The Tale of Three Wurgers
This is going to be an epic battle for me and will probably take a while to complete these. I hope this is the right place to put this as I couldn't find a "Build in Progress" section. Anyhoo...the battle. On April 1, I went in for surgery to fix a detached retina that pretty much left me blind in my left eye. The surgeon was pretty impressed with his own work but cautioned that this has a 70% success rate. One month later I can make out shapes and large letters but they are still blurry but much better than three weeks ago. The problem here is my depth of field is totally hooped, I'm wearing an eye patch when modelling to prevent the left eye trying to take over the good eye. The detail painting of my first subject took a lot of do-overs to get levers and knobs painted. So...the three I'll be working on. The first, I didn't even know I had; Tamiya's 1:48 Fw190F-8 to be done as a "captured" 401 Squadron(RCAF), Fassberg 1945
The second one is also the same kit as above I have no idea when I started it. There was no instructions in the box and I was missing the main landing gear covers. There are parts for covers over the struts so I'll be doing this as an aircraft from 1/SG2, Hungary 1945. Standard camo with white stripes over all the top surfaces, a winter camo.
The third Wurger is also Tamiya, the Fw190A-3, to be done as the done in RAF colours on Oberleutnant Armin Fabers kite when he accidentally landed on an RAF airfield. I stopped building this as I was unhappy with my Dk. Earth choice. I have since found a good mix and will be respraying shortly. Most people have chosen to paint this Dk. Green/Ocean Grey but there seems to be a directive of non-operational aircraft to be painted in Dk. Green/Dk. Earth. This was close to the RAF change over and they were struggling to get operational aircraft in the correct colours so I doubt they would waste them on this aircraft. Sorry for the rambling. This will be slow so please bear with me
Trying to delete this as I found the proper place but the delete is not working for me. Any suggestions?
Yes.Lovely post,please keep it here!
Thank you Marcus @mvtb I've found the right place to post this, "Work in Progress - Aircraft" and reposted everything there. I want to avoid two articles and delete this one but the "Delete" button isn't working for me
Sorry but I was glad your button failed...
George, I am glad it was posted here even if WiP is the proper place for it. I do not look into WiP articles very often. I hope your vision continues to improve.
Excellent! Glad your vision is improving , George! Keep building!
Good to hear that the surgery has improved your visibility, George @blackadder57
What a wonderful project you have started.
Glad you found the correct location to place your progress on this project, that will make it so much easier for others to follow and for you to update this project. Looking forward to the next steps.
Three Butcher Birds, Nice!
The 401Sqn bird will look nice, I’ve seen photos of that FW.
Keep ‘er going, George.
Keep it up, George @blackadde57. Hope your vision is improving? All the best!