06 The Focke Wulf Fw-189 and Airframe Detail - Detaild Guide

Airframe Album 6 — Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu

This is a reference publication, not a kit. In it the publisher Valiant Wings Publishing has covered the German twin-engine reconnaissance and observation aircraft Focke-Wulf Fw 189 in the way that is most useful to modelers: a photographic survey of the airframe, an overview of the versions and documentation of the finishes. The author is Richard A. Franks, the book came out in 2015, the text is in English and the format is A4.

What the book contains

• a technical description of the airframe section by section, with photographs of details of the cockpit, the engines and the landing gear
• the development of the type: prototypes, production versions and variants that stayed on the drawing board
• camouflage and markings with color profiles
• isometric drawings of the structural assemblies
• model builds and appendices with an overview of kits, accessories and decals

About the aircraft

The Fw 189 was a twin-engine aircraft of twin-boom layout with a glazed central nacelle that gave the crew such a field of view that the type was nicknamed the flying eye. It served above all as a reconnaissance and observation machine on the Eastern Front, where it proved itself by its toughness and by its ability to land on improvised strips. Night fighter and training conversions were also tried. For a modeler it is a rewarding type: the glazed nacelle and the pair of booms call for documentation, because their shapes are hard to judge.

Who it is for

For modelers who are building the Fw 189 in any scale and need reference for the glazing, the interior and the engine nacelles, and for anyone interested in the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front. The reader should expect an English text; the photographs, drawings and profiles are usable even without it.