Airplane Model*Hobby Master HA7422 1:48 FW-190A-4 – 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.

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 andscoring his first WW II victory. In 1939 he was promoted to Hauptmann andGruppenkommandeur of 1./JG 20. In 1940 JG 54 was newly formed and Trautloft wasappointed Kommodore. JG 54 took part in Operation Barbarossa where he scored his 50thvictory on February 15, 1943 flying an Fw-190A-4. His total victories were 58.

Hobby Master 1:48 FW-190A-4 HA7422

• 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