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The Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the British Spitfire, the two fastest fighters in world at the time we began work on the Fw 190, could both be summed up as a very large engine on the front of the smallest possible airframe; in each case armament had been added almost as an afterthought. These designs, both of which admittedly proved successful, could be likened to racehorses: given the right amount of pampering and easy course, they could outrun anything. But the moment the going became tough they were liable to falter. During World War I, I served in the cavalry and in the infantry. I had seen the harsh conditions under which military equipment had to work in wartime. I felt sure that a quite different breed of fighter would also have a place in any future conflict: one that could operate from ill-prepared front-line airfields; one that could be flown and maintained by men who had received only short training; and one that could absorb a reasonable amount of battle damage and still get back. This was the background thinking behind the Focke-Wulf 190—it was not to be a racehorse but a Dienstpferd, a cavalry horse.

Floki wrote:I hope you have fun building this kit, I know I will watching. I love the Butcher Birds they are just beautiful (it's close between them and the Bf110 for my favorite aircraft). I know you will do a fantastic job on this kit, I knew I was never going to build her being a 1/32 kit but wanted her to have a good home with some one who would.