Eduard Fw 190 D-9 Review - Best Fw 190D-9 Or Unbuildable? 

Good Morning 🌞 0945 OHIO time….. I’m only here for the REVIEW 🤔 Never built a EDUARD kit???? I do like details, It helps if a modeler makes a Display or Diorama… EDUARD does have quite a selection of 1/48 kits…… YES, your review does help… I would put INFORMATIVE first ENTERTAINING last, ( maybe make a joke 😅 ) just kidding !!!!!!!!!! It’s ALL GOOD… I was looking at EDUARDS P-39 AIRACOBRA ????? Just an idea ???? Another GREAT REVIEW….. Enjoy the rest of your weekend Let’s see what happens…. MODEL ON…….. CHRIS 🇺🇸

Great video Jon, the d9 is defo fiddly, I had more problems with the eduard a8 engine in the first realise.

Hi. As always, a good video!. I ve built that kit and was a real PITA....fought me all the way. I have also built Hobby Boss D-11 wich is basically the same airframe, and it was a bliss. Tamiya makes easy what is hard and difficult, Eduard in sone kits, just the opposite. Best wishes from Argentina. And keep on modelling!

Excelent video, well explain. The kit is beautiful and well detailed. I love The De 190 D 9, I build The 1/72 from Italeri , old kit but very good for that time. Greetings from Portugal 😉👍

I partially built the profipack version 8184 a few years back. Loved the detail but as you experienced the kit was very fiddly and my wing assemble to the fuselage just would not fit without shaving off a bunch of plastic and still large gaps where you indicated. Also I left the wing gun covers till the end and it was just a horrible fit. Glad to see they fit for you prior to mating the wings. After so much frustration back in the box it went and onto the self of doom. I have a 1/48 2017 retooled Eduard FW early A series in my stash and I've read that they fit together much better than the original 2006 tooled A7-8 series.

Hi Jon. Please, look at the Eduard's FW 190D-9 (thru D-13) 1/48 tail fin leading edge. It looks a bit thick to me. 😊

Another great video Jon. That second step looked quite involved and hair pulling. She’s a beautiful kit if you want to challenge your skills and the payoff I’m sure will be excellent….but like you say the hobby boss kit is less of a test to one’s sanity! Thanks!

Hi Jon. Looks like half assembly, half wrestling match! A touch of filler, a bit of a rub down and a lick of paint and it will look great! 🙂 Maybe a Trimaster /Dragon in the future for comparison? Or maybe their Tank Ta152? H-1 (Which Hobby 2000 has recently reboxed). Thank you for the review. Matt 🦘🦘🦘

Thanks for a nice review. The "Dora" is perhaps my favorite WW2 fighter...I just love the profile from any view. I'm currently working on Hasagewa's 1/32 version with lots of after market. I'm sorry this was such a painful build. IF I go back to 1/48...I'll probably just do Tamiya's version again. I might check the Hobby Boss version...but I once did a Hobby Boss 1/700 USS Arizona...or tried too...eventually just binned it...was a terrible kit in every respect...kind soured me on HB.

Odd for an Eduards to have scaling problems. However I do like your vintage clamps - clothespins combined with rubber bands, I thought I was the only modeler left in the world using those :-) The prop looks a little out of scale, but its been a while since I've built an FW. While wheels down offers a good way to detail variants, I'm looking at building wheels up . Not all kits are made to accomplish that and adding the pilot or crews extends building time. Plus unlike the " old days" kits don't come with stands so that adds a bit more complexity Airfix used to build them, I can't find them anymore. Any ideas ? Cheers and Model On, Bob

Eduard kits can be challenging at times. I built the Bf 109E-4 Profi Edition and wanted to display the engine in closed position. I almost bined the kit. I wonder whether some day any model company will come up with a new and state-of-the-art kit of the FW-190 D-9 in 1/32 (with full rivets, optional engine etc). They would likely sell tons of it.

It's not often a kit gets a low rating from your good self. But proof in point that Eduard don't always get things spot on. I have no doubt the end result will be as spectacular as your other finished builds. A quick question, purely because I'm a nosy bugger. Do you ever venture into bigger aircraft such as any four engined WWII bombers or is fighter aircraft what you concentrate solely on. I know I don't comment on every video but I make sure I watch them all. Best wishes and thank you for all your work! 👍👍

Hello Jon, excellent video and review of this kit, I have it in the stash, it will be an upcoming build, it's not a weekend, it's a profipack, so everything comes. Regarding those problems, I read that they existed in the 190 A series and its variants, but I didn't know about the D9 version, so I was warned hahahaha. Eduard for me is not infallible in terms of construction, of course it has very good details, it comes with everything you need, even being a weekend one, it is outstanding, that is why it is for an experienced builder, just as you have put the D9 Hobbyboss, it is ideal for those who don't want problems. Greetings and until the next video, friend.

Have this kit in my stash. Bought it on a big discount from an online retailer and the red/white strip scheme was irresistible. Kind of dread getting into it.

Ugh, I hate the way they engineered the exhaust stacks. Having to put them in before closing the fuselage means a lot of tedious and unnecessary masking.

Cool model. 👍

Clearly a brand to avoid. What a pile of crap Edward are producing.

great build review!

This looks like the lesson Eduard learned from, lol. Im glad so many companies are listening to the modelers and improving the build steps and quality of plastic. Greatly appreciate the heads up on the problem areas and what to watch for 👍. Didn't know Eduard included landmines in the weekend editions 🤣😂. We have been warned. Thanks for the video and going through the headaches for us

Very informative review, as always! Not a kit in any of my lists. I’m struggling with the Tauromodel Macchi MC202 Folgore. Very, very hard kit to assemble, very poor fitting (at list in the kit I have). I’m thinking to using it for a diorama of a downed plane, to solve the most critical fitting issues on the plane nose. Too bad because it has a lot of details, the engine and the gun bays are really well detailed…. Another complex kit like this Eduard is not what I look for at the moment 😅

Picked up 3 kits of "less popular" planes (I-16; P-36; Brewster Buffalo all for under $10 each) at the Atlanta IPMS show over the weekend and I immediately checked your channel if you had built any of them. Sadly, not yet....LOL Now, which one to build first 🤔

Great review, Jon.

Had the double 190A-8R2 kit. One of them fit like a dream, the other was a nightmare. I never imagined Eduard to have such a hit or miss like that. All comes down to molding tolerances I guess.

I’ve built the Hobbyboss Dora and it is a breeze to build.

Hello and thanx for review. I have build this kit like 2 years ago from Revell reboxing. It comes without photoetched parts but with 2 camouflage and cartograph decals. Main problem with fit is the wing spar , with not fitting in fuselage openings. It must be adjusted both rear non visible part of wings spar and plastic in fuselage sides in rear of the wing root. There will be gap on front towards lower engine covers, but it was filled in original plane with elastic gasket. A whole wing assembly will be moved a bit to the rear and gun covers will fit. Besides of that mounting gear legs is a bit complicated because it representing original with no big well defined mounting holes like in tamiya kit. Otherwise a beautiful kit with excellent detail. It comes also in D13 and D11 variants not covered by other model companys, so maybe some fine day i will get it once more in proffi pack issue and make D13. Speaking about Eduards 190 A early kit it have even bigger fit problems with not only wing spar but also with fuselage firewalls between pilots cockpit and gun bay. But this one is a history, new eduards 190A issue is a totally new kit with even better complete surface detail and excellent fit. Its more simplyfyed around the engine, but its for the better. If someone is not intressted in superdetailing its easier to build, otherwise if one wish to have an exposed engine or gun bays there is a 3d printed detailing kits from eduard with much better detail than engine in previous issue. Cheers!

Another great review and I am now a bit worried. I have three of these fellas in the stash. I will follow your example of closing up the wing gun bays.

Great review.

Spot on assessment. The A8 was a tedious build but i still enjoyed it. When you think about it the A8 is great value and super detailed. If you want the same detail, you will need to buy a brassin kit. Anyway i liked the detail so much i bought the a6 version.

This kit is pain in the arse.