1/32 Hasegawa FW 190 A-8

Gallery Article by Chris Parsons on Oct 7 2011

 

I have had this FW-190 (A-8) sitting on my shelf mocking me for years, the (mocking) reason being, I built it when I first returned to the hobby back in the late ninety's and, I wasn't exactly a proficient modeler back then, not that I am now either, just a little fussier. Anyway I needed to do something with this kit. Either rebuild it or, chuck it out. I did a bit of both actually. I bought a magazine (impulse bought actually, while in the checkout lane...Thanks Uncle Rick!) called Luftwaffe I'm Focus. The pictures come from an article in the magazine about how retreating German forces destroyed their aircraft before they could be taken over by the advancing enemy. This aircraft had hand grenades tossed in the cockpit to finish it off. The picture on the cover of the magazine was what I was shooting for as my finished model, albeit the one in the magazine was a FW 190 (F-8) and I'm ok with that.

 

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Ok. I did overdo the weathering a bit and, add too much ash in places but that was for dramatic effect and, hey I didn't have to add cockpit detail, resin, photo etch, or polish the clear canopy. 

 I did have to build control surface frames but that was actually kind of fun. I also imagineered some internal structure, simulated burn through of the outer skin surface by grinding the inside very thin with a Dremel and finishing up with a hobby knife. I repainted in late war colors, painted on the markings, (except the swastikas), added some carnage around the scene made of aluminum foil and wire. It's painted completely with Tamiya acrylics, model railroad grass makes the landscape, with some ground up (clean) cat litter to add gravel and drywall dust to make the ash. 

So, if you don't like it, break it.

Chris Parsons

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Photos and text © by Chris Parsons