CharlesMetz

Chris,
 
Your posting made me laugh ... after I figured it out, that is. You're right: I got a little carried away.
 
Charles Metz

Gene,
 
The definition of "best" here depends upon the kind of information you're looking for, of course, but in addition to the book by George Hopp that John mentioned (which is *very* hard to find these days) I would recommend the following as coming closest to being a "bible" on the '190 family:
 
Rodeike: 'Focke Wulf Jagdflugzeug Fw 190 A, Fw 190 "Dora", Ta 152 H' (privately published [Germany], [undated]; in German; 443 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190A, Fw 190D, Ta 152H; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190 V2 (p. 3), Fw 190A-5 two-seat trainer rear instruments (p. 375), Ta 152 [version?] (p. 423); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Fw 190A [generic] canopy & head armor (p. 47, 66), cowl (p. 71), exhaust pipes (p. 71), flap-angle gauge mechanism (p. 43), ventral drop tank and ETC rack (p. 83); Fw 109 V1 landing gear (p. 10), landing gear door (p. 10); Fw 109 V2 engine mount (p. 3); Fw 190A-0 ventral drop tank and ETC rack (p. 32); Fw 190A-1 canopy (p. 38, 46), head armor [glass] (p. 31), landing gear retraction mechanism (p. 48), wing guns (p. 40); Fw 190A-3 cowl gun bay (p. 109), engine bay (p. 109), external oil-coolr intakes (p. 122, 123); Fw 190A-5 underwing 4-cannon pods [Fw 190A-5/U12] (p. 177-1780); Fw 190A-6 canopy & head armor (p. 217), ventral drop tank and ETC rack (p. 206); Fw 190A-7 cowl gun troughs (p. 236, 241), ventral drop tank and "Erla" rack (p. 201, 202), underwing 21cm rocket tubes (p. 183, 185-194), ventral 21cm rocket tube (p. 194-196), wing guns (p. 237); Fw 190A-8 one-piece steel ventral rack (p. 300), "Sturmjäger" armor (p. 347, 371), "Sturmjäger" MK 108 wing cannon (p. 343, 357); Fw 190A-9 [and late Fw 190A-8] canopy & head armor (p. 271); Fw 190D-9 canopy & head armor (p. 389), engine bay (p. 388, 393), flap interior (p. 392); Fw 190D-11 propeller & spinner (p. 408); Fw 190D-13 supercharger intake (p. 413); Ta 152 [version?] signal-flare device [same as in Me 262?] (p. 418, 419); Ta 152H-1 propeller & spinner (p. 422), supercharger intake (p. 422); GENERIC MARKING PATTERNS: Fw 109A-2, Fw 190A-3, and Fw 190A-5 werknummern position variations (p. 129); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 109 V2 (p. 424), Fw 190A-1 (p. 424), Fw 190A-2 (p. 424), Fw 190A-3 (p. 425), Fw 190A-4 (p. 425, 426), Fw 190A-5 (p. 426, 427), Fw 190A-6 (p. 427, 428, back cover), Fw 190A-7 (front cover, p. 429, 430), Fw 190A-8 (p. 430, 431), Fw 190D-9 (p. 432, back cover), Fw 190D-11 (front cover, p. 432), Fw 190D-13 (p. 432), Ta 152 [version?] (front cover, p. 433), Ta 152H-1 (back cover); NOTABLE MARKING PHOTOS: Early Fw 190A [version?] with shark-mouth marking (p. 100); both sides of Sigfried Schell's Fw 190A-4, appearing to show JG 1 eagle head on port and rooster head on starboard side of cowl (p. 119) of same aircraft; both sides of Hermann Graf's Fw 190A-5, showing different markings on two sides of rear fuselage (p. 163); Fw 190A-7 with JG 1 black/white cowl stripes (p. 242-245); Fw 190A-7 in all-over light gray camouflage (p. 252); Fw 190A-7 with black/white/black Sturmstaffel I RV band [similar to JG 4's] (p. 334-337); Fw 190A-8[?] in unique high-contrast segmented camouflage with "<<-+-" stab marking (p. 277); Fw 190A-8 with black/yellow JG 5 RV band (p. 325)
 
Other worthwhile volumes include:
 
Laing and Ryle: 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F' (Walk Around series, No. 22; Squadron/Signal [uSA], 2000; 79 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190A-1, Fw 190A-3, Fw 190A-4, Fw 190A-6, Fw 190A-7, Fw 190A-8, Fw 190S-8; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190A-6 (p. 12, 13, 34), Fw 109F-8 (p. 44-47), Fw 109S-8 front (p. 70) & rear (p. 71); WHEELWELL DETAIL: Fw 190A-6 (p. 4, 5, 15-17), Fw 109F-8 (p. 53-56); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: generic Fw 190A "flat" canopy (p. 28, 29, 31); Fw 190A-3 cowl vents (p. 7), wheel (p. 16); Fw 190A-4 wheel (p. 16); Fw 190A-6 cowl vents (p. 7), D/F loop (p. 18), engine & engine bay (p. 7-9), landing gear (p. 17), step (p. 10), propeller (p. 6); Fw 190A-8 cowl (p. 24, 25); Fw 190F-8 armored headrest (p. 32), ETC 50 wing bomb rack (p. 59), ETC 501 ventral rack (p. 43), exhausts (p. 42), landing gear (p. 51-53, 57, 58), tail wheel (p. 66, 67), wooden propeller (p. 41); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 190A-1 (p. 72), Fw 190A-3 (p. 72), Fw 190A-4 (p. 72), Fw 190A-6 (back cover), Fw 190A-7 (front cover), Fw 190A-8 (p. 73, 76, 77), Fw 190F-8 (p. 76, 77)
 
Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F' (Aero Detail series, No. 6; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1993; in Japanese and English; 100 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190A-0, Fw 190A-1, Fw 190A-2, Fw 190A-3, Fw 190A-4, Fw 190A-5, Fw 190A-6, Fw 190A-7, Fw 190A-8, Fw 190A-9, 190F-2, 190F-3, Fw 190F-8, Fw 190F-9, Fw 190F-10, Fw 190F-15, Fw 190F-16, Fw 190G-1, Fw 190G-2, Fw 190G-3, Fw 190G-8, Fw 190S-8; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190A-4 (p. 63); Fw 190A-8 (p. 12, 13, 63); Fw 190A-8 nightfighter (p. 70); Fw 190F-8 (p. 63); Fw 190S-8 front & rear cockpits (p. 12-15); WHEELWELL DETAIL: Fw 190A-8 (p. 17, 20, 21, 27, 28); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Fw 190A-3 canopy (p. 62); Fw 190A-8 canopy (p. 10, 62), ETC 501 ventral rack (p. 18, 24, 28, 69), wing cannon shell ejection ports (p. 19), landing gear (p. 29, 59), 30; Fw 190A-8 & Fw 190F-8 cowling (p. 4-9, 60, 61); Fw 190F-8 canopy (p. 11, 62); Fw 190S-8 canopy (p. 11, 12); MULTI-VIEW DRAWINGS: Fw 190A-0 (p. 71), Fw 190A-1 (p. 71), Fw 190A-2 (p. 72), Fw 190A-3 (p. 72-75), Fw 190A-4 (p. 75-77), Fw 190A-5 (p. 78-81), Fw 190A-6 (p. 82, 83), Fw 190A-7 (p. 84, 85), Fw 190A-8 (p. 86-88, 97-100), Fw 190A-9 (p. 89), 190F-2 (p. 90), 190F-3 (p. 90), Fw 190F-8 (p. 90-93), Fw 190F-9 (p. 93), Fw 190F-10 (p. 93), Fw 190F-15 (p. 94), Fw 190F-16 (p. 94), Fw 190G-1 (p. 94), Fw 190G-2 (p. 95), Fw 190G-3 (p. 95), Fw 190G-8 (p. 96), Fw 190S-8 (p. 96); GENERIC CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS: Fw 190F-8 (p. 46); GENERIC MARKING PATTERNS: Fw 190A-8 & Fw 190F-8 (p. 43-45); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 190A-3 (p. 47, 49), Fw 190A-4 (p. 50), Fw 190A-5 (p. 50), Fw 190A-6 (p. 48), Fw 190A-8 (p. 47, 48), Fw 190F-8 (p. 47, 50), Fw 190F-9 (p. 48), Fw 190S-8 (p. 48)
 
Nohara and Shiwaku: 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190D' (Aero Detail series, No. 2; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1990; in Japanese and English; 76 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190D-9, Fw 190D-13, Fw 190D-15; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 (p. 58, 59), Fw 190D-13 (p. 14, 16-18); WHEELWELL DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 & Fw 190D-13 (p. 26, , 27, 30, 32-36, 38); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 ailerons (p. 31), cowl (p. 4-6, 8, 9, 52-54, 56), drop tank (p. 61), Jumo213A engine (p. 54, 55), exhausts (p. 12), guns (p. 60, 61), landing gear (p. 37, 38), propeller (p. 56), tail (p. 38-42); Fw 190D-13 canopy (p. 13-15), cowl (p. 6-10, 57), Jumo213F engine (p. 43-45), exhausts (p. 10, 11), propeller (p. 56, 57), step (p. 24), tail (p. 39-42); Fw 190D-15 cowl (p. 53, 57), DB603 engine (p. 55), propeller (p. 57); CUTAWAY DRAWINGS: Fw 190D-9 (p. 51); MULTI-VIEW DRAWINGS: Fw 190 V17, Fw 190 V53, Fw 190 V56, Fw 190D-9, Fw 190D-10, Fw 190D-11, Fw 190D-12, Fw 190D-13, Fw 190D-14, Fw 190D-15; GENERIC CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS: Fw 190D-9 (p. 46-48); GENERIC MARKING PATTERNS: Fw 190D-9 (p. 46-48); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 190D-9 (p. 49, 50)
 
Ryle and Laing: 'Fw 190D' (Walk Around series, No. 10; Squadron/Signal [uSA], 1996; 80 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190D-9, Fw 190D-11, Fw 190D-13; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 (p. 15-18), Fw 190D-13 (p. 52-54); WHEELWELL DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 (p. 23, 26-31, 33, 34), Fw 190D-13 (p. 48-51, 64, 65); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Fw 190D-9 cowl (p. 19-22), engine bay (p. 6), fuselage interior (p. 8, 9), gun bays (p. 24, 25), propeller (p. 67), step (p. 38), tail (p. 13, 14), tailwheel (p. 15), turbocharger intake (p. 19-21); Fw 190D-13 cowl (p. 59, 64), cowl flaps (p. 59), engine bay (p. 60, 61), propeller (p. 67), tail (p. 40, 41), tailwheel (p. 58), turbocharger intake (p. 56); GENERIC CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS: Fw 190D-9 & Fw 190D-13 (p. 68); GENERIC MARKING PATTERNS: Fw 190D-9 & Fw 190D-13 (p. 68); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 190D-9 (front cover, p. 69, 72, 73, 76, 77, 80, back cover), Fw 190D-11 (p. 73, 80), Fw 190D-13 (p. 76)
 
and:
 
------: 'Focke-Wulf Fw 190A/F/G' (Model Art Special Issue series, No. 316; Model Art [Japan], 1988; in Japanese; 178 pages) -- AIRCRAFT TYPES INCLUDED: Fw 190A, Fw 190F, Fw 190S; Ju 88G-10 in Mistel combination; COCKPIT DETAIL: Fw 190A-3 (p. 109, 111, 120), Fw 190A-4 (p. 110, 111), Fw 190A-8 (p. 95, 96, 108, 109, 125), Fw 190F-8 (p. 111, 130); WHEELWELL DETAIL: Fw 190A (p. 98, 138, 144); MISCELLANEOUS DETAIL: Fw 190A, including engine (p. 102-105), landing gear (p. 112, 114), difference between Fw 109A-7 & Fw 109A-8 centerline racks (p. 126); MULTI-VIEW DRAWINGS: Fw 190A; GENERIC MARKING PATTERNS: Fw 190A & Fw 190F (p. 160-162); SPECIFIC MARKING PROFILES: Fw 190A-3 (p. 5, 7, 8), Fw 190A-4 (p. 4, 6, 164), Fw 190A-5 (p. 10, 157-159, 164), Fw 190A-6 (p. 9, 11, 167), Fw 190A-8 (p. 11-15, 167), Fw 190F-2 (p. 170), Fw 190F-8 (p. 16, 170), Fw 190F-9 (p. 17), Fw 190S-5 (p. 170), Fw 190S-8 (p. 17), Mistel [Fw 190F-8, Ju 88G-10] (p. 18); COMMENT(s): Includes 8 paint chips of RLM colors (p. 147)
 
Charles Metz

For whatever it may be worth, here's a comparison of the Hurricane I and IIC noses according to the multiview drawings published in Modellers Datafile No. 2:
 

 
Although the relative proportions of the two noses shown here are essentially the same as those in the Aero Detail comparison above, the lower contours of the Mk. IIC nose strike me as more accurate in this drawing.
 
Charles Metz

An interesting question; the answer is basically that although both wheel well shapes could be found on both subtypes, there are rules of thumb. The widely acknowledged definitive reference on this subject -- Messerschmitt Bf 109 F, G, & K Series, by Prien and Rodeike (Schiffer [uSA], 1993; 208 pages) -- states on page 15 that:
 
A large part of the F-2 series retained the squared-off wheel wells of the E-series. Others received circular wheelwells which were to become a characteristic feature of the F-series.
 
and on page 27 that:
 
The vast majority of F-4s were built with circular wheel wells, although here too there were exceptions.
 
Charles Metz

If bigger is better, then
! 
Charles Metz

Sorry, Guttorm, but I've been too busy downloading photos from this thread -- and too awestruck by them -- to offer any comments except these: "Thank you!" and "Please don't stop!"
 
Charles Metz

Yes; the kit is in my closet as I type and looks very good overall. Do you have any specific questions, Dave?
 
Charles Metz