In Box Review of Hasegawa 1/48th Scale
German Focke-Wulf Fw-190D-9 w/Pilot Figure
Kit no. 09214
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1998
Out of production
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1998
Out of production
HISTORY:
The Fw-190, the only single seat fighter of the Luftwaffe, having an air-cooled engine, was designed by the team headed by Dipl-ing. Kurt Tank.
Owing to the powerful BMW-801 radial-engine and the tough airframe structure, many different versions were developed, including fighter-bombers and torpedo-bombers. Among these, the model D, nicknamed “Long Nose Dora”, was a high-altitude fighter powered by the Jumo 213 liquid-cooled engine.
The rear fuselage was 50cm extended and the tail fin was enlarged to balance against the extended nose. There were seven subtypes from D-9 to D-15, and a total of nearly 1,500 aircraft is said to have been built.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 1
Wingspan: 10.50m
Length: 10.19m
Height: 3.36m
Fully equipped weight: 4,270kg
Power plant: One Junkers Jumo 213A-1 (1,770hp)
Max speed: 686 km/h (at altitude of 6,600m)
Service ceiling: 11,100m
Cruise range: 810 km
Fixed armament: Two MG 131- 13mm guns, two MG51-20mm guns.
The Fw-190, the only single seat fighter of the Luftwaffe, having an air-cooled engine, was designed by the team headed by Dipl-ing. Kurt Tank.
Owing to the powerful BMW-801 radial-engine and the tough airframe structure, many different versions were developed, including fighter-bombers and torpedo-bombers. Among these, the model D, nicknamed “Long Nose Dora”, was a high-altitude fighter powered by the Jumo 213 liquid-cooled engine.
The rear fuselage was 50cm extended and the tail fin was enlarged to balance against the extended nose. There were seven subtypes from D-9 to D-15, and a total of nearly 1,500 aircraft is said to have been built.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 1
Wingspan: 10.50m
Length: 10.19m
Height: 3.36m
Fully equipped weight: 4,270kg
Power plant: One Junkers Jumo 213A-1 (1,770hp)
Max speed: 686 km/h (at altitude of 6,600m)
Service ceiling: 11,100m
Cruise range: 810 km
Fixed armament: Two MG 131- 13mm guns, two MG51-20mm guns.
THE KIT:
Hasegawa is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan.
They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The cover art shows a color illustration of a Fw-190D-9 flying above the clouds.
It has a dark-green spine and pale-gray sides with dark-gray mottling camouflage and a pale-blue undercarriage. It has a black and white spiral on its propeller spinner, white skeletal German crosses above the wings, black skeletal crosses below the wings.
It has a white slogan “Christall” under the cockpit, followed by a black chevron pointing forward, black bar, black skeletal cross and another black bar for a fuselage code.
There are red, white, red fuselage bands just in front of the tail. No swastika is shown on the rudder. This is to make the kit okay in countries where it is sold that have outlawed this insignia. However, the swastika is included on the kit’s decal sheet. Strange!!
One side-panel of the box says: Kit contains parts for one model kit. Paints and cement are not included. This is said in multiple languages, including English, that are each labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the language,
Below that is Hasegawa’s street address in Shizuoka, Japan and their phone number. Kit was made in Japan.
Hasegawa is an old prolific model company based in Shizuoka, Japan.
They manufacture all manner of model subjects in the popular scales.
This kit came in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box. The cover art shows a color illustration of a Fw-190D-9 flying above the clouds.
It has a dark-green spine and pale-gray sides with dark-gray mottling camouflage and a pale-blue undercarriage. It has a black and white spiral on its propeller spinner, white skeletal German crosses above the wings, black skeletal crosses below the wings.
It has a white slogan “Christall” under the cockpit, followed by a black chevron pointing forward, black bar, black skeletal cross and another black bar for a fuselage code.
There are red, white, red fuselage bands just in front of the tail. No swastika is shown on the rudder. This is to make the kit okay in countries where it is sold that have outlawed this insignia. However, the swastika is included on the kit’s decal sheet. Strange!!
One side-panel of the box says: Kit contains parts for one model kit. Paints and cement are not included. This is said in multiple languages, including English, that are each labeled with a color illustration of the flag of the country that speaks the language,
Below that is Hasegawa’s street address in Shizuoka, Japan and their phone number. Kit was made in Japan.
The other side panel says the kit includes a pilot figure. It should say 2 pilot figures that are in the kit.
Length of the made-up model is 218mm (a little over 8 ½”), Wingspan is 880mm (8 ¾”) and the kit holds 97 parts.
This is followed by a color side view photo of the model made up in the box art scheme.
Length of the made-up model is 218mm (a little over 8 ½”), Wingspan is 880mm (8 ¾”) and the kit holds 97 parts.
This is followed by a color side view photo of the model made up in the box art scheme.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX:
The kit holds 5 medium-gray trees, a clear tree, 2 steel PE frets and the decal sheets in 3 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 8 pages in 7” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over one-paragraph histories of the Fw-190D-9 in 6 languages, including English.
Page 2 begins with CAUTIONS about the kit, over international assembly symbol explanations and a suggested paint color listing of Gunze Sangyo and Italeri brands of hobby paints, in the 6 languages.
The bottom of page 2 through to page 5 shows about 20 un-numbered assembly steps. Hard to count just how many there are. Bad move Hasegawa!!
Pages 6 and 7 are painting and marking guides.
Page 6 shows a 4-view of the Fw-190D-9 in the box art scheme, dark-green and pale-gray splinter above the wings. Already described above. Here again the swastika is deleted off the rudder. But as said earlier, it IS on the decal sheet.
Aircraft was flown by Major Gerhard Barkhorn.
Page 7 has another 4-view of the Fw-190D-9 that has a dark-green spine, pale-gray sides and red undercarriage, dark-green and pale-gray splinter above the wings. Red and white propeller spinner. Black skeletal German cross and number 1 on fuselage sides, skeletal black crosses above the wings and solid ones outlined in white below the wings. The red bottoms of the wings have narrow white lines across them.
Aircraft was flown by Hauptmann Waldemar Wubke.
Page 8 shows the parts trees illustrations on the left and decal application instructions on the right, in the 6 languages. Sheet printed in Japan and Hasegawa’s phone number is repeated.
Trees are alphabetized.
Medium-gray letter A tree holds: the wings, wheels, elevators, cockpit floor etc. (13 parts)
The kit holds 5 medium-gray trees, a clear tree, 2 steel PE frets and the decal sheets in 3 sealed clear cello bags.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 8 pages in 7” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white repeat of the cover art, over one-paragraph histories of the Fw-190D-9 in 6 languages, including English.
Page 2 begins with CAUTIONS about the kit, over international assembly symbol explanations and a suggested paint color listing of Gunze Sangyo and Italeri brands of hobby paints, in the 6 languages.
The bottom of page 2 through to page 5 shows about 20 un-numbered assembly steps. Hard to count just how many there are. Bad move Hasegawa!!
Pages 6 and 7 are painting and marking guides.
Page 6 shows a 4-view of the Fw-190D-9 in the box art scheme, dark-green and pale-gray splinter above the wings. Already described above. Here again the swastika is deleted off the rudder. But as said earlier, it IS on the decal sheet.
Aircraft was flown by Major Gerhard Barkhorn.
Page 7 has another 4-view of the Fw-190D-9 that has a dark-green spine, pale-gray sides and red undercarriage, dark-green and pale-gray splinter above the wings. Red and white propeller spinner. Black skeletal German cross and number 1 on fuselage sides, skeletal black crosses above the wings and solid ones outlined in white below the wings. The red bottoms of the wings have narrow white lines across them.
Aircraft was flown by Hauptmann Waldemar Wubke.
Page 8 shows the parts trees illustrations on the left and decal application instructions on the right, in the 6 languages. Sheet printed in Japan and Hasegawa’s phone number is repeated.
Trees are alphabetized.
Medium-gray letter A tree holds: the wings, wheels, elevators, cockpit floor etc. (13 parts)
Medium-gray letter B tree holds: wheel wells, propeller blades, spinner etc. (17 parts) One part is shaded out in the parts tree illustrations. Meaning it is excess and not needed to complete the kit.
Medium-gray letter C tree holds: a fuselage half, bomb, cowling parts (7 parts)
Medium-gray letter D tree holds: the other fuselage half, upper nose panel, drop tank etc. (5 parts)
Lettering jumps to the clear letter K tree. It holds the canopy and light lenses (5 parts)
Lettering jumps again to the medium-gray letter M tree. It holds: landing gear legs, exhaust pipes, radios etc. (36 parts)
Letter MA is one of the two steel PE frets. It holds cockpit floor etc. (10 parts) One part is excess.
Letter MB is the other steel PE fret. It holds the dashboard, cockpit walls, antenna (6 parts)
There are 2 decal sheets. The larger of the two holds main markings and insignias. The smaller one is just white stencil markings.
This kit is very well engraved-detail. However, flaps are molded solid. There is no pilot figure included.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.