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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA7411 FW 190A7/R6 JGr.10 Parchim, Germany 1944

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.

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 Wurger (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.

In 1944 FW-190A7/R6 “Red 8” (R6 meant the aircraft was equipped with WG21 under-wing rocket launchers) was piloted by Fw (Feldwebel - the equivalent of sergeant) R. Hartkopf of Jagdgruppe 10, 2.Staffel, “Schlangenschwarm” based at Parchim Germany. In May 1943 a unit to test heavy weapons and special weapons to be used against U.S. bombers was formed as Erprobungskommando 25 (Ekdo 25) and based at Parchim in June and July 1944 when the unit was re-designated Jagdgruppe 10 (JGr.10). In March of 1945 the new unit was disbanded.

Specifications for the Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-7 Crew 1 Dimensions Wing span - 10.5 m Length - 8.95 m Height - 3.95 m Performance Powerplant - 1 x PE BMW-801D-2, 1700 hp Maximum speed - 610 km/h Time to 6000 m - 9 minutes Service ceiling - 11,400 m Service range (with external fuel tank) - 1,470 km Weight Empty - 3,470 kg Maximum takeoff - 4,900 kg

Armament 4 X 20-mm cannons 2 X 13-mm machine guns