1/48 Tamiya Focke Wulf Fw190 A-3

by Dominic Gutierrez

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Here's my award winning Fw190 A-3 by Tamiya. It's a rather simple OOB build to relax from the large scale that I usually do.  It's a birthday present from my father from 3 years ago.  I only added harnesses made from strips of masking tape and tarps from tissue.  The model was painted with Tamiya acrylics and Klear (as usual) was used for the decals.  It has been sitting on my shelf for quite a while and I finally entered it in our 2006 club competition, under the dioramas category.  It took third place, and I was satisfied with that.

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When the judges had done their judging, one of them told me that my Focke Wulf was eligible to enter the IPMS nationals in Auckland.  This time, my model came under the aircraft category, along with two of my other models.  I scored all three places in that category... and I was stunned.  I am gradually returning into building large scale models again, and I'm currently working on a 1/32 Fw190 A8 that I am converting into a Sturmbock.

If you have any queries or comments about my models, then please feel free to send me an email.  Simply by clicking on my name on the top of this page.

Dominic

Photos and text © by Dominic Gutierrez