{"product_id":"hobby-master-fw-190-ha7407","title":"Hobby Master HA7407 1:48 FW-190 Doppelreiter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1937 even though the Me-109 was a very capable fighter the Reichsluftfahrtministeriun \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(RLM) or Reich Air Ministry was worried that future foreign designs might surpass its \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperformance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the competition with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehis radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the Fw-190 Würger (Butcher \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eperformance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the summer of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1941 it already was Germany’s premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over 20,000 of all \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003evariants of the Fw-190 were built with 13,291 of these being of the 9 different “A” variants.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe production of the Fw-190A-7 began in November 1943 and ended in January 1944 with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eonly 80 aircraft being produced. Fw-190-A-7 W.Nr380394 was the test aircraft for an attempt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eto reduce drag caused by center-line fuel tanks thereby increasing airspeed. The experiment \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas called “Doppelreiter” (Double Rider) and involved placing a streamlined fuel tank on top \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eof each wing which meant reducing the armament to two 151\/20 E cannons. Each tank was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edroppable and carried 270 liters of fuel giving the aircraft an extended range. The over the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewing tanks reduced the aircraft speed by 13 kph while the standard center-line tank reduced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003espeed by 33 kph. Even though these were positive results the RLM did not accept the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003emodification because they didn’t want to disturb regular production schedules. The A-7 was \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereplaced by the A-8 variant\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHobby Master 1:48 FW-190 Doppelreiter HA7407\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1\/48 scale pre-finished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDie-cast metal with a minimum of plastic\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProfessionally painted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAll markings pad applied for superb results\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCockpit slides open\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with a pilot that can be removed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComes with display stand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCan be displayed with landing gear up or down\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Hobby Master","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43007511265507,"sku":"892","price":99.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0632\/5000\/6243\/products\/hobby-master-ha7407-148-fw-190-doppelreiter-855953.jpg?v=1738274897","url":"https:\/\/www.mtsaviationmodels.com\/products\/hobby-master-fw-190-ha7407","provider":"MTS Aviation Models","version":"1.0","type":"link"}