Have you ever started making a base for one of your models and tried gluing, say, photo matte material to the surface of the base to simulate concrete? After applying the adhesive, you need something nice and heavy and flat to set on top of the base while the adhesive dries, right? Buy this book. It’s perfect for that. I mean, it’s 9” x 12.25”, about an inch thick and weights about a ton. Secondarily, it also serves as an excellent resource for black and white and original color photos of late war Focke-Wulf Fw190s, including factory and construction work. It also includes close ups, drawings, and illustrations of most of the Rüstsatz field modifications and variants plus special and/or experimental weapons used during the period, plus copies of Focke-Wulf factory handbook drawings. There are many color side profiles of select examples of these variants.

The text included in each chapter is well done, easily understood, and thorough. And they’ve crammed a lot of information into the book by using about a 4 point font. Bring your glasses and settle in for a long, worthwhile read.

There are three appendices, with one covering Fw190 losses mentioned in the extensive text, one with information on Fw190 prototypes, and one listing Fw190 production variants. Lastly is an index of ‘personalities,’ listing people mentioned in the text in all three books.

This book is, of course, the third in a three-book series and it makes me really want to find the first two. The depth of knowledge available then would be staggering, showing an incredible amount of dedication from the two authors. Highly recommended.

Thanks to Crecy Publications and Specialty Press for the book and to IPMS/USA for the opportunity to review it.