Hey everyone,

I thought i'd start a thread on my kitbashing of the CMPro Fw-190. Now i know that many people like this ARF, but i cannot stand the paint scheme and the shape as many issues. I know it's meant to be based on the WAR FW-190 but i'm sure that aircraft was based of the real Fw-190 so i hope to bring it back to were it looks a little closer to the real thing.

Firstly i have flown the fw-190 a few times and i have to say it flew really nicely, with the landing speed being very low. I used the model to break in an O.S. 1.20 FS pumper, but found her to be a little underpowered, and i'm sure the fixed gear and the 800grams of lead up front didn't help either.

I started the kitbash by removing the canopy and making a plaster of paris copy. the canopy is one of the first things i noticed that is wrong and it's relativily easily fixed. this is off getting a test pull done so i'll post pic's when it gets back. while the plaster was drying i scanned some 3-veiws drawings. I used the Kagero series of books on the Fw-190. There are 4 volumes and i have to say they are some of the best study of an aircraft books i have come across. I then took some pic's of the fw and when i put the three veiws over the top of the pic's the shape issues became all the more apparent.......

thanks

Dave