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THE
AIRCRAFT: The famous Focke-Wulf 190 was one of the best fighter to take to the skies
during W.W.2. Designed by that genius of Doct. Kurt Tank and equipped with
another bit of the German engineering excellence, the superlative B.M.W. 801
engine, she gave many headache to the Britons and she became a
severe shock for the Fighter Command at the end of 1941. During September
of that year she began to knock-out the famous Spitfires over the Channel and
the RAF lost her supremacy in those skies. In 1944 a new version of this jewel
appeared, the ‘190D “long-nose”, after an in-line Jumo engine had been
fitted.
This
new fighter was another masterpiece of the German engineering and could outclass
real champions like even P-51, P-47 and Tempest.
Click on
images below to see larger images
This
kit is the 2nd generation of the 1/72nd scale Airfix serie I. It’s a very nice
kit and I built it straight OOB to match the famous German Ace Gerhard
Barkhorn’s plane when he was JG6 GeschwaderKommodore during 1945. Decals came
like a “collage” from the spare box. The colours used are all in the Humbrol
range and are Braunviolet RLM81 = 98, Dunkelgrun RLM82 = 86 and Weissblau RLM76
= 122 .
Many
regards from Italy!
Paolo De Sanctis
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