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Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series
HA7417
FW 190A-7
W.Nr. 431007, Heinz Bar, CO of II./JG 1
Stormede Air Base, Germany, April 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 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.

Heinz Bar joined the Luftwaffe in 1935 and scored his first victory in 1939. Since his aircraft at the
time was White 13 he considered 13 to be his lucky number and all his regular future aircraft
wore 13. During WWII Bar flew over 1,000 missions and accumulated 220 confirmed victories
with 16 of these while flying an Me-262 jet. On April 24, 1944 Bar scored his 200th victory when
he shot down a B-24 while flying his reserve Fw-190A Red 23. Bar survived being shot down 18
times.

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

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