TORPEDO FIGHTER
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Fw 190A-5/U14
By: Dragon
Item no: 5569 Price: £39.99
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Dragon is well known for ‘tweaking’ products for new releases, and this combines parts from at least two separate kits (both re-boxed Trimaster) to which a newly tooled three-piece extended tailwheel has been added. As per the original boxings, there are photo-etched (PE) parts for the cockpit instrument panels and side consoles, plus the rear decking. This means there’s a splendid cockpit, plus well-appointed wheel wells, detailed undercarriage and a convincing LT F5b torpedo and associated rack. While the parts show signs of ageing, with more flash than would be expected from a Dragon offering, it’s easy to see how these Fw 190s were regarded as state-of-the-art in the late 1980s, with fine recessed panel lines, and clever use of PE to augment the styrene features. A single scheme, for a prototype machine, is supplied: • WNr 150871, TD+SI/781, 1943