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lovely build Aaron.

nice build and welcome to LSM

Sounds exciting. Want a Mk.II Hurricane. However, I'm going to wait on kit review and perhaps a possible future Tamiya release. Yeah, future release. Right after the P47 release.

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From an old coot to a not so old coot. Have a great day. Cheers - Rick

Thanks MIke. BTW you get your G1 stuff?

Not accountable for my actions while under the influence of kool-aid and Mr. Paint.

Actually it's the kool-aid. I drank a huge pour. Even bought some Mr. Paint. I'm doomed!

Cheers Cees. Detail an area that will not be seen...it's a sickness requiring significant therapy. I need help!

EZ6 DIRECTION FINDER AIM conversion provides a resin direction finder and a vacu-formed spine to replace kit part #7. My main concern is keeping structural strength along the spine. I opted to cut out the clear window for the EZ6. Thank you James Hatch for this tip. Following the panel lines I trimmed the clear component to house the EZ6 Direction Finder. Trim complete. Will cut out the panel from the kit part and install the clear cover.

TAIL WHEEL WELL I was going to use one of my ProfiModeler Tail Wheel Well for this build. I decided to save it for another Ju88 build and do some scratch work. Ribs cut out of 100lb cardboard. Stringers, panel created with styrene rod, "U" channel and sheets. Fuel dump hose is solder inserted in heat shrink tube. Tube heated and shrinks around the solder then tube will hold shape and bends. Stringers added to inside of fuselage. Black primer applied. Not too overly concerned with perfection as most will be barely visible. Alclad Aluminum applied followed by a wash of diluted clear yellow/orange. That's right no RLM 02. Wire will be brake lines for the tail wheel. Not perfect coverage. Will suffice when detail is visible through the wheel well opening.

my order of MP arrived today. Look forward to give it a test drive.

a little late to this party. wow, great scratch stuff going on here.

Thanks guys.

PROPELLER ADJUSTMENT Not happy with the spindly Planet Model supplied prop blades. I pulled some Hasegawa FW190 prop blades from my scrap box. These are beefier and look closer to images in the FW190 Creek/Smith publication. A coat of RLM 70 followed by a shot of silver on the blade collar. Using my PropMaster I aligned and glued the blades on the hub. Prop boss dry fitted. Another test fit with the engine cowling.

BACK FROM THE SHELF O' DOOM I received my FW190D9 "Tall Tail" from Hasegawa. I cannot say enough positive comments about HAG customer service. I have placed orders for parts (sprues) on multiple occasions and they have easily filled my order. Cut at the panel line. After assembly of the tail and tail wheel the new "Tall Tail" was grafted to the fuselage using stryene strips for locators and 5 minute epoxy. The white card is a shim. Fill/sand/scribe required later. Going to let this cure for a few days before I touch it.

RUDDDER FIT While I was in the mood for grinding resin I worked on the Ju88G1 rudder. I carefully measured where the kit rudder plug would meet on the G1 rudder. Swapping out a smaller grinding tool I hollowed out the rudder to accept the kit rudder plug. The kit rudder plug was trimmed down to accept the G1 rudder. Test fit. We're good. The rudder need to slide up about 1mm. Some light filling might be needed, TBD.

ENGINE WORK First step in preparing the BWM801's engine nacelle/engine requires hollowing out the engine exhaust flange to fit at nacelle rear mount. Using my Dremel tool I got to work. As you can see much work is required to thin the inside to fit on the leading edge of the nacelle rear mount. Care must be taken to preserve a uniform thickness of the exhaust flanges. The difficult part is keeping a steady hand during the grind off process. The finished work is placed on a stand for photo. I held the engine in my left hand and worked the Dremel tool with my right hand. Finished with no disaster. Will gently hand sand to achieve desired thickness of the exhaust flanges. Tic marks are for placement of a styrene disc for glue surface on the nacelle rear mount.

I saw this a few days ago. This is great. Having one of these on my bench will be a reality in the near future.

I am stumped on what color to use for my Mossie PR Mk.IV. PRU Blue? Azure Blue? Thanks - Rick

beautiful D9 "Tall Tail". weathering & finish excellent on many levels.

Nearly two years since my last post on this build. Yikes. Priority builds and bench rebuild kept me away from this project. The Fw190 Mistel 2 is done so finally it on the the Ju88 Mistel 2. The Fw190 was finished April 2015. Awaits the Ju88. Some cutting and test fitting on the Ju88. The AIMS components fit well. Noting, plenty of putty work will be required. Not the scary kind of putty work. Will be posting many WIP images soon.

yup!

looks spectacular on so many levels!

love the subject and the scratch work.