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There was well over 300 hours
invested in this project!!!
This is the DML reissue of the Tri-Master mold FW190 A-8 made into the A-5
of Major Herman Graf. The engine was an Engines 'n Things BMW 801 resin
engine. All the engine compartment pieces were scratchbuilt including the
firewall and engine mounts.
The guns were removed from the
Verlinden resin base and placed into the scratchbuilt mounts. The
exhaust pipes were all
individually made from drilled out solder. I used 2 Verlinden sets of P/E to
get both of the engine hatch doors to open wide and say "ahhh".
I cut the plastic oleos out of
the landing gear and drilled
both ends out with an appropriate sized chrome drill bit, I then cut that
same drill bit into 2 pieces with the motortool cutoff wheel and used them
for the oleos themselves. The wing root gun bays were
opened up and the Verlinden guns were installed along with the appropriate wiring.
The fuel filler door is open on
the starboard side with the fuel cap hanging on it's
lanyard. The fuselage hatch door is
open and the fuel tank, oxygen bottles, radio gear and control cables are inside the fuselage. Hard to see, but
they're there! The P/E Verlinden flaps were installed and I cut
out the rudder and elevators and repositioned them in addition to the tail
wheel. The decals were Superscale and the paint was from the now-defunct Floquil
Military colors. Again, weathering is a wash of artist's oils/Turpenoid and
pastel chalks along with a little bit of fingerprint dusting powder.
Terry
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