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Friday, July 21, 2017

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 | 1/12 th Scale | Part 21 – Upper reinforment straps supporting the upper engine mounts

Right side: The strap was cut from 0.3 mm litho.

Shape and dimensions were taken from the
Bentley drawings.

The rivet pattern from Jerry Crandall´s
superb YELLOW 10 book.

Left side showing the upper strap. The real one
was made of steel.

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 | 1/12 th Scale | Part 20 – Right fuselage shell

Dry fitting of parts.

Foot step and hand hold.

Using styrene templates to make the frames.

Coffee break :-)

Someone has to clean the workshop!!

Right fuselage side shell: After cutting
it´s time to mark all important details.

Fit is OK!

Cutting the hatches was done next.

Followed by embossing the rivets and shaping
of the panel.