Model Aircraft – September 2019

I

have a weakness for desert camoulage,

and I have to admit this was not my irst

desert schemed model kit and surely will

not the last. Fortunately, Eduard released

this very nice paint scheme in one of

theirs ProiPACK boxes, and the kit really was a

joy to build with an almost perfect it perfect.

This particular aircraft was lown by German

ace pilot Erich Rudorfer in Tunisia in 1942. The

cockpit section and the seat were painted with

Tamiya XF-85 Rubber Black and I also did a little

brush chipping with Vallejo Aluminium. Next,

I clear coated everything with Hataka XP09

Gloss, and later I used a Tamiya grey panel line

wash grey to pick out the details. I then ixed

all of the supplied etched cockpit parts, which

really raised the look of the cockpit. Next, I

joined both fuselage halves together, ixed

wings and few other details on the inside of the

wheel wells. I then primed model with Ammo

by MIG Black Surface Primer.

For the camoulage colours, I chose Vallejo

Model Air shades. Next, I applied the black

basing technique and followed this with a

marbling coat. Then I applied a coat of Vallejo

RLM79 on upper surfaces and RLM78 on the

undersides. One dry I masked and painted on

the white fuselage stripe using Hataka C101

Traic White. I used Tamiya masking tape for

curves, and this works perfectly to achieve

Desert Striker

Dawid Branski builds Erich

Rudorfer’s Fw-190A-4

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