For the P-51B, my personal favorite is the Tamiya kit. If you want a C with the fin fillet, then go with the AM kit. You didn’t say which FW190 version you wanted, but the choices boil down to Tamiya, Dragon & the new Hassegawa A3/4. The Tamiya kits are the easiest to build but have some minor accuracy problems. The Dragon/Hasegawa kits are arguably more accurate, but more difficult to build.
Not too particular on the FW. I do however, prefer the larger engine cowl of the As (I think) over the more slender D-9(?). I just started my research on this aircraft the other day, and up until now, I have no knowlegde of this aircraft, so don’t quote me. [%-)] Thanks for your input though!
I believe you meant the BMW “radial”, not “rotary” engines for the A model.
For the benefit of those who may not know, the rotary engine actually had the propeller bolted to the engine crankcase, with the crankshaft being stationary, resulting in the piston engine spinning along with the propeller. Among other problems this caused, was now and then the rotary engine would typically throw a piston, sometimes damaging the airframe along with it.
This is definetly true. When a rotary engine started coming apart it could definetly get very ugly. On the other hand when you pulled that stick in the same direction that engine rotated you could do some wicked turns from all of that rotating mass.