This item is for a complete 1/48 model decal set, see below for a description.

Decal Manufacturer: Aeromaster

 

Title: Butcher Birds - Part 3

 

Ref: 48-103

 

Scale: 1/48

 

Decals: The sheet contains decals for five Luftwaffe Focke-Wulf Fw 190 ground attack aircraft, a Fw 190A-8, not an Fw 190F-8 as per the placement guide, serving with II Gruppe Schlachtgeschwader 10 (II./SG 10), the aircraft was previously assigned to III Gruppe, hence the two colours of aircraft codes, a Fw 190F-8 serving with Stab II./SG 4, a Fw 190F-8 serving with I./SG 2, given the Yellow nose band, the aircraft appears in colour film footage taken when it was surrendered to American forces in 1945, a Fw 190F-9 serving with Stab II./SG 10 flown by the Technischer Offizier Technical Officer and a Fw 190F-8/R1 serving with 6./SG 10, not a Fw 190F-9 as per the placement guide.

 

Includes Black Luftwaffe serial numbers Werk Nummer (WNr.), Yellow, Red, Green, Green outlined in Black and two part White and Black aircraft codes, , Green, Green outlined in Black and two part White and Black fuselage rank and staffel insignia, White spinner spirals, a two part Black and White spinner spiral for the Stab II./SG 4 Fw 190F-8, three sets of data/stencils, several types of balkenkreuz for the fuselage and wing surfaces and three sets of one part and two part Luftwaffe tail insignia. 

There are sufficient decals to complete at least three Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft from the sheet in full, the other two using kit national insignia and data/stencils where required. The II./SG 10 Fw 190A-8 is finished in RLM 82 Dunkelgrün and RLM 75 Grauviolett uppers over RLM 76 lowers with a RLM 82/75 mottle over fuselage sides and tail surfaces, a RLM 04 Yellow nose band and RLM 04 rudder surfaces. The Stab II./SG 4 Fw 190F-8 is finished in RLM 74 Graugrün and RLM 75 uppers over RLM 76 lowers with a RLM 04 cowl ring, a RLM 04 fuselage band, RLM 04 rudder surfaces and a RLM 04 spinner with a narrow Black and White spinner spiral provided as decals on the sheet. The I./SG 2 Fw 190F-8 is finished in RLM 82 and RLM 75 uppers over RLM 76 lowers with a RLM 82/75 mottle over the tail surfaces, a RLM 04 nose band and RLM 04 rudder surfaces. The Stab II./SG 10 Fw 190F-9 is finished in RLM 82 and RLM 75 uppers over RLM 76 lowers with a RLM 82/75 mottle over the fuselage sides and tail surfaces, a RLM 04 nose band and RLM 04 rudder surfaces. The 6./SG 10 Fw 190F-8 should be is finished in RLM 82 and RLM 75 uppers over RLM 76 lowers with a RLM 04 nose band and a darker colour on the rudder surfaces, possibly RLM 04 or RLM 75 or Red primer paint, this was one of a number of Stab.II Gruppe and 6 Staffel aircraft of SG 10 that surrendered to American forces at Neubiberg.

 

Also includes a double sided A4 black and white placement guide showing side, upper and lower profiles.

 

Decals for five Focke-Wulf Fw 190 aircraft, click the highlighted links for images identical or similar to those aircraft that can be modelled: 

1. Fw 190A-8, WNr. 681330, 11 7╬ - I , II./SG 10, Neubiberg, Germany, 8th May 1945▐

2. Fw E 190F-8, <E+ −, Stab./SG 4, Czechoslovakia, 1945

3. Fw 190F-8, WNr.588453, <2+, I./SG 2, Germany, May 1945

4. Fw 190F-9, WNr. 440401, <o+ −, Stab II./SG 10, Neubiberg, Germany, 8th May 1945

5. Fw 190F-8/R1, WNr.586875, 2+ −, 6./SG 10, Neubiberg, Germany, 8tth May 1945 (should possibly be Yellow 2 based on the staffel colour)

 

Condition: mint