This build is going to be quite elaborate and involve 12 kits in total. In addition to the kits, I will be utilizing a plethora of diorama medium / accessories.

The Fw 190 A-7 will be opened up and in disrepair. It will be nested under a makeshift Luftwaffe canopy with a group of mechanics, tools, and parts including a new engine in a wooden crate.

Makeshift Luftwaffe canopy:

I plan on going with the scheme flown by Rolf Hermichen. Rotenburg, Germany. March 1944 for the A-7. I love how light in color it is. Should hopefully show tons of details with the right weathering techniques. As you can see, I have opted for a plethora of after market parts for the A-7:

The Fw 190 D-9 will be in complete functioning order. It will be situated in front of the repair area on a dirt airstrip.

Luftwaffe dirt/grass airstrip:

I plan on going with either the D-9 flown by Gunter Syed. Uetersen, Germany. May 1945 or the D-9 flown by Rhein Frankfurt. Main, Germany. April 1945.

The schemes I chose are primarily on uniqueness. Majority of Fw190 that I see are pretty dark in color, and I thought it would be fun to do a few lighter ones.

All kits pictured are 1/48 and listed below:

•Eduard Fw 190 A-7 Kit
•Eduard Brassin Fw 190A-7 Engine and Guns
•Eduard Brassin Fw 190A landing flaps
•Eduard Brassin Fw 190A Wingroot Gun Bays
•Eduard Look Fw 190 A-7
•Eduard Fw 190 D-9 Kit
•Eduard Brassin Fw 190 A-4 engine
•Tamiya Kubelwagen Type 82
•Tamiya German aircraft power supply unit & Kettenkraftrad
•Tamiya German tank crew & field maintenance set
•Tamiya brick wall, sandbag, & barricade set
•ICM Luftwaffe ground personnel
•ICM Luftwaffe pilots & ground personnel
•MiniArt German fuel drums
•MiniArt German Jerry cans
•MiniArt Field workshop
•MiniArt Wooden barrels

This build will likely take me 2 months or so from start to finish. I plan on doing two 12”x12” diorama squares that will come together seamlessly for photos, but still function fine on their own. My display shelf restricts me to the size I have decided to go with.

Wow! Amazing entries, my friend @greenterrorz! What a plethora of kits! Looking forward to this diorama!

Wow, Keith (@greenterrorz), you really have your work cut out for yourself. I am really looking forward to your work on this. It will really require a good system of keeping the parts for each kit separate from the others. I addition to the kits, I am really looking forward to seeing how you tackle the scenery for the dioramas.

Good progress already, Keith @greenterrorz

Keith (@greenterrorz)
This is an INCREDIBLE project that you have taken up and now have underway. Thank you for sharing how you used Photoshop to make the backgrounds for the various pictures of your Zero on the flight deck. I'm not too well versed in doing things like that, but I will watch the video and see what I can learn from there. I do sincerely appreciate that. It will save me a lot of money if I learn how to go about doing it, because I will be able to use this feature in conjunction with the various photography bases I'm currently making. I would not have to pay to get a large picture printed out that I had planned to use as the back drop either. These are not cheap to get printed out in such a large size picture.

This build you currently have underway is the perfect candidate to add to our Luftwaffe group build. If you want to, you are always more than welcome to add it over there. You could even transfer your stuff there if you wish.

https://imodeler.com/groups/imperial-german-air-service-luftwaffe-group-build-may-1st-1910-to-present-day/

Here is a link to it if you decide to do that.

We also have a group for Japanese builds. It's called the "Empire of Japan". In the future, if you decide build more Japanese subjects, they would fit right in here.

https://imodeler.com/groups/the-empire-of-japan-1919-1946/

Here is a link for that group as well. Your recent Pearl Harbor builds would have fit in perfectly here.

It's not mandatory that you do this, but you have options should you chose to do so. If not, that's cool to. Freedom of choice is a good thing to have.

I really like the aircraft and all of the accessories you have picked out for this project. The FW-190 is my favorite WW2 German aircraft. This is going to be epic !

Thank you for sharing this with us. I look forward to your next steps. 🙂

Thanks for sharing, my friend @kahu!

Got a few things done tonight.

Opened up the Eduard Brassin Fw 190A-7 Engine aftermarket box and started working on it.

Left - Resin part from AM kit. Right - Plastic that came with the kit.. Night and day difference!

After getting a few things glued up including the engine strut and acouple PE parts:

Paint applied (XF-22):

Next thing I did for the A-7 was to cut away some of the fuselage to make room for the Eduard AM engine:

Lastly for the A-7, I got all of the interior base coated with XF-63 (XF-64 for the cushion):

Onto the D-9!

I did similar work to the D-9. Minus all the additional work to manufacture the engine firewall.

Base painted with XF-63:

All paints used and my painting setup:

Saturday at some point I will hopefully complete the cockpits for both birds. Stay tuned...

One of the most ambitious modelling projects I recall seeing when it comes to airplanes.
I like your choice of subjects, with the bonus of seeing the latest Eduard A-7 box “reviewed” along your build and one of the very few I have not built so far.
I also like the plethora of kits & accessories for the full diorama. As Louis mentioned, feel free to add your thread under our Luftwaffe Group if you like.
I already pulled my chair to follow 😉