Hobby Master: 1/72 Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-7 – Diecast Model
In 1937 even though the Me-109 was a very capable fighter the
Reichsluftfahrtministeriun
(RLM) or Reich Air Ministry was worried that future foreign designs might
surpass its
performance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the
competition with
his radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the
Fw-190 Würger (Butcher
Bird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass
the
performance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the
summer of
1941 it already was Germany’s premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over
20,000 of all
variants of the Fw-190 were built with 13,291 of these being of the
9 different “A” variants.
Flying a Bf-109 during the Spanish Civil War Hannes Trautlouft scored his
first five victories.
When WW II began Trautloft was with 2./JG 77 and participating in the Polish
Campaign and
scoring his first WW II victory. In 1939 he was promoted to Hauptmann and
Gruppenkommandeur of 1./JG 20. In 1940 JG 54 was newly formed and Trautloft
was
appointed Kommodore. JG 54 took part in Operation Barbarossa where he scored
his 50th
victory on February 15, 1943 flying an Fw-190A-4. His total victories
were 58.
- 1/48 scale pre-finished
- Die-cast metal with a minimum of plastic.
- Professionally painted.
- All markings pad applied for superb results.
- Cockpit slides open.
- Comes with a pilot that can be removed.
- Comes with display stand.
- Can be displayed with landing gear up or down.