Imprez
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Inspired by 808aerosquadron's P40 and NewZee's Piper Cub I got the idea to try and make my favorite warbird as a swappable too. Ever since I first flew the Focke-Wulf 190 in the online flight sim Warbirds back in the mid 90's it has been my favourite plane. The speed, the fast roll rate, heavy armament and it´s sinister looks made it my ride of choice. I have built it as a plastic model and as a Guillows kit in the past but now it's time to do one out of foam board.
I'm basing my design of the FT Spitfire and will modify it enough to make it look like a Fw 190. The biggest challenge will be the round fuselage compared to the Spits box shape but I've got a few ideas on how to solve that.
Maybe I'm biting off more than I can chew here since the Fw 190 is really not that similar to the Spitfire. Also I have really no other experience scratch building than the Spitfire I've built and the Versa wing that I haven't finished yet. And to make it worse I'm even stupid enough to share the whole build process with you guys so if I fail you will have a front row seat to this disaster
So without any further ado lets get on with the planning! I started by downloading Sketchup and the FT Spitfire modeled by roelke2. Then I searched the 3D warehouse for a Fw 190 model and ended up with a model of a Fw 190 kit done by pigl. After that I loaded the Spitfire model into Sketchup and imported the Fw 190 into the same space as the Spitfire model. It took some resizing and moving around but I finally found some common ground between the two models. This is the end result:
As you can see the wings pretty much match up and will not require too much modifications which was my main goal when scaling and aligning. The wings are the most complex part of the Spit model and I don't want to mess too much with them. The Spit has a bit more dihedral but I will not alter that for the sake of stability.
There will however be quite some alteration of the fuselage and the horizontal stabiliser height, size and position. The rudder and elevators are not set together like on the Spit so the rudder will be set further back. These alterations will be a bit tricky but manageable, I hope.
This is how far I've gotten tonight. Next step is to start modifying the Spitfire plans. Stay tuned for more Fw 190 madness later this week!
I'm basing my design of the FT Spitfire and will modify it enough to make it look like a Fw 190. The biggest challenge will be the round fuselage compared to the Spits box shape but I've got a few ideas on how to solve that.
Maybe I'm biting off more than I can chew here since the Fw 190 is really not that similar to the Spitfire. Also I have really no other experience scratch building than the Spitfire I've built and the Versa wing that I haven't finished yet. And to make it worse I'm even stupid enough to share the whole build process with you guys so if I fail you will have a front row seat to this disaster
So without any further ado lets get on with the planning! I started by downloading Sketchup and the FT Spitfire modeled by roelke2. Then I searched the 3D warehouse for a Fw 190 model and ended up with a model of a Fw 190 kit done by pigl. After that I loaded the Spitfire model into Sketchup and imported the Fw 190 into the same space as the Spitfire model. It took some resizing and moving around but I finally found some common ground between the two models. This is the end result:
As you can see the wings pretty much match up and will not require too much modifications which was my main goal when scaling and aligning. The wings are the most complex part of the Spit model and I don't want to mess too much with them. The Spit has a bit more dihedral but I will not alter that for the sake of stability.
There will however be quite some alteration of the fuselage and the horizontal stabiliser height, size and position. The rudder and elevators are not set together like on the Spit so the rudder will be set further back. These alterations will be a bit tricky but manageable, I hope.
This is how far I've gotten tonight. Next step is to start modifying the Spitfire plans. Stay tuned for more Fw 190 madness later this week!
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