FW189 A2 - Great Wall Hobbies

[Peter Marshall]

Started this last week but i've nearly got the cockpit done, just needs a little more weathering.

Peter

[NickT]

Well, she's off to a great start. Can't wait to see how this turns out.

Nick

[Tim B]

Looks great so far

[kpc7676]

Great stuff so far, watching with interest.

[Mike]

Nice work so far Peter - the Camera unit should actually be painted a "bone" colour - similar to Elfbein, rather than black/grey though. GWH also missed out the main spar that passes just in front of those MG ammo cans

[tango98]

Peter,

Good job thus far but to add to what Mike posted, the frame supporting the camera was usually painted in the same colour as the camera.

HTH

Dave

[Peter Marshall]

More done on the 189 - finished up the interior. I've not done anything with the camera as I like it black :-)

Then starting with the glazing and the first MG's.

Peter

[kpc7676]

Keep it going, love the work so far.

[mekon]

Lovely work, how are you finding the general fit of the parts?

[Peter Marshall]

Today's work - yet more glazing. Got all the glazing on now

Then all the masks on - they are good but not great. The vinyl is maybe a little too thick, and a couple needed a little trimming with a sharp scalpel.

Finally a quick blast of RLM66 over the top to seal the masks, and to give the right back colour for the frames.

The fit's good so far, but not perfect. The instructions could be better too.

Peter

Edited December 9, 2012 by Peter Marshall

[HOUSTON]

.....and the classic beauty is off to a great start..

Oooh. I LOVE these birds...

Nice clean methodical work Peter.

[Parabat]

Wow, that pit looks great and the masks look comprehensive! Be good to watch this evolve.

[erikmuntz]

You build at such a quality that I'm ashamed of whats on my bench right now. Looks like its going to be a great model of a unique aircraft!

Erik

[exdraken]

phuh! quite a masking job!

Looks promising though!

[Peter Marshall]

Got a bit more done today - first the disaster. As you are probably aware it's been a bit cold - this may have caused this:

Any of the masks over a curve have come off. Never mind, out with the tamiya tape.

Then made a start on the engines - still a fair bit to do

Peter

[Peter Marshall]

More work done on the 189 today. First I finished off the engines

Then I managed to lose one of the parts for the landing gear, so queue an hour of slicing plastic card strip to make a replacement.

Then made up the Landing gear

Finally fitted the port wing / boom together - some Mr Surfacer on some of the joints, but nothing major

Peter

Edited December 22, 2012 by Peter Marshall

[Peter Marshall]

Got a bit more done today, though the 189 has been a bit of a disaster area today, with some of the glazing falling off, the camera coming loose, but things have been patched together again.

Finally got the booms sorted out and everything glued together

Peter

Edited December 23, 2012 by Peter Marshall

[Chaotic Mike]

Nice catch on the undercarriage!

Mike

[Peter Marshall]

resized pics

Edited December 26, 2012 by Peter Marshall

[Peter Marshall]

More done on the 189 - masked up the wheel wells

Then sprayed with Alclad White Primer

Pre-shading

Sprayed the yellow theatre bands

Then the RLM65 light blue

Finally for today the RLM71

Peter

Edited December 26, 2012 by Peter Marshall

[Norman]

Looking great so far !!

[Peter Marshall]

Today's work - about an hours masking

Followed by the RLM 70, then unmasked

Then finally a coat of Klear over the top

Peter

[Peter Marshall]

Decals on and another coat of Klear over the top

Peter

[tank152]

Crikey had you been drinking before you put the balkenkreuz on the wing under sides! They're both well out.

Edit, Just noticed the destructions show them to be positioned like that. I'm afraid they've got that wrong. They should be parallel to the fuselage and not to the wing leading edge.

Edited December 28, 2012 by tank152

[stringbag]

Crikey had you been drinking before you put the balkenkreuz on the wing under sides! They're both well out.

Unfortunately, thats how they are shown on the kit instructions. However, this is a cracking build none the less.

Chris.

Chris