Heres the Revell FW190 -F8 on the bench at last. Some may remember this was the kit I nicked the desert decals for the Airfix A-8 I did a while back . Its now getting done with the other decal option - an F8 with the experimental Blohm und Voss bv246 ‘Hagelkorn’ ( hailstone) glide bomb. This fascinating weapon featured a standard bomb but with added reinforced concrete wings and a basic guide system , theres an actual one at the RAF Cosford Museum . The aim was to release the bomb well out of harms way .
Ive got an Eduard etched set but not sure how much of it is going to be useful as its not painted and a lot of the details are either too small or no improvement on the kit parts .
On to the kit - its an older tooling from 1997 with the hagelkorn parts added a year later. As such its not bad ,featuring recessed panel lines and reasonable detail but the age of the moulds tells in areas of flash and excessive seam lines . As with the Airfix the kits designers have given you a tricky clean up with the nose ring sprue attachments , these encroaching right onto the front surface. Some other parts have excessive seams to clean up too like the delicate headrest assembly !
Ive got an Eduard etched set but not sure how much of it is going to be useful as its not painted and a lot of the details are either too small or no improvement on the kit parts .
On to the kit - its an older tooling from 1997 with the hagelkorn parts added a year later. As such its not bad ,featuring recessed panel lines and reasonable detail but the age of the moulds tells in areas of flash and excessive seam lines . As with the Airfix the kits designers have given you a tricky clean up with the nose ring sprue attachments , these encroaching right onto the front surface. Some other parts have excessive seams to clean up too like the delicate headrest assembly !
