Scale Aviation Modeller International 08.2018

Eduard 1/48 FW-190A-4 by Floyd S. Werner, Jr.

E

duard has covered The

Focke Wulf 190 series

before but they stopped

at the A-5 version. The original

toolings of the FW-190 by

Eduard were beautiful models,

but they were very finicky to

build, while the short versions,

such as the A-2 thru A-4, were

never produced until now.

Well, Eduard can’t be accused of

not listening to modellers. Starting

with their Bf-109 re-engineered

series, and now with these early

versions of the Focke Wulf, they

have gone back to the drawing

board and made these all-new

toolings simpler and easier to build.

That doesn’t mean that they are

less detailed, just easier to build.

The first of these new generation

kits is the FW-190A-4. Packaged in

a sturdy top-opening cardboard

box with exquisite artwork on the

cover, this new kit is moulded in

five sprues of light grey plastic. A

sprue of crystal-clear plastic is also

included. As this is a Profipack,

there is also a pre-painted photo-

etch (PE) fret and a set of masks.

The two decal sheets cover

five aircraft and are printed by

Eduard. They are beautifully

rendered with perfect register

and colour opacity. Stencils are

provided for one aircraft.

The parts count on the build

is quite small, with less than 100

pieces, and there are many parts

that won’t be used (so the spare

parts box will be replenished).

The detail throughout is exquisite

and the plastic is perfectly formed

with recessed panel lines and

rivets. Recessed rivets may not

be to your liking, but Eduard has

done them beautifully and kept

them restrained. Under a coat

of paint they are faintly visible

and to me they are the industry

standard for this type of detail.

I’ve always loved the look of

the “tip and run” raiders (for

non-UK readers: “drop the bomb

and get out” raiders) with their

black-painted bellies and fuselage

sides, so I went to my resin bin

and found a set of the necessary

underwing drop tank fairings.

These were produced by Verlinden

KIT DETAILS

IPMS NUMBER: 26266

SCALE: 1/

MANUFACTURER: EDUARD

MANUFACTURER WEBSITE:

WWW.EDUARD.COM

MANUFACTURER’S STOCK NUMBER:

82142

TIP ANDRUN

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BY SACCO DE VRIES

FW-190A-

BY FLOYD S. WERNER, JR.

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