Revell 1/32 Focke Wulf Fw190F-8 “Introduction” (9.28.15)
With three months still left to go until the end of a Group Build I’ve been active in, I thought that I’d build my 5th and final one that I am entering into that GB. This is a brand new Tooling kit for this year, by Revell, and if it’s as good as the 1/32 Arado AR196A-3, the Messerschmitt BF109G-10 and the Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IIa, then I should be in for another satisfying and enjoyable build.
Anyway, let’s take a look at the box and what’s inside:
The Box Art, Front and Side panels:
The assembly/painting and decaling instruction booklet is a 16 page black and white booklet, that indicates two options of build regarding the markings and the underwing stores. Either two drop tanks and a 500lb bomb can be used, or, four 50lb bombs and one 250lb bomb. The kit comes with a detailed BMW engine that can be displayed with the cowlings hinged open. The cockpit is reasonably detailed with decals for instrument panels and side consoles, along with decals for seatbelts. The undercarriage can be displayed up or down, there are two choices of canopy which can be displayed open or closed and the kit comes with a stand should you wish to display your model upon it. It would be nice if the instructions included colored painting instructions, and, conversions for alternative paint brands and shades:
Front Page 1 and rear page 16:
Pages 2 + 3:
Pages 4 + 5:
Pages 6 + 7:
Pages 8 + 9:
Pages 10 + 11:
Pages 12 + 13:
Pages 14 + 15:
The decals are cartograf, printed in Italy and are very nice, with zero carrier film, except inside the “crosses”. The decals are a nice matt/satin finish, in great register and offer two marking options: “Black 2” and “Black 6” of St. Sg. 10, Czech Territory, 1945:
There are 12 light grey sprues and 3 clear sprues. All grey sprues look very nicely molded, as you would expect from a new mold. there was just one noticeable item which appears n the underside wing part; there are two raised pads which locally thicken the wall section, and because of this, more time is required to cool these areas down. Because those pads are still hot when the part is ejected from the mold, it causes two glossy spots that don’t have the nice satin finish the reast of the molded part has, and, there is also sink within the raised pad areas. Other than that, the grey sprues are excellently molded, very little, if any flash, nice recessed panel lines and rivet details on the exterior surfaces.
The 3 clear sprues are again, molded very nicely, except the front windshield has some distortion when looking through. I believe that not enough packing pressure was used, but, there is a reason for this; on the same sprue are all the smaller clear parts- light lenses, gun-sight etc which have flash around them, which indicates that to prevent too much flash around the smaller parts, they back the pressure off, which inadvertently effects the large windshield part:
Sprue “A”:
Sprue “B”:
Sprue “C”:
Sprue “D”:
Sprue “E”:
Sprue “F”:
Sprue “K” (x2):
Sprue “L” (x2):
Sprue “N”- which incorrectly includes the letter “K”, too:
Sprue “O”:
Clear Sprue “G”:
Clear Sprue “H”:
Clear Sprue “J”:
Well, that’s the introduction of the box and it’s contents done with, so let’s begin the build!! But, in the meantime, if you’d like to watch my YouTube “In-Box-Review” video for this model, then here is the link:
Thanks in advance for comments and watching my YouTube video, much appreciated!
Happy modeling and have fun! [Y] 
Cheers! [B][B]
Martin
