Just about my favorite plane is the FW 190, and last week I found a new book on them at Borders. Had lots of color prints in ti, and one of the first things I noticed was two different canopys. The one we normally see on the D-9’s and a completely different one shown on an A-9 and and a few TA 152’s as well as some other late war 190’s. This one is shorter but a little taller and much more “rounded.” Has anybody ever seen one of these in 1/48th or 1/32 scale?
Lastly I have another book on the 190 that shows one picture of a FW 190C, but this book has several pictures on them. Some have three bladed props and some even have four bladed props. The props look similar to the ones used in the D-9 and TA 152H’s. Are they the same (they look much different than a standard FW 190 prop)? Does anybody build a conversion kit for the air intake underneath the wings in a Mustang fashion?
I cant help ya on the conversion and propeller parts of your question. But, Tamiya includes both canopies, the standard and the “Galland” blown/bubble canopy on their FW-190D kit in 1/48. Not sure if they have it with their F-8 and A-8 190 kits also.
In general the larger “blown” canopy was used on Fw-190F, Fw190 D late production and Ta-152 aircraft. Whether a particular airplane might have it has to depend on photos because it could be changed in the field.
The standerd canopy and the blown canopy were basically the same length and width just the blown canopy was slightly higher over the pilots position.
As far as the props goes the ta 152H screw was completely different then the FW varients. The ta 152C might have been a VS 10 type but I’m nut sure on that off the top of my head. The 109D was a stop gap interm model and I don’t know If you could say it had a “standered” type prop. The prop depended mostly on the power plant installed in that specific aircraft. The two most common were the VS 10 and the VS 111. Fw190D-11/12/13 varients could of had yet a different type sometimes installed, again depending on the power plant. Also keep in mind depending on the varient and rather it had a engine mount cannon also could have a bearing on the type of gear box and air screw used. The radial engined 190’s didn’t use the same prop as any on the inline engine 190’s. Ta 152C to my knowledge was never fitted with a four bladed prop. This is a V series EX aircraft from focke wulf most likely from your description fw190V 18/u2. this 190’s looked like a ta 152C but had both a annular radiator and a supercharger intake in the rear much like a P-51.
Ta 152C
Fw190V18/U2 EX high altitude fighter.
As far as plastic goes I know of no kits of these aircraft just the conversion daywalker mentioned. The V18 and a V32 were made in resin but I don’t know off the top of my head by who. squadron had one of these not too long ago.
it appears I didn’t make myself very clear. The prop I see on the FW190 D-9 and TA 152H look the same to me, but also look very similar to the three bladed version on the “C” model. I do know they also did a four bladed prop on the “C” as well. I just sorta thought that a “C” conversion would be kinda neat. Wish that the Smithsonian would get the TA 152H restored. Saw photos of it setting on skids once. But from what I read the canopy on the F-8 they have was stolen off of the TA152H.
that picture of the four blade prop “C” model is the best one I’ve seen yet. Noticed the exhaust is also different. Thanks for all the data you guys gave me.
The link to the resin model of the V-18 is the direct one to order it from Squadron. I have never built it, but I have one of their kits of the Hughes H-1 and it is a beauty!
R V Resin made the Fw-190V30/U1 (same as C-0?) in 1/48, in resin. It has nice detail but does not look like a toss together. Some pinholes, and some difficult pour stubs. Comes with some photoetch and a vacform canopy. I think they did some other kits of similar variants too, but that’s off the top of my head.
well I need to correct myself! I went back and took a long look in the two books that I have, that mention the “C” series aircraft. The prop was a four bladed one, and they didn’t use a three bladed one at all. I think I’m going to order this kit even though I’ve never did a resin kit in my life.
They were at least starting on the Ta-152 10 years ago, I took a photo of the fuselage at Silver Hill back then when it was in the shop with people working on it. I’m surprised it is not finished.
the story I read was that they are short on parts, as they used some of them to restore the FW190 f8 on display. I do know that they actually revisited Freeman Field down in Seymor, IN several times looking for parts. Even heard they were out in some of the fields with metal detectors.
