I decided to build this model to fill a little of the downtime in my Dr.1 model. I don't usually build 1/72 models, but this one looked so cool that I couldn't resist. The Fw-189 was designed early in the war as a tactical reconnaissance and army cooperation aircraft. It was very successful and was produced in large numbers. As the war continued, the Germans saw a need for a tank-busting aircraft. A prototype tank-buster prototype was created from the Fw-189 by swapping the large cockpit pod for a small, armored cockpit. In the end, the Fw-189C proved inferior to the Henschel Hs-129.

I will be building this model at the same time I am working on my 1/28 Dr.1, so it will be a slow, but fun, build. Cheers.

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Great entry, George @gblair
Looks like to be a great kit. Never saw the tank buster variant as a model before. Looking forward to it.

@gblair, I have always liked the looks of the original 189, the C version looks a bit like a Transformers robot. Must have been a very tight cockpit.

Hi John (@johnb) and Spiros (@fiveten): The cockpit is very tiny in 1/72, and it was a 2-place cockpit.