Airplane Model*Hobby Master HA7420 1:48 FW-190A-4 Eagle Head – Miniature Marvels: Airplane Models & Painted Dice

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 itsperformance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the competition withhis radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the Fw-190 Wrger (ButcherBird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass theperformance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the summer of1941 it already was Germanys premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over 20,000 of allvariants of the Fw-190 were built with 13,291 of these being of the 9 different A variants.

Siegfried Wumm Schnell was assigned to IV./JG 2 scoring his first victory on May 14, 1940and by the end of October 1940 had 20 victories. June 1941 he transferred to 9./JG 2 and InFebruary 1943 replaced his Bf-109 with an Fw-190A-4 W.Nr. 746 and 80 victories by April1943. On May 1, 1943 Schnell went to 111./JG 54 and then February 11, 1944 to IV./JG 54on the Eastern Front flying a Bf-109. Schnell had 93 victories when he was shot down on
February 25, 1944.

Hobby Master 1:48 FW-190A-4 Eagle Head HA7420

• 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