OPENING THE BOX
As is usual with kits from Revell,
the box opens at the ends, so
it cannot be used as a working
tray for parts. My solution
was to decant everything intothe box of the model I had
previously been working on.
So what did I decant? Twelve
grey plastic sprues and three
clear ones, along with a sheet of
decals and a multipage instruction
sheet, written in no fewer than
twenty-one languages. These
polyglossic words are all either
definitions applied to symbols
(stick/paint/drill here, etc.) or vague
descriptions of the 21 different
colours involved in the build, such
as ”blackish green matt”, ”khaki
brown matt” and – my favourite- ”mouse grey matt”. Fortunately
paint numbers from Revell’s
own range are given as starting
points, as well as RLM numbers
for the main camouflage colours.
Words apart, the instructions
are clear and succinct, with
the different options being
clearly shown at each of the
72 stages of construction.
In fact, options-wise, the
Butcher is well supplied. There are
two variants available to build: an
Fw 190A-8/R11 nightfighter from
June 1944 and an Fw 190 A-8 from
June 1945. The former – White 9,
W. Nr. 29210, flown by Ofw. Günter
Migge, 1./NJGr. 10, (Werneuchen)- comes complete with radar
aerials above and below the wings,
and this is the version I decided
upon, if only because prior
to seeing the kit I had no
idea it had ever existed.
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