FW190D-9 of the JV44

[uproar]

Greetings! Here is my FW-190D9 Dora Red 1 of the JV44, about as it appeared prior to capture at Munchen-Riem in May, 1945, following its abandonment--it's the Tamiya kit, 1/48 with EagleCal decals, Aires cockpit, Eagle Editions resin prop, gun cover, cowling, wheels, Eduard PE landing flaps, Cutting Edge control surfaces, brass tubing for the wing and fuselage gun barrels, Model Design Construction resin wheelbay/engine set (with solder wire for hoses and plumbing), Moskit exhausts, painted with Color of Eagles RLM acrylic colors, weathered with Tamiya Smoke acrylic, Van Gogh oil paints, and Tamiya weathering powders....antenna wire is fishing line, threaded through tiny .0078" drilled holes and CA glued. I also used brass wire for brake lines, wrapped with thin strips of styrene. The original Red 1 shows some substantial fire damage of the windscreen (essentially blackened), as well as the starboard fuselage, just forward of the cockpit, in all known photographs of this portion of the aircraft following capture--this I have attempted to recreate, as well as the splinter damage to the propeller blade and the overpainted white spiral on black on the propeller hub. Apparently, the fire may have been deliberately set in an attempt to destroy the craft to keep it out of Allied hands. The chipped paint was done with Tamiya and Prismacolor silver fine paint markers. The starter cart is Verlinden, painted with Color of Eagles RLM02 and weathered with Tamiya and Bragdon weathering pastels to give the appearance of extended neglect, and the oil barrels and jerry cans are Tamiya. The base is the Just Plane Stuff Luftwaffe Hardstand, painted with Model Master Wood color acrylic and then washed with various shades of Umber oils, weathered with pastels, and liberally stained with Gunze "oil" and streaked with pastels to represent tire marks. Various shades of Poly-Scale acrylic dirt and mud color, as well as Woodland Scenics foliage, were used on the earthen portions of the base. I wanted to include some figures--American GI's, hanging around and posing for photos, but was unable to find any appropriate figures that were well detailed.

What do you think? Any critique is welcome...Thank you!

[peglegrc]

Hi....Thats some really great weathering you've done on this dio!Your weathering looks so realistic! The starter model is really looking like its been out in the weather for a long time...Really Nice job you've done.....This is what I wish I could with my models too... Your use and story line of the Your whole Dio is super! Thanks for sharing this... You should enter it in our MOM.. Its beautiful....

"RC"