Mottles - I freehand the mottles for size and location and first. I then lightly apply a coat of the base RLM 76 to fade the mottles a bit, since the edges tend to be too dark and grainy. I then come back and darken just the center of the mottles to make them look like they were sprayed on with faded edges.

For all of the edges I often use a #6000 or #8000 sanding stick to clean up extra overspray. In general, I use a combination of the sanding stick to tighten up the edge and freehand spraying to soften the edge.

My airbrush is an Iwata Eclipse HP-CS with a 0.35mm nozzle. 20 psi at the compressor is usual but sometimes I reduce it depending on the thickness of the paint and the task. Most of the camo was painted at 20 psi.

Hope this helps. Thanks again.

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Beautiful job. I have an Eduard Dora in the stash too and was considering building that one next. I also got the same decals. Im hoping I get the great result you did.

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Thank you very much for the tips Hoss! Means a lot. Appreciated!

Best,

Nikola

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Absolutely scruptious. Again, I love your photography.

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Yea what he said

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Beautiful work.

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Wow, that is absolutely gorgeous. Superb skills across all modeling areas, and you have the photographic skills to match.

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Thanks wpwar! Much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing your build.

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Thanks LD.

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Thanks tempestjohnny!

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Thanks Chemteacher.

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Thanks for the encouraging comments, Aggieman. Much appreciated.

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Very nice work!

I do think I’ll steer clear of the Eduard kit, I’m sure the Trimaster kits in the stash will be punishment enough.

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Awesome work, Hoss!

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These things are such bad a$$ looking aircraft already and then you go and duplicate that look here. Just an all around great replication of such a beautiful aircraft.