looking at the instructions the tail cone was for sure not going to be fun,looks like you have it well in hand!
I got this kit too! As always love the detail work. Now I’m going to have to hold off on mine, cause yours is already way better [:D[
Speaking of references, just got the Jan '11 Squadron catalog in the mail, and they have the Fw 189 in Action book on sale for under $10.
According to my refs, the entire tail cone could rotate through 360 degrees…AND the small circular window within the rear of it w/ the MG’s could rotate 360 degrees as well, independantly within it…
Looks slightly better than my 1975-vintage version from Airfix… [;)]
[t$t]
Moving right along!
Engines are simple enough. I added stretched sprue as a backer for the wiring rig, and bent some wire, to go from the short wire rig on up to where it belongs.
The landing gears are nice little gems, but somewhat of a PITA! The fender being the most difficult. The only attachment points are a tiny PE strip that wraps the fender.
For the wing/boom assembly, the instructions would have you first attach the bottom outer wing half to the outer boom half, then attach the top two pieces, while sandwiching the flap and aileron. Then you install the engine and gear, then the inner boom half.
To make the sanding process easier, I glued up the booms, just to the rear of the gearbay. This way, they could be split apart to install the gear and engine. Booms were warped.
When I cemented these to the inner wing top, I cemented the rear portion on both sides, but only the outer boom half was cemented all the to the front, allowing the parts to still be pulled apart.
The outer wing portions were cemented together along with the control surfaces and… clear wingtips, kinda silly feature! It took a bit of brutality and finess at the same time to make them fit the rest of the wing.
Sorry Manny, this one just can’t knock Accumins TBF off the top shelf!!! I’d rank it somewhere in the middle, not GREAT, but not BAD. I’d build another someday!
Should be throwin paint in a day or two!!!
Those Argus engines look fantastic!
Yeah, as more are being built I’m reading about some of the issues you are running into…BUT, overall the kit is still getting high marks, especially for a first offering from the company, Great Wall…and none of the issues seem to be “deal-breakers”…
Great work on the engines and landing gear…[Y]…my refs show that the troublesome fenders were sometimes removed in the field…most pics show them on, however…
Hey Fermis, enjoying the progress on this. Clear wingtips? Maybe that is supposed to save you gluing a tiny bit of clear plastic for the navigation lights??
Fermis,
very nice detail on the cockpit. And looks like in this particular aircraft it will be pretty good visible, after closing it up! I heard it was used by the Germans during the Warsaw uprising in 1944 and the insurgents called this aircraft THE FRAME. Good luck with your project and have a nice day
Paweł
I’ve been framed!
Shaping up to be a nice build! Cant wait to see this one finished.
Seems just like you have!!!
As some of you know, I buried “Wally” aka The Walmart Wonder A/B. Replaced with a combo A/B and compressor from Harbor Freight. This is my best friend!!! I don’t care for the clean up process, but it’s worth it!
Spent yesterday painting, now I wanna repaint everything I have on the shelves!
It looks much better in person!
WOW…I want to kick Wally’s @$$ now…[:@]
…very nice panel line (pre-shading?) detail and the shade colors look great! [:|][Y][Y]
“Wally” was a JACKASZ!!! I hold no feelings for him, I do not miss him, he was stabbing me in the back, all this time…what a jerk!
I sprayed the base color as it is out of the bottle, then lightened and hit in between the lines, then a super thin coat of the same lightened paint over all. No preshade.
I would have sworn that was preshade. I guess the new AB is doing you well huh? Wally is dead…long live the king.
I propose that we dig Wally up, draw and quarter, then burn him…
Fermis, the process you described has much in common with the preshading by the book, especially if your base coat was darker than the top color. Glad to hear about your new AB, good tools are SO important! I transited to Paashe VJR from a so-called “Russian” AB about ten years ago, and it sure made a difference - but I kept the “Russian” and it still is handy from time to time for painting large surfaces. Good luck with your build
Paweł
Looking schweet fermis!! Nice work with the new ab!
Fermis I hope you don’t mind me playing with the photo. Looks like some weird color shifting in the 1st pic and the topside color look funky. I tried to match the background with the other pic since the underside looks good. Still look brownish. Is it still off? What colors are they?
Really like the faded panel effect. I do that too. WAY easier than pre-shading. Nicely done.
