Looking great. Interesting about the decals. How do you tell if the decals are the new peelable film? I'm definitely not looking forward to that spiral decal 
Tonys Eduard 1/72 Fw190A-8
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Nice progress Tony, like the paintwork 
cheers
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Looking great. Interesting about the decals. How do you tell if the decals are the new peelable film? I'm definitely not looking forward to that spiral decal
The decals Ive got have quite an excessive , shiny carrier film Jim , not like Eduard decals Ive had in the past . The instructions dont mention anything about the decals either so its probably just a case of looking at yours and seeing what they look like , or trying an unwanted decal first , let me know what you find , cheers tony
Started the decals this morning , thought I’d do the main ones first and see if the peelable film works . I applied the crosses on the wings and fuselage just using the decals own adhesive. I left them to dry for a good three or four hours then had a go at peeling the film off . 
The film came off but so did a lot of the decal , this put a temporary stop to the proceedings. After leaving the rest for a while it looked as though the ones that I didnt peel the film off were drying down quite nicely - the shiny carrier film seemed a lot thinner now it had dried.
I decided to apply the rest of the decals and stencils with my usual method of laying them on a bed of wet Klear.
Once everything had settled and dried I had to do a bit of touching up of the missing decals . A peculiar thing with the number 21 decal , the port side 2 is wonky - I thought it was a misprint on the decal but after looking at the instructions it seems its meant to be like that !
While im on the subject of instructions the usually excellent Eduard ones are a bit vague this time . The stencil placement diagram gives several options for a lot of the stencils ( black or white , red or blue etc ) but no clue as to which you should use . The warning triangles on the fuselage have three options but again no idea which is right ! So I just used a bit of common sense and guesswork. An unexpected bonus here is that the Airfix fw190 I’m doing with the spare option off the Eduard sheet can now use the extra stencils as the Airfix kit didnt come with any. 
Heres the airframe after touching up the decals
The film came off but so did a lot of the decal , this put a temporary stop to the proceedings. After leaving the rest for a while it looked as though the ones that I didnt peel the film off were drying down quite nicely - the shiny carrier film seemed a lot thinner now it had dried.I decided to apply the rest of the decals and stencils with my usual method of laying them on a bed of wet Klear.
Once everything had settled and dried I had to do a bit of touching up of the missing decals . A peculiar thing with the number 21 decal , the port side 2 is wonky - I thought it was a misprint on the decal but after looking at the instructions it seems its meant to be like that !
While im on the subject of instructions the usually excellent Eduard ones are a bit vague this time . The stencil placement diagram gives several options for a lot of the stencils ( black or white , red or blue etc ) but no clue as to which you should use . The warning triangles on the fuselage have three options but again no idea which is right ! So I just used a bit of common sense and guesswork. An unexpected bonus here is that the Airfix fw190 I’m doing with the spare option off the Eduard sheet can now use the extra stencils as the Airfix kit didnt come with any
. Heres the airframe after touching up the decals
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Well saved Tony. At least you didn't launch it into the bin.
Nick
Nick
Nice work on the spinner Tony.
Coming along very nicely, and a great fix with the decals.
As with the Airfix , this has now had a panel line wash and a couple of coats of matt.
Great result so far Tony, very nice
That is looking very nice Tony.
This has now had a bit of sooty brown exhaust staining and Ive been sorting the guns . I used brass tube for the cannons and guns which I cut off early in the build . While I was at it with the brass I made the pitot .
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Very nice Tony 
changing the gun barrels and pitot tube really enhances them.
Geoff.
changing the gun barrels and pitot tube really enhances them.Geoff.
As with the Airfix its time for all the last little bits to go on . Eduard supplied the DF loop and Morane antenna on the PE fret but they just dont look realistic - too flat, so they were scratched from fuse wire and a wooden stirring stick
Got the DF loop , whip aerial ( toothbrush bristle ) and Morane antenna fitted now . The step was made from wire bent to shape as I broke the plastic kit one cleaning it up . There was one supplied on the etched fret but like the antennae it just looked too flat . Next up fitting the canopy and aerial wire . The aerial wire on unblown canopies like this was held in tension whatever the position of the canopy - passing through the canopy on rollers .
Canopy is now on and aerial wire fitted , so this is now finished. Its been a lovely build , for the £15 odd quid I paid its an absolute bargain with everything you need in the one box . A bonus too , the spare decals allowed me to give the Airfix kit a more interesting scheme . Heres a few to top off this thread and I’ll put a completed one on later. Cheers tony
Cracking job Tony, it looks great
Geoff.
Geoff.
Another great result Tony
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