Fw-189 Uhu

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Finished, my Focke-Wulf Fw-189 Uhu, a 1/72 scale Italeri kit. This plane was in the WW2 Winter War, and was painted with a whitewash in the winter. The whitewash would wear off or be rubbed off where needed.

I also made a base for it, with snowdrifts and snow on bushes, using snow powder and wood glue.

I built the kit with normal green camouflage with lacquer Mr Color paints, and then applied an acrylic Army Painter over it, and then weathered and rubbed it away with water where needed. That stuff is awful to airbrush with. Lots of mud too, especially where crew would walk (inside as well!)

Anyway, I learnt a lot through the process, and picked up new techniques. Definitely need to work on my canopy masking though. I had some annoying residue on the panes of glass.

Complete album is here.