Fw 190 A-5 Engine & Fuselage Gun Detail Sets

Eduard, 1/72 scale

Reviewed by Mark Davies

Eduard Brassin’s 1/72 Fw 190A-5 Detail Sets are available online from Squadron.com

The sets reviewed here are suitable for use with Eduard’s FW 190A-5 Weekend and Profipack Editions, or with an Over-trees pack.

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My first look reviews of the Fw 190A-5 Profipack and Weekend Editions were posted here on HyperScale in May and September respectively, and I also took a look at the Brassin cockpit set for this kit in June. Brett Green has built Eduard’s similar Fw 190A-8 Profipack Edition using various Eduard detail sets; and wrote two articles covering a first look at the sets and the build in December of last year. 

Packaging

Each set comes 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.

Instructions

The instructions are well drawn and quite thorough; which they need to be, given the comparatively complex representation of the exposed detail and all the small PE parts. 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 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.

I had assumed that the combined engine and fuselage gun set (672118) would simply be the other two sets boxed together, but this total 36 resin parts, whereas there are only 28 resin pieces, although the two PE frets are identical. The reason for fewer resin parts than expected in the combined set is the gun and engine sets share three parts, and three parts of the gun set are not needed when combined with the engine set.

CAD images of the parts are included below for each of the three sets, whilst photo images of the parts and numerous other CAD images can be viewed in the scrollable image gallery accompanying this article:

• 672101 – Fw 190A-5 Fuselage Guns.

• 672117 – Fw 190A-5 Engine.

• 672118 – Fw 190A-5 Engine & Fuselage Guns

To see an example of the similar Fw 190A-8 set installed and painted click here to see Spencer Pollard’s superb model posted in ‘Plastic Pics’.

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 combined set makes sense for those who want both an exposed engine and guns because of the saving it offers.

I happily recommend all three Brassin details sets.

Thanks to Eduard for the samples and images.

Review Text & Images Copyright © 2016 by Mark Davies
Page Created 7 October, 2016
Last updated 7 October, 2016

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