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Surprise Arrival …

Klaus Weitzel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:09:30 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I ordered two photo etch sets for the 1:72 Focke Wulf and the Mustang. I didn’t actually think they would still arrive, but they did. So now my issue is … keep building the FW190 and get a second one just to be able to build the cockpit or dismantle the one I have. I could make some things better, but I could also damage a bit more … not sure about that one yet.

Focke Wulf Fw 190 A-8

Klaus Weitzel — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 10:59:24 +0000

Having received the colours (see previous post) I started building the FW190. The cockpit was straight forward and easy to build, as base colour I chose RLM “dark gray”. The Highlights where done with a flat white from Citadell Colours. I didn’t do a lot more here.

Body and Wings mockup

Body and Wings seperate

The wing parts did show a bit the age of the kit since there was quite a lot to sand down (especially on the tips). I left all the attachment points for the weapons closed at the moment. Then I started pre-shading the engraved areas, again with the above mentioned dark gray. The cockpit was mounted into the body and again I started preshading in dark gray.

The Body alone

Underside of the Wings

I just finished the first go with the air brush and the RLM76 “light blue” as the base colour of the aircraft.

P-51B Mustang

Klaus Weitzel — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:46:54 +0000

Together with the Focke Wulf I found this P-51B Mustang, also in 1:72 scale by Revell. Like the FW 190 this kit was completly sealed in box and didn’t cost much. Having had a look at the parts it seems to me that the forms weren’t as much used when this kit was produced as the Focke Wulf, since I didn’t spot as much flush like on the FW kit.

Original box art

the sealed parts bag

Both kits are labelled as skill level 3 (for the intermediate modeller) and it looks like there is a bit room for customising. But the reviews I saw around suggest to me, that there is no need for it.

1 of 3 part sprues

2 of 3 part sprues

Over all the kit seems to be in the well known quality of Revell kits and can be built “out of the box”. But there are detailing parts available (e.g. by Eduard.cz]

3 of 3 Part sprues and the cockpit canopy

The decal and instruction sheets

Focke Wulf Fw 19 A-8 /R-11

Klaus Weitzel — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:55:16 +0000

It’s been a while since I have bought this Revell Kit of a 1/72 scale Focke Wulf Fw 190. It also has been a while that I built one … it was in my early teens.

This kit I bought again during one of our frequent visits to local car boot sales and, like usually, I didn’t pay much for it. Everything is completely packed and the parts are still sealed. The kit can be built to either represent a A-8 stationed in bad Aibling (south Germany) in 1945 or a A-8/R-11 stationed in Werneuchen (east Germany, around Berlin) in 1944. A profile of the 1944 A-8/R-11 from Werneuchen can be found here.

Original box art

Sealed bag with parts

The parts look reasonably good, but on some you can see clear signs, that the forms used have been around for quite a while, there is quite a lot of flush.

The wing parts

The main body parts

The decals are enough to create either of the two afore mentioned planes of the years 1944 or 1945. Depending on that choice you also make the choice of the paint job, since one requires a simple 2 tone while the other one is actually camouflaged.

Glas and accessorie parts

Instructions & Decals

YAK-9D Soviet Fighter by Modelist in 1:72 scale

Klaus Weitzel — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:05:55 +0000

This 1:72 scale model of a YAK-9D by the Russian producer Modelist is another one of today’s arrivals. It comes complete with the required paints and a paintbrush to finish the model. Overall is seems like a nice kit but the plastic parts do have some flash around the edges. It’s been some time that I built a model-aircraft …

Modelist YAK-9D Kit + Colours

Decals and clear parts

1 of 2 Part Sprues

2 of 2 Part Sprues