1:72 Fw-190a-8 Kits

[K5054NZ]

Hey all,

Now I know that, as whiffers, we are not the greatest sticklers for accuracy (what exactly IS a "stickler", anyway?), but as with the He111 I need some advice on which Fw190A-8 kit is the best to get.

My research tells me there are four: Academy, Italeri, Revell and Hasegawa. I'm looking for ease of fit, accuracy of shape and details, and fairly cheap. Yes, it's probably a major stab in the dark to get all of those in one kit, but it's worth a try! Also I may be keen to do one in 1:48, so by all means advise me on that scale, too.

Many thanks in advance.

Cheers,
Butcher Bird-loving Zac

[upnorth]

With 1/72, my only experience is the Revell Germany A-8/R-11 I've got on the go right now and so far no complaints, construction is smooth as silk, details are great for the scale and it definitely looks like the subject.

I've been told that Italeri's kit is best stayed away from as it has some severe accuracy issues. A Polish company called Mastercraft recently put a bunch of 190 kits onto the market, but they are just reverse engineered Italeri kits so avoid them if you see them.

As for 1/48, Eduard, no contest. The detail nose to tail is astounding. A Czech model magazine recently did a three was comparison between the new Eduard 190 and the Tamiya and Hasegawa offerings of the type. Tamiya still looked repectable and Hasegawa really looked average.  

[B777LR]

The revell A-8/R-11 is my only experiance. Comes as a R-8 day fighter, with options to do it as a R-11 night fighter with radar antennas  ONly problem with that kit is slight bad fit of canopy  Cockpit detail is great

[NARSES2]

Concur with the Revell kit, but the Accademy one is quite nice, the Hasegawa one's are older, so for value for money (at least in the UK) I'd go Revell followed by Accademy

Chris

[nev]

I've only built the Revell kit, but super little model, and only £3!

[Jeffry Fontaine]

Zac,

If you want an overwhelming response to this inquiry, you should really defer the question to the experten on Hyperscale.  It could provide you with many hours of entertaining reading material just from the posts and you might actually get a couple of the fellows over there to provided you with many volumes of documentation on that very same subject.  

[B777LR]

Cheers,
Butcher Bird-loving Zac

Jesus, one moment he is a F-35 fanboy, next he is a butcher bird fan!    

[SimonR]

(what exactly IS a "stickler", anyway?)

From the Middle English word stighlen which meant to argue or to set in order. From whence we also get the contemporary verb straighten.

The Tamiya A8 is the money shot in 1/48.

[Howard of Effingham]

The old Airfix A8/F8 isn't bad either and there's lots of extra stores.

yeah i'd nominate this kit in 1/72 too.

lots of stores, iirc the wing mounted 20mm cannon packs, a single bomb on the
centerline [or a rack for 4 small bombs]; a choice of canopies.

one kit i recall building when MUCH younger in years.

trevor

[matrixone]

Zac,
A Fw 190 fan? Welcome to the dark side of the Force...

What took you so long to start building the coolest warbird of WWII?


Matrixone

[Jennings]

what exactly IS a "stickler", anyway?

One who stickles, obviously

I stickle
You stickle
He/she/it stickles
We shall have stickled

Stickler, stickling, stickled

Latin:  sticklarus

Spanish: sticklar

French: sticklerer

German: schtickelen

[K5054NZ]

Zac,
A Fw 190 fan? Welcome to the dark side of the Force...

What took you so long to start building the coolest warbird of WWII?


Matrixone

Hehehe...I got the Revell kit a few years ago for Christmas, it's long gone now but I remember it was a good 'un. Dude, I LOVE the old Wurger, she just looks so right. I plan on building a new-build Flug Werk FW-190A-8/N and possibly a Jurca MJ-80 homebuilt with a DC-3 prop. Can;t wait!

Thanks one and all for your feedback. I shall hunt down a Revell 1:72 kit and if I can scrounge up enough dosh, the Eduard or maybe Tamiya kits in 48.


Many thanks!

Cheers,
Zac, whose loves for aircraft change constantly!

[K5054NZ]

Got my Revell 190A-8 in the mail today (yay! gorgeous kit), I was going to track down an Airfix Dora for my quirky speedbuild but I may end up settling for the Academy one instead. Watch the Workbench thread for updates!

Cheers,
Zac