1/48 Tamiya Focke-Wulf Fw-190 F-8

by Istvan Vadasz

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    Hungarian Holiday 

 

This plane belonged to the Magyar Királyi Honvéd Légierő (Royal Hungarian Home Defence Air Force), 102/2 Csatarepülő század (Fighter Attack squadron). The model is showing the plane at the Börgönd-Kemenesszentpéter airport in October 1944.

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Because of the muddy conditions on the airfield, lower half of the gear bay covers were removed from the plane. Also, the underwing bombs were fitted with different, lengthened fuses for better effect against enemy infantry.

This kit was built out of box using Gunze acrylics. Decals came from the Fw190 sheet of Hungarina decal manufacturer: HAD (Hungarian Armour Decals). This sheet contains markings for "white 21", but I decided to convert the markings to "white 17" and spray-on 7's respectively.

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Since I'm a carpenter, making the base myself wasn't a big deal. I used railroaders' grass as a base for the airfield. I used a razor to shave away the grass from selected areas and added soil using really fine mud left behind oil drilling. To finish the base, I used different shades of green to color the fine fibers of the grass-sheet.

Istvan

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Photos and text © by Istvan Vadasz