WWI Fw 190D ? ***Finished***

[Molly-new]

Construction has been completed:



It has actually gone together rather well, with only a minor bit of fettling required.

A coat of primer was the next order of the day:



This highlighted a couple of holes drilled in the side, not needed on this build but perhaps provided for a different mark?



They will have to be filled, I also spy from this picture that the wing root needs a bit of attention. Good old Macro.

[iggie]

You could always go the whole hog and do some rigging as well as lozenges; those holes might be handy then

[Martin R]

I do like the Airfix FW190D-9 (second tooling), and you're making a neat job of it.

[Jagewa]

Blitzing it Chip.

[TimJ]

Coming along nicely.

[Molly-new]

Started to get some paint on this:



First I masked off the nose and sprayed it yellow followed by red as I find the yellow makes the red more vibrant. There are also white patches on the wings, tail and the fuselage for where the crosses and the insignia will go.

The wheels are being given the same treatment:

[fredk]

Looking bright already.
The hole under the cockpit is for filling the water-injection system, the one at the rear is a locating hole for a jack trestle.

[Molly-new]

Thanks Fred, although I have filled them in I didn't do a very good job as they are still visible. Now I know what they are I will not be too worried about redoing them.

[Molly-new]

With the blue on and the masking tape removed I realised I had made a basic error:





The bottom of the fuselage between the wings needs to be red.



I have used blue-tack to hold the undercarriage doors in place ready for re-painting and decaling.

[iggie]

Oops! I still think this is going to look ace

[Martin R]

Never mind. Still looks great!

[TimJ]

Great job so far.

[Molly-new]

With the bottom of the fuselage painted it was only a short hop and a skip to get this finished:





The decals went one quite well for home made ones, and the build overall has run quite smoothly. (Any hiccups were self induced). Here it is with the inspiration.



I thought it would look quite wacky in this scheme, but it doesn't really look out of place.

First time I have done a What If ? build and it has been fun, I only wish I had the imagination to do a 'cut and shut' case like most of the builders on here are doing. One day......

[iggie]

That looks really really good!

And disturbingly not as out of place as it should, as you say

[TobyC]

That is very nice.