Don't you think you're pushing the 'extreme weathering' idea a bit much?Falls straight down onto the concrete
Very nice clean build. Well done.I'm finishing up this model and I get all the decals done and I'm going to go out back and clear coat it. Now let me start off with at the beginning that I believe in karma. There is a reason why stupid things happen in life but we don't find out why that stupid thing happened until later on. You follow? So when I'm building this FW 190 and the engine doesn't fit in properly? If you follow this build you will know what I'm talking about or you can just scroll back. So I had to do a little bit of work to everything on the front which made it practically indestructible but it's still pissed me off cuz I had to ruin a good model. At least ruin the insides where you can't see. So I'm going to go out back and clear coat and I stuck a piece of stiff wire and stuck it in the rear tail wheel area to see if I can hang it and spray the clear. Yeah that looks great and feels nice and sturdy. So I took it out to get it out back and I'm getting ready to spray it and I stick the wire back in it and my brain says I don't think that's in Far Enough. I hung it up on the nail it's hanging upside down from the tail wheel and I'm like this wire isn't in enough and just then it goes tink... and Falls straight down onto the concrete and I watched pieces fly everywhere. Wait a minute. That's just two door flaps and the body and the engine came off in four pieces. I can't even find a scratch on the plane where it hit the ground so this last picture is a picture of it glued back together and I gave it a wash of light gray and wait for that to dry as I open my next model which really has me excited like a little kid
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How do you do such detail work and keep your fingers clean? I can't wear gloves while working at that level and find most holders are too strong and will break off little bits. So very Impressive detailing. It looks like you prepaint entire frets at least with primer and a most typical base coat. So you find that is still worth all the touch up needed after nipping the parts of the sprues? Thanks for sharingI hear you. I'm wondering why they didn't include a crankshaft? You could do some really cool stuff with dioramas at the factory. Working on the rear of the engine. The fit is impeccable. Sometimes you find yourself getting rid of a coat of paint to make it fit better. Another thing going for it is the instructions. I swear I'm going to be a Master Mechanic when I get done building this. Lots of detail and explanations of why and what. That is all preliminary pictures before I detail it especially the exhaust pipes and all the little doodads that run everything. I also went searching at the hardware store for wire I could use for detailing and I did buy some but didn't really like it and then I remembered my fishing tackle box these braided leaders I think are going to work perfect for all the spark plug wiring.
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