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I chose a series of three JV44 support aircraft that accompanied the Me 262 jets during the pattern approach when they were most vulnerable to Allied aircraft attacks. The Focke Wulf 190Ds were painted with striking red and white stripes [...]
The FW 190D is a favorite model of mine thanks to its purposeful poise and proportions in the 1/48th scale that give the look of the real aircraft. Over the years, nearly two dozen Doras accumulated in my collection. The majority are [...]
1/32 Hasegawa/Revell/Aires/Moskit/Eduard
Fw190 D-9
Well, Fw190 D-9, what a lovely plane! I did it a few years ago, but Tamiya’s in 1/48 scale. This time I had oportunity to get Hasegawa’s Dora in Revell’s box, but with so many addons [...]
The first idea with this kit was to repeat the experiment with the painting masks for insignia, which proved to be a total failure. I painted the propeller spinner white, then applied the mask for the spiral, sprayed it dark green – the [...]
So back when I first started going to model shows with my Modeling Mentor, I was stocking up on cheap kits (long term retirement planning of the less practical kind) - 5 bucks or so, often multiple kits jammed in to the box. Eventually I [...]
Short video preview of this 1/48 scale Revell Focke Wulf Fw190 D-9 "Dora" kit.
This kit is on my list for a full build... it is a beautiful Dora.
This is the Pro-Modeler Fw190D-11 built straight from the box. I was planning on using a real cool Eagle Strike decal set on this one but its for a D-9 not the D-11 so I used the kit decals. I chickened out on the red bottom scheme so I [...]