1/72 Revell Focke
Wulf Fw-190F-8
Wulf Fw-190F-8
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Gallery Article by Sebastijan Videc
on July 11 2003 |
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I am back with my
second article for the ARC and again, the modeling subject is Yugoslav AF WW2
aircraft - captured FockeWulf Fw-190F-8. FockeWulf is my favorite WW2 plane and
the decision wasn't hard what to build out of vast arsenal of the Yugoslav AF.
Let me tell you a few things about the history of this plane: This Fw-190F-8
fighterbomber (serial 930838) was used by I./SG.2, Luftflotte 4, which operated
mainly from Hungary and some parts of Yugoslavia. This plane was captured at the
end of 1944 at Kovina AB in Vojvodina by Yugoslav partisans. It was flown from
Kovina to Zemun where the Luftwaffe markings were overpainted and the Yugoslav
AF markings applied. It was removed from active service in 1946 and the
Luftwaffe markings were applied to it once again. It was presented as a war
trophy on open in Kalemegdan for 2 years. The remains of this bird lay in the
basement of the Surcin aviation museum near Belgrade, Serbia.
For this model I
have used the Revell 1/72 Fw-190F-8 kit, Eduard PE parts for F-8, Aires BMW801
engine, Extratech Fw-190 flaps, Truedetails resin wheels and Tally Ho decals.
The model was painted with ModelMaster paints.
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images below to see larger images
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I built the cockpit using a
combination of Eduard and kit parts. I added several details using copper wire.
The next step was the engine - the engine has around 2cm in length and it has
more than 70 parts! It took me around 30 hours to build it. I had some problems
installing the engine. I overcame this problem by gluing the fuselage halves
step by step with CA glue, starting at the front and slowly progressing to the
rear end. The model required only a small amount of sanding to remove the excess
glue on joints. Next came the wings. I decided to replace the wing root cannons
with the medicine injection needles. I think these needles are the cheapest of
the improvised modelling accessories, as one costs only a few cents. But the
look is fantastic. I have drilled a small hole through the wing root and into
the gear wheel and glued the sawed-off needles.