The first part of a monograph on the German fighter plane Focke-Wulf Fw 190 discusses the origins and development of versions A, F, G and S, which fighter, assault, fighter-bomber, reconnaissance and trainer production variants and prototypes are specified and described, including technical specifications and changes made in all sub-variants and conversions. Lists all used types of armament: shooting weapons, bombs, missiles and torpedos. Contains the production list of Fw 190A with serial numbers and technical data on each variant. In a separate chapter, the author describes camouflage and markings of Fw 190s used in combat units on the basis of concrete examples.
96 pages, 91 photos, 24 sheets of 1:48 and 1:72 scale drawings with specification of external changes on production-run versions of the aircrat, 11 pages of colour illustrations with 28 examples of camouflage schemes.
Free 1:48 and 1:72 decals for 4 schemes:
Fw 190 A-4, W.Nr. 7328,`Yellow 10' of 6./JG 1, Woernsdredcht (Netherlands), April 1943.
Fw 190 A-7/R6,`Red 8', flown by Fw. Hartkopf of JGr 10, Parchim (Germany), Summer 1944.
Fw 190 A-8/R2,`Yellow 17', flown by Uffz. Willi Unger of 12./JG 3, Barth (Germany), May 1944.
Fw 190 A-8,`Red 11' of JGr 10, Parchim (Germany), Autumn 1944.
About the Series
Monographs focuses on an individual type of aircraft. Each monograph contains descriptions of the aircraft's origin, its variants and combat history. Each volume includes several hundred archive photographs, technical scale drawings and colour profile artwork. Each book also has free extras for modellers, with decals and masking foil.