discussion Eduard Kits

[Guest]

A very quick question. What is the difference between Eduards Profi and weekend kits?


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[tr1ckey66]

Morning Alan


The Profi kits have photo etch parts whereas the Weekend kits don"t. Also, I think there are more decal options in the Profi kits.


Cheers


P

 

[Guest]

A very quick question. What is the difference between Eduards Profi and weekend kits?


cheers

while what paul said is right, there is a bit more to that. Profipacks contain normally a bettter artwork boxing, 4-6 schemes, colour instructions, 1-2 frets of Photo etch, and Masks. If you are lucky, you can get some resin with it as well.


Weekends contain 2 schemes, minimal instructions and maybe some seatbelts. 


However, Eduard kits are far from being shake and bake kits. They have little room for error, however, their recent Spitfire kits and Bf 109 kits are better, but still quite unforgiving when it comes to mistakes. If you are looking for a kit to have PE in, get a Tamiya 1/48 aircraft kit, and buy an eduard Zoom set. If you want masks, buy the eduard mask set. Therefore, you gain experience and have a very easy kit to put together. The eduard Fw 190A is considered unbuildable by many reputable modellers, and one said that he trashed his. The Eduard Fw 190D, while not as bad, is still quite hard, and you are 100% guaranteed to run into trouble. Those kits will either have a gap on the cowling (that gap is pretty big and requires serious rescribing work), the undersides or the wings.


However, if you have extensive experience with troublesome kits, go for it with eduard kits, but proceed with caution.


Best of luck,


John

 

[tr1ckey66]

I've 

The eduard Fw 190A is considered unbuildable buy many reputable modellers, and one said that he trashed his. The Eduard Fw 190D, while not as bad, is still quite hard, and you are 100% guaranteed to run into trouble. 

Both myself and Graham built that kit on this forum (see link - seems like an eon ago!) and whilst it is tricky to get the engine aligned and the cowlings in place it isn't impossible. I think it is fair to say though that tolerances in these kits are exceptionally small.


http://www.scale-models.co.uk/topic/8086-blue-13-finished-diorama-to-follow/


Cheers


P

 

[Guest]

I've 


Both myself and Graham built that kit on this forum (see link - seems like an eon ago!) and whilst it is tricky to get the engine aligned and the cowlings in place it isn't impossible. I think it is fair to say though that tolerances in these kits are exceptionally small.


http://www.scale-models.co.uk/topic/8086-blue-13-finished-diorama-to-follow/


Cheers


P

Just about to tackle the A series myself, so thanks for those pics-looks like a nice build you did, and I hope that I manage to align things the way you managed to!

 

[tr1ckey66]

Thanks John.


You should check out the FW190 Group Build that was held way back in 2010 (I think!). You'll find Graham's Sturmbock and a whole gaggle of other 190 projects there too.


Cheers
P 

 

[rickoshea52]

The Weekend kits I have contain a single decal option while the Profipack version has etched brass and 6 decal options. Eduard's website explains the difference in more detail.


They also do Overtrees, these are just the sprue sets for a model and don't come with any decals or instructions. The concept is that you buy a Profipack kit for example, then buy a set of overtrees so that the unused decals don't go to waste. They are also cheaper.

 

[Guest]

This is what a profipack contains minus the sprues


From my recent Fw 190D-9 LATE build (here- http://www.scale-models.co.uk/topic/26370-finished-eduard-148-focke-wulf-fw-190d-9-profipack/


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[colin m]

Eduard have a nice selection of WW1 aircraft. I've built a few, they're nice builds. In my view, it's worth paying a bit more for the profi pack.