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details to reveal the aluminium

lacquer beneath. My method of

washing paint away using a soft

brush, loaded with white spirit, is a

much quicker process than trying to

paint small details individually with

silver paint. It looks better too and

negates the need for further pin-

washing, as recessed details remain

filled with the dark enamel (note

that this method really works only

when using slow-drying enamels,

as they remain malleable and

therefore workable for far longer

than do quick-drying acrylics).

The inner surfaces of the

cowling panels received a covering

of darkened RLM02 (ACLW

from the Colourcoats range of

enamels), which was also washed

off selected areas to reveal the

aluminium beneath and so

replicate wear. The propeller

blades too benefitted from this

process along their leading edges.

Once the base colours had

hardened, highlights were added

by dry-brushing lighter mixes of

the original RLM shades on the

cowling panels and propeller.

A SECOND HELPING

The next box I opened was set

648354, Fw190A-4 Fuselage

Guns. This set can be used on its

own or in conjunction with the

engine set to create an entire open

nose area forward of the canopy.

The thirteen resin components

include the rear half of the BMW

801 engine and engine mounting

frame, which replicates those

contained within the engine set, a

combined firewall and gun deck, a

pair of machine guns, ammunition

drums, two upper-cowl panels,

various pipes and compressed

air bottles, and the ubiquitous

etched fret containing yet more

tiny details to get accidentally

stuck to one’s fingers or sacrificed

to the gods of modelling.

Obviously, if you are adding the

engine set detailed above, then the

replicated resin components in this

set will be fodder for your spares

box or backup parts should you end

up breaking the delicate engine

mounting frames in the first set.

As might be expected, if adding

both of the above sets, then there is

some modification required to the

fuselage halves as supplied in the

ProfiPak. This is minimal, however,

requiring the removal of just two

integrally moulded cowling panels

• one from each of the fuselage
  halves – and a section of framework
  from the lower wing section just
  forward of the undercarriage
  bays. If, however, you are simply
  adding the latter set, then there
  are no modifications required.

DESSERT

Eduard/Brassin accessory set

number 648356 Wing-Root Gun

Bays is the simplest of the

three sets so far,

containing just ten

resin components

and a tiny etched fret

featuring two parts. Despite being

the least time consuming of the

sets to prepare, with next to no

assembly required, the minimal

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