review Hasegawa Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8

[LSP_Kevin]

Howdy folks,

 

Kevin Williams fires up the wayback machine to take a look at Hasegawa's Fw 190F-8:

 

Hasegawa Focke-Wulf Fw 190F-8

 

 

Thanks, Kevin!

 

Kev

[Kagemusha]

Nice review, thanks Kevin, I have four of those kits, there's a great selection of marking choices for the F-8.

[dodgem37]

Love the close-ups.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[firefly7]

Thanks Kevin, one hell of a good review. 

[Rick Griewski]

Wow 2005 release, time does move along.  I have this kit and the A-8.  There should still be after market galore.  Eagle Editions cockpit is my favorite.  

[D.B. Andrus]

Well done, Kevin.

 

Cheers,

Damian

[Pup7309]

The Hasegawa’s are the ones for me. Is the D9 on the same quality level as the F-8?

[thierry laurent]

3 hours ago, Pup7309 said:

The Hasegawa’s are the ones for me. Is the D9 on the same quality level as the F-8?

Yes but take care as the initial Hasegawa D9 released in the nineties was a limited series hybrid kit combining the wings of the very old F8 kit of the seventies with a new fuselage (with recessed scribing) as well as some white metal and photoetched parts. Avoid that one. The 2000s later release was far better (fully new kit) and has a  classical STxx kit number. Have a look at the LSP database and you will see the difference. 

[LSP_K2]

2 hours ago, thierry laurent said:

Yes but take care as the initial Hasegawa D9 released in the nineties was a limited series hybrid kit combining the wings of the very old F8 kit of the seventies with a new fuselage (with recessed scribing) as well as some white metal and photoetched parts. Avoid that one. The 2000s later release was far better (fully new kit) and has a  classical STxx kit number. Have a look at the LSP database and you will see the difference. 

 

Yep, I built one of those "High Grade" kits way back when, and felt I had been completely robbed by Hasegawa. The later kit is beautiful, and I now have a Revell copy of it,... very nice.

[AlanG]

This F8 kit is a cracking kit to build. Just like their ST19/21 kits. Plus the advantage of so much AM too

[LSP_K2]

1 hour ago, AlanG said:

This F8 kit is a cracking kit to build. Just like their ST19/21 kits. Plus the advantage of so much AM too

 

I'm certainly looking forward to eventually doing mine.

[Reuben L. Hernandez]

Wow, thanks for the review. I never purchased this kit, thinking it was the older version, with raised panel lines, so I stayed away from it. That's what I get for thinking  

[LSP_K2]

34 minutes ago, Reuben L. Hernandez said:

Wow, thanks for the review. I never purchased this kit, thinking it was the older version, with raised panel lines, so I stayed away from it. That's what I get for thinking  

 

You certainly do have to be wary of some, same with the Fw 190D-9. Our database (here), can prove to be of invaluable assistance when trying to determine which is which.

[LSP_K2]

On 9/27/2020 at 2:41 AM, Pup7309 said:

The Hasegawa’s are the ones for me. Is the D9 on the same quality level as the F-8?

 

Yes, the latter kits (as well as the Revell re-boxing), are quite excellent.

[Pup7309]

10 hours ago, LSP_K2 said:

 

You certainly do have to be wary of some, same with the Fw 190D-9. Our database (here), can prove to be of invaluable assistance when trying to determine which is which.

Thanks for the database link- great reference!