Fw 190A Detail Sets

Eduard, 1/72 scale

Reviewed by Mark Davies

Eduard Brassin’s 1/72 F-4J Exhausts are available online from Squadron.com

The sets reviewed here are suitable for use with Eduard’s FW 190A-8 in either its Weekend and Profipack Editions, or with an Over-trees pack (and Royal Class Edition for that matter).

My FirstLook review of the Weekend Edition appeared on 19 May here on HyperScale, whilst Glen Porter’ first look at the Profipack Edition appeared here on HyperScale in October 2015.

Brett Green also built the Profipack Edition using some other Eduard detail sets; and wrote two articles covering a first look at the sets and the build in December of last year. 

Packaging

The two engine sets (one with MG131s) each come in adequate, if slightly flimsy, hinged top-opening card box with sponge cushioning. The resin parts are divided between two or three resealable plastic bags, with PE frets parts in a further similar bag with card stiffener. The propeller and wheel sets come in Brassins’s usual robust clear plastic blister pack with sponge cushioning, whilst the mask is packed in a re-sealable cellophane bag with card stiffener.

Instructions

The instructions are only of any real consequence for the two engine sets, and possibly the propeller. Colour call-outs are cross-referenced to the Gunze Aqueous and Mr Color paint ranges and use RLM codes in some cases. The instructions are well drawn and quite thorough; which they need to be in the case of the two engine sets, given all the small PE parts. They are viewable by clicking on the underlined part number in the tabulated summary at the beginning of this review.

The Contents

The quality of resin parts, PE frets, and masks decals is excellent in all cases.

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Thumbnail panels:

I have provided photo images of these in the scrollable image gallery accompanying this article, but for clarity, especially in the case of the two engine sets, I have chosen to use Eduard’s CAD images to illustrate each of the sets:

• 672082 – Fw 190A-8 Engine.

• 672086 – Fw 190A Propeller

• 672088 – Fw 190A-8 Engine & Fuselage Guns

To see an example of this set installed and painted click here to see Spencer Pollard’s superb rendition of Eduard’s 1/72 Butcherbird over on ‘Plastic Pics’.

• 672095 – Fw 190A Wheels Early

• CX441 – Fw 190A-8 Weekend Mask

The quality of these sets was never in doubt, as Eduard Brassin is synonymous with the best. They provide levels of detail and refinement that will lift what is already a gem of a kit into another dimension for detail buffs.

The advantage of using Eduard’s products in this case is that the kit and its detail sets have been developed in parallel, assuring a high degree of fit precision; something that is not always the case with aftermarket sets.

Exposed engines and guns are not to everyone’s tastes of course, but those who have an appetite for such things will need patience, steady hands, and magnification. The propeller and wheel sets could not be simpler by contrast, serving to add a level of finesse not achievable even by Eduard with injection moulding.

Eduard’s pre-cut masks are generally useful aids, and the utility and quality of the one reviewed here is not in doubt. However, I do feel it is a luxury only the wealthy or tape-challenged amongst us will feel is a justifiable expense; so simple is the kit canopy to mask using traditional methods.    

I happily recommend all four Brassin details sets, and the canopy masks to those for whom money is but a trifle.

Thanks to Eduard for the samples and images.

Review Text & Black Background Images Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
Page Created 24 May, 2016
Last updated 224 May, 2016

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