Thanks Dave and bullet1968. For now this is going to be a modelling exercise only. I have ten thumbs when it comes to Photoshop and texturing. Maybe sometime in the distant future when I'll slap some paint on it.

Calling it a night. Latches and the remainder of cowling tomorrow.

Thats looking good...............dave

thanks dave

Looking nice indeed mate...c'mon you have to have a go at painting LOL its really not overly difficult...

cheers bullet

thanks bullet1968. there is just one small little obstacle to cross: UVs
i've been wondering. are there any modellers out there that actually get a kick out of uv mapping?

No, just kidding they get easyer the more you do them and knowing how the tools work (im just starting on my sherman god help me)............dave

It's kind of like a jigsaw puzzle in some ways, so I guess there are people who like that sort of thing... on the other hand, it can often be mindless and as such, therapeutic, so crank the tunes and get to work.

I just now noticed the update. The fw-190 is coming along nicely Pixal. For the flap and aileron and other control surface ribbing I would go with a bump map. For major section lines like where the cowling clearly separates it is pretty easy to just separate the geometry and extrude a small amount inward where they meet. The remaining panel detail can be done in textures.

thanks ctbram. the extract with extrude works well. had to tweak the edges lightly to adjust for the loss in continuity of the curves.

Nice mate....anyone who loves UV mapping is probably in a straight jacket some where in the back room of the Lets Go Crazy motel......you will be fine...there are some tuts in here on it or Google it....I hate it and found it very annoying but I would like to think I dont have much trouble now....seams are about my only concern. Just think of it as modelling...as you kinda have to think in that way to get it to work.

cheers bullet

Update time. Only tail section, main wing, prop and landing gear left. Still thinking about the inside of the cockpit.

looking great pixal. The Germans had those great cowl latches. They make for excellent details.

There is a lot of excellent and interesting surface detail on the FW-190!

wow mate that is looking super.....wire shot please? I would like to see the details and cut outs you have done, as I know these are very painful in Maya

cheers bullet

thanks bullet. the wire shot. the preview is not as smooth as normal. i had to scale the preview smoothing level down to 1. (slow pc).