Tamiya........Well......Tamiya-ish Fw190 D-9 "Black 10"

[mustang1989]

I started off with a Tamiya Fw190 D-9, cut the nose off and replaced what was missing with a Jumo 213 inverted V-12 engine/ mounting from an Aires engine / cockpit set. I used limited cockpit parts from the set due to the fact that I had a spare Eduard Fw190 A8/R2 kit to rob some awesome PE parts and detailed plastic parts from( Will get to that later). I also opened up one wing root cannon on the port side of the aircraft and used CMK's under carraige update set to display the tail wheel retracting mechanism through the access panel on the port side of the tail fin. The landing gear got a total upgrade due to Tamiya's inherent problem with the landing gear being WAY too short on these kits. I used the Eduard landing gear struts and doors from my spare kit to correct that issue. Also used from my spare Eduard 190 kit were the sliding canopy section (just a lot of detail in those things), the instrument panel(to include PE) , control stick, rudder pedals (PE), wing root cannon access panel and I ended up ordering a spare Eduard 190D-9 kit and using the cowl machine gun access cover out of it due to the fact that the Aires panel just literally sucked, but already ordered my replacement part to once again complete that kit and have another D-9 to build. The parts used from the spare kit were just too good to NOT use. Paints are Vallejo Air acrylic on the exterior and Model Master acrylics throughout the interior and nose section of the aircraft. All in all I had a good time with this build until it came time for the Aires engine access panels but managed to whip those into some acceptable shape.



Anyways....here she is:

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I remember this one Joe!! Great job on the paint and detail work!! Awesome build bud!!!!

[mustang1989]

Thanks Mike! This one and my Arado 234 are my all time favorite aircraft builds.

[deuce]

That's gorgeous! I haven't built an airplane model in years. The last was a T-38 trainer like the ones my brother used to work on at Randolph AFB. I love the 1/32nd scale, but those are hard to find (and mighty expensive.)

[mustang1989]

May 1, 2020 9:08:12 GMT -5 deuce said:

That's gorgeous! I haven't built an airplane model in years. The last was a T-38 trainer like the ones my brother used to work on at Randolph AFB. I love the 1/32nd scale, but those are hard to find (and mighty expensive.)

Thanks Dave. Come to think of it.... I do think there is one kit but I can't remember who manufactures it.

Where are you from in South Texas? 

[fordrodnkustom]

Outstanding build. The detail and realism is superb. Like deuce I haven't built a aircraft kit since the early 80s' when I was in the AF. I think they were 1/72 scale F-15 and MIG 25. I need to do a few more more now, they are great fun. Thanks for the inspiration!

[mustang1989]

May 4, 2020 17:56:55 GMT -5 fordrodnkustom said:

Outstanding build. The detail and realism is superb. Like deuce I haven't built a aircraft kit since the early 80s' when I was in the AF. I think they were 1/72 scale F-15 and MIG 25. I need to do a few more more now, they are great fun. Thanks for the inspiration!

Thanks Ron. I've always been deathly afraid of 72nd scale or smaller. Just too much for me and with all the detail-up aftermarket items available for that scale now I'd go into sensory overload in building in it. lol

1/48 scale is about as small as model building gets for me.