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Piano wire? Dremel/jewelry cut off wheels. That wire is too tough for anything else. I pretty much just use the cut off wheels on any steel wire.

I have some nice tight sharpened nippers that I use for plastic. They were intended for cutting electronic part leads and soft copper wire. I end up with steel and hard brass wire that buggers up the edges on them so the carbide ones were something I needed and didn't know I did.

It is really looking good Tim! Good job on the shells James!

When I place the Quinta decals, I paint a wet layer of Future (yeah, I still have most of a bottle) on the panel and then place the resin decal. I then usually have to blot, align, and press a little, but they settle right down, and have had zero trouble after that.

Looking good so far.

You can do it Bob! My bit has always been to fix my screwups and there have been several major ones in my past. I applaud you going for this one again. Third time is the charm?

A Fw-190 on the assembly line would probably look something like this Do-335

Oh GOODY! Research photos and info!

On the Fw 190 A8-R11 I built a while back the lower parts of the cross on the fuselage were painted over with RLM76. My build and the reference photo. You really have to do diligence to get as close as possible to the original.

You are right James, it doesn't look like there is any kind of band around the tail. Notice the flaps and radiator vents are all drooping as well. If you look up to the nose in the photo, there is a lighter band behind where the prop blade is located. A yellow band around the tail should be...

Very nice build Hubert!

That yellow was taken directly from the yellow in the truck photograph. I tried to pick a pixel that was the average color to use. Anyway it looks like it solved your problem.

Yes they are quite expensive, so I wonder if they ever really sell anything to North America directly. I suspect that most sales are to Sprue Brothers.

Fixed

Easy fix.

Looking good Andy!

I have several hundred fonts and can then convert to vector graphics and manipulate. Should be pretty close with the resolution of the original photo I used. The "Greenwood, S.C." was not centered either.

Here is some artwork for you. The construction of the lettering. Finished Comparison Finished hi res (600dpi) for decal

Hang on a little bit and I might have one that is pretty much exact.