Focke Wulf Fw 190A/F/G Part 1

Colortech #1
By Thomas A. Tullis
Published by Cutting Edge

Reviewed by Tom Cleaver

Attention Luftwaffe fans!! Cutting Edge has just published one of the handiest color guides for doing Fw-190s this reviewer has seen. Let the author, Thomas A. Tullis, describe what it's about in the introduction:

"this publication is designed to give you a quick reference guide to the color schemes and markings employed on the Fw-190A/F/G series of aircraft. In recent years, much new information on Luftwaffe camouflage and markings has been discovered, some of which conflicts with previously released material. This book compiles this new research into one concise source and clarifies some of the conflicting information previously published."

In going through this book, that is exactly what this book does. With research assistance from Scott Battistoni, Dana Bell, Mike Bobe, Dave E. Brown, Jerry and Judy Crandall, Eddie Creek, James V. Crow, Tom Dietz, Robert Forsyth, Bud Golem, Jennings Heilig, Thomas Hitchcock, George Hopp, Ray Horta, and others, the booklet stands on very solid ground.

There are a number of color plates of camouflage patterns, theater-specific identification markings, and 8 color profiles of some very interesting-looking Butcher birds from various periods of the war that I had not seen anywhere else. This looks to be a something fans of Kurt Tank's fighter will want to get hold of.