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FOCKE-WULF Fw 190F-8TEST-SHOT PREVIEW
FOCKE-WULF Fw 190F-8Steve Abbey inspects
a test-shot of Revell’s
all-new Würger
ocke-Wulf’s Fw 190 Würger
(Shrike) was a German
single-seat, single-engine
fighter aircraft designed by
Kurt Tank in the late 1930s and
used widely during World War
Two. Based on the A-8 fighter,
and with a BMW engine tuned
for low-level work, the F
series encompassed
dedicated ground-
attack versions. It
had additional internal
armour built into the
airframe and could
carry a wide range of
additional stores under
the wings and fuselage, at
the expense of wing armament.
In the second half of 1944, to
improve the pilot’s side-forwardvisibility, a widened ‘blown’
cockpit canopy was added.Revell steps up
At last, after more
than a decade,
Revell has
turned its
attention to a new-
tool 1/32 scale Fw 190 F-8. The
test-shot included 201 grey parts
on nine runners, with a further
runner of 12 clear components.
Fortunately, an interim instruction
leaflet that comprised 16 pages
was supplied, along with a well-
printed decal sheet that contains
markings (complete apart from
swastikas), for two aircraft, Black 2
and Black 6, both from SG 10 based
in Czechoslovakia during 1945.26-27_Fw190.CC.indd 26 17/03/2015 14:33