In Box Review of Tamiya 1/48th Scale Heinkel He-219A-7 UHU
Item no. 61057-3600
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1997
I paid $33.75 for my kit, when it was marked-down from $36,00 years ago.
Available at Hobby Linc for $46.40 or at Kitlinx for $48.79 or at Squadron for $48.80 or at Mega Hobby for $51.85 or at Sprue Brothers for $51.99 or at Hobbynut Models for $48.80.
From one individual in the USA for $40.00 and 5 locations overseas on the web.
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 1997
I paid $33.75 for my kit, when it was marked-down from $36,00 years ago.
Available at Hobby Linc for $46.40 or at Kitlinx for $48.79 or at Squadron for $48.80 or at Mega Hobby for $51.85 or at Sprue Brothers for $51.99 or at Hobbynut Models for $48.80.
From one individual in the USA for $40.00 and 5 locations overseas on the web.
HISTORY:
The Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter that served with the German Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II. A relatively sophisticated design, the He 219 possessed a variety of innovations, including Lichtenstein SN-2 advanced VHF-band intercept radar, also used on the Ju 88G and Bf 110G night fighters. It was also the first operational military aircraft to be equipped with ejection seats and the first operational German World War II-era aircraft with tricycle landing gear.
Had the Uhu been available in quantity, it might have had a significant effect on the strategic night bombing offensive of the Royal Air Force; however, only 294 of all models were built by the end of the war and these saw only limited service. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was the leading night fighter ace on the He 219. Modrow was credited with 33 of his 34 night air victories on the type.
Development and production of the He 219 was protracted and tortuous, due to political rivalries between Josef Kammhuber, commander of the German night fighter forces, Ernst Heinkel, the manufacturer and Erhard Milch, responsible for aircraft construction in the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM – the German Aviation Ministry). The aircraft was also complicated and expensive to build; these factors further limited the number of aircraft produced.
When engineer Robert Lusser returned to Heinkel from Messerschmitt, he began work on a new high-speed bomber project called P.1055. This was an advanced design with a pressurized cockpit, twin ejection seats (the first to be planned for use in any combat aircraft), tricycle landing gear – featuring a nose gear that rotated its main strut through 90° during retraction (quickly orienting the nosewheel into the required horizontal position for stowage within the nose, only at the very end of the retraction cycle) to fit flat within the forward fuselage, and remotely controlled, side-mounted FDSL 131 defensive gun turrets similar to those used by the Messerschmitt Me 210.
Power was to be provided by two of the potentially troublesome, dual-crankcase DB 610 "power system" engines which had started their development in June 1940, weighing on the order of about 1–1⁄2 tonnes apiece, producing (2,950 PS/2,910 hp) each, delivering excellent performance with a top speed of approximately 750 km/h (470 mph) and a 4,000 km (2,500 mi) range with a 2,000 kg (4,410 lb.) bomb load.
The RLM rejected the design in August 1940 as too complex and risky. Lusser quickly offered four versions of the fighter with various wingspans and engine choices in order to balance performance and risk. At the same time, he offered the P.1056, a night fighter with four 20 mm cannon in the wings and fuselage. The RLM rejected all of these on the same grounds in 1941. Heinkel was furious and fired Lusser on the spot.
About the same time as Lusser was designing the P.1055, Kammhuber had started looking for an aircraft for his rapidly growing night fighter force. Heinkel quickly re-designed the P.1055 for this role as the P.1060. This design was similar in layout but somewhat smaller and powered by two of the largest displacement (at 44.5 liters/2,700 cu. in.) single-block liquid-cooled aviation engines placed in mass production in Germany, the DB 603 inverted V12 engine.
As designed by Heinkel, these engines' nacelle accommodations featured annular radiators similar to the ones on the Jumo 211-powered Junkers Ju 88A, but considerably more streamlined in appearance, and which, after later refinement to their design, were likely to have been unitized as a Heinkel-specific Kraftei engine unit-packaging design. Nearly identical-appearance nacelles, complete with matching annular radiators, were also used on the four prototype He 177B prototype airframes built in 1943–44, and the six ordered prototypes of Heinkel's He 274 high-altitude strategic bombers with added turbochargers.
The early DB 603 subtypes had poor altitude performance, which was a problem for Heinkel's short-winged design, but Daimler had a new "G" subtype of the DB 603 powerplant meant to produce 1,400 kW (1,900 PS) take-off power apiece under development to remedy the problem. Heinkel was sure he had a winner and sent the design off to the RLM in January 1942, while he funded the first prototype himself. The RLM again rejected the He 219, in flavor of new Ju 88- and Me 210-based designs.
Construction of the prototype started in February 1942 but suffered a serious setback in March, when Daimler said that the DB 603G engine would not be ready in time. Instead, they would deliver a 603A engine with a new gear ratio to the propellers, as the DB 603C with the choice of using four-blade propellers, as the similarly-powered Fw 190C high-altitude fighter prototypes were already starting to use into early 1943, with the DB 603.[6] DB 603 engines did not arrive until August 1942 and the prototype did not fly until 6 November 1942.
When Kammhuber saw the prototype on 19 November, he was so impressed that he immediately ordered it into production over Milch's objections. Milch—who had rejected the He 219 in January—was enraged.
Stability problems with the aircraft were noted but Heinkel overcame these by offering a cash prize to engineers who could correct them. Further changes were made to the armament during the development of the prototype He 219V-series. The dorsal rear defensive guns—mounted atop the fuselage and firing directly rearward from a fixed, internally mounted, rear-facing dorsal "step" position, at a point just aft of the wing trailing edge – were removed due to their ineffectiveness.
The forward-firing armament complement of the aircraft was increased to two Mauser MG 151/20 20 mm autocannon in the wing roots, inboard of the propeller arcs to avoid the need for gun synchronizers, with four more MG 151/20 autocannon mounted in the ventral fuselage tray, which had originally ended in a rearwards-facing "step" similar to and located directly under the deleted rear dorsal "step" – this rearwards-facing feature was also deleted for similar reasons.
The A-0 model featured a bulletproof shield, that could be raised in the front interior cockpit, hiding the entire bottom portion of the windscreen, providing temporary pilot protection and leaving a sighting slot by which the gunsight could be aimed at a bomber. Production prototypes were then ordered as the He 219 A-0 and quickly progressed to the point where V7, V8 and V9 were handed over to operational units in June 1943 for testing.
The earlier prototypes, with four-blade propellers for their DB 603 engines[8] (also used on the Fw 190C prototypes, with the same DB 603 engine) had blunt, compound-curvature metal nose cones also used for production-series He 219A airframes. The initial examples of these nose cones possessed cutouts for their use with the quartet of forward-projecting masts for the Matratze 32-dipole radar antennae on the noses of at least the first five prototypes, used with the early UHF-band Lichtenstein B/C or C-1 radar installation.
These early He 219V-series prototype airframes also had cockpit canopies that did not smoothly taper aft wards on their upper profile, as on the later production He 219A-series airframes, but instead ended in a nearly hemispherical-shaped enclosure. The "V4" (fourth) prototype, equipped with the earlier canopy design, had a small degree of internal metal framing within the rearmost hemispherical canopy glazing, apparently for a rear dorsal weapons mount or sighting gear for the deleted fixed "step"-mount rearwards-firing armament.
The idea for the rear-facing dorsal and ventral "step" features on the original He 219 fuselage design, for armament emplacement locations was later carried into the May 1943 revised fuselage design, for what became the Heinkel Amerikabomber design contract competitor, the He 277, for its revised fuselage design to accommodate a tricycle undercarriage. The Heinkel engineering department's Typenblatt general arrangement drawing for a BMW 801E-powered, tricycle-gear He 277 Amerikabomber design showed the early He 219 V-series' rearwards-facing "steps" being inherited by the He 277's revised fuselage design in similar locations on its aft fuselage.
The Heinkel He 219 Uhu ("Eagle-Owl") is a night fighter that served with the German Luftwaffe in the later stages of World War II. A relatively sophisticated design, the He 219 possessed a variety of innovations, including Lichtenstein SN-2 advanced VHF-band intercept radar, also used on the Ju 88G and Bf 110G night fighters. It was also the first operational military aircraft to be equipped with ejection seats and the first operational German World War II-era aircraft with tricycle landing gear.
Had the Uhu been available in quantity, it might have had a significant effect on the strategic night bombing offensive of the Royal Air Force; however, only 294 of all models were built by the end of the war and these saw only limited service. Ernst-Wilhelm Modrow was the leading night fighter ace on the He 219. Modrow was credited with 33 of his 34 night air victories on the type.
Development and production of the He 219 was protracted and tortuous, due to political rivalries between Josef Kammhuber, commander of the German night fighter forces, Ernst Heinkel, the manufacturer and Erhard Milch, responsible for aircraft construction in the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM – the German Aviation Ministry). The aircraft was also complicated and expensive to build; these factors further limited the number of aircraft produced.
When engineer Robert Lusser returned to Heinkel from Messerschmitt, he began work on a new high-speed bomber project called P.1055. This was an advanced design with a pressurized cockpit, twin ejection seats (the first to be planned for use in any combat aircraft), tricycle landing gear – featuring a nose gear that rotated its main strut through 90° during retraction (quickly orienting the nosewheel into the required horizontal position for stowage within the nose, only at the very end of the retraction cycle) to fit flat within the forward fuselage, and remotely controlled, side-mounted FDSL 131 defensive gun turrets similar to those used by the Messerschmitt Me 210.
Power was to be provided by two of the potentially troublesome, dual-crankcase DB 610 "power system" engines which had started their development in June 1940, weighing on the order of about 1–1⁄2 tonnes apiece, producing (2,950 PS/2,910 hp) each, delivering excellent performance with a top speed of approximately 750 km/h (470 mph) and a 4,000 km (2,500 mi) range with a 2,000 kg (4,410 lb.) bomb load.
The RLM rejected the design in August 1940 as too complex and risky. Lusser quickly offered four versions of the fighter with various wingspans and engine choices in order to balance performance and risk. At the same time, he offered the P.1056, a night fighter with four 20 mm cannon in the wings and fuselage. The RLM rejected all of these on the same grounds in 1941. Heinkel was furious and fired Lusser on the spot.
About the same time as Lusser was designing the P.1055, Kammhuber had started looking for an aircraft for his rapidly growing night fighter force. Heinkel quickly re-designed the P.1055 for this role as the P.1060. This design was similar in layout but somewhat smaller and powered by two of the largest displacement (at 44.5 liters/2,700 cu. in.) single-block liquid-cooled aviation engines placed in mass production in Germany, the DB 603 inverted V12 engine.
As designed by Heinkel, these engines' nacelle accommodations featured annular radiators similar to the ones on the Jumo 211-powered Junkers Ju 88A, but considerably more streamlined in appearance, and which, after later refinement to their design, were likely to have been unitized as a Heinkel-specific Kraftei engine unit-packaging design. Nearly identical-appearance nacelles, complete with matching annular radiators, were also used on the four prototype He 177B prototype airframes built in 1943–44, and the six ordered prototypes of Heinkel's He 274 high-altitude strategic bombers with added turbochargers.
The early DB 603 subtypes had poor altitude performance, which was a problem for Heinkel's short-winged design, but Daimler had a new "G" subtype of the DB 603 powerplant meant to produce 1,400 kW (1,900 PS) take-off power apiece under development to remedy the problem. Heinkel was sure he had a winner and sent the design off to the RLM in January 1942, while he funded the first prototype himself. The RLM again rejected the He 219, in flavor of new Ju 88- and Me 210-based designs.
Construction of the prototype started in February 1942 but suffered a serious setback in March, when Daimler said that the DB 603G engine would not be ready in time. Instead, they would deliver a 603A engine with a new gear ratio to the propellers, as the DB 603C with the choice of using four-blade propellers, as the similarly-powered Fw 190C high-altitude fighter prototypes were already starting to use into early 1943, with the DB 603.[6] DB 603 engines did not arrive until August 1942 and the prototype did not fly until 6 November 1942.
When Kammhuber saw the prototype on 19 November, he was so impressed that he immediately ordered it into production over Milch's objections. Milch—who had rejected the He 219 in January—was enraged.
Stability problems with the aircraft were noted but Heinkel overcame these by offering a cash prize to engineers who could correct them. Further changes were made to the armament during the development of the prototype He 219V-series. The dorsal rear defensive guns—mounted atop the fuselage and firing directly rearward from a fixed, internally mounted, rear-facing dorsal "step" position, at a point just aft of the wing trailing edge – were removed due to their ineffectiveness.
The forward-firing armament complement of the aircraft was increased to two Mauser MG 151/20 20 mm autocannon in the wing roots, inboard of the propeller arcs to avoid the need for gun synchronizers, with four more MG 151/20 autocannon mounted in the ventral fuselage tray, which had originally ended in a rearwards-facing "step" similar to and located directly under the deleted rear dorsal "step" – this rearwards-facing feature was also deleted for similar reasons.
The A-0 model featured a bulletproof shield, that could be raised in the front interior cockpit, hiding the entire bottom portion of the windscreen, providing temporary pilot protection and leaving a sighting slot by which the gunsight could be aimed at a bomber. Production prototypes were then ordered as the He 219 A-0 and quickly progressed to the point where V7, V8 and V9 were handed over to operational units in June 1943 for testing.
The earlier prototypes, with four-blade propellers for their DB 603 engines[8] (also used on the Fw 190C prototypes, with the same DB 603 engine) had blunt, compound-curvature metal nose cones also used for production-series He 219A airframes. The initial examples of these nose cones possessed cutouts for their use with the quartet of forward-projecting masts for the Matratze 32-dipole radar antennae on the noses of at least the first five prototypes, used with the early UHF-band Lichtenstein B/C or C-1 radar installation.
These early He 219V-series prototype airframes also had cockpit canopies that did not smoothly taper aft wards on their upper profile, as on the later production He 219A-series airframes, but instead ended in a nearly hemispherical-shaped enclosure. The "V4" (fourth) prototype, equipped with the earlier canopy design, had a small degree of internal metal framing within the rearmost hemispherical canopy glazing, apparently for a rear dorsal weapons mount or sighting gear for the deleted fixed "step"-mount rearwards-firing armament.
The idea for the rear-facing dorsal and ventral "step" features on the original He 219 fuselage design, for armament emplacement locations was later carried into the May 1943 revised fuselage design, for what became the Heinkel Amerikabomber design contract competitor, the He 277, for its revised fuselage design to accommodate a tricycle undercarriage. The Heinkel engineering department's Typenblatt general arrangement drawing for a BMW 801E-powered, tricycle-gear He 277 Amerikabomber design showed the early He 219 V-series' rearwards-facing "steps" being inherited by the He 277's revised fuselage design in similar locations on its aft fuselage.
The adoption of the pair of He 219 prototype rear-fuselage "step" features relocated the ventral emplacement rearwards by two meters, to provide space for the He 277's nosewheel configuration's seven-meter long bomb bay.[13] The adopted "step" locations provided for the Amerikabomber's dorsal and ventral, generally rearwards-firing aft fuselage turrets, with each turret placed at the position of the "step" features, being armed with a pair of MG 151/20 cannon apiece.
Milch repeatedly tried to have the He 219 program cancelled and in the process, Kammhuber was removed from office. Production ceased for a time, but was restarted because the new Junkers Ju 388s were taking too long to get into service.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 2
Length: 15.33 m (50 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 18.5 m (60 ft 8 in)
Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 44.5 m2 (479 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: He 2 37 16.8–0.715–36.6; tip: He 2 37 12-0.715–36.6[35]
Empty weight: 11,200 kg (24,692 lb)
Gross weight: 15,300 kg (33,731 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 603E V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,324 kW (1,776 hp) each
Propellers: 3-bladed VDM constant-speed propeller
Maximum speed: 670 km/h (420 mph, 360 kn) at 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 540 km/h (340 mph, 290 kn)
Range: 1,545 km (960 mi, 834 nmi)
Ferry range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
Service ceiling: 12,700 m (41,700 ft) (absolute)
Armament:
Guns: ** 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon in a detachable fairing under the fuselage, 300 rpg, 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon in wing roots, 300 rpg, 2 × 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon, Schräge Musik (oriented 65° above horizontal), 100 rpg
Milch repeatedly tried to have the He 219 program cancelled and in the process, Kammhuber was removed from office. Production ceased for a time, but was restarted because the new Junkers Ju 388s were taking too long to get into service.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Crew: 2
Length: 15.33 m (50 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 18.5 m (60 ft 8 in)
Height: 4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Wing area: 44.5 m2 (479 sq ft)
Airfoil: root: He 2 37 16.8–0.715–36.6; tip: He 2 37 12-0.715–36.6[35]
Empty weight: 11,200 kg (24,692 lb)
Gross weight: 15,300 kg (33,731 lb)
Powerplant: 2 × Daimler-Benz DB 603E V-12 inverted liquid-cooled piston engines, 1,324 kW (1,776 hp) each
Propellers: 3-bladed VDM constant-speed propeller
Maximum speed: 670 km/h (420 mph, 360 kn) at 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Cruise speed: 540 km/h (340 mph, 290 kn)
Range: 1,545 km (960 mi, 834 nmi)
Ferry range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
Service ceiling: 12,700 m (41,700 ft) (absolute)
Armament:
Guns: ** 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon in a detachable fairing under the fuselage, 300 rpg, 2 × 20 mm (0.787 in) MG 151/20 cannon in wing roots, 300 rpg, 2 × 30 mm (1.181 in) MK 108 cannon, Schräge Musik (oriented 65° above horizontal), 100 rpg
THE KIT:
Tamiya is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer, based in Italy. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a Heinkel He-219A-7 UHU, that is flying above the clouds. It is in a base of medium-gray with dark-green spot camouflage pattern, over a black under-carriage.
At the top of the box art it says: Kit is series 57. Wingspan is 385 .5mm (just a shade over 15”), overall length is 355.2mm (14”). Ready to assemble precision model kit. Modeling skills helpful if under 10 years of age. Cement and paint not included.
One side-panel of the box shows a color side-view illustration of a He-219A-7 in the box art scheme. It further shows a skeletal black German cross on the sides of the fuselage, followed by a yellow letter C and black letter L.
It was with 3./NJG3, May 1945, Denmark. Followed by a paragraph in Japanese and the copyright of the kit as 1997, over Tamiya’s address in Shizuoka City, Japan.
Tamiya is an old prolific plastic model kit manufacturer, based in Italy. They make all manner of plastic model kit subjects in the popular scales.
This kit comes in a shrink-wrapped tray and lid type box.
The cover art shows a color illustration of a Heinkel He-219A-7 UHU, that is flying above the clouds. It is in a base of medium-gray with dark-green spot camouflage pattern, over a black under-carriage.
At the top of the box art it says: Kit is series 57. Wingspan is 385 .5mm (just a shade over 15”), overall length is 355.2mm (14”). Ready to assemble precision model kit. Modeling skills helpful if under 10 years of age. Cement and paint not included.
One side-panel of the box shows a color side-view illustration of a He-219A-7 in the box art scheme. It further shows a skeletal black German cross on the sides of the fuselage, followed by a yellow letter C and black letter L.
It was with 3./NJG3, May 1945, Denmark. Followed by a paragraph in Japanese and the copyright of the kit as 1997, over Tamiya’s address in Shizuoka City, Japan.
The other side panel shows a He-219a-7 in the same scheme. It has a black and white cross on the sides of the fuselage, followed by a black letters C and H.
It was with 1./NGJ1, May 1945, Germany.
It was with 1./NGJ1, May 1945, Germany.
The inside tray has box art photos and the side have line drawings of Tamiya products.
WHAT’S IN THE BOX;
This kit holds 5 medium-gray parts trees, a clear tree and the decal sheet in 4 stapled-shut clear cello bags. There is a steel nose-weight packed in a clear blister pack, atop a cardboard shelf at the end of the box tray.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 7” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white photo of the model made up. It is in the camouflage already described on the other illustrations. However, this one has a black and white German cross on its sides , followed by a black letter T that is outlined in white and a gray letter H. The rudders are jet black. With white serial no. 290123 on the rudders. Over one-paragraph histories of the Fw-190A-7 in 8 languages, including English.
Page 2 starts with READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN instructions, tools and paint suggested, a paint color listing and PRECAUTIONS in the 8 languages.
The bottom of page 2 on through to page 8 gives a grand total of 16 assembly steps.
Step 1 is for assembly and painting of the 2 crewmen.
The bottom of page 8 gives painting instructions in 5 languages, including English.
Page 9 is a painting and marking guide. It shows a top and bottom view of the He-219A-7, in the camouflage scheme already described.
Page 10 is another painting and marking guide at the top. It shows the He-219A-7 in the T H fuselage markings. Over decal application-instructions in the 5 languages and a customer service card.
There is a second instructions-sheet, printed on both sides, that is a painting and marking guide. It is in the same size format as the main instructions and shows a 3-view of the two schemes already described on the side-panels of the box.
A third-instructions is also a painting guide. It is a single-sheet, printed on just one side, in 14’ x 11” format. It shows a 3-view of the He-219A-7 that just shows the camouflage pattern, but no markings. It is folded twice to fit the box.
Also included is a single-sheet, printed on both sides, that has single paragraphs of IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE KIT, in 13 languages, including English. It is in 6 ¼” x 10” format, folded once to fit the box.
The parts-trees are alphabetized, but not illustrated in the instructions. Bad move Tamiya!!
Medium-gray letter A tree holds: the fuselage halves, seats, gear legs, machine guns, dashboard, cowlings, cockpit floor etc. (38 parts)
This kit holds 5 medium-gray parts trees, a clear tree and the decal sheet in 4 stapled-shut clear cello bags. There is a steel nose-weight packed in a clear blister pack, atop a cardboard shelf at the end of the box tray.
The instructions consist of a single-sheet that accordion-folds out into 10 pages in 7” x 10 ¼” page format.
Page 1 begins with a black and white photo of the model made up. It is in the camouflage already described on the other illustrations. However, this one has a black and white German cross on its sides , followed by a black letter T that is outlined in white and a gray letter H. The rudders are jet black. With white serial no. 290123 on the rudders. Over one-paragraph histories of the Fw-190A-7 in 8 languages, including English.
Page 2 starts with READ BEFORE YOU BEGIN instructions, tools and paint suggested, a paint color listing and PRECAUTIONS in the 8 languages.
The bottom of page 2 on through to page 8 gives a grand total of 16 assembly steps.
Step 1 is for assembly and painting of the 2 crewmen.
The bottom of page 8 gives painting instructions in 5 languages, including English.
Page 9 is a painting and marking guide. It shows a top and bottom view of the He-219A-7, in the camouflage scheme already described.
Page 10 is another painting and marking guide at the top. It shows the He-219A-7 in the T H fuselage markings. Over decal application-instructions in the 5 languages and a customer service card.
There is a second instructions-sheet, printed on both sides, that is a painting and marking guide. It is in the same size format as the main instructions and shows a 3-view of the two schemes already described on the side-panels of the box.
A third-instructions is also a painting guide. It is a single-sheet, printed on just one side, in 14’ x 11” format. It shows a 3-view of the He-219A-7 that just shows the camouflage pattern, but no markings. It is folded twice to fit the box.
Also included is a single-sheet, printed on both sides, that has single paragraphs of IMPORTANT INFORMATION CONCERNING THE KIT, in 13 languages, including English. It is in 6 ¼” x 10” format, folded once to fit the box.
The parts-trees are alphabetized, but not illustrated in the instructions. Bad move Tamiya!!
Medium-gray letter A tree holds: the fuselage halves, seats, gear legs, machine guns, dashboard, cowlings, cockpit floor etc. (38 parts)
Medium-gray letter B tree holds: the left wing halves, elevators etc. (10 parts)
Medium-gray letter C tree holds: the right wing halves, elevators etc. (12 parts)
There are 2 identical medium-gray letter D trees. The hold: propellers, wheels, cowling parts, crew figures etc. (30 parts ea.)
Letter E tree is the clear tree. It holds the canopy windows and light lenses (7 parts)
The final part is the steel cockpit floor. It is also a weight to keep the nose down, as this kit is tail heavy. (1 part)
The decal sheet, poly caps and a correction sheet complete the kit contents.
The detail is very good.
Recommended.
Recommended.