This plane would be a nice addition to the "ground-pounder set" along with the lovely P-47D-25 and the Il-2 or Il-10 that I hope to see eventually.
Joe Baugher has a good
writeup on this plane, taken primarily from Adam Skupiewski's "Aircraft Monograph: Fw 190A/F/G/S, Part I"
Basically it is an Fw 190A-8 airframe, which should make flight modeling an easy task. Some early examples had special armor but this was generally not fitted due to excessive weight. Outboard MG 151/20 were not fitted but the wing-root cannons and cowl MG's were retained.
Like the A-8, an ETC 501 centerline stores rack was fitted, capable of carrying a 300 liter fuel tank, 250 kg bomb, or 500 kg bomb. An ER4 adapter was commonly used which allowed carriage of 4 x 50 kg bombs on the ETC 501.
The major version was the Fw 190F-8/R1, with 4 hardpoints on the wings. Each wing had two ETC 50 or ETC 71 bomb racks for 50 kg or 70 kg bombs.
Another significant variant was the Fw 190F-8/U1 which had underwing pylons taken from the Bf 110. A 300 liter drop tank or 250 kg bomb could be carried on each wing.
Several types of anti-tank rockets were also used on the Fw 190F-8, which I have detailed
HERE. Information on this type is pretty abundant. The Smithsonian has an immaculately restored example of an F-8 (pictured above) which served with Schlachtgeschwader 2, if one needs a pattern for coloring and details. Jay P. Spenser's "Focke-Wulf Fw 190, Workhorse of the Luftwaffe" explores the history and restoration of that particular plane.
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