The Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-8 was the most heavily produced version of Kurt Tank's radial-engined fighter, entering service in early 1944 as the Luftwaffe's frontline defence against growing waves of Allied heavy bombers. Powered by a BMW 801D-2 radial engine and built to accept an extensive range of field modification kits (Rustsatze), the A-8 could be configured as an interceptor, a heavily armoured 'Sturmbock' bomber-destroyer with additional cannon and cockpit armour, or a fighter-bomber, and equipped elite Sturmgruppen and the 'Wilde Sau' night-fighting units of JG300, JG301 and JG302.Dragon's 1/48 kit captures the A-8's distinctive short, portly fuselage and the BMW 801's characteristic cowling with slide-moulded parts for crisp engine and cowl-flap detail, plus finely engraved panel lines across the wings and fuselage.The kit provides optional underwing gun pod and stores fittings reflecting the type's varied Rustsatz field kits, along with a detailed cockpit and decals for genuine late-war Luftwaffe unit markings.An essential build for anyone assembling a representative collection of Germany's most important wartime fighter family.
