DRAGON
Wings Warbirds Series
DRW 50101 - Focke Wulf - Fw 190A-5
Jagd-Erganzungsgruppe-Ost (Operational Fighter Training Wing East), France 1943 – flown by Hermann Graf,
Special Limited Edition – 500pcs worldwide, Cyber-Hobby Exclusive. Comes with a commemorative round stand and numbered Collector card! Extremely rare.
Brand new received straight from UML- Hong Kong.
Die cast
1/72 scale (aprx. L 5 1/4", W 5 3/4")
LAST ONE IN MY INVENTORY
ABOUT THE PLANE *
Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 Aircraft of Maj. Hermann Graf, Commander of Operational Fighter Training Wing East, serving in France in the summer of 1943.
Hermann Graf (1912-1988) the decorated German Ace, recipient of Knight’s Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords & Diamonds (if I am not mistaken only 9 Germans were awarded with this highest Award).
HE was the first German Ace credited with 200 victories (9/1942) on September 16, 1942 he received the highest German Award and at that time received the order do not fly operationally, Even forbidden for combat flights, about a year latter when he was serving in France, he shot down three allies plains including two USAF B-17 on 9/6/1943.
By the end of the war he reached Oberst (colonel) and credited with 212 (202 on the Eastern front and 10 on the Western front, including six four engine bombers) victories in 830 flown missions. He surrendered to American forces at Pisek on 8 May 1945. The Americans, however, promptly handed Graf to Russians. Graf was incarcerated by the Soviets, finally being released on 25 December 1949. Graf was to be heavily criticized by his peers for collaborating with his captors during his five years of imprisonment.
After the war he work for an electronics manufacturer eventually reached the Head of Sales position. From 1965, Graf was afflicted with Parkinson’s disease and he died on 4 November 1988 in his hometown of Engen.
Dragon Wings – Warbirds Series.
This series includes high quality diecast models of modern and historical military aircraft. All items are true to scale, they include detailed markings, have removable weapons, detailed cockpits, moving wing flaps and even opening canopies.” ***
Comes with two sets of landing gears and a stand.
In my personal opinion as a collector models from this line are probably currently the best models on the market in this scale, and priced very competitive. Even with a price increase, the price still be very reasonable.
Models from the series are very good sellers, usually sold out very fast. Do not make mistake about it, this one will be very hot item. Very good model, first release and presented in the livery, which is guaranteed success. Postpone your purchase and be prepare to pay multiple price for it even in the nearest future!
UML (Hong Kong) with cooperation with Dragon issued their Exclusive lines including in Warbirds Series. Models from this line become very popular and enjoyed price appreciation from the moment as a model had announced.
Unfortunately UML also established themselves as very unreliable shipper with very poor customer services. Many collectors from all over the world, which ordered from them had trouble to get their orders if ever.
It has a numbered collector card made of plastic. UML Exclusive Warbirds Series models come with round commemorative display stand that featured a pilot portret with his name and the description of the plane (name, if any, unit, date, location).
FOCKE WULF – Fw 190
In 1937 Reichsluftministerium – German Air Ministry suggested that Focke – Wulf should develop an interceptor fighter to complement the Messerschmitt Bf 109. Kurt Tank, who was the Focke Wulf’s technical director, chose the BMW 18 cylinder radial engine, which was still in development stage instead Daimler Benz DB601 in line engine. The prototype first flew on June 1, 1939 and flight tests went very well. It was the fifth FW 190 prototype that was re-engined with the new air-cooled radial BMW 14-cylinder 801C-0 engine with 1660 hp output, which met all the Luftwaffe requirements. First production model FW 190A-1 went into service with JG 26 at Paris, in August 1941. The FW 190 proved that radial-engine fighter could be as fast or even faster compare to inline-engined rivals that were more popular at the time. Its engagement with the RAF show that FW 190 outclassed, the latest at the time, Spitfire Mk V in all aspects but radius of turn.
The plane was constantly improved and modified. The last in the “A” series was 8, followed by Series D originally designed as a high altitude interceptor and proved to be an excellent fighter. The plane in fact had been powered by 1776hp Junkers Jumo liquid-cooled engine with an annular radiator duct that gave it a radial-engined appearance. It had a lengthened nose in order to accommodate the larger size engine. D-11 was equipped for ground attack, and D-12 and D-13 with more powerful 2060hp Jumo 213F engine.
The F series were intended to be close support aircraft. It consisted of F-1; F-2s; F-3s; F-7s and unknown number of F-9s produced with 2270hp BMW turbocharged engine.
The plane armament consisted of two 7.9mm MG mounted in front of the pilot on the upper decking of the fuselage and two 20mm MG 151 cannon were mounted in wingroots. Most FW 190 had provision for wide range of under-fuselage and under-wing bombs and rockets. Some variants were equipped with larger caliber machine guns and or cannons; and later versions as A 8 had four 20mm cannons. The pilot was protected by armor on both sides and behind him the front vision was poor therefore canopy was redesigned. To entering or exiting the aircraft the entire canopy and faring slid backwards.
The plane proved to be of very successful design and used very effectively by Luftwaffe in many roles.
Though produced in a lower number compare to Me Bf 109 the FW 190 was the German fighter.
The following specification is for FW 190A-8, which was the last new-build variant of the FW 190A series with a total production of 1334 aircraft. It was fitted with a nitrous oxide power buster system and an extra fuel tank in the rear fuselage.
Crew 1
Powerplant 2100hp BMW801D-2 radial engine with water-methanol boost
Max Speed 406mph / 654km/h at 19,68ft / 6000m
Service ceiling 37,402ft / 11,400m
Max range 914miles / 1470km
Wing span 34”5’ / 10.5m
Length 29” /8.84m
Height 13” / 3.96m
Weights 6989lb / 3170kg (empty)
Armament two 7.92mm MG in nose up to four 20mm cannon in wings; provision for wide range of under-fuselage and under-wing bombs and rockets.
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**Age over 14 collectable item.
