From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Simon Wallis" References: <000701c3c296$0bd6df20$bac8fea9@IBMA31p> Subject: Re: ARC contribution: 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3 Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2004 10:27:43 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0248_01C3E4C0.3B014AA0"; type="multipart/alternative" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0248_01C3E4C0.3B014AA0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0249_01C3E4C0.3B014AA0" ------=_NextPart_001_0249_01C3E4C0.3B014AA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Simon, Thanks for sending in your Fw-190 article. I'll be spacing your = articles 8 days apart. I'll e-mail you when your article goes on ARC. =20 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Simon Wallis=20 To: sheb@telus.net=20 Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: ARC contribution: 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3 Thanks for your earlier e-mails about my P-51D and P-38J contributions = Steve. I noticed that you had a few days off the ARC pages over the last = couple of weeks because of work pressure and your son being ill. Thanks = for all the work you do and I hope that you are still enjoying it all. = It is really great how so many thousands of people from around the world = enjoy and appreciate your site. I hope that you can include my next three models over the next couple = of months. Have a great Christmas. All the best - Simon. =20 Gallery Template #02 "1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3"=20 by "Simon Wallis" -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here =20 Here is my 100% out-of-the-box 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3. Construction is = an absolute doddle. Fit including that of the undercarriage leg angles = is great. The kit decals were easily applied and conformed well - = including the black eagle on the engine cowl. My Fw-190 only received a = light black oil wash along its panel lines. I tried two new techniques with this build: the first was airbrushing = the Luftwaffe mottle camouflage onto the vertical fuselage. At the time = I was using Tamiya acrylics, which required some mixing and put me under = a bit of pressure to do things right first time. But after taking care = to thin the paint to a good 'skimmed milk' consistency with Tamiya X-20A = it all worked out OK. I was using the double action Revell Vega airbrush = with a medium needle. I've seen a few other people write that the Revell = Vega brushes aren't that great, even though they are copies of a Badger = design, but I'm really happy with mine. (I have never used an = 'Acura-like' Iwata airbrush yet, so can't really compare it to the = best). Next time, for a Luftwaffe plane I will try using my newly = arrived Vallejo Model Air paints, but it will have to wait for me to = build a few modern 1/48 jets I have waiting for attention. The second technique was less successful. I tried adding radio wire = from tailfin to cockpit using stretched sprue and household superglue. = With practice I am sure that great results can be achieved, but I ended = up with burning sprue (!) and when I eventually got a few decent lengths = they were not really thin enough. Next time, I'll try the technique = advised to me by Peter Kozelj who published a Me-262A-2a here on ARC = which has great radio antenna: basically use invisible sewing thread and = a small dabs of ZAP-A-Gap CA+. That's all for now. - Simon. Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here =20 Photos and text =A9 2003 by "Simon Wallis" =20 ------=_NextPart_001_0249_01C3E4C0.3B014AA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi Simon,
Thanks for sending in your = Fw-190=20 article.  I'll be spacing your articles 8 days apart.  I'll = e-mail you=20 when your article goes on ARC.  
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Simon=20 Wallis
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 = 3:00=20 PM
Subject: ARC contribution: 1/48 = Tamiya=20 Fw-190 A-3

Thanks = for your=20 earlier e-mails about my P-51D and P-38J contributions Steve. I = noticed that=20 you had a few days off the ARC pages over the last couple of weeks = because of=20 work pressure and your son being ill. Thanks for all the work you do = and I=20 hope that you are still enjoying it all. It is really great how so = many=20 thousands of people from around the world enjoy and appreciate your=20 site.

I hope = that you=20 can include my next three models over the next couple of=20 months.

Have a = great=20 Christmas. All the best –=20 Simon.

 

Gallery Template=20 #02

"1/48=20 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3" 

by "Simon=20 Wallis"
--------------------

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 01.jpg = here

Here = is my 100%=20 out-of-the-box 1/48 Tamiya Fw-190 A-3. Construction is an absolute = doddle. Fit including that of the undercarriage = leg angles=20 is great. The kit decals were easily applied and conformed well = – including=20 the black eagle on the engine cowl. My Fw-190 only received a light = black oil=20 wash along its panel lines.

I = tried two new=20 techniques with this build: the first was airbrushing the Luftwaffe = mottle=20 camouflage onto the vertical fuselage. At the time I was using Tamiya=20 acrylics, which required some mixing and put me under a bit of = pressure to do=20 things right first time. But after taking care to thin the paint to a = good=20 ‘skimmed milk’ consistency with Tamiya X-20A it all worked = out OK. I was using=20 the double action Revell Vega airbrush = with a medium=20 needle. I’ve seen a few other people write that the Revell Vega brushes aren’t that great, = even though they=20 are copies of a Badger design, but I’m really happy with mine. = (I have never=20 used an ‘Acura-like’ Iwata airbrush yet, so can’t = really compare it to the=20 best). Next time, for a Luftwaffe plane I will try using my newly = arrived=20 Vallejo Model Air paints, but it will have to wait for me to build a = few=20 modern 1/48 jets I have waiting for = attention.

The = second=20 technique was less successful. I tried adding radio wire from tailfin = to=20 cockpit using stretched sprue and = household=20 superglue. With practice I am sure that great results can be achieved, = but I=20 ended up with burning = sprue (!) and when I eventually got a few decent = lengths=20 they were not really thin enough. Next time, I’ll try the = technique advised to=20 me by Peter Kozelj who published a = Me-262A-2a here=20 on ARC which has great radio antenna: basically use invisible sewing = thread=20 and a small dabs of ZAP-A-Gap CA+.

That’s all for=20 now. = –=20 Simon.

Steve=20 Bamford will insert full sized = version of=20 photo 02.jpg = here

Photos = and text =A9=20 2003 by "Simon Wallis"

 

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