FW-190 Reich Defender III 5/10-2/11

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Welcome to the FW-190: Reich Defender III Group Build!

This group build will kick off officially on May 1st 2010, and run through January 31st 2011. As always, if you need a little more time that can be easily accommodated. All scales, production versions, and skill levels are welcome, the more the merrier! Also, partially completed, stalled, and started projects welcomed!

All production variants from the A-1 through the TA-152 are welcome, no one-off prototypes or paper design studies.

All we ask is that you:

  1. Post photos when you can, as we all like to see progress photos.

  2. Have fun!

Pretty simple! Below are two sizes of the GB badge, all I ask is that you host it yourself on Photobucket or a similar web hosting site.

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Here are a few reference sites I have saved on my computer, hope they help!

BMW 801

FW-190D-9

Cybermodeler 190 page

FW-190A-8 restoration

White 1 Foundation

Bookie’s FW-190 page

Ta-152 page

Looking forward to seeing you here for some good modeling fun.

[snWcm]

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Participants:

1. Daywalker- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190F-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 82

2. wing_nut

3. tempestjohnny- Hasegawa 1/48 FW-190A-5

Hasegawa 1/48 FW-190A-6

4. Mobious- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 106

Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 107

Tamiya 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 111

5. Spike190- Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 103

6. Bish

7. hkshooter

8. SupressionFire- Eduard 1/48 FW-190F-8

9. jmabx- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 78

10. Thunderbolt379- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190F-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 95

Airfix 1/72 FW-190D-9

Academy 1/72 FW-190A-8

Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190A-8

11. mucker- ProModeler 1/48 FW-190G-2 FINISHED! Pics on page 47

12. sidure- Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 47

Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9

13. KJ200- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9

14. soulcrusher- Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page30

15. simpilot34- Academy 1/72 FW-190A-5/8

16. vetteman42- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190F-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 108

17. bobbaily- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 116

18. sk3tch- Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190A-8

Tamiya 1/48 FW-190F-8

19. stikpusher- Arii/Otaki 1/48 FW-190A-7

20. luftwaffle- Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 77

Tamiya 1/72 FW-190A-3

21. nomad68- Dragon 1/48 TA-152H-1 FINISHED! Pics on page 66

21. satch_ip- Fujimi 1/48 FW-190A-7 FINISHED! Pics on page 99

22. dupes- Hasegawa 1/72 FW-190D-9

23. maxfax- Accurate Miniatures 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 97

24. artabr- Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-9

25. bondoman- Tamiya 1/72 FW-190A-3a FINISHED! Pics on page 87

26. raptordriver- Hasegawa 1/48 FW-190A-3 FINISHED! Pics on page 49

27. STFD637- Tamiya FW-190A-3

28. arki30- Hasegawa 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 79

29. Julez72- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 99

30. Clebode- PCM 1/32 TA-152H-1 FINISHED! Pics on page 53

Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-13 FINISHED! Pics on page 84

31. luftwoller- Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-9- FINISHED! Pics on page 25

Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 49

Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 70

32. xradio81- ProModeler 1/48 FW-190G-2/3 FINISHED! Pics on page 72

33. eptingmike- ProModeler/Dragon 1/48 FW-190G-2/G-3 FINISHED! Pics on page 115

34. Voidses- Hasegawa 1/72 FW-190A-8

35. darson- Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-9

36. benzdoc- Eduard 1/48 FW-190D-9

37. chewybr- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190D-9

38. razordws- Academy 1/72 FW-190A-8 FINISHED! Pics on page 76

39. Stumpjumper70- Tamiya 1/48 FW-190A-8/R2 FINISHED! Pics on page 78

Hasegawa 1/32 FW-190D-9 FINISHED! Pics on page 115

40. caribwill- Tamiya 1/72 FW-190D-9

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Heck, yeah!!!

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Frank-any restrictions as to the various versions of FW-190? Early ones ok?

Thanks

Bob

edit-oops…never mind-found my answer over in the Aircraft forum. Count me in…I promise I’ll finish this one…or at least try…[:$]

Not sure what version I’ll be building though-I have an 1/48 Eduard A5 in the stash, along with a 1/48 Hasegawa F8…not sure that I want to tackle the Eduard kit yet-very detailed but could be very time consuming.

Bob

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Good question Bob! I was thinking that this time around, we would allow all FW-190’s as opposed to limiting the GB to later variants. My thoughts were to include any FW-190 that saw operational service, and excluding only those which were paper projects or one-off prototypes.

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Bob, now I’m really pumped…it’ll be great to have you back.

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Yes Sir!!!

I am DEFINATELY doing this one!

Meanest warbird EVER…awesome. I’m going to finish my 1/48 Eduard, Get the 1/32 Hasegawa rolling along with the 1/72 190D.

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Frank, put me down for Tamiya’s 1/48 190D.

It’s the one I almost started after Xmas, but just couldn’t get into it.

Thanks

Karl

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I want in on this one![:O]

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Bugger, i so want to enter this, i have a 1/32nd 190 D-9, will be my first ever 1/32nd kit. But i am off to the Falklands at the start of May, and i won’t get back to modelling until the end of August. I will have to see how my B-24 come on, if i can get that done by the end of Sept, i will be in, but it will be a tight push.

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Great! Glad to have you aboard fellas.

sk3tch- I can put all three down for you if you like. Which versions are they?

Carlos- Glad to see you here! [snWcm]

Bish- Sounds like you have a busy year this year! Do be careful abroad. If you would like (assuming you have time) please feel free to start it now, and I would be happy to allow a run-over if you need it. I would really like to see your work here!

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Heh Frank,

I really like your Group builds and will find a ‘Butcher bird’ to build for this one! It won’t be a large scale and possibly a 1/72 scale one. I recently ordered from Squadron so if that goes well I will get them to mail out a FW-190. That being said which is a good 1:72 scale kit. Ill log in and see if Edward has one, never built or even owned one of their kits.[^o)]

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Thanks Frank. I can’t start it now as i am home on leave until i go, and all my building is done in my room in barracks. Maybe i can work on the two at the same time, the B-24 is for the KIMS GB and isn’t due until the end of the year. I will let you know for deffinate in Sept, but i will be looking in to see how it goes while i am away.

I really want to do this as well, it is the Hasa kit with the marking for Rudel’s aircraft, and as i said, i have never done a 1/32nd before.

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Well…Put me down the the 1/32 Hasegawa Fw190A. I’m pretty sure it builds to an A8 although the box doesn’t say so.

Also put me down the the Tamiya Fw190 F-8. As much as I’d love to add the Eduard kit in this build…It’s almost done…So I won’t add it.

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Well, you just had to go and do it didn’t you Frank? Knowing full well I have enough on my plate you spring this one on me!

Put me down for a 1/32 Hasegawa Fw 190A-8, will probably do a Sturmbock from JG 3. Of course if the 1/32 A-3 from PCM is nice I may give that one a go.

I pledge to:

  1. Wait for the start date to start building this time.

  2. Complete the project!

Thanks for doing this one buddy, we’re running out of fighters though, what will we possibly do for Reich Defender IV?

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I cant resist this group build. I have been wanting to build my Dragon 1/48 TA-152H-1 for some time now, . Put me down for that one. Thanks. [:D]

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Maybe nightfighters.

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Well sense this morning I decided on up grading the scale to 1/48! Have just the bird in mind, found it in 'Canadian Aircraft of WWII by Carl Vincent’ It is a post war FW-190 in … Canadian colors! Still ok for the Reich Defender III?

Here is a picture I took of it in the book, text is more descriptive of what, why and how it came into Canadian hands.

Anyone know the exact model of 190 this is? All guns and bomb racks were removed or never installed before it can into Canadian ownership. Thoughts were it was a trainer aircraft abandoned in a field.

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Summer is a slow building time for me due to increased flying and my garage is over 100 deg but I can’t resist this one. Mark me down for a 1/48th Fujimi A-7/R3 done in Heinz Bar’s Red 23 (his back up plane).

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Shoot…I got into Reich Defender II too late to build a 262…I’m hitting this one at the right time, though, so I figured I’d better stick my head in here to declare my desire to participate!

Not sure what I’d build yet - have to poke around the closet. Most likely a Hasegawa 1/72 D-9 with a pile of Verlinden resin and etch…although Tamiya, Promodeler, and Eduard 1/48 190’s are all staring me in the face (and have been for a while!) as well. Hmmmm.

Anyone have any leftovers of a D9 sheet in 1/72 they’d be willing to donate/trade/s*ll in my general direction? Not particularly concerned with what the markings are - I just know that the Hasegawa ones are pretty old, and waaaaay too thick to produce decent results.