Thread: Fw190
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Old 4th July 2013, 17:49
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Re: Fw190

Do not trust anything that comes out of Sandy Air.

They are known in the restoration community as "all marking, and all garbage".

- such as the Me109G they sold at a ridiculous price (and to the new owner's surprise) was assembled with pop rivets in a matter of months.

Sandy Air knows nothing about the aircraft they "restore" - they even once tried passing off a reproduction tubular constructed Me109E windscreen as an original G type...same with wing panels that are clearly Me109 G10, and was selling them as G2 (which they are not, as the design is completely different).

The tail on this D9 is CLEARLY Flugwerk...based on the angle that the antenna mast is mounted (this error was only done in Flugwerk birds).

I had some friends look at this Fw190 who have built both originals and Flugwerk models...they ALL stated that the only thing that may NOT be Flugwerk are the wings - fuselage, cockpit, and tail are 100% Flugwerk.

Sandy Air also did not do the restoration - I am told they bought it as you see in the photos - Flugwerk airframe with Jumo211 attached, no history.