Focke-Wulf Fw190 F-8/A-8

Published: April 15, 2014
Company: Airfix

This is my first review for IPMS, and it involves one of my favorite kit manufacturers, Airfix. Like many folks my age, I built Airfix kits as a youngster and have been impressed with the quality of newly tooled kits they are currently releasing. To begin, I love the box art for this kit. It shows an action scene with the plane flying over some Russian tanks, but more importantly it provides reference material for painting the scheme shown on the box, which is the scheme I chose to paint on the model.

Upon opening the box, you will see the kit’s 4 sprue trees are packaged in a bag, along with a single clear parts sprue in its own separate bag. I always like it when kit manufacturers package the clear parts in a separate bag because it minimizes scratches during shipping. The… more