discussion Hasegawa 1/32: Fw 190 A-8 Tankbuster

[Guest]

Hi guys!!!

News from my workbench..............

Here comes my Fw 190 A-8 Tankbuster as an experimental aircraft.

In late 1944 Germany tried to master the ever-growing preponderance of enemy battle tanks.

New ways to combat enemy tanks were developed and tested.

With the Fw 190 A-8 there was an optimal weapons carrier for new solutions in destroying of enemy landcraft.

One of many attempts was to arm the A-8 with 30mm cannons "MK 103" from Rheinmetall-Borsig in two gunpods under the wings. A total of four prototypes were built in version A-8 and F-8. The armament with the MK 103 ran under the name "R3" (Rüstsatz 3). However, the tests did not run satisfactorily and so this project was discontinued.

My A-8 comes from Hasegawa and it's a solid kit that offers good proportions and nice details.

There were no significant problems during assembly. For the painting I mainly used Vallejo's Model Air colors. The "Schwimmwagen" and the two figures come from an old Italeri kit.

The display I built from a wooden panel, decorative sand, popsicle sticks and model grass.

Hope you like my "Tankbuster"..........

Have a nice weekend...

Cheers

Stefan

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[Alan 45]

Very nice , I'm not a 1/90 fan it reminds me of a zero but that very well painted and presented and the paint job looks very good , the swimwaggen is cool as well

 

[Guest]

Superb stuff Stefan! That's an excellent 190 & the base really adds atmosphere.

Cheers

Patrick

 

[Dave W]

Great build Stefan.I like the base.

 

[Guest]

Nice build as usual Stefan. Great work and paint job. 5*!!!!!

 

[flyjoe180]

Beauty Stefan

 

[Guest]

Excellent model! The base is lovely

 

[papa 695]

Great build Stefan and really like the base its on

 

[yak face]

Excellent build stefan , the base and figures complement the aircraft perfectly, cheers tony

 

[Vaughan]

Great build stefan and an interesting variant.

 

[Guest]

Masterful execution, love everything you've done!

 

[monica]

great build Stefan,nice clean paint work on the plane and like the camo,very nice base as well

do like the swimwaggen,cool looking little thing,and very good work on the figures,

 

[Guest]

Excellent build, the fully recreate the atmosphere.

Francesco