Roman Schilhart Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 (edited) Dear fellow Britmodellers, here's my 1/72 KORA Focke Wulf Fw-190 F9 "Panzerblitz". The kit features Eduard's plastic sprues for an A-8 (some modification on the lower wings is required), a bag of resin bombs and rockets, three small photo-etch frets and a decal sheet. The bombs and rockets are not better than the plastic parts from the Eduard F8 kit. I had a left-over weapons sprue from a F8, so they were duly replaced. A small photo-etch frame supplies seat belts and pedals, but no instrument panel. Instrument panels are provided as black/white paper print-outs only. The second frame holds the ventilators - both 12 and 14 blade are provided. The rocket rails are supplied as a photo-etch assembly on the third frame. I struggled to get everything folded straight and in line, so the rails were substituted with the Eduard plastic part as well. In the end I only used the photo-etch part for the small fairing just ahead of the rocket racks. The four decal options are very interesting, the decals themselves of very good quality. They are printed on a continuous carrier film and have to be cut out individually. I noticed that this kit was not very well received within the BM community (have a look here): I understand that the price tags of some distributors may put some modelers off. I had the chance to grab a couple of the KORA boxings at Eastern European model shows, directly from the manufacturer, sold for a price marginally above the regular Eduard kit. If you really want to have a Fw-190 F9 (and can't wait until Eduard release their version) this is the only game in town. The only other contender is the Hasegawa kit, which is already hard to find. According to my research, only a few Schlachtgeschwader used Panzerblitz weapon systems operationally in spring 1945: SG 1, SG 3, SG.10 and SG 77. My model represents a machine of one of those units. I painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics and weathered with artist's oils. All photographs by Wolfgang Rabel. Thanks for your interest, best greetings from Vienna! Roman Edited June 24, 2018 by Roman Schilhart typo 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Looks good to me, Roman. Great paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Very impressive - especially in 1/72! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Great work on your Focke-wulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveinnscotia Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I really like that ! Great camo colours & attention to detail . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanmi Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I like it a lot, Roman. Cammo colors are spot on and weathering too, and F9 is indeed an attractive subject. Photos are great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Hi My Dear Friend Roman!!! Congratulations for this new build you share with us!!! For me, the word to describe this one, is IMPRESSIVE!!! Have watched your delicate job in this materpiece and think the model is wonderful but very demanding in construction with that all parts peculiar to this version. I have been looking with enough time for the details of the build, particularly the rocket installation and the engine fan....really impressive the way you have handled the parts and how you put exactly in its place. Also liked a lot the way you have finished this bird with this colorful Cammo and the light weathering you have done there where is necessary to give life to the build. Really an impressive build to follow as hoe to deal with kits like this one. Thank you very much for sharing, Cheers, Luis Alfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank083 Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Impressive built & very nice paint & weathering job! Schönes Flugzeug! 😁 Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 A superb job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Great looking model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Another excellent model, Roman. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 Fabulous build, could easily be mistaken for a much larger scale model. Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted June 25, 2018 Share Posted June 25, 2018 A beautiful model. Top notch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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