Ok back to German planes again this time the Focke Wulf Fw189

[Saber]

Ah back to my favorite planes again. Very nice little kit from the looks of it with reasonable detail and good moldings. I spent today working on the canopy's using my new found method. Rather then trying to fill in each tiny square by going around it with tiny strips of tape my new method is much better. Just use two longer bits of tape and mask each side of the frame border across in one direction then paint them in by hand. leave to dry then proceed to mask off the frame borders in the other direction, paint and leave to dry. I find this method gives a much neater line then the way I was doing it before. Here is the pic of canopy's and box kit as I get stuck into this neat little model.

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Looking forward to seeing this build progress, I did a similar thing on the cockpit of my Kitty Hawk, and your right it gives a much better finish in the end and far less hassle

Adrian

 

[Saber]

Thought I would try it on this one after doing it on my Catalina build and it worked quite well but you do need to paint over it a couple of times before taking the tape off to make sure the line is nicely filled in.

 

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Thought I would try it on this one after doing it on my Catalina build and it worked quite well but you do need to paint over it a couple of times before taking the tape off to make sure the line is nicely filled in.

True, what I do if needed is paint the interior colour first then the outside colour over the top

Adrian

 

[treyzx10r]

Nice tip for painting the canopies ,looks like it works nicely in that scale!

 

[mossiepilot]

Those canopies look great, I'll give that a go myself.

Tony.

 

[Saber]

You will need to hold the canopy up to a strong light to check that the paint has covered the frame line I use a hair dryer to gently dry off the first coat then put on a second coat holding it up to a strong light will tell you if its filled in nicely. Now test fitting the parts.

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[mossiepilot]

Seem to remember making one of these when I was a sprog, and also seem to remember the fit on the two top parts of the glasshouse was really bad. Is it any better this time round as I've seen one of these in my LMS and refrained from getting it for that reason.

I'd be pleased to hear your opinion because I rather like this plane.

Tony.

 

[Saber]

Hi Tony, the parts are fairly good fitting certainly better then the Catilina and I think the moldings are an improvement on older airfix kits. This one might be better in 1:48 scale though but Im running out of space

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[yak face]

Great progress so far mark , ive got this to do in the stash. If i recall correctly this moulding dates from the mid seventies or possibly earlier, but its still a very buildable kit. Top work on the canopy masking , i think thats why mine is still in the stash - im dreading it!!! cheers tony

 

[Saber]

This might help ease any fears about the fitting of the canopy finished painting up the crew and have glued the canopy in place with Humbrol Clear-fix which I think is brilliant for gluing canopy's.View attachment 51971View attachment 51972View attachment 51973View attachment 51974View attachment 51975View attachment 51976View attachment 51977View attachment 51978View attachment 51979

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[Saber]

Actually looking at it now I could have pulled the tape in a bit tighter and got those lines a bit thinner but its coming on ok and its all good practice.

 

[treyzx10r]

Looking great and what a job on the canopy Mark ,looking forward to the next update!

 

[papa 695]

Some nice work Mark keep it up

 

[roconnell]

Thanks for posting this Mark really helpful as I too am currently building this kit.

Love the tip for the canopy and will be giving it a try. The one difference I am doing is its the first kit I have used PE on and it did mean hacking at the canopy as it is going to be set open.

Cheers mate, looking really good so far, Rich.

 

[Saber]

Ok have glued up the main parts then noticed I forgot to paint under the front canopy duh

Oh well have to take it off grr clearfix is ok for that though so should be safe. Start the paint job tomorrow.

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Looking good, keep the updates coming

 

[Saber]

A wet gray day but had lots of fun painting up my model and getting it all finished. Really enjoyed making this one as well quite fancy making it on a bigger scale. Any way here is my finished Focker Wulf 189 The eye in the sky

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[Saber]

Here is my collection of German planes so far

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[phalinmegob]

very nice mate, all you need to do now is paint the top of your desk a tarmac colour.