FW 190 A3-A5

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I’m doing my research the best I can, but am still at a loss. What are the differences between the 190 A3 & A5?

From what I can tell, the A5 is about 6 inches longer due to some added engine mounts(?) and one of the machine gun covers is hinged. Is there anything else aesthetically that would matter? I guess I’m not worried about those 6".

The reason I’m asking is I found a Hasegawa 190A3 for 10 bucks at a LHS on clearance, but want to do an A5 scheme. I know I could just do it anyway, but I like keeping it pretty accurate.

Any help would be appreciated!

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Hey MrD

Here are some scans that hopefully will help. Most noteablel are the different cowl for the fusealge guns, a few different hatch placements and the attachment of the antenna on the tail. Thats withou getting nto the real technical 3 to 4 to 5 changes. I shoudl give you an idea for a visual.

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Thanks for the reply, Wingnut. Those images helped out a lot!

Well, yeah, that’s a little too much difference for my taste, I think. Might need to buy the new Eduard A5 kit.

A little more expensive, though.

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Okay guys,

Not to get TOO technical, but there is a website in Japan that offers paper models and the guy has specs on EVERY variant. It’s in Japanese (obviously) but babelfish is a great thing:

Observe:

Fw190A-0 Preproduction machine which had 1 of 2 types of main wing style and wingspan.

Fw190A-1 Early production type. BMW901C-1 engine (1,660hp) loading. 7.92mm machine gun × 4

Fw190A-2 BMW801C-2 engine loading. 20mm machine gun × 2, 7.92mm machine gun × 2

Fw190A-3 BMW801Dg engine (1,800hp) loading. 20mm machine gun × 4, 7.92mm machine gun × 2

Fw190A-3/U1 Close-in support version. Adding the bomb load capacity to 500kg to A-3. Also a U3 type exists.

Fw190A-3/U4 A-3 based spyplane type. Decreases the number of 20mm machine guns to 2 and adds a camera.

Fw190A-4 BMW801D-2 engine (2,100hp with water methanol injection) output enhanced.

Fw190A-4 Trop The tropical specification type which installs the anti sand filter onto the engine of the A-4. Bomb rack added.

Fw190A-4/R6 Removes the water methanol fuel injection equipment allowing the addition of under-wing antitank rockets.

Fw190A-4/U8 Decreases the number of 20mm machine guns to 2 increasing the fuel tank capacity

Fw190A-5 Engine position moved 15cm forward, improving fuselage balance & C/G

Fw190A-5/U2 The night fighter type of A-5. Low-temp output muffler equipment

Fw190A-5/U3 similar to the A-5/U2 fuselage, with the addition of bomb rack units under the body and wings.

Fw190A-5/U4 The spyplane type of A-5 with 2 cameras

Fw190A-5/U6 The fighter bomber type of A-5 with the night-fighter equipment removed

Fw190A-5/U8 Long distance fighter bomber type of A-5. Increased main fuel tank capacity.

Fw190A-5/U11 Close-in support type of A-5. Under-wing 30mm machine guns

Fw190A-5/U12 Armament enhanced version of A-5. Under-wing 20mm machine gun pods

Fw190A-5/U14 Anti-warship attack type of A-5. On-board torpedoes

Fw190A-5/U16 A-5 variant. 30mm machine gun × 2, 20mm machine gun × 2, 7.92mm machine gun × 2

Fw190A-6: The first model which adopts the lightweight main wing of the new design. 20mm machine gun × 4, 7.92mm machine gun × 2

Fw190A-6/R1 A-6 variant with six 20mm machine guns

Fw190A-6/R2: Replaced one 20mm machine gun found in the A-6 to a 30mm machine gun

Fw190A-6/R3 Replaced both 20mm machine guns found in the A-6 to 30mm machine guns under the wings

Fw190A-6/R6 Addition of an antitank rocket pod

Fw190A-7 It is similar to A-6, but replaces the 7.92mm machine gun with a 13mm machine gun

Fw190A-8 It is similar to A-6, but the model has an increased main fuel tank capacity.

Fw190A-8/R7 A-8 variant. With an armored cockpit

Fw190A-8/R11 All-weather type of A-8. Addition of cockpit heating equipment

Fw190A-8/U1 A-8 variant. Conversion to a 2-seat training aircraft

Fw190A-8/U3 Addition of remote control flight bomb equipment

The site has this info for nearly ALL WWII fighters. The address is http://trotskiy.moo.jp/

Enjoy,

Mike

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Look closely at pictures of the antenna attachment of the A3. That was changed in the A4. I am not sure, but the length of the aircraft may have changed as well from A3 to A4 due to the increased size of the engine.

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Here’s another site that I found…

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/fw190jb_1.htm