This is an Eduard Models 1/48 Scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the Fw 190 A-8, a late short-nose variant of the Focke-Wulf Fw190 fighter aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during World War II. Model kit features: Kit features finely engraved panel lines, well equipped cockpit, fully rendered BMW 801 twin-row radial engine (with accessory section and mounts), cowl-mounted machine guns, wing root cannon bays, detailed undercarriage and wheel bays, separately molded rudder and ailerons, segmented cowling, optional position gun access panels, single-piece 3-blade propeller (with separate spinner), drop tank, bomb, W.Gr.21 underwing rockets (x2) and optional position canopy (choice of standard or "blown" hood). Also includes die-cut canopy and wheel masks plus photo-etch parts (fine exterior details, cockpit accents, color instrument panels, consoles, seatbelts). Decals and color painting guide for (5) Luftwaffe aircraft: "Blue 13", pilot Maj Walter Dahl of Stab/JG300, Juterborg, December 1944; "White 2", pilot Uffz Julius Händel of 13./JG 54, Poland, autumn 1944; "Erika / Blue 8", pilot Uffz Dietrich of 12./JG 5, Herdla, Norway, spring 1945; "White 6", pilot Lt Gustav Salffner of 7./JG 300, Lobnitz, March 1945 and "Black 10", WNr 380352 of 2./JG 11, Darmstadt, spring 1945. Model length: 186mm. Wingspan: 210mm. Plastic parts: 22. Photo-etched parts, Eduard mask.