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Hobby Boss: Big Scale Fw 190 Update
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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 11:28 PM UTC


Hobby Boss has released images of the sprues for their 1/18 scale Fw 190 A-5

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Posted: Tuesday, September 19, 2017 - 11:48 PM UTC
Would be nice to have this built on the shelf, but I am a little underwhelmed in the detail that they are not including. At that scale could be an amazingly well detailed aircraft.

Tim - thanks for the update!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 12:53 AM UTC

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Would be nice to have this built on the shelf, but I am a little underwhelmed in the detail that they are not including. At that scale could be an amazingly well detailed aircraft.

Tim - thanks for the update!

No doubt it will be a prime target for 'after-market' manufacturers, but I see it as a wonderful basis for scratch-builders.
At such a large scale, like Airfix 1/24th kits, it is ripe for using basic modelling skills like stretched sprue, plastic card, simple push-moulding.

I have a forty year old Airfix Hurricane due for its fourth regeneration. Each time I renew it I use new techniques and materials as my skills improve.

Cheers

Karl.
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Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 12:59 AM UTC

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Quoted Text

Would be nice to have this built on the shelf, but I am a little underwhelmed in the detail that they are not including. At that scale could be an amazingly well detailed aircraft.

Tim - thanks for the update!

No doubt it will be a prime target for 'after-market' manufacturers, but I see it as a wonderful basis for scratch-builders.
At such a large scale, like Airfix 1/24th kits, it is ripe for using basic modelling skills like stretched sprue, plastic card, simple push-moulding.

I have a forty year old Airfix Hurricane due for its fourth regeneration. Each time I renew it I use new techniques and materials as my skills improve.

Cheers

Karl.


Karl

Very true, thanks for pointing that out. And that would definitely make the kit very worth it.

Kevin

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