[DannyMNL]

they do look fragile, but they're tougher than they look. :wink:

[DannyMNL]

my flying club was invited to a fair a few weeks back, managed to take two pictures of my 1:7 FW190D9 next to a 1:8 FW190A8

[Spinnetti]

Pretty nice... Did the 90 degree retracts give you the proper 74 degree angle relative to the ground? (looks like Robart retracts?)... there are so few scale landing gear, and none for the FW190 in small scale, so I built my own sprung scale gear.... (1:13 scale for my FSK 190A-8).. I also had a 1/2 scale one you fly in, but sold it before done.

[DannyMNL]

I originally used 90 degree retracts, but they were too weak and looked awful.... in the first few pics they are still mounted. Now I use 74 degree retrqacts, a bit more expensive but they give the right look and are a bit stronger :wink: I thought of using robarts, but they are too expensive in my opinion. I used Springair retracts instead.
couldn't find any scale struts, so I just ordered some that looked right.

[Carosel43]

you 190 looks ace with the weathering detail, its the best topflite 190 i have seen i must say, how heavy did it come out?

[DannyMNL]

Thanks! I've only seen one that looks better in my opinion, this one:




he added all rivets and panel lines on that model, something I was too lazy to do, I only did half of the panel lines and 10% of the rivets...

Don't know about the weight... I personally think it's a bit heavy, but one of my flying buddies says it is at normal weight for a scale model... ( wouldn't know, it's my first one) :lol:

[rossmum]

What an absolute beauty.

[Carosel43]

i coudldnt be bothered with rivets on the hurricane, i did the little fastners for the cowl and that as they were easy, i just used little slot screws, job done!