sturmbock44
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I wanted to post a question to anyone who has built Eduards Fw 190 kit or knew someone who has. What did you think or hear about it? did you have trouble with anything. because i bought three eduard Fw 190A-8 r2s. and one Fw 190 D11 in 1\48 . I built one of the A8 R2's from Eudard and i found it to be horrible as far as it comes to fit. the detail when all parts are still on trees is very impressive rivet detail and panel lines are great.I know some of the problems could be from me but i just had to see before i built another. As i got into it i found the photo etch set makes fast cockpit that looks great but when you go to place the tub in the cockpit it doesnt fit right , you really cant get the result you need if you move it to where it should be according notches on fuselage walls. next problem the braces in the wheel bays are made up of like 12 or more peices that fit vaguely and will dictate fit to come for wings and magine gun ammo cans, if placed wrong , and in my opinion the lack of a tight joint engineered or exact instructions invite disaster in my opinion. next problem the deck for the two MG131 in the cowl doesnt fit right and can be glued in any number of positions, do to bad fit. but now this one wont allow your upper instrument panel with armour shroud with revi gunsight to fit properly. so if this is glued wrong your upcoming engine, instrument panel and the instrument shroud wont fit either. next problem was the engine detail even if you wish to display it which allows you to do a pretty sweet engine if you add some to it but i didnt want to. The engine supports are easy to screw up because of the way they fit vaguely in a small dip on fire wall instead of a hole on an angle or atleast a better joint. if the engine goes in crooked then your prop is screwed. next problem so they closing up the gun bays and and engine cowling should be a breeze but they fit horribly if you wish to close it up. ... mg 131s have to be hacked down to get cover on... cover doesnt fit width wise so i had to heat i up a little bit to spreat it like 3mm. when you have wrestled the cowl on . its time to cry when the magnetto with spinner joint right behind the cooling fan fits way too far out! (regardless of engine squarness this would have happened anyway) when prop and fan are installed they stick entirley out of the cowl. i had to take a lot off of the back of the magnetto to get it to all fit right. landing gear fit in a real loose position so you have to have a good feel for Fw 190 stance or it can go wrong again.
Im to the point now on the kit where i just need to figure out how i want to make a shroud for the top intsrument panel work its so horribly screwed up it will just drop in the cockpit if you go to put it where it should be its got a gap on both sides thats huge which is funny cuz the wing roots fit well , i would expect it to not fit if something was spreading the halves that bad. . . i got so disgusted with making things work ill admit what could be blamed on me i understand but it really this kit has a lot of parts that fit loosely or vaguely and they dictate things to come if arent in perfect position. and like i said with nothing locking into place or a good joint its all up to you what happens it seems. anyhow i painted and did some weathering and tried to find some fun in it again.
A8 still needs small parts like pitot tube, aerials, gun barrels, paint tail gear, flat coat and fix stupid shroud i want to spray some 76 light blue over my elevator post shading... i got it way to dark its like preshading dark.
Ill share pics of my Tamiya Fw 190 F-8 which i built along side of this Eduard one but the tamiya one was a joy to build i did find that even with DML Fw 190 landing gear my F-8 still sat a hair lower . later i read on another modeling site tamiyas wheels are slightly smaller and improper stance caused most problems with the height of the spinner. . . in my opinion i found there wasnt a big difference between the length of DML Tamiya or Eduard gears or tires size. To end this i think the Tamiya Fw and DML 190 may not have the engine and weapon detail but fit way better in my opinion. surface detail is the onlything you get with the eduard oh yeah with more detailed wheel bays.
F8 Just needs gun barrells , gunsight, and minor supports for open bays . minor touch up to exhaust with more charcoal wash. when i ever get both of these finished ill post more detailed pics and more info i got a DML 1\48 comet i have at a similar stage too which was fun to build . ill post it when ever its done too these are my current three models i have going right now.
Im to the point now on the kit where i just need to figure out how i want to make a shroud for the top intsrument panel work its so horribly screwed up it will just drop in the cockpit if you go to put it where it should be its got a gap on both sides thats huge which is funny cuz the wing roots fit well , i would expect it to not fit if something was spreading the halves that bad. . . i got so disgusted with making things work ill admit what could be blamed on me i understand but it really this kit has a lot of parts that fit loosely or vaguely and they dictate things to come if arent in perfect position. and like i said with nothing locking into place or a good joint its all up to you what happens it seems. anyhow i painted and did some weathering and tried to find some fun in it again.
A8 still needs small parts like pitot tube, aerials, gun barrels, paint tail gear, flat coat and fix stupid shroud i want to spray some 76 light blue over my elevator post shading... i got it way to dark its like preshading dark.
Ill share pics of my Tamiya Fw 190 F-8 which i built along side of this Eduard one but the tamiya one was a joy to build i did find that even with DML Fw 190 landing gear my F-8 still sat a hair lower . later i read on another modeling site tamiyas wheels are slightly smaller and improper stance caused most problems with the height of the spinner. . . in my opinion i found there wasnt a big difference between the length of DML Tamiya or Eduard gears or tires size. To end this i think the Tamiya Fw and DML 190 may not have the engine and weapon detail but fit way better in my opinion. surface detail is the onlything you get with the eduard oh yeah with more detailed wheel bays.
F8 Just needs gun barrells , gunsight, and minor supports for open bays . minor touch up to exhaust with more charcoal wash. when i ever get both of these finished ill post more detailed pics and more info i got a DML 1\48 comet i have at a similar stage too which was fun to build . ill post it when ever its done too these are my current three models i have going right now.
) if you want to close everything, then we might have issues (Somebody gonna get hurt realllll bad!) 
