1/24 Airfix Fw190A detail sets (resin, photoetch etc etc)

[Thomas Lund]

Is the selection as poor as my searches seem to show?

I'd like a cockpit, either photoetch upgrade or resin replacement. Also a super nice BMW801 would be good... well basically anything 

[DonH]

Have you tried Airscale?

[coogrfan]

Grey Matter Figures produced Jerry Rutman's cockpit, wheel wells and landing gear for this kit. Unfortunately they just recently announced they are going out of business. 

[coogrfan]

Wild Sau Resin offers a vac formed canopy and resin wheels set for the Airfix kit. 

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/234469517267?hash=item369778e7d3:g:qJUAAOSwvs9iNS9a

[coogrfan]

Two resin cockpits for the Trumpy 190 D9 that might be adaptable to the Airfix kit.

 

Verlinden:   https://www.scalemates.com/kits/verlinden-productions-2205-fw190-d-9-improvements--114486

 

Contact-Resine:   https://www.scalemates.com/kits/contact-resine-ck24001-fw-190d-9-cockpit-set--1346753

[iaf-man]

1 hour ago, coogrfan said:

Two resin cockpits for the Trumpy 190 D9 that might be adaptable to the Airfix kit.

 

Verlinden:   https://www.scalemates.com/kits/verlinden-productions-2205-fw190-d-9-improvements--114486

 

Contact-Resine:   https://www.scalemates.com/kits/contact-resine-ck24001-fw-190d-9-cockpit-set--1346753

Contact-Resine was selling on ebay,last I checked he's no longer listed as a user

[Pete Roberts]

Sadly a lot of the 1/24 scale kits (especially Airfix) have missed out on after market, even simply photo etch, especially by comparison to 1/32 scale.

[Bob MDC]

The hard fact is that 1/24th aftermarket is not a big seller, we did a range of seat belts for British,American and German WW2 and have only had to re-order the the British sets (thanks to the Airfix Mosquito) since we had our original  stock in.

 

But there is an option to scan and reprint using 3D technology but that's not cheap.

The new structured light scanning looks good.

https://zealotminiatures.com/3d-scan/

 

Bob

[John Stambaugh]

 From a modelers perspective and indeed to my thinking, the larger the scale, the greater the need for more detail.

 It has long been a frustration that 1/24 scale has been so underserved by the aftermarket. 

Having said that it occurs to me that I should pull out one of my 1/24 stash and bone up on some old fashioned scratch skills. Indeed the old Airfix Fw190 would be an apt palette. 

[whitt_a]

On 3/28/2022 at 10:04 PM, John Stambaugh said:

 From a modelers perspective and indeed to my thinking, the larger the scale, the greater the need for more detail.

 It has long been a frustration that 1/24 scale has been so underserved by the aftermarket. 

Having said that it occurs to me that I should pull out one of my 1/24 stash and bone up on some old fashioned scratch skills. Indeed the old Airfix Fw190 would be an apt palette. 

Hi John,

I agree. I have built and detailed the old Spitfire 1, and am doing a second, just for fun. There’s also the Wallis autogiro “Little Nellie”, which fits nicely in this forum. 
 

TW