What a masterpiece of kit design and implementation. I was lucky enough to be working on the Tokyo Olympics and my venue was a 5 minute train ride from the Akihabara district where the scale modelling centre of the universe is for me. One of the shops there had an area where a woman was constructing the first SWS 1/32 kit I had ever seen (the Horton). Each day before my shift started I’d jump on the train to watch the magic slowly unfolding as this immensely skilled and patient lady created a diorama that inspired and changed my whole approach to modelling. Until you see one of these kits up close you cannot grasp the level of detail and precision that is there. The instructions alone are above and beyond even Wingnut Wings (and I am a WnW addict and fanboy) - obsessive detail and ease (such as having all the paints that are used on that page being listed across the bottom of the page so you don’t need to turn back to the inside cover). Every tiny detail has been scrutinised and honed. If you have our sickness then Zoukei Mura is the best medicine! I also have this kit Peter and I can’t wait to watch your build. It is perfect for your unrushed and perfectionist approach.
Just got mine ! The old mans blog on the zokei mura website has several specific blogs for the model detailing building the stages. He built 3 of them which is where the additional corrections leaflet came about. He did find it easier to put the engine in the way he describes in the instructions. He has also posted some pictures of his mistakes. Very very impressed
Just found this superb review while looking for a 1/32 Fw190 A-4 to partner my new 1/32 Revell Bf109 G-2/G4. Visited the Speyer Technik museum in Germany last week and will model my 109 on that superb example. Pre ordered the Fw190 and just researching current paints etc. Also found my preferred Yellow 2 9/JG 2 Josef Wurmheller decal set to go with it. Love your obvious enthusiasm and genuine feel to this excellent video!
You did it again Peter! Persuaded me with astute analysis to procure this plastic masterpiece! Plus my ZM 1/32 bf-109 was lonely and needed a companion😊 Peter Oxley ladies and gentlemen Zoukei-Mura salesman of the year…
The MG 151 was a High Velocity, fast firing 20mm Belt-fed cannon. The MGFF was a 20mm slower firing, Drum fed cannon with a low rate of fire and lower velocity shells. (The MG FF was also used in the wings of the Bf109E model. and was discontinued after 1943 and the advent of the Fw190A-6, which had 4x MG151s. The MGFF was also less accurate due to a shorter barrel.).
Hi Peter, well order mine right after watching the Zoukei Mura video and will be winging it's way to me as we speak, l watched this last night and must say looking at all them parts wow 😟 but as long you read the instruction carefully and take your time so thank you for a great review at to be 10/10 👍
pre-ordered mine after your vid about the company, I'll probably take a couple of years getting back into the hobby and learning until I have the nerve to take it on!
Inspired by your consecutive Zoukei Mura vids, which were marvellous, I went out yesterday to one of my local model shops here in Kuala Lumpur and bought the J2M3 Raiden! Weak and impetuous fool I am but I could not resist it. I’ll kick it off sometime in the new year - I’ll try to get the add on instrument panel and metal guns from Japan. I’m going to need to raise my game and really concentrate on this one. Local cost was equivalent to just over £80. Not too bad.
Lovely kit! It looks much better than the early SWS series kits. I have made the Ta 152 in both 32rd and 48th scales. I must say this one is quite a revolution. I heard Zoukei-Mura kits are actually manufactured by Trumpeter. They did really good jobs to work together on the new kits.
No that's not true. But ZM (Japan) do have the injection moulding manufacture done in China, so the factory might be the same, but the rest in terms of design etc and QC is pure ZM Japan.
As for the Kill markings - note that the scroll above them has 40 on it - the bars below it are in addition to that. What look like springs on the undercarriage legs are actually rubber gaiters. The main and tail struts are oleos, ie, air/oil filled, not sprung. I don't think these gaiters lasted long, because many photos don't show them - poss. because the leg design was beefed up and they no longer fitted. The little instrument cooling fan thingy above the radio that you mention at 1:00 is the Master compass gimbal housing. This could be magnetic or gyro-compass depending on version.
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I have too much spare time ;) I still have to build the Me-109, otherwise I would be certainly getting this gem. Meanwhile I have the Revell 1/32 190 kit as a close second..... no don't hit me!
Lovely kit, i think i will pick one up on your recommendation. Although NMB will probably criticise that the mid-level widget bezel is at the wrong angle and that it will need completely reskinning and re-riveting as they are 0.0001mm out of skew and £180 worth of after market to actually get it to fly.
I received my pre-ordered ZM 190 at the end of November, and, I quite agree, it's magnificent. As you repeatedly mentioned the pallor of the plastic, I started hearing strains of "A Whiter Shade of Pale", LOL! Morose Procol Harum associations aside, for me , when the instructions, plastic, and the attention to detail are considered, ZM shares the lonely top tier with only the late Wingnut Wings, and Kotare. GWH's Hawk 81-A2 would have put them there had they done a comparable job with the instructions! To paraphrase yet another song, we may have good kits, but we'll never have better. Glory-O, Glory-O, to the bold kit manufacturers. Did you notice the prop blades' "notched" retaining nuts on the hub, and the exactly duplicated hub of the cooling fan, and the wider & narrower caopies for the closed and open versions (190 canopies were "hinged" on top so that they could narrow as they were slid back on the narrowing fuselage). I could go on. I believe this kind of detail is a first in modeling the 190, and surely underscores ZM's commitment to detail fidelity.
IMHO, Tamiya's a very close second. Their fit is second to none. I can't say that they always go to the same extremes of detail, externally & internally, with the possible exception of their 1/32 scale. But, I'd say, if they got their very clear instructions up to ZM, Kotare & WW standards, I'd be willing to consider Tamiya "right there" (it wouldn't hurt if Cartograph was contracted for Tamiya's decals).
One easily misses tiny details like that on first glance, especially when trying to give a commentary...but I see what you mean about those notches! 👍🏻
Yes, they seem to have shyed away from adding it, though I must confess that I struggled to see the fine surface detail on this new lighter plastic as it gives poor contrast under my bright lights.
These were flush rivets, and when new would really not be that visible at all. They puttied over the rivets before painting, and some larger fasteners (eg the 9 large boltholes on the UC leg fairings), like on Me-109, 262 and P-51s.
@memkiii that may be so but they were indeed visible. Anyway, you miss my point. it's a detail that should be there, especially given the rest of the kit. In the end I would put rivets in my self.
Who? If you wanted to be really picky you could say there were some mild ejector pin marks on the flaps and no weight on wheels, bit other than that...👍🏻 Merry Christmas.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Thursday, 29 August, 2024) Well, now, is THIS one truly exciting for its stunning detail! On the issue of an aircraft’s wing flaps operating as a pilot is taking off or landing, I hear a debate about their use or deployment outside that situation. Some say that whilst an æroplane is aground, they never are lowered. Others say that if a plane’s hydraulic lines (hoses?) are essentially inert-that is, I infer, the pressure has dropped; and from this, I deduce that said hydraulic pressure is to hold the flaps in a neutral position; that is, they have no ærodynamic influence on the airframe’s flight vector or performance-and the flaps will drop, at least to a degree. Exactly what is true? Another matter: A couple of new model kit manufacturers ow show an even greater level of precision; Zoukei Mura is first, with their 1:32nd-scale kit of the Focke Wulf FW-190A-4. eye-popping at numerous points. MiniArt, in their 1:48th-scale kit of Republic’s P-47D Thunderbolt USAAF Fighter, have incorporated in the cockpit sidewalls astounding detail, establishing to my judgement that the kit actually exceeds in comparable Tamiya aircraft models in this scale! What other model makers would deserve inclusion in this discussion? Tell us all on UA-cam your thoughts, please.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Not too sure on the flaps, maybe someone will tell us? ICM also Deserve a mention too as their recent Marauder is a gem, though I must reign-in your enthusiasm on the Mini Art P-47D as the 2 examples I saw had rather poor moulded clear canopy with much distortion...not Quite a Tamiya-beater yet! (See my review) ua-cam.com/video/1yhDTAp2EZU/v-deo.htmlsi=4qaptr8eoFycHAQk Arma Hobby also made some beautiful Hurricanes recently...
Hi, absolutely stunning kit 😍😍😍 thanks for a wonderful video of her. The German WWII fighter “ace’s” only received this credit after 100 confirmed kills. British pilots get the “Ace” at 20 I think could be 15 I can’t remember the highest German Ace had almost 400 kills mostly on the eastern front at beginning of the war. As most Russian aircraft where old WWI fighters and they had thousands of them but instead of scrapping them they just sent them out to die in combat then when they started running low shipped out all the modern aircraft they’ed borrowed from us and America or built themselves. But unfortunately all there best pilots were by now dead. So it was an extremely difficult time for the Russians and why the German kill rates are so high it’s not B/S or hyped up numbers the German Luftwaffe was extremely strict on verifying every kill the pilots had but some at the start of the conflict were shooting down 10-15 aircraft a day on the eastern front. Anyway… I’d like to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a spectacular New Year 🤩😎😍 all the very best wishes to you and your wonderful wife and family, Kenny 😁🤩😍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I think that’s nowadays but “ during the war” it was either 15 or 20 kills… I think 😅😅😅 You have a nice restful Christmas Peter 🙏🤞👍 and I hope you get spoiled rotten for Christmas you deserve it !!! All you do for us, it’s amazing and truly worth while as I’ve taken to heart your recommendations on a lot of aircraft kits that are on my wish list… or rather WHERE 🤣🤣🤣 thanks to you I have my eyes set on a few others now same aircraft just a different brand. I will be honest with you here and now I’m more into Armour. I do have some beautiful 1/32nd aircraft but I need to sharpen my skills to do them the justice they deserve 😅😅😅 I get mine from eBay at knock down prices I just wait and get them when I see bargains mostly because they’ve been put in the wrong section or spelling is wrong or something stupid like that 🤪😳😅 I recently got the Dragon 1/32nd Mustang for £30 came with a whole host of aftermarket to same thing with my two Tamiya Spitfires a MkVIII & MkIXc and the Marines F4J Phantom but I’m going to convert that one into a 74 Sqn Tiger 😍😍😍 I was extremely disappointed with HongKong models 1/32nd Gloster Meteor 😢😢😢 no engines in her and it’s… not what I was expecting the cockpit is rather lacking, and there’s not a lot to it plastic wise I’ve a few more tucked away to so if you ever want to borrow any for a review you would be more than welcome they’er all still sealed in the bags and boxes are in pretty good condition so again you’d be more than welcome to borrow them if you’re interested 🤓😎🤩😍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the thorough review. Looks like ZM knocked it out of the ballpark. Mine's in the mail. The ZM FW is only 20.00 USD more than what I paid for the Trumpeter A7D Corsair II, something I just had to have, even though I knew what I was getting (fill and sand city). Perhaps ZM has a 1/32 P-38 in the works. One can hope.
Is this another of their no seat belts kits? I'm not seeing any. Given all the other (hidden) details and the price of the kit, this is a major omission. Anybody know why they've adopted this policy?
They sell them as a seperate item (HGW I think) I forgot to add this as I have a set already put aside for this kit...but I agree it would be nice to have them included
At my local hobby shop, the seat belts add an extra 13% to the cost of the kit. That's significant and seriously reduces the kit's value. Seat belts are highly visible and more important to model presentation than all those hidden details. I don't see how anything from Z-M could be considered for year end honors with a major omission like seat belts. In my opinion, it's unacceptable for this scale and price range. It comes across as a marketing ploy to make their kits look like good value. Then they make up the lost profit margin with the very high mark-up on the aftermarket seat belt set because no self-respecting modeller will build it without seat belts.
It is definitely a Masterpiece. I ve been waiting to get my hands on for 9 years... Wow. Also a very nice presentation/ review. But two minor downsides should be named versus the overall positive impression. First and foremost is the landing gear around 6 mm to short. It looks like one has measured a museumpiece which must have been displayed with insufficently pressurized landinggear (27 atü). In reality that means the museumpiece sinks down and sits like a lame duck. It is also seen on the FW190 F-8 in the states. Result was that the restauration team painted the load- indicator-scales on the movable and static parts of the landibg gear covers in the wrong position. Eduard have earlier gone the same path with their brassin undercarriage. A bit of a shame but its visible since the two lowest visible mounting points for the static part mounted on the landinggear-cylinder should be shown and not hidden by the lower part (mounted to the piston) covering the wheel. So the perfectionist has to be aware that there is evtl. surgery to be done (in form of enlengthening the piston of the landinggearstrut as well as splitting the covers - luckily two versions are included in the kit) when wanting to present the aircraft sitting at the correct angle and the correct height. The Prop-blades seem to be a later version as this version had a 4mm step in the blade- root-shaft and the latter been a bit longer for making room for the balance-weights introduced on later models. So the blades are a tad to wide since up to A-4s they used a slimmer prop-blade with a different partnumber. The model seems to represent the wider A-5 to A-8 blade. I can only assume that since the engine was moved 152mm forward and ailerons, elevators and vertical stabilizers had been changed that this new blade compensated some changes and gave a better performance at higher altitudes as with the end of 1943 it was forced to fight over 5000m where the FW190 usually had the best performance. But thats my assumption. Fact is there are two different partnumbers for early FWs up to A-4 and from A-5 to A-8/F-8. As mentioned in a different review, the Decal for for fuelquality-requirements is marked with 87 wheras it should be marked with C3 100 octane. Thats a mibor thing of what to be aware of on an otherwise outstanding, almost perfectly researched and represented kit. Thank you again ZM for delivering such an outstanding model. Bravo! What a result!!!
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Its basically the same. To be honest .. Seeing how sturdy the plastic legs are and that evtl. a new strut comes into use (at least for my part) it seems not necessary at all. Brass would be the choice of the day but since Eduards are also way to much compressed (also seen on the scissors-knee) I, personally, would convert the plastic parts. Whitemetal also bends if your unlucky and since they are obviously a tad to short I would set a brass tube into the plasticstrut, to enlengthen the original lower part. Drilling out the plastic is a lot less hazzle than the white-metal tiptoe-drilling-excercise ( or worse the brassin from Eduard - I managed in the end - the stuff is tough but seems to float as soon as there is to much pressure... Just my two cents but I thought it reasonable info for those who seek it displayed as seen on most pictures showing an A-4.. I applaud Zoukei Mura on their outstanding and remarkably correct achievement. What a job!!!
I have a large hand carved Eagle that l purchased from a Ukrainian man who was left it by his father. It was in the officers mess of Jg54 on the Eastern Front!
and, may i also ask , don't you think that for such a company, with all that fuss - they should've had the nicest best riveting on such a high priced model ?!
@@eyalcr500 I know what you mean, but the semi-flush rivets on the 190 are so subtle that it would be easy to overdo them...a tricky one at this scale...🤔
Yes, Schnell had a final tally of 93. Those 35 bars are in addition to the number 40 in the scroll/wreath above them, so 75 kills at this point in his career.
I thought I saw rather prominent ejection marks on the inside of the flaps. I’m not a flaps-down person myself, but seeing as I’m part of a minorit….well….
Where is the rivet detail on fuselage and wings? The fuselage looks like slabs of aluminum just glued on. The 190 had subtle rivet detail all over the aircraft. Look at Aero Detail #6, look at the fine Eduard kits. I can't be called a rivet counter when there are no rivets to count. Very un-wulf.
This I have to say is very disappointing concerning all FW-190 releases by this maker, and is totally inexplicable: The windscreen is here the wrong width, being either way too wide or way too short in the manner of old tool Eduard in 1/48: 6.1 mm wide to 5.0 actual in 1/48 (20 freaking %!!!!!!). Length should be 10 mm in 1/48. This affects the entire canopy appearance. When are they going to STOP RELYING ON ANCIENT NOT TO SCALE FACTORY DRAWINGS?????? This is all the more incomprehensible in that Eduard FIXED IT in the new tools, Hasegawa got it 15 years ago, AND EVEN ZM'S OWN TA-152H IS CORRECT, WITH THE IDENTICAL SAME BASIC CANOPY OUTLINE!!!! Furthermore, the bulged hood version here (not relevant to this variant, but important nonetheless) is COMPLETELY missing the OMEGA cross-section that makes this hood variant so unique, the same lame barely bulged outcome as did Hasegawa and even Eduard on the new tools... If you can't mould this shape, then put in a VACU-FORM for Pete's sake... And yes, the available vacu-form exists (in 1/48) ONLY to match canopies of the wrong width, or with a wrong bulged profile (Dragon), although in 1/32 I don't know. I had to totally scratch my own 1/48 bulged canopy, and it was insane work. Just WHEN are these people going to get their act together on the 190s, the world wonders... Even the box cover art depicts the windscreen too wide like the kit, which I have literally NEVER seen ANY artist do (they almost always get it right)...
@@iannicholls7476 Not my scale so not bothering me either. The stupidity bothers me though, especially when you see the kind of sacks of money thrown at it by people who think they're "experts" because they have a bunch of not to scale factory drawings... The original factory papers have stamps "not to scale" on them, probably lost in the clean up process, and they just keep not getting it.
What a masterpiece of kit design and implementation. I was lucky enough to be working on the Tokyo Olympics and my venue was a 5 minute train ride from the Akihabara district where the scale modelling centre of the universe is for me. One of the shops there had an area where a woman was constructing the first SWS 1/32 kit I had ever seen (the Horton). Each day before my shift started I’d jump on the train to watch the magic slowly unfolding as this immensely skilled and patient lady created a diorama that inspired and changed my whole approach to modelling. Until you see one of these kits up close you cannot grasp the level of detail and precision that is there. The instructions alone are above and beyond even Wingnut Wings (and I am a WnW addict and fanboy) - obsessive detail and ease (such as having all the paints that are used on that page being listed across the bottom of the page so you don’t need to turn back to the inside cover). Every tiny detail has been scrutinised and honed. If you have our sickness then Zoukei Mura is the best medicine! I also have this kit Peter and I can’t wait to watch your build. It is perfect for your unrushed and perfectionist approach.
Thanks Karl! 👍🏻
What a spectacular kit imagine getting that for Christmas when you were kid in the 70s 😂
Ha ha! YES! Very good point! 😂☺️
I think I would have had a 'Trouser Accident'! 🤣
Definitely Zoukei-Mura salesman of the year… What a kit thanks again peter what a review😃😃
My pleasure! Thank you. ☺️
Just got mine ! The old mans blog on the zokei mura website has several specific blogs for the model detailing building the stages. He built 3 of them which is where the additional corrections leaflet came about. He did find it easier to put the engine in the way he describes in the instructions. He has also posted some pictures of his mistakes. Very very impressed
Brilliant...nice one, Paul! 👍🏻
Just got home, and this is just the perfect way to end the day! Great program, always informative and honest!
Enjoy!👍🏻
Just found this superb review while looking for a 1/32 Fw190 A-4 to partner my new 1/32 Revell Bf109 G-2/G4. Visited the Speyer Technik museum in Germany last week and will model my 109 on that superb example. Pre ordered the Fw190 and just researching current paints etc. Also found my preferred Yellow 2 9/JG 2 Josef Wurmheller decal set to go with it. Love your obvious enthusiasm and genuine feel to this excellent video!
Welcome aboard! 😊
Perfect score for a definite purchase 😊
The box art alone makes me want to buy this immediately 😂
You did it again Peter! Persuaded me with astute analysis to procure this plastic masterpiece! Plus my ZM 1/32 bf-109 was lonely and needed a companion😊 Peter Oxley ladies and gentlemen Zoukei-Mura salesman of the year…
Lol! 🤣
Great update Peter! Wow, looks superb, might have to order this one... Schnell, Schnell ... Worth 10/10!
Outstanding video and presentation
The MG 151 was a High Velocity, fast firing 20mm Belt-fed cannon. The MGFF was a 20mm slower firing, Drum fed cannon with a low rate of fire and lower velocity shells. (The MG FF was also used in the wings of the Bf109E model. and was discontinued after 1943 and the advent of the Fw190A-6, which had 4x MG151s. The MGFF was also less accurate due to a shorter barrel.).
It looks amazing carnt wait to build this baby 😊
Have fun!
Hi Peter, well order mine right after watching the Zoukei Mura video and will be winging it's way to me as we speak, l watched this last night and must say looking at all them parts wow 😟 but as long you read the instruction carefully and take your time so thank you for a great review at to be 10/10 👍
you got yours! isn't it a beauty!
Yes am delighted! Gonna build that next year
Great review good sir, this kit is in the que!
You know you've made it when scalemates are using your review,well done young man 👍🎩.
Wow! Thanks Steve, looks like I hit the big time! 😃
oh, sorry ! you corrected yourself ! great ! thanks for the vid !
pre-ordered mine after your vid about the company, I'll probably take a couple of years getting back into the hobby and learning until I have the nerve to take it on!
This is definitely a top level kit - immense detail.
I think any kits left in stock will be bought pretty quickly. A great review thanks.
I think so too. 👍🏻
Scale model shop has them in stock? Mine is on its way….
Certainly puts the Tamiya toy like models to shame. Well done Zukeimura, once again creating a true masterpiece.
Easy, now! 😉
It might be an idea to use brass landing gear since this looks like a heavy model.
Yes Stephie, ZM have released a range of new gear legs, guns, pitots etc for this kit as extras.
Inspired by your consecutive Zoukei Mura vids, which were marvellous, I went out yesterday to one of my local model shops here in Kuala Lumpur and bought the J2M3 Raiden! Weak and impetuous fool I am but I could not resist it. I’ll kick it off sometime in the new year - I’ll try to get the add on instrument panel and metal guns from Japan. I’m going to need to raise my game and really concentrate on this one.
Local cost was equivalent to just over £80. Not too bad.
Wow, bargain! 👍🏻
just got the J7W1 Shinden on eBay
Lovely kit! It looks much better than the early SWS series kits. I have made the Ta 152 in both 32rd and 48th scales. I must say this one is quite a revolution. I heard Zoukei-Mura kits are actually manufactured by Trumpeter. They did really good jobs to work together on the new kits.
No that's not true. But ZM (Japan) do have the injection moulding manufacture done in China, so the factory might be the same, but the rest in terms of design etc and QC is pure ZM Japan.
You will not see much of that exquisite detail.
But that shows the extent of the effort that Z-M took in creating the model.
As for the Kill markings - note that the scroll above them has 40 on it - the bars below it are in addition to that. What look like springs on the undercarriage legs are actually rubber gaiters. The main and tail struts are oleos, ie, air/oil filled, not sprung. I don't think these gaiters lasted long, because many photos don't show them - poss. because the leg design was beefed up and they no longer fitted. The little instrument cooling fan thingy above the radio that you mention at 1:00 is the Master compass gimbal housing. This could be magnetic or gyro-compass depending on version.
Wow! Thanks for that detail, Dude...much appreciated. 👍🏻☺️
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I have too much spare time ;) I still have to build the Me-109, otherwise I would be certainly getting this gem. Meanwhile I have the Revell 1/32 190 kit as a close second..... no don't hit me!
@@memkiii 🤣
Lovely kit, i think i will pick one up on your recommendation. Although NMB will probably criticise that the mid-level widget bezel is at the wrong angle and that it will need completely reskinning and re-riveting as they are 0.0001mm out of skew and £180 worth of after market to actually get it to fly.
😆😂🤣
Hard to *re*rivet that which isn't riveted . . . 😏
I received my pre-ordered ZM 190 at the end of November, and, I quite agree, it's magnificent.
As you repeatedly mentioned the pallor of the plastic, I started hearing strains of "A Whiter Shade of Pale", LOL!
Morose Procol Harum associations aside, for me , when the instructions, plastic, and the attention to detail are considered, ZM shares the lonely top tier with only the late Wingnut Wings, and Kotare. GWH's Hawk 81-A2 would have put them there had they done a comparable job with the instructions! To paraphrase yet another song, we may have good kits, but we'll never have better. Glory-O, Glory-O, to the bold kit manufacturers.
Did you notice the prop blades' "notched" retaining nuts on the hub, and the exactly duplicated hub of the cooling fan, and the wider & narrower caopies for the closed and open versions (190 canopies were "hinged" on top so that they could narrow as they were slid back on the narrowing fuselage). I could go on. I believe this kind of detail is a first in modeling the 190, and surely underscores ZM's commitment to detail fidelity.
Err...and Tamiya!??? 😳
IMHO, Tamiya's a very close second. Their fit is second to none. I can't say that they always go to the same extremes of detail, externally & internally, with the possible exception of their 1/32 scale. But, I'd say, if they got their very clear instructions up to ZM, Kotare & WW standards, I'd be willing to consider Tamiya "right there" (it wouldn't hurt if Cartograph was contracted for Tamiya's decals).
@@josephstabile9154 See my Tamiya talk this weekend…you must have read my mind! 😳 😜 👍🏻
One easily misses tiny details like that on first glance, especially when trying to give a commentary...but I see what you mean about those notches! 👍🏻
Thanks for showing the unboxing. The irony here is the lack of panel rivets. Why this is I can not understand.
Yes, they seem to have shyed away from adding it, though I must confess that I struggled to see the fine surface detail on this new lighter plastic as it gives poor contrast under my bright lights.
These were flush rivets, and when new would really not be that visible at all. They puttied over the rivets before painting, and some larger fasteners (eg the 9 large boltholes on the UC leg fairings), like on Me-109, 262 and P-51s.
@memkiii that may be so but they were indeed visible. Anyway, you miss my point. it's a detail that should be there, especially given the rest of the kit. In the end I would put rivets in my self.
Well i love your reviews but really! Hartman only flew the 109 but did test fly the 190.xx
Did you watch the whole video? Did you listen? I quickly corrected myself.
Really looking forward to this one coming out.
Am I right in saying this kit can be built ad a cutaway version?
Yes but you would need to do the cut away outer panel yourself. 👍🏻
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Thanks Peter
Nigel would've found faults with it, it's something he's really good at. Merry Christmas from New Zealand.
Who? If you wanted to be really picky you could say there were some mild ejector pin marks on the flaps and no weight on wheels, bit other than that...👍🏻 Merry Christmas.
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Luv ya vids keep up the great work. NMBENCH
Me 262 next please Zoukei mura.
YES PLEASE! 🤤
Please Zoukeimoura could we have a Huckebein or a Storch?
A Storch is so spindly, I can't imagine them being able to do this level of detail without making the whole thing floppy.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Thursday, 29 August, 2024)
Well, now, is THIS one truly exciting for its stunning detail!
On the issue of an aircraft’s wing flaps operating as a pilot is taking off or landing, I hear a debate about their use or deployment outside that situation. Some say that whilst an æroplane is aground, they never are lowered. Others say that if a plane’s hydraulic lines (hoses?) are essentially inert-that is, I infer, the pressure has dropped; and from this, I deduce that said hydraulic pressure is to hold the flaps in a neutral position; that is, they have no ærodynamic influence on the airframe’s flight vector or performance-and the flaps will drop, at least to a degree. Exactly what is true?
Another matter: A couple of new model kit manufacturers ow show an even greater level of precision; Zoukei Mura is first, with their 1:32nd-scale kit of the Focke Wulf FW-190A-4. eye-popping at numerous points. MiniArt, in their 1:48th-scale kit of Republic’s P-47D Thunderbolt USAAF Fighter, have incorporated in the cockpit sidewalls astounding detail, establishing to my judgement that the kit actually exceeds in comparable Tamiya aircraft models in this scale!
What other model makers would deserve inclusion in this discussion? Tell us all on UA-cam your thoughts, please.
@@DavidRLentz-b7i Not too sure on the flaps, maybe someone will tell us? ICM also Deserve a mention too as their recent Marauder is a gem, though I must reign-in your enthusiasm on the Mini Art P-47D as the 2 examples I saw had rather poor moulded clear canopy with much distortion...not Quite a Tamiya-beater yet! (See my review) ua-cam.com/video/1yhDTAp2EZU/v-deo.htmlsi=4qaptr8eoFycHAQk Arma Hobby also made some beautiful Hurricanes recently...
oh boy, i was hoping for a Dora hehehe
Hi, absolutely stunning kit 😍😍😍 thanks for a wonderful video of her. The German WWII fighter “ace’s” only received this credit after 100 confirmed kills. British pilots get the “Ace” at 20 I think could be 15 I can’t remember the highest German Ace had almost 400 kills mostly on the eastern front at beginning of the war. As most Russian aircraft where old WWI fighters and they had thousands of them but instead of scrapping them they just sent them out to die in combat then when they started running low shipped out all the modern aircraft they’ed borrowed from us and America or built themselves. But unfortunately all there best pilots were by now dead. So it was an extremely difficult time for the Russians and why the German kill rates are so high it’s not B/S or hyped up numbers the German Luftwaffe was extremely strict on verifying every kill the pilots had but some at the start of the conflict were shooting down 10-15 aircraft a day on the eastern front.
Anyway… I’d like to wish you a very Happy Christmas and a spectacular New Year 🤩😎😍 all the very best wishes to you and your wonderful wife and family, Kenny 😁🤩😍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks Kenny, same best wishes to you! On the UK / US side, a pilot is usually considered an 'Ace' after just 5 kills. 👍🏻
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab I think that’s nowadays but “ during the war” it was either 15 or 20 kills… I think 😅😅😅
You have a nice restful Christmas Peter 🙏🤞👍 and I hope you get spoiled rotten for Christmas you deserve it !!! All you do for us, it’s amazing and truly worth while as I’ve taken to heart your recommendations on a lot of aircraft kits that are on my wish list… or rather WHERE 🤣🤣🤣 thanks to you I have my eyes set on a few others now same aircraft just a different brand. I will be honest with you here and now I’m more into Armour. I do have some beautiful 1/32nd aircraft but I need to sharpen my skills to do them the justice they deserve 😅😅😅 I get mine from eBay at knock down prices I just wait and get them when I see bargains mostly because they’ve been put in the wrong section or spelling is wrong or something stupid like that 🤪😳😅 I recently got the Dragon 1/32nd Mustang for £30 came with a whole host of aftermarket to same thing with my two Tamiya Spitfires a MkVIII & MkIXc and the Marines F4J Phantom but I’m going to convert that one into a 74 Sqn Tiger 😍😍😍 I was extremely disappointed with HongKong models 1/32nd Gloster Meteor 😢😢😢 no engines in her and it’s… not what I was expecting the cockpit is rather lacking, and there’s not a lot to it plastic wise I’ve a few more tucked away to so if you ever want to borrow any for a review you would be more than welcome they’er all still sealed in the bags and boxes are in pretty good condition so again you’d be more than welcome to borrow them if you’re interested 🤓😎🤩😍👍👍👍👍👍👍
ordered mid way thru (shakes fist) 🤣
Thanks for the thorough review. Looks like ZM knocked it out of the ballpark. Mine's in the mail. The ZM FW is only 20.00 USD more than what I paid for the Trumpeter A7D Corsair II, something I just had to have, even though I knew what I was getting (fill and sand city). Perhaps ZM has a 1/32 P-38 in the works. One can hope.
Enjoy it 👍🏻
Hahaha that Kinetic sea harrier will be the death of you!
Try not to get too stressed up Peter
Is this another of their no seat belts kits? I'm not seeing any. Given all the other (hidden) details and the price of the kit, this is a major omission. Anybody know why they've adopted this policy?
They sell them as a seperate item (HGW I think) I forgot to add this as I have a set already put aside for this kit...but I agree it would be nice to have them included
At my local hobby shop, the seat belts add an extra 13% to the cost of the kit. That's significant and seriously reduces the kit's value. Seat belts are highly visible and more important to model presentation than all those hidden details. I don't see how anything from Z-M could be considered for year end honors with a major omission like seat belts. In my opinion, it's unacceptable for this scale and price range. It comes across as a marketing ploy to make their kits look like good value. Then they make up the lost profit margin with the very high mark-up on the aftermarket seat belt set because no self-respecting modeller will build it without seat belts.
@@t-mar9275 I have plenty of those things in stock anyway as most supplied with most kits disappoint.
Di9d you notice the con rod and main crank on the engine cylinder parts?
Yes, 45.25-45.32. As I said. 👍🏻
It is definitely a Masterpiece. I ve been waiting to get my hands on for 9 years... Wow. Also a very nice presentation/ review. But two minor downsides should be named versus the overall positive impression. First and foremost is the landing gear around 6 mm to short. It looks like one has measured a museumpiece which must have been displayed with insufficently pressurized landinggear (27 atü). In reality that means the museumpiece sinks down and sits like a lame duck. It is also seen on the FW190 F-8 in the states. Result was that the restauration team painted the load- indicator-scales on the movable and static parts of the landibg gear covers in the wrong position. Eduard have earlier gone the same path with their brassin undercarriage. A bit of a shame but its visible since the two lowest visible mounting points for the static part mounted on the landinggear-cylinder should be shown and not hidden by the lower part (mounted to the piston) covering the wheel. So the perfectionist has to be aware that there is evtl. surgery to be done (in form of enlengthening the piston of the landinggearstrut as well as splitting the covers - luckily two versions are included in the kit) when wanting to present the aircraft sitting at the correct angle and the correct height. The Prop-blades seem to be a later version as this version had a 4mm step in the blade- root-shaft and the latter been a bit longer for making room for the balance-weights introduced on later models. So the blades are a tad to wide since up to A-4s they used a slimmer prop-blade with a different partnumber. The model seems to represent the wider A-5 to A-8 blade. I can only assume that since the engine was moved 152mm forward and ailerons, elevators and vertical stabilizers had been changed that this new blade compensated some changes and gave a better performance at higher altitudes as with the end of 1943 it was forced to fight over 5000m where the FW190 usually had the best performance. But thats my assumption. Fact is there are two different partnumbers for early FWs up to A-4 and from A-5 to A-8/F-8.
As mentioned in a different review, the Decal for for fuelquality-requirements is marked with 87 wheras it should be marked with C3 100 octane. Thats a mibor thing of what to be aware of on an otherwise outstanding, almost perfectly researched and represented kit. Thank you again ZM for delivering such an outstanding model. Bravo! What a result!!!
Thanks...Interesting: ZM have just issued a white metal gear leg option, I wonder if this corrects some of these issues? 🤔
@@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab Its basically the same. To be honest .. Seeing how sturdy the plastic legs are and that evtl. a new strut comes into use (at least for my part) it seems not necessary at all. Brass would be the choice of the day but since Eduards are also way to much compressed (also seen on the scissors-knee) I, personally, would convert the plastic parts. Whitemetal also bends if your unlucky and since they are obviously a tad to short I would set a brass tube into the plasticstrut, to enlengthen the original lower part. Drilling out the plastic is a lot less hazzle than the white-metal tiptoe-drilling-excercise ( or worse the brassin from Eduard - I managed in the end - the stuff is tough but seems to float as soon as there is to much pressure... Just my two cents but I thought it reasonable info for those who seek it displayed as seen on most pictures showing an A-4.. I applaud Zoukei Mura on their outstanding and remarkably correct achievement. What a job!!!
Hartmann or schnell?
Schnell. I did correct myself...
Sorry Peter, got to be Jg 54 Grunherz!
I have a large hand carved Eagle that l purchased from a Ukrainian man who was left it by his father. It was in the officers mess of Jg54 on the Eastern Front!
You sure about Hartmann?
No...but I soon corrected myself...suggest you watch it all...😉
I did. Great presentation. Buying one. Thank you!
@@davesplasticmodelreviewsan8033 Thanks Dave. Enjoy!
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what "Erich Hartman" ???? 🤣 this A-4 was flown by Siegfried Schnell !!!! and if i'm not mistakling, Hartman never flew a 190 ...?
Perhaps you should listen again, this time to the whole video.😉
yes Sir, look the next comment , see - i apologized !!! greetings from the Holy Land @@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab
and, may i also ask , don't you think that for such a company, with all that fuss - they should've had the nicest best riveting on such a high priced model ?!
@@eyalcr500 All is well! Thanks. ☺️
@@eyalcr500 I know what you mean, but the semi-flush rivets on the 190 are so subtle that it would be easy to overdo them...a tricky one at this scale...🤔
Hartman had 352 kills (345 Soviet)
Yes, Schnell had a final tally of 93. Those 35 bars are in addition to the number 40 in the scroll/wreath above them, so 75 kills at this point in his career.
.......этот набор блестящая альтернатива fw border models............
I thought I saw rather prominent ejection marks on the inside of the flaps. I’m not a flaps-down person myself, but seeing as I’m part of a minorit….well….
Actually I also saw that when watching the video back, but was quite hard to spot with the naked eye which doesn't have 20x zoom...
Where is the rivet detail on fuselage and wings? The fuselage looks like slabs of aluminum just glued on. The 190 had subtle rivet detail all over the aircraft. Look at Aero Detail #6, look at the fine Eduard kits. I can't be called a rivet counter when there are no rivets to count. Very un-wulf.
I understand your point, but from photos I have seen those rivets are VERY subtle indeed...
This I have to say is very disappointing concerning all FW-190 releases by this maker, and is totally inexplicable: The windscreen is here the wrong width, being either way too wide or way too short in the manner of old tool Eduard in 1/48: 6.1 mm wide to 5.0 actual in 1/48 (20 freaking %!!!!!!). Length should be 10 mm in 1/48. This affects the entire canopy appearance. When are they going to STOP RELYING ON ANCIENT NOT TO SCALE FACTORY DRAWINGS?????? This is all the more incomprehensible in that Eduard FIXED IT in the new tools, Hasegawa got it 15 years ago, AND EVEN ZM'S OWN TA-152H IS CORRECT, WITH THE IDENTICAL SAME BASIC CANOPY OUTLINE!!!! Furthermore, the bulged hood version here (not relevant to this variant, but important nonetheless) is COMPLETELY missing the OMEGA cross-section that makes this hood variant so unique, the same lame barely bulged outcome as did Hasegawa and even Eduard on the new tools... If you can't mould this shape, then put in a VACU-FORM for Pete's sake... And yes, the available vacu-form exists (in 1/48) ONLY to match canopies of the wrong width, or with a wrong bulged profile (Dragon), although in 1/32 I don't know. I had to totally scratch my own 1/48 bulged canopy, and it was insane work. Just WHEN are these people going to get their act together on the 190s, the world wonders... Even the box cover art depicts the windscreen too wide like the kit, which I have literally NEVER seen ANY artist do (they almost always get it right)...
“The world wonders…”? It’s not bothering me mate!
@@iannicholls7476 Not my scale so not bothering me either. The stupidity bothers me though, especially when you see the kind of sacks of money thrown at it by people who think they're "experts" because they have a bunch of not to scale factory drawings... The original factory papers have stamps "not to scale" on them, probably lost in the clean up process, and they just keep not getting it.
.....однако,однако-заклепок практически нет-минус zoukei mura........