This is a new decal
sheet from Cutting
Edge Modelworks. The sheet includes markings for 4 different Fw-190A's in 1/48 scale.
The Fw 190 prototype first flew
on June 1,1939 and production deliveries began in late 1940. Within a year, Fw
l90s were making low-level sweeps over southern England in daylight, and
outclassing the Spitfire Mk. V. After a number of engagements between the
Fw-190 and the Spitfire Mk. V....the Spitfire Mk.V pilots were told to avoid
engaging Fw-190's unless they had the advantage going into the fight. It
wasn't until the Spitfire Mk.IX was introduced that the Spitfire was able to
tangle with the Fw-190 on a more or less equal footing. The wider landing
gear track of the Fw-190 as compared to the Bf-109, made the Fw-190 a much more
forgiving fighter for the less experienced pilots.
The first plane is
a Fw-190 A-3 from an unknown unit. The paint scheme is a late-war
ground concealment paint scheme of RLM82/83 over the original RLM
74/75. This plane has an RLM 04 yellow rudder and engine chin
cowl. Code numbers on the fuselage are "17" and
"71" on the other side.....the #1 is dark blue with a white
outline and the #7 is red with a while outline. These numbers are
presented in 2 layers so the white outline decals lines up perfectly with
the red and blue number decals. The spinner is RLM 83.
The second plane
is a Fw-190 A-6 flown
by Oblt. Georg Schott Staffelkapitan, 1./ JG 1 in September 1943.
The paint scheme is a mixture of RLM74/75/83. This plane has an RLM
04 yellow engine chin cowl. Code numbers on the fuselage are white
"11" with a black outline, which are applied over a patch of RLM
02. The engine cowling is covered in a black and white checker board
pattern (supplied as black decals with you painting the white) and the
spinner is black and white. The black checker boards come as 13
decals, so this should make installation less stressful that one
huge decal you must apply to a round engine cowl. Artwork on this aircraft is a
black cat on the side of the fuselage under the canopy. There is a
"Devil Badge" that could have been applied to the left hand cowl of
this aircraft and this decal is included if you choose to use it.
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