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APRIL KITS

Fw 190D-9 LATE ProPACK Edition

1/48 Cat.No. 8189

With this kit, we offer the Fw 190 D-9

of late production, notably with the tail

surfaces of the Ta 152. These tail surfaces

are documented photographically on two

machines - Black ‘6‘, W.Nr.500 645 and

Brown ‘4‘, W.Nr.500 647. From written

descriptions only, it is further assumed that

W.Nr.500 648 could also have been equi-

pped with these tail surfaces, which, as Ye-

llow ‘6‘, served with III./KG(J)27.

These tail surfaces found their way to

some Doras apparently through a lack

of standard units. These were assembled

by sub-contractors, and delivered near

nal assembly. It is very likely that due

to problems in logistics, they developed

a shortage of these components at the Mi-

metall factory (Mitteldeutsche Metallwer-

ke GmbH) in Erfurt. So that production

did not need to be interrupted, tail units

intended for the Ta 152 were mounted in-

stead, the production of which was being

prepared for at Erfurt. From the numbers

of aircraft that had this anomaly, it can be

safely assumed that the substitution was

a very short duration one, probably only

a one day affair.

In the reconstruction of color schemes,

we consulted mainly the book ‘Fw 190D

Camouage and Markings by JaPo Pub-

lishing, which is an exhaustive study of the

subject as it pertains to the Dora. We also

arrived at an interesting theory regarding

the painting of the bottom surfaces of

the wing with the interior color RLM 66,

or another base paint, inspired by the ma-

gazine REVI No.80.

W.Nr. 500647, 7./JG 26, Hustedt Aireld,

Germany, February - April, 1945

W.Nr. 500645, III./JG 2, Altenstadt,

Germany, May, 1945

W.Nr. 500648, 9./KG(J)27, Austria, April 1st, 1945

W.Nr. 500666, II./JG 301, Erfurt – Nord Aireld,

Germany, May, 1945

W.Nr. 213097, 10. or 13./JG 51, Flensburg Aireld,

Germany, May, 1945

Don´t miss historical article about

Doras on page 14-15.

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It‘s well known

that size doesn‘t

matter, but a big tail

is a big tail!

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