Arado Ar196A-3

[Chris S]

Thanks folks

Spud ....Ya killin me ;D

Chris.

 

[spud]

;D i like the look of the kit so i will buy it, but prob wont build it for a long time

 

[Chris S]

Gonna order another one myself ....must get to Netmerchants before you do ....lol ;D

Chris.

 

[spud]

lol im in no rush to get it

 

[Chris S]

Im only joking mate ;D well worth getting for the stash though

Chris.

 

[spud]

well if i dont make a B... of the Swordfish ill grab one but that should be ok, I hope

 

[Chris S]

The Swordfish is nice ,keep meaning to get Tamiya's kit ..I fancy that one ;D

Chris.

 

[spud]

thats the one, the one i have the Mk II, im still waiting on teh etch from my lhs

 

[ModelFreak72]

Chris you weren't kidding when you said it didn't need PE! An outstanding my friend!

 

[FW190A-8]

All credit to you Chris. The job you have done on that cockpit is outstanding. That looks like a show winner to me. I am loving watching you piece this together. Thank you for sharing the journey with us. Looking forward to more.

 

[Chris S]

Thanks fella's ,but really the credit goes to the kit !...all I have done is a bit of painting ,the detail is all there for you

Chris.

 

[Myke]

SWEET SASSY MOLASSY

This is some amazing work. Very inspirational. I'm going to have to channel my inner Chris S and get to the workbench.

 

[Chris S]

Myke .... ;D Channeling your inner Chris S !!!....thats something ya maybe dont want to do buddy !!
Thanks for the very kind words tho'

Chris.

 

[MrT]

Thanks chaps

I got the seat painted up and installed ......



Which meant i had all these bits ready to assemble ;D



Which I did ;D ;D







Thanks for looking.

Chris.

Just fantastic work Chris!!! I'm liking this kit more and more.

Terry

 

[schweinhund227]

This is Nuts... I love it !!! so much to see too bad all this will be hidden !

Take care !

 

[Quaralane]

That's a lot of detail

 

[Chris S]

Thanks again guys

Norm ,you can actually see quite a bit of it ,especially with the big open canopy

Speaking of which , This is the last time you'll see the cockpit before it gets closed up in the fuselage .

I installed the last few parts ...gunner/navigator seat & back rest and the ammo rack . Still have the rear gun & mount ,also the forward gunsight to go in ,but they will go in later .



I forgot I added the forward machine gun too ;D




More coming ...

 

[Chris S]

Moving on ..... ;D

Over the weekend I got the interior walls of the fuselage and a few other bits painted up ready for assembly . The interior was based with black ,then the XF22 RLM Grey ,then I lightened it and sprayed a patchy coat on just to add a bit of depth .



Then it was time to close up the fuselage ??? I must admit I did have concerns about how well this would all go together especially with the belly of the aircraft being already fixed to the cockpit !
However ...it all went together a breeze and minimal filling will be needed ...seams mostly ;D








I will let that dry before adding the nose cone .

Thanks for looking.

Chris.

 

[MrT]

Very nice!!!!!

 

[ModelFreak72]

WOW!!!!