Tonys Eduard 1/72 Fw190A-8

[yak face]

Hi all heres my contribution to this very poignant GB . Its the Eduard 1/72 FW190A-8. Its the Profipack version and I got it for a very reasonable £14 inc postage. As such it includes coloured photo etch , masks and five decal options . As is usual with Eduard there are loads of parts that are not needed for this variant so lots for the spares box ( or the Airfix fw190 I’m hoping to do after this one )
Alan would be chuffed to bits to see this many Wurgers being built .

[Tim Marlow]

Another cracker on the way……Eduard have done well from us….

[Jim R]

These Eduard ProfiPack kits are pretty good. Good value for money as well considering all you get.

Eduard have done well from us….

I will be adding to their profits

[Steven000]

Nice one Tony ? have fun

[papa 695]

Nice one Tony, a great choice, I think Alan would be well chuffed.

[Valeron]

Good luck with this one. Looks good.

[Tworrs]

Good luck Tony, looks good

[Geoffers]

Nice choice Tony good luck with your build ?
I’m sure Alan would be chuffed and there is a nice variety of kits too ?

Geoff.

[yak face]

Got started on this today . Its a very detailed kit with some fiddly little parts so constant reference to the instructions is required to make sure you dont do anything out of order . The cockpit is quite small but in this profipack boxing is half PE . After a prime everything was painted Rlm 66 . Ive somehow managed to fold the rudder pedals without them pinging into the ether and fitted the seat and lovely pre painted belts . I had to scratch the control column as this just vanished into thin air after I cut it from the sprue ! Next I’ll be fitting the PE instrument panel and side consoles .

[papa 695]

Nice work so far Tony.

[Jim R]

Looks very fiddly Tony. Taking notes as my contribution is the same kit. I'm getting worried

[yak face]

Cockpit tub now complete . The side console/ lower instrument panel PE piece was folded and glued to the tub . There were a couple of PE handles and a lever that are absolutely tiny , less than half a mm ! How I managed to fit these without losing them and with a microscopic contact point for the CA is a miracle . Normally I wouldnt have bothered with these but seen as its Alans GB I had to try . The top part of the instrument panel is glued to one fuselage half . Next is joining the fuselage halves .

[Steven000]

Well done Tony,
I was fighting the 1/48 PE yesterday, but yours looks even worse (even tinier parts I mean), great result tough ? cheers

[Jim R]

I'm enjoying you build but it's frightening me. I've just looked at the pe!!!

[minitnkr]

Don't be afraid of PE, look upon it as a choice to be made. I often use PE offcuts to form needed details or structural features not supplied in the model kit.