Phils' 1/48 Eduard Fw190 D9 "Red 1"

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Hi guys,


Well I have finally finished the D9 (my forth build), a little later than expected but I have been extremely busy with work and just life in general. It had some fit issues which I was warned about and the fuselage needed some unnerving clamping and slow tightening whilst gluing (with extra thin) around the exposed back part of the engine but it did come together in the end. This was the overtrees from Eduard but I do have another Profipack that I will tackle with a different scheme at some point and I will do some things differently but hey that means I'm still learning from my mistakes.


You'll see from my build thread that I opened up a hatch to show an auxiliary fuel tank and inner fuselage detail and Eduard PE was used for the cockpit dials ect. A tiny piece of rolled white tac was rolled and used as the brown leather guard above the instrument panels.


Paints used were Mr.Hobby, Vallejo and Tamiya.


I think that's it, now for some backround:


Flown by Lt. Heinz "Heino" Sachesenberg the "Red 1" was part of Adolf Gallands JV44 airfield protection unit.


Because of the greater length of runway it required, and the slow acceleration it had at low speeds, the Me 262 (which was the main Plane of the JV44 program in the last months of the war) was especially vulnerable during take-off and landing and thus led to D9's and D11's being used as protection to the overall Papagei Staffel or Parrot squadron.


The slogan on the side "Verkaaft's mei Gwand, I foahr in himmel!" translates as "Sell my cloths, I am going to heaven!"


This D9 was abandoned by retreating Germans and discovered by U.S troops at Munchen-Reim airbase in April 1945.


Thanks for looking and I hope you like it, as always any tips or criticism welcome.


Cheers


Phil


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Hi phil your Fw190 looks great I acquired this kit from Cosford last week of young Adrian (Ade close enough) Is this the same kit as yours? by chance.


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Wow, that is really impressive! I really like the different weathering techniques you used, especially how it looks like the paint is worn away down to the metal on the back of the cockpit.
 

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Hi phil your Fw190 looks great I acquired this kit from Cosford last week of young Adrian (Ade close enough) Is this the same kit as yours? by chance.
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Hi John


More than likely the same kit, but I purchased the overtrees from eduard direct to do mine so all you get is the plastic, no decals no PE not even instructions! On that point I used HAD decals for mine and masked and sprayed my stripes underneath rather than use decals.


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You've done a beautiful job on that one Phil! She's a pleasure to look at :smiling3:


Maybe seeing this will give me some inspiration to finish my Red 4 ;)
 

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You've done a beautiful job on that one Phil! She's a pleasure to look at :smiling3:
Maybe seeing this will give me some inspiration to finish my Red 4 ;)
Cheers, absolutely mate I'd like to see that
 

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Fantastic!!:cool::cool: :D


Exceptional weathering - great finish!:cool:
 

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That's a terrific job you've done on the aircraft! Excellent photographs too.


The motto on the side is an old Bavarian saying and reflects the rather grim humour of the late war Luftwaffe, translating roughly as "Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven!" Sachsenberg did survive the war, but died in 1951.


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Very nicely done. I have always been fascinated by this scheme since I first saw it. Great build
 

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That's a terrific job you've done on the aircraft! Excellent photographs too.
The motto on the side is an old Bavarian saying and reflects the rather grim humour of the late war Luftwaffe, translating roughly as "Sell my clothes, I'm going to heaven!" Sachsenberg did survive the war, but died in 1951.


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Hi Steve


Thought you might enjoy this one, I did write about the motto translation at the top of the thread if you have a look, got a real soft spot for JV44 they was a little out there wasn't they.


Photos could have been better actually as I only used my SLR and flashgun and not my studio set up, although I might take some more shots later with a base and backdrop so watch this space...


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Very nicely done. I have always been fascinated by this scheme since I first saw it. Great build
Yeah it's a great scheme isn't it, not sure I'll be rushing to do another though what with all the measuring and marking/masking out of stripes but it was a test I enjoyed.
 

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Cheers for all your nice comments and Great Builds guys, I really appreciate it!


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Photos could have been better actually as I only used my SLR and flashgun and not my studio set up, although I might take some more shots later with a base and backdrop so watch this space...
You might have done better! Compared to my snapshots they look fantastic. I'll be watching for more .


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Absolutely top notch build Phil. Great result


How did you come by the over trees?


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Absolutely top notch build Phil. Great result
How did you come by the over trees?


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Eduard sell overtrees on their website, I imagine they seem to become available at the start of a manufacturing run and at the end of a run (that makes sense in my head anyway). So their random at times and the best thing to do is check their site under overtrees every month. All you get is the plastic but you can download the instructions as a pdf from their site. I like to use aftermarket decals anyway and I'm doing progressively more scratch on my builds now anyway so the only thing I purchased for this was PE cockpit, decals, and a mix of Aires and master guns through nose. The wing mounted guns were made from two pieces of Albion alloys barrels, more info can be found on the build thread.
 

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Cheers Phil, I'll take a look.


Yeah, don't mind just having the plastic - everything else can be sourced. I guess it all boils down to whether it proves cheaper or not.


Interesting though.


Again, great finish to the Dora. Got a couple of Hasegawa 1/32 kits in the stash and at least one of em is gonna get the JV44 treatment.


Cheers


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Fantastic build, Phil. The colour scheme looks great, and the chipping and mottling are sublime!
 

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Cheers Phil, I'll take a look.
Yeah, don't mind just having the plastic - everything else can be sourced. I guess it all boils down to whether it proves cheaper or not.


Interesting though.


Again, great finish to the Dora. Got a couple of Hasegawa 1/32 kits in the stash and at least one of em is gonna get the JV44 treatment.


Cheers


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The overtrees normally work out to about £12 which is decent if you have everything else, I just checked my last order and I got overtrees some PE and post for around £25, hope this helps.
 
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