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I fully agree with master modeler Roy Sutherland below....the Hasegawa Fw 190's are my favorite kits EVER! I've loved the 190 and 1/72 since childhood, and these kits are simply "my" plane, in "my" scale, done right at last. I love 'em with a passion much larger than a guy my age really oughta admit to....
I've posted several below. These were built for a collection several years ago, and all have minimal but consistent extra detail: True Details cockpit tubs, Eduard panesl, re-positioned tail surfaces, painted markings (decals for small stencils only).
They are painted with Aeromaster enamels applied over a white primer. Weathering is via watercolor wash and Prismacolor pencils. The wing walk lines are also done with a gray pencil.
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Especially the Dora 9's. Having built the Tamiya as well as the Hase version, I agree that the Hase is better. Did you use a stencil for the wing walks? Any surgery? The nose looks a bit improved.
Chuck, the wing walks were done with a very sharp light gray Prismacolor pencil, a small flexible straightedge, and the old Mk I eyeball.
By the way, per the info in the brilliant new Japo books, the Fw 190D typically did NOT carry the wing walk lines! A few prototypes and Barkhorn's famous JG 6 bird are actually the ONLY Doras ever documented with this service marking.
I did refine the nose on the D's by razor-sawing between the cowl flaps, adding the little vent scoop on the right side, and drilling the various little vents and such missing on the kit, but nothing major.
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These models were done for a three-man collection that won the "Miscellaneous" category at the 1997 IPMS Nats in Columbus (I told you they were OLD!). It represented all 190-equipped RVD units with assigned special markings.
It was a TON of fun to do this with other guys. We still have all the models though recent camo/markings research has overtaken us on some of them!
My buddies Lynn Petty and Steve Long were the other contributors. The trophy lives at Steve's house, as he built over half the models, not to mention designing and building the brilliant portable modular display board. That's his gorgeous JG 4 Sturmbock in the bottom photo. Steve also built a jig that allowed us all to get the landing gear angles correct!
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