Fw190D-11 saved from the parts box.

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Some of you that have been around here for a while might remember this one. I built it about a year and a half or more. I was useing it as a test subject for some new paint idea’s I was trying out. To make a long story short a was a craft show judging scale models. It was very windy and I had this on a display table when someone open the door a gust of wind caught it and blew it off the table. The danage was pretty extensive with cracked seems and all of the small parts broken or missing (should have taken pic before I started). I needed another subject for a two of kind contest and my U-2 was not going to make it and I didn’t have time to build another kit from the start so I opted to rebuild and repaint this one. Considering the damage that was done it come out pretty good. This time around I stuck to historically accurate finish which came out good. It has a few rough spot due to it’s past but all in all I think it was worth fixing.

The kit is the old tri master/ monogram pro modeler 1/48 scale fw190D-11. Difficult to build due to poor and large gaps between major parts. I moved the rudder, added cooling gill actuators, barke lines hollow over sized cannons/guns and rivit detail. The cockpit has a photo etch set and alot of scratch built extras. Upon reconstruction I had to scratch build all the antennas, bording ladder, and fix some of the previously added detail. The canopy should be the blown type but I stuck with the fractory one to show the difference between the two. The canopy is from a hasegawa A-8, the head armor is from a tamiya D-9 and the rest is from another dragon D-9.

This is what it looked like to start.

Same marking but rebuilt and completely repainted.

Here it is no it’s display with it’s brother the ta152H-1

considering 2 weeks ago this was lying in my parts box I don’t think it looks too bad. One thing I tried to show was this aircraft was remarked from white cheveron 81 to white chevorn 61. So the the <61 on the fuselage should have looked newer than the rest on the marking. The wing leading edge 61 were painted on after the fuselage 61 due to the ground crews kept thinking it was still 81. I think I pulled this off pretty good, but the pics do not show it as well as when your looking at it in person.

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Good save Phoenix! I think it looks better, the <61 looks a little darker and seems to blend more into the rest of the weathering.

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I like it. It looks lik you did a fairly good job of correcting the “tippy-toe” look of the landing gear too.

Isn’t funny how sometimes revisiting (re-building) an old beater can result in very pleasing results? I have a Me-109G that sat in the scrap heap for over a year before getting totally re-painted. To date, I think it’s my finest model.

You did a great job on a tough kit. Nice job!

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They are both very nicely painted. [tup]

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Looks good from here Phoenix. Nice save.

Regards, Rick

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Real nice paint job Phoenix.

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Two wicked looking birds. Really like the overhead shot. Super rigging on the Dora. Howd ya do it?

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Thanks guys, it came out better than I had expected. Due to limited time I did not do as good of a job repairing the left wing seam. If you look close enough you can see it not level. When it cracked some of the old filler was also removed. That same wings end seam was also cracked open but was a easy repair. I used a different method to simulate exhaust stains, but I don’t think it looks as good as my old method. The landing gears are the ones It had. One broke off clean and the other was sill attached. I just fix them up some.

Thanks 44Mac the antenna line is made from stretched sprue and the insulators are drops of white glue painted either green gray or black green I don’t remember. Some were white and light gray as well.

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Quality Pheonix, good save. Ive got a Trimaster torpedo bombing 190D. Hope it comes out half as good as yours and ill be happy.

Perhaps i should build it then chuck it on the floor and repair it? It worked for you. LOL

…Guy

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Mmmm…these models look strangely familiar to me. Did I see these two beauty’s at a certain picnic yesterday??

Jerry