Focke-Wulf Fw 190
Wulf Pack

Volume 2

Exito Decals, 1/72 scale

Reviewed by Graham Carter

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This is a newish company from Poland and judging by the quality of the product they have a great future. They produce a range of interesting decals in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 and are worth looking for through their site at www.exito.site. This is first of the smaller scale decals I have had a chance to look at and they give nothing away to their larger scale versions.

I am really impressed with the manner of presentation, with the decals and information material backed with a very solid card sheet inside a resealable thin plastic sleeve, which unfortunately split very easily when I opened it - might be worth replacing with a zip-lock bag methinks.

Each aircraft is given a high quality coloured A4 double-sided poster with, on one side there is a side view and, on the rear, a mass of photos, drawings, colour and decal placement information. It is suggested that the modeller might like to frame these for display and they are certainly of sufficient quality to do this.

The three aeroplanes covered on this sheet are:

• Fw190 A-5 Yellow 3+1 of Lt. Josef Wurmheller of 9./JG.2, in France , summer 1943 in the standard scheme with yellow rudder and lower nose , and with the black ‘eagle’ shape along the cowling and exhaust area,

• Fw190 D-9 Red ‘8’ of 12./JG 54 Frankfurt am Main Spring 1945, in the later war scheme with blue fuselage band, and

• Fw190 A-8 Blue ‘9’, of 4./JG 301again in the late-war scheme and with red and yellow ID bands around the rear fuselage.

Decals are beautifully printed by Cartograf, with negligible carrier film in gloss finish, while colour density appears to be excellent and register is perfect.

Swastikas come in two forms, segmented and whole, presumably so that the whole ones are removed from their corner for sale in countries where this symbol is understandably banned. The sheet is also available in 1/48 and 1/32 scales.

I commend this sheet to any modeller with an interest in any of the Focke-Wulf aeroplanes for its quality production and presentation.

Decals are beautifully printed, with negligible carrier film in gloss finish, while colour density appears to be excellent and register is perfect. I commend this sheet to any modeller of these aircraft for its quality production and presentation.

Thanks to Exito Decals for the review sample

Review Text and Images Copyright © 2022 by Graham Carter
Page Created 11 April, 2021
Last Updated 14 April, 2022

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