Nice progress Tim, looking good 
Tim’s 1/48 Eduard FW 190 A-2
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Nice progress Tim, looking good
Cheers Steven
Construction now complete, all parts cleaned down, and mounted/masked ready for priming….
Close up of wheel well and engine masking, I’ve used my usual wet tissue method…..
Priming next, then black lining…..I’ll post more once I’ve black lined it…..
Close up of wheel well and engine masking, I’ve used my usual wet tissue method…..
Priming next, then black lining…..I’ll post more once I’ve black lined it…..
Forgot to say…..l’ve used one of the spare cockpits to mask the interior…..in case you all thought I’d completely lost the plot.
Nice progress Tim, have fun, cheers
Wet tissue for masking wheel Wells is the best method I've ever found.
Cheers Steven
Looking very tidy Tim....
Nick
Nick
Cheers Nick. Easy trouble free build I thought.
A bit wiggly is good for pre shading, coming along very nicely Tim.
Cheers bud. I usually lighten the centre of the panels as well, so it should be good.
Effective pre shading depends on a good airbrush technique with the top coat so as not to obliterate it. I must confess my "obliteration" record was pretty hopeless using acrylics but since moving over to MRP lacquer I'm doing much better. Looking good Tim.
It takes a light touch all right Jim. The big issue with acrylics is that they go on transparent, but dry more opaque so it’s very easy to overdo the painting. I find that happens even when painting the little blokes. Lacquers are better, but it’s still easy to overdo it. I find well thinned paint, with very good atomisation, and letting the thinner flash off before adding more paint, is the way to go.
Excellent result so far Tim.
Coming along nicely Tim
Blue bits now done and masked off…..forgot to take pictures 
Ready for the camo stuff, then off comes some of the masking (wing undersides are also masked) then it’s on to the mottling……
. You can probably just see the pencil lines I use to delineate camo areas. Once the lighter grey violet is on I will probably use more tape to mask the cam edges (have done this freehand in the past) and then do the grey green. I do it this way to try to keep a little of the panel lining. If I just spray the whole thing grey violet then mask off the grey green there will be far too much paint to see the black lines.
Ready for the camo stuff, then off comes some of the masking (wing undersides are also masked) then it’s on to the mottling……
. You can probably just see the pencil lines I use to delineate camo areas. Once the lighter grey violet is on I will probably use more tape to mask the cam edges (have done this freehand in the past) and then do the grey green. I do it this way to try to keep a little of the panel lining. If I just spray the whole thing grey violet then mask off the grey green there will be far too much paint to see the black lines.Legal Notice
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