1/48 Eduard FW-190A-8

[Wolfman_63]

Starting on a 1/48 FW-190A-8 from Eduard. I will be using Cartigraf's Top Color # 38 decal set. Started on the main cockpit last night. Mostly assembled, just need to do some weathering/highlighting. More build photo's at 1/48 Eduard FW-190A-8

Will be using this scheme

 

[Airframes]

Good start.

 

[Wurger]

Agree.

 

[SANCER]

Something interesting to follow. Scheme and start promising.
Greetings.

 

[Wolfman_63]

I now have the fuselage together. I would like to state a word of caution. Do not assemble the firewall/gun bay per the instructions. You need to put the fuselage together then assemble the gun bay in pieces to get it to fit. You will need to tape the lower wing so you can align the dump chute from the ammo boxes to the ports on the lower wing. I had to cut the back wall off and do some trimming to fit it properly. Still need to do some sanding and paint touch up. While I was letting the fuselage set I started on the lower wing. It does have some nice details so far. You can see all the build pictures at https://davidsscalemodels.com/build-log/fw-190a-8/

 

[Wurger]

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far!

 

[Ohm-men]

I really like what you did on the interior of the kit! On the real aircraft RLM 66 was not as uniform as we are lead to believe.
I've seen pics of Fw 190 cockpits with a noticable lighter colored RLM 66 seat same as on your model.
Same goes for radio and radar equipment. Some batches of RLM 66 were more blue of grey then the standard. So your take on the cockpit is very realistic.
And the fuselage gun installation is looking good too.
Looking forward to the rest of the build!

 

[Wayne Little]

Good choice, considering the same Snake Scheme on the Revell 1/32 Fw190A-8 in an upcoming Group Build.....to sit next to my Black 6..

 

[Wolfman_63]

The fit issues just keep coming with this kit. I attached the wings and there were many gaps to the rear wing root. Lots if filling and sanding. The engine is now together and installed. This is turning into a good/bad. Fit issues but the detail of things appears good. Working on the cowl now. Doing a dry fit of the cowl has revealed that the cowl guns are 1.5mm too high. Need to do some trimming and adjustments to get the cowling to fit properly.

 

[Wurger]

Nice.

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff.
This kit is known for the fit problems around the cowlings and the wing root gun bay covers, and it's presumed it was designed to be built with everything open. There were similar problems with their Bf110 kits - nice detail, but poor overall fit and lots of moulding seams.

 

[Crimea_River]

These early Eduard kits are not for the faint of heart.

 

[fubar57]

Man....you guys are scaring me, I have the A-5 and A-8 Weekend kits plus a Dragon A-5. Looking good but lots of fiddling around.

 

[Crimea_River]

Geo, the Dragon A-5 is the one I did for GB 36. A minefield if you want accuracy.

 

[Wolfman_63]

Well I must say this kit has been a challenge but it came out pretty good. The Cartigraf decals are awesome. Also if anyone is doing a 1/72 or 1/32 FW-190A and you would like to the "Snake" scheme, I have the Cartigraf decals if you want them. The Top Color sets have decals for 3 scales. There are 8 schemes so I have the decals for the other schemes as well. Here is a link to what is included. So I have all except the 1/48 Snake decals.
You can see the entire build at 1/48 Eduard FW-190A-8

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Turned out fine, despite any fit problems.

 

[Crimea_River]

Yes it has. I have the same decal set.

 

[at6]

It still turned out very well even with all of the fit problems. There was an article somewhere about building this one with photos and information about making modifications to the parts to make the build easier. I just can't remember where it was.