Eduard Fw.190A-5/U12 Gun Pods (648398 for Eduard 1:48)

[Mike]

Fw.190A-5/U12 Gun Pods (648398 for Eduard)

1:48 Eduard Brassin

 

 

The diminutive but agile Fw.190 saw many things strapped to it due to their Fuhrer's mindset that tried to make every successful (and some of the unsuccessful) aircraft all things to all men.  One such addition were a pair of turret-like gun pods, each carrying a pair of 20mm Mg151s in the pods and leaving out the wing mounted MG-FFs, presumably to save weight.  As usual with Eduard's resin sets, they arrive in the familiar Brassin clamshell box, with the resin parts safely cocooned on dark grey foam inserts, and the instructions sandwiched between the two halves, doubling as the header card.

 

Inside the box are two pods with four barrels in grey resin, a small fret of Photo-Etch (PE), and a decal sheet for one particular example that flew with these pods attached, with a white tail and swooping red stripe over the front fuselage.  Building the pods is simple, with the two barrels slotting into the apertures in the front of the pods, a small PE part attaching under the front lip, and a tiny lifting eye on what becomes the underside.  A scrap diagram shows the location for the finished pod, just outboard of the main gear well.

 

 

The instructions are unusual, as they are made up from a full sheet of A4, folded into quarters to accommodate a full page of profiles from all four sides of the topic in hand.  The standard A-5 kit decals are shown in black, while the new decals are pointed out in red to assist you.  I believe that this option was previously available through the Bunny Fighter Club, as you can possibly see the letters BFC on the decals.

 

 

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