Garandomatic Posted May 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 19, 2017 Found a nice FW 190 today for pretty cheap at an antique store, and pretty quickly read that these were mostly recast in a mkre stable plastic. Is there any easy way to tell if one is an original or not besides whether or not it's begun to melt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted May 20, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 20, 2017 One sure sign can be found on the underside of many of the reproductions. A capital letter "R" inside a diamond. Also, a majority of the originals will have a slight warp to the wings, or tail plane, which does not happen to the more stable reproductions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted May 24, 2017 Here's mine. I'm not exactly sure what I am going to do with it at the moment, but I would like to know if it is original or repro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garandomatic Posted May 24, 2017 Author Share #4 Posted May 24, 2017 And the underside. No "R" marking at all. Detail appears more crisp than some recasts I have seen, and it also lacks the bubbles and casting issues I have seen in some recasts as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pararaftanr2 Posted May 24, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 24, 2017 I'm no expert, but it looks like an original to me. The smaller models, with shorter wingspan, are much less likely to warp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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