Following Tom Cleaver's positive review of the Hobby Boss D-9 elsewhere on this site I ran out and bought the kit. The box didn't sit on my shelf for too long... 🙂

The cockpit area looks good from the box but I added a few PE details borrowed from an Eduard set made for the Hasegawa Fw 190A-8, as I figured the details are similar enough. The control stick comes from CMK and the seat comes from SBS Model.

The engine plug for the area visible through the wheel well lacks a lot of plumbing, but on the other hand not much is really visible. I added a few lead wires of different sizes to remedy this.

The various subassemblies painted up with RLM 02 and 66.

A set of Quickboost hollow exhausts were used instead of the solid kit items. Strangely enough, they lack the weld line along each stub but otherwise look superb.
While these are designed for the Eduard kit I found them to be a good fit. Blobs of epoxy putty were used to secure them inside the fuselage.

A set of Master Detail cannon barrels were used also. As they are not designed for this kit the gear bays needed some modification for the barrels to sit as intended, but nothing too serious.
Also, I tried to represent the missing shell ejector chute in the center of the wing using my Dremel and a little careful cutting.

The cowling had the solid areas between each flap removed and cleaned up. Simple styrene strips were installed to simulate the flap actuators. Yes, they are a bit long but this should not be visible when the cowl has is in place.
Also, as pointed out in Mr Cleaver's review I made sure to close the flap located in front of the supercharger intake.

Ready for some paint!

The stabilators come from an Aires set. While designed for the Tamiya kit they fit just fine and enables the elevators to be posed dropped or raised - IMHO a major improvement to any model.

I am certainly no expert on the Fw 190 but I still think this is an exeptional kit and it has been a fun build so far. 🙂

Hmm, not sure why the last two photos ended up as attached files instead of embedded in the text.
Perhaps the webmaster can help me out... 🙂

Thanks! It appears that I failed to give the last two pics their proper tags which explains why they did not show up in the text. Fixed now! 🙂

Primer is on.
As usual I went with a rattle can but as a first I choose Citadel's Chaos Black this time.

Time to watch some paint dry...

I never thought about it that way, but then I don't use pre-shading very much - at least on aircraft.
Instead I apply rather solid and uniform layers of the basic camouflage colors and then go for post-shading. Think Chris Wauchop here... 🙂

A new airbrush has been acquired meaning the balance and order on my workbench has now been restored. Phew! 🙂

A coat of RLM 76 has been applied to the airframe and various loose parts - some of them pictured here.

Forgot to mention a minor mod made to the tailwheel. The single part for the strut was carefully cut in two, allowing the main part to be trapped between the fuselage halves as per the instructions while the lower part with the wheel can then be installed at a later stage.
Also, this allows the wheel to be rotated to either side when attached.

A piece of brass wire provides extra strength.

Topside camouflage should be next.

Looking great. What's the silver (metal) part of the oleo? Looks very realistic to me.

Thanks!

@editor:
Oops, forgot to say the oleos are wrapped with pieces of Bare Metal Foil. It worked out pretty good and I think I managed to hide the resulting seam in the foil behind the scissor link.

@magnusf:
Good to hear!
Small metal flakes ended up in the paint, marring the finish. Here is a pic to show what I mean.

As I can't find any damaged areas when examining the airbrush I figure there is something funny going on in the internals of the airbrush body where the paint flows to the nozzle.

I had my mind set on a Badger 105 'Patriot' but in the end I went for an H&S Evolution (Solo), mostly because I know how it works and have a bunch of needles and nozzles etc from my old airbrush that I can use on this one.