DocRob Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I second that, when I built my TA-152, I absolutely hated the heavy rasterized PE IP. When I put it into the fuselage, I found that without an endoscope it's not even visible and with some cursing about the quality of the product,I used it. For glazing bezels I use Pledge on a toothpick and apply it at least two times, which looks good to me. Cheers Rob 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Truly.... the FW IP is so hard to see. I like the UV gel, too! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Pressing on, got the knobs and lever on. Now the side consoles......harv 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 That came up nicely Harv. S 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Ok, I've had it with this pit. Everything keeps breaking and getting bent. Does anyone make a resin pit for this.??.....harv 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Harv, To my knowledge, there is no specific resin cockpit set for the A-5 variant. However some others come close: Aires make a D9 'pit in resin that is 95% identical to the radial variant, only a real Luftwaffe Nerd would pick the differences. https://www.aires.cz/en/product/fw-190d-9-cockpit-set/0-762/ Eagle Editions also do a specific A-8 pit that again is basically the same as the A-5 airframe. The beauty of this set is that it has separate sidewalls, that allows you to leave the kit-supplied detail in that area should you not want go to the trouble of scraping and sanding away all the details, making for a much simpler build... The bummer is that the Crandalls are currently out of stock. https://www.eagle-editions.com/product/fw-190-a-late-museum-quality-cockpit-ep-51-32/ Cutting Edge did one many years ago for the D9, but it's not generally available anymore. The Eduard set for the newer Revell kit had fantastic details, but will not fit without a lot of work (as the two kits' cockpits are different lengths and widths.) HTH, Steve 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Thank you Steve. I'll look into both. You never know. I almost binned the whole kit today !.....harv 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Found an Aires at UMM USA......harv 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbadur Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 harv, have a look to https://rfstudio.hu/termek/82 (Quick set product) It is expensive but I was positively impressed. Anyway, your built is wonderfull. Alfons 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Thank you Alfons, I will keep them in mind ! And welcome to our home !.....harv 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Those new peepers are working really well, Harv, the build is looking really GOOD ! I love what you are doing here.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperSix Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Keep going Harv. You're knocking it out of the park. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 No pics but working on the wheel bay and inboard guns.....harv 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 9, 2020 Author Share Posted November 9, 2020 Glued the wheel bay in and Steve, I like your suggestion. Although the gaps weren't as bad as yours. The guns are in but need some small touch ups.......harv 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 10, 2020 Author Share Posted November 10, 2020 I'm very happy with the outcome. I noticed one of the barrels is off a bit....harv 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 10, 2020 Share Posted November 10, 2020 16 hours ago, harv said: I'm very happy with the outcome. I'm not surprised, that turned out very well Harv. When the time comes, we'll show you what parts of the upper wing to fuselage join needs to be puttied. S 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 13, 2020 Author Share Posted November 13, 2020 IP 2.0. No fancy crap. Used the Aires up base and attached the leftover Eduard PE. May have to trim the top a little. So, back at this. Also had to use my spare fuselage. I wrecked the first one....harv 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Lucky you had a spare......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Ok. After some cutting, the Aires pit looks ok. Also the Aires turtal back is to narrow ! So I cut the kit one off the kit part and will use it......har 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Harv, The Aires rear deck is too narrow because the rear wall of the resin cockpit sits further back towards the tail, in the correct position. The kit cockpit has no rails for the seat to sit within, and it's rear wall sits more forward roughly in the position where the rails would be (if it had them that is). So the seat position is right, just not the rear wall... And therefore the rear cover is longer and fatter than it should be. HTH, S 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 I've checked with the kit tub and compared them both . The rear wall is dead even. The kit deck falls into place ,were as the resin one just drops through....harv 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumm Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 8:37 PM, Wumm said: Harv, The Aires rear deck is too narrow because the rear wall of the resin cockpit sits further back towards the tail, in the correct position. Harv, that is 'should' sit further back towards the tail... Aires by the look of it have cocked something up somewhere along the line. Jim experienced the same problem as you, in his excellent pull-apart 'Dora build a decade ago, and I quote: The Aires-supplied deck is the correct length and shape. However it's going into the Hasegawa fuselage that has a deck that's too wide and too long. So the solution that you found works, and you're in great company as well into the bargain. S 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 Thanks again. I compared the two tubes, and found both are same length, but the side pannels are shorter than the kit parts including the Eduard PE. So I will carry on with the Aires pit and kit turtleneck. Much thanks for you detailed reply...harv 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Picking out some detail....harv 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 19, 2020 Author Share Posted November 19, 2020 Throttle added and more detail added. I'm happy with it. Onward....harv 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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