VintageEagle Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 Hello everyone, While working on the riveting of my Revell 1/32 Fw 190 F-8 I noticed that the kit has an access panel on each side of the fuselage below the horizontal stabilizer. I could not find it on any real Fw 190 F/A-8 with the exception of the former Imperial War Museum Fw 190. However, that one came from a Mistel and had some additional fittings that were not standard on F/A-8s. I wonder if these panels were only added on the Mistel aircraft or if they were only added by certain factories or what else the reason was. Anyhow, I'm going to fill these panel lines on my model. Has anybody else studied this while working on a Revell Fw 190? Cheers, Roger WITH access panel: Imperial War Museum Mistel Fw 190 A-8: WITHOUT access panel: Fw 190 S-8 Hendon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 can you circle what you're talking about or provide a pic of the kit panel in question? LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VintageEagle Posted September 17, 2018 Author Share Posted September 17, 2018 The two photos are linked from the www. Therefore, I can't circle the panels I am referring to. But here's a photo of the sprue. The small access door can be seen just under the attachment slot of the vertical stabilizer. If you compare with the photos of the actual aricraft above, you will notice that it can only be found on the Fw 190 A-8 at the Imperial War Museum, but not the S-8 (and neither on the NASM F-8). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 the oval one, I get ya now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Bandit Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 10 hours ago, VintageEagle said: Hello everyone, While working on the riveting of my Revell 1/32 Fw 190 F-8 I noticed that the kit has an access panel on each side of the fuselage below the horizontal stabilizer. I could not find it on any real Fw 190 F/A-8 with the exception of the former Imperial War Museum Fw 190. However, that one came from a Mistel and had some additional fittings that were not standard on F/A-8s. I wonder if these panels were only added on the Mistel aircraft or if they were only added by certain factories or what else the reason was. Anyhow, I'm going to fill these panel lines on my model. Has anybody else studied this while working on a Revell Fw 190? Cheers, Roger WITH access panel: Imperial War Museum Mistel Fw 190 A-8: WITHOUT access panel: Fw 190 S-8 Hendon: Cant comment on the access panel, but in first excellent pic, somebody needs to fully close the canopy, also in second pic, have never seen an FW-190 like that, what sort of canopy and after to tail fairing is that? is it a dual seater? It looks real but unreal too! Would love to see a bigger wider picture of this aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southern Bandit Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 OK got it. FW 190 S-8, had honestly not seen this before. Looks bizzare, the FW-190's were mean looking birds, way to ruin that reputation Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 (edited) My references show it on the A-8 and F-8 only , port side only. I have no idea why. Edited September 18, 2018 by MikeMaben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F16 Posted September 18, 2018 Share Posted September 18, 2018 image reproduced here under fair use of images for ilustration purposes only are from : http://www.ipmsstockholm.se/home/focke-wulf-fw-190-a-8-in-detail-revisited/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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