Amateurmodeller

SG 10, Ceske Budejovice, Czechoslovakia, May, 1945 One of the abandoned aircraft left behind by Stab SG 10 and some of its Gruppe was this Fw 190F-8 marked Yellow ‘K’ The plane carried some camouflage modifications of SG 10 seen at the end of the war. The upper surfaces were brushed over with dark green, RLM 83 or similar, in the field. This color also extended to the undersurfaces, and also partially obscured the national insignia on the fuselage and wing tops. After the application of this scheme, Yellow ‘K’ received a new tail section from a written-off Fw 190 sporting the more traditional grey scheme, and there was an inconsistency between the fuselage crosses and tail swastika. By May, 1945, the brushed on paint was well worn, and the identifier, in the form of a yellow stripe, adorned the cowl. Misinterpretations regarding this stripe led to variations in width and exact placement. For this profile, the most common placement within SG 10 was used. Worth noting is the absence of

Well i've got the decals on, and started the final weathering and post shading, Should get it finished next weekend.

Well the FW190-F8 has paint now, RLM76 undersides, RLM 83 Top coat. Sprayed all the markings so far with masks I made myself with my Craft Robo cutter, which allowed me to chip the markings as well.

So the next instalment on the FW-190 F-8, the nose Cowlings. Having built a few of these this is the easiest way i've found of building with the nose closed up. First chop up the exhausts, and glue to the inside of the cowling, after building up the nose ring. Then build up the engine - you only really need the front section. Then glue the cooling fan to the cowling Glue the cowling to the nose - this avoids the problems of aligning the engine bearers Put some Mr Surfacer 500 along the joints Finally clean up the joints with a cotton bud soaked in IPA.

Started with the MG cowlings. As i'm building the 190 closed up there are a few shortcuts, one of which is that you can leave out the MG mountings Then made up the wing and the wheel bays - RLM02 all round, followed by some oils Then attach the wings - as is normal with Eduard 190's there's always a little gap, so some shims were required Finally added the last of the cockpit combing and the gun sight