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thomasweir · Last edited by thomasweir on Fri 29 May 2009 10:44 am; edited 1 time in total

I shall be building the following

1/72 FW190 F-8
1/72 FW190 D-9

and the 1/48 FW 190A-8.

Should keep me busy for a while.

thomasweir · Posted: Thu 28 May 2009 21:58 pm Post subject:

The 1/72 kits I shall be building.

The new starter kit box is glued all the way round so you have to rip open the bottom of the box to get to the contents!

Badwolf · Posted: Fri 29 May 2009 21:36 pm Post subject:

Ratch · Posted: Fri 29 May 2009 21:55 pm Post subject:

A job for a trusty scalpel

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thomasweir · Posted: Mon 01 Jun 2009 18:50 pm Post subject:

More pics of the contents.

The Cosh · Black Star Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 42

Is the smaller number of parts in the newer one just because it's a starter kit or is that the norm now, or is it just an optical illusion and they're the same?

thomasweir · Posted: Tue 02 Jun 2009 23:44 pm Post subject:

The starter kit has fewer parts because you can only build the D-9 version.
With the older boxing there are parts to make up the A-8 a ground attack variant with bombs etc or the fighter variant. There are different canopies as well.

Currently the only models off the shelf are the 1/72 FW190D-9 in starter kit form or not and the 1/24 mega beast. The 1/72 A version is boxed as part of the FW Mistel kit package.

All of them are easily available second hand.

Brews · Posted: Wed 03 Jun 2009 00:33 am Post subject:

They're two different kits, Tom. The A-8/F-8 dates from 1976, and the D-9 from 1978. Even when first released, you could only ever build the D-9 from the D kit, unless you were a masochist, in which case you could build a D-11, D-12, Ta 152H etc
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thomasweir · Posted: Wed 03 Jun 2009 09:20 am Post subject:

I know. I assumed that the cosh also knew that they were different kits and was explaining the difference why there are more sprues in the A/F 8 than the D9

Brews · Posted: Wed 03 Jun 2009 12:59 pm Post subject:

Also, the D-9 was always Series 1, whereas the A-8/F-8 was always Series 2.

Edit: I stand corrected ... it came out in 1978, apparently (I can't believe I got that wrong

) and it was originally Series 3, apparently. Oh, the memory fade ...

http://airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/about1219.html

thomasweir · Posted: Wed 03 Jun 2009 15:37 pm Post subject:

My post has been hijacked by a series 1 or 2 or 3 debate

Brews stop typing and get building, there's still under a month to go until we start. Time enough to get a series of your choice Pilot

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thomasweir · Posted: Fri 19 Jun 2009 19:53 pm Post subject:

The decals with my 1/72 Fw190a-8/F-8 are a bit delicate and unuseable.

Has anybody got a 1/72 A-8 or F-8 decal set going spare? Does'nt matter if its from the Airfix kit or another manufactuer.

Thanks

WildeSau · Posted: Tue 23 Jun 2009 05:52 am Post subject:

thomasweir · Posted: Mon 29 Jun 2009 08:41 am Post subject:

Thanks to TimJ, a new batch of decals ready for the F-8.

thomasweir · Posted: Mon 29 Jun 2009 17:53 pm Post subject:

I shall start on the pair of them tonight.

thomasweir · Posted: Mon 06 Jul 2009 09:44 am Post subject:

I lied with my earlier post. I shall start them once the 1/48 is out of the way.

thomasweir · Posted: Sat 18 Jul 2009 19:00 pm Post subject:

Now the 1/48 is out of the way.

D-9 build shots

F-8 Shot

feanor · Posted: Sat 18 Jul 2009 20:46 pm Post subject:

Ayup Thomas...

You win the award for most EXTREME Clamps EVER !
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Badwolf · Posted: Sat 18 Jul 2009 21:30 pm Post subject:

Those are pretty serious looking clamps!

Builds are coming along well.

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