Lt. Gustav Salffner's FW 190A8 "Weiss 6", of 7./JG300

[JG26]

Hi All, 1st time posting a kit on here.......

Here's my take on Salffner's FW190A8 he flew as CO of 7./JG300 in Germany, 1945.

It's Eduard's 190A8 boxing pretty much OOTB with the exception of the homemade loop & radio aerials & Pitot tube.

The Würger is finished in a late war RLM83 Mottle scheme over the fuselage RLM 76. The wing surfaces depict a RLM75/83 scheme. Tamiya & Gunze acrylics were used, with oils & a touch of pigments for weathering. The RLM83 is a little greener in these pics than in the flesh, with a light mottle of RLM 82 here & there. The decals used are as supplied by Eduard. One source states that the odd black drop tank was left over from JG300's "Wilde Saü" operations.

As I hadn't really tackled a 190' before, many thanks to Jamie Degenhardt & Ralph Riese for the technical advice & the lend of some decent reference material!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking, All comments welcome!

Dan M

[JonathanReed]

Beautiful! 

[Brewer]

Nice work! I applaud you for braving the Eduard kit instead of building a Hasegawa

[repeater]

Very nice work there - the airbrush work is superb.

 

Looking forward to more 190s.

[Torben]

This is hands down one of the best Eduard 190's I've seen. Very clean assembly and a fantastic color finish.

 

May I ask you how you made the brackets for the brake lines? This detail jumped right at me.

[Beychevelle]

It's a gem!

 

Rob

[JeroenPeters]

That fuel tank.... love the layered effect... (might steal that technique myself

[Mikester]

Most excellent!

[JG26]

This is hands down one of the best Eduard 190's I've seen. Very clean assembly and a fantastic color finish.

 

May I ask you how you made the brackets for the brake lines? This detail jumped right at me.

Hi Torben, Very easy indeed, they're just formed from blobs of white canopy glue - you can manipulate the blobs while its drying to get a "bracket/P clip" shape. Add some paint, and presto.

 

 

Jeroen: Feel free to steal away! I thought it may have been a "bit over the top" myself........

 

Glad you like! 

 

Dan M

[BevanBrooks]

Now that's just gorgeous Dan. I love the green camo on the cowling and gun cover, it looks just right. How did you do that?

 

AWESOME

 

Bevan 

[JG26]

Hey Bevan, glad you like her, the green is Gunze's RLM 83 mixed with a touch of RLM 82 here & there, then weathered with Mig oil's "Olive Green" mixed with a bit of white. I try to make every panel a little different. Very handy colour to have in the stash....

 

Regards,

 

Dan M

[RalphSarc]

Very nice work!! Really like the scheme!

[wackyracer]

Thats just amazing. Paintwork is spot on. Got that lovely worn down look and the colours are just right.