Fw 190D-9 GERMAN WWII FIGHTER 1/48 SCALE PLASTIC KIT Profipack #8184

Fw 190D-9 GERMAN WWII FIGHTER 1/48 SCALE PLASTIC KIT ProfiPACK #8184

INTRO The fighter burden placed on the Fw 190A by the Luftwaffe was enormous. This very versatile aircraft found itself fulfilling fighter, fighter- bomber and ground support duties. Thanks to a robust airframe, the type was able to carry a wide variety of ordinance, which vastly improved upon the multi-role capabilities of the Luftwaffe’s main fighter type, the Bf 109. Despite this, the design, which dated back to 1939, was finding its age showing towards the end of the war. The Fw 190A was falling short of its adversaries, especially at higher altitudes. The design development led first through the Fw 190B, powered by a BMW 801 with a turbo supercharger, followed by the Fw 190C, powered by an in-line DB 603, but was finalized on the Fw 190D. Conversion to the D version, and namely the Fw 190D-9, involved the installation of a new liquid cooled 12 cylinder Jumo 213A, rated at 1,726 hp. The front of the aircraft was therefore lengthened from the Fw 190A, which was fitted with a BMW 801 radial. In order to maintain the centre of gravity, there was a 50 cm extension at the rear of the plane, and a relocation of some of the interior components. The overall length of the Fw 190D-9, compared to the A-9, was increased by 1.52 m (just under five feet). The aircraft gained a new, more elegant shape, and was dubbed ‘Langnasen Dora’ (‘Longnose Dora’). Other important changes in the type were the addition of MW 50 water methanol injection, temporarily boosting power output to 2,071 hp (1,545 kW), and increasing maximum speed to 680 km/h at 6600 m (426 mph at 21,650 ft). A standard feature on the D-9 was the bulged canopy, covering an armored head and back rest for the pilot. Despite this, the first series of the Fw 190D-9 were equipped with the older, flat style canopy. The armament was composed of two 13 mm MG 131 machine guns mounted over the engine, and two MG 151/20 20 mm cannon in the wing roots. The modifications through which the Fw 190D went through, were different enough to virtually consider it a new aircraft from the A, F and G. The first Fw 190D-9s were allocated to III./JG 54 in September 1944. This was followed by I./JG 26 in November and towards the end of the war there were 183 Doras in service. According to some sources, there over 1800 Fw 190Ds built. The D-9 led to other versions, of which only the D-11 and D-13 saw practical use. The more widely used D-11 (by some sources, the Luftwaffe took delivery of 17 pieces) differed from the D-9 first and foremost in armament, missing the 13 mm machine guns, but adding two outboard wing mounted 30 mm cannon, and by the installation of the upgraded Jumo 213E, along with other improvements. The armament of the D-11 was similar to the Fw 190A-8/R-2, which is indicative of the planned use of the type against Allied formations of heavy bombers. Out of over a thousand ordered D-13s, only seventeen were built, and only a handful reached combat units. The armament installation of the D-13 composed of two 20 mm cannon in the wing roots and one firing through the propeller hub. The D-13 also had all-weather flying equipment, along with other relatively modern avionics. Some later Doras were equipped with a larger tail unit („Einheitsheck“) standardized on the Ta 152. Volumes could (and have) be written covering the problematic subject of service camouflage schemes, which is quite varied and influenced by time and place of manufacture and the deteriorating conditions in Germany. The schemes consisted of RLM colors 70 and 80, as well as areas that remained in natural metal or fabric. Variations are also indicated in the scheme options in this kit. The longnose Dora was built mainly to adapt the proven Fw 190A to combat operations at high altitudes, above 7,000 m (20,000 ft), where allied bomber formations operated. Due to the development of events, these operational altitudes were rare. Even so, this was a fighter that could stand up to the best the Allies could field, and along with the Ta 152, represented the epitome of German piston-engined fighter design. F W. Nr. 210003, Oblt. H. Dortenmann, I./JG 26, Germany, Spring 1945 On March 29th, 1945 Hans Dortenmann was appointed Staffelkapitän of 3./JG 26. In accordance to this, the marking of his Dora W.Nr. 210003 was changed from 'Black 1' to 'Yellow 1'. Also, the IV. Gruppe wave diappeared as I. Gruppe didn´t use any special marking of this type. This is a reconstruction based on Dortenmann´s memoirs. On the other hand, various sources say this Dora was used by JG 26 for a short period of time only at the end of WWII. There are doubts concerning the camouflage scheme changes also, as it is possible that this Dora W.Nr. 210003 wore the original RLM 74/75 pattern throughout its whole life. The camouflage changes as described by Dortenmann were done during major repairs only. In such a case, the original colours would have been completely stripped down and replaced with new ones. FOR COMPLETE PROFILE PLEASE REFER ČESKOU VERZI TEXTU A KOMPLETNÍ www.eduard.com KAMUFLÁŽNÍ SCHÉMA NALEZNETE NA www.eduard.cz POD KATALOGOVÝM ČÍSLEM 8184

H12 H422 H421 H422 H421 C33 C122 C121 C122 13 3 C121 18 44 ? 38+39 H414 C114

H413 C113

H417 H12 H11 H417 15 C117 C33 C62 C117 8184 - NAV1 H416 C116 RLM 66 PE17 BLACK GRAY Y7, Y8 PE32 plastic PE8

Y7 PE3 Y8 X9 PE20 H416 H416 C116 C116 RLM 66 PE4 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY BLACK GRAY H416 C116 X14 RLM 66 X21 BLACK GRAY X31 H416 C116 RLM 66 PE17 Y28 BLACK GRAY plastic H416 C116 RLM 66 H12 BLACK GRAY C33 FLAT BLACK H416 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY X14 X21 OPTIONAL: decal 49 X9

H416 C116 RLM 66 X9 BLACK GRAY X21 H416 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE11 PE24 OPTIONAL: decal 50 X25 PE6

PE5 PE26 PE9

PE26 H12 PE23 C33 FLAT BLACK PE18 PE7 PE12 PE21 PE30 H414 C114 3 pcs. RLM 23 RED PE19 PE25 PE25 PE1 OPTIONAL: PE2 decal 47 X23 X11

H416 H416 C116 PE34 C116 RLM 66 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE26 BLACK GRAY

H416 X22 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE26 A

Y3 Y3

H416 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY

3 ATTENTION UPOZORNĚNÍ ACHTUNG ATTENTION

INSTRUCTION SIGNS INSTR. SYMBOLY INSTRUKTION SINNBILDEN SYMBOLES

OPTIONAL BEND OPEN HOLE SYMETRICAL ASSEMBLY REMOVE REVERSE SIDE APPLY EDUARD MASK VOLBA OHNOUT VYVRTAT OTVOR SYMETRICKÁ MONTÁŽ ODŘÍZNOUT OTOČIT AND PAINT POUŽÍT EDUARD MASK NABARVIT

PARTS DÍLY TEILE PIECES PLASTIC PARTS N> P> R> 8170 N 8170 P 8170 R 1 2 3 1 2 4

3 5 1 2

6 4 6 7 8 7

8 9 W> 8170 W 1 5 6 2 3 8 4 7 9 X> 8170 X 12 2 10 14 16 13 1 1 3 4 5 6 6 11 11 15 13 7 8 9 12 12 11 14 18 20 15 16 10 17 21 24 19 22 23 18 19 20 21 28 17 26 27 25 22 23 32 26 27 29 29 30 31 28 30 24 25 31 33

32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 44 45 46 Y> 8170 Y 42 43 1 3 3 8 2 6 7 4 5 9 17 12 14 11 36 10 15 18 13 16 23 25 20 18 21 27 27 19 22 24 26 28 29

32 32 35 30 34 31 33 33

COLOURS BARVY FARBEN PEINTURE

GSi Creos (GUNZE) AQUEOUS Mr.COLOR AQUEOUS Mr.COLOR H2 C2 BLACK H414 C114 RLM23 RED H8 C8 SILVER H416 C116 RLM66 BLACK GRAY H11 C62 FLAT WHITE H417 C117 RLM76 LIGHT BLUE H12 C33 FLAT BLACK H421 C121 RLM81 BROWN VIOLET H33 C81 RUSSET H422 C122 RLM82 LIGHT GREEN H47 C41 RED BROWN Mr.METAL COLOR H69 C37 RLM75 GRAY MC214 DARK IRON H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY MC218 ALUMINIUM H77 C137 TIRE BLACK Mr.COLOR SUPER METALLIC H80 C54 KHAKI GREEN SM01 SUPER FINE SILVER H413 C113 RLM04 YELLOW SM04 STAINLESS 2 DON´T INSTALL PARTS W12, W20, W3 AND W27 W23 H70 C60 IF YOU ARE BUILDING THE MODEL WITH RLM02 GRAY X46 THE CLOSED FUSELAGE MG HOOD (R8). H70 POKUD STAVÍTE MODEL SE ZAVŘENÝM W15 C60 RLM02 GRAY KRYTEM TRUPOVÝCH KULOMETŮ (R8), H70 NEINSTALUJTE DÍLY W12, W20, W3 A W27 C60 RLM02 GRAY W20 MC214 DARK IRON W3 W12 H 70 X5 C060 MC214 RLM02 GRAY DARK IRON H70 C60 H70 RLM02 GRAY C60 RLM02 GRAY MC218 ALUMINIUM W27 X38 W22 H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

MC218 W17 ALUMINIUM MC218 W31 ALUMINIUM MC218 H413 ALUMINIUM H12 C113 C33 RLM 04 W9 FLAT BLACK YELLOW W1 W28 MC214 H12 MC218 MC218 DARK IRON C33 ALUMINIUM ALUMINIUM FLAT BLACK W13 W29 W16 H12 MC218 C33 ALUMINIUM MC218 MC214 FLAT BLACK ALUMINIUM DARK IRON MC218 R5 ALUMINIUM

MC218 ALUMINIUM

W2 H12 MC218 C33 W4 ALUMINIUM FLAT BLACK

W30 B

MC218 ALUMINIUM W21 W21 W14

H70 W14 C60 RLM02 GRAY MC218 W32 ALUMINIUM W32

W21 W14

R1 R2 PE13 PE14 PE29 H416 C116 H416 RLM 66 C116 BLACK GRAY RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE15

H414 C114 RLM 23 RED H416 C116 H416 RLM 66 C116 BLACK GRAY RLM 66 BLACK GRAY

4 C D H12 Y6 H33 Y29 C33 C81 FLAT BLACK RUSSET

H12 H70 H33 C33 C81 C60 FLAT BLACK Y17 E RLM02 GRAY RUSSET Y2

R1 A

X19 MARKINGS B ; C ; D ; E ; F ONLY

H70 C60 R2 RLM02 GRAY D E H77 C137 H70 TIRE BLACK C60 X28 RLM02 GRAY X18

H2 C2 H70 BLACK C60 C RLM02 GRAY

MARKINGS H70 B C D E F C60 ; ; ; ; RLM02 GRAY ONLY X29

CLOSED OPEN GUN BAY GUN BAY W11 W6 MC214 DARK IRON H12 C33 CLOSED H70 FLAT BLACK C60 GUN BAY RLM02 GRAY W8 H70 C60 Y32 RLM02 GRAY W5 W6 H70 C60 X3 RLM02 GRAY H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY X10

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY W25

CLOSED HOOD P2

OPEN H70 GUN BAY MC214 C60 DARK IRON RLM02 GRAY P1 W11 Y32 H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY W5 W7 H12 C33 FLAT BLACK

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY CLOSED W26 HOOD 5 H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY Y9

H70 X26 Y5 C60 RLM02 GRAY MC214 DARK IRON

MC214 P3 DARK IRON

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

Y23 H70 C60 Y25 RLM02 GRAY Y27 Y26 Y24

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

H70 C60 H70 RLM02 GRAY C60 RLM02 GRAY Y27

P3 H70 C60 Y33 RLM02 GRAY

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY Y33

MC214 DARK IRON Y18 P3

MC214 DARK IRON Y18

6 P1

OPTIONAL: decal 48 H416 C116 X33 RLM 66 P3 H416 BLACK GRAY C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY X4 H47 C41 N4 RED BROWN

PE31 X32 PE28 H416 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE27

N4 H416 C116 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY PE22 H416 C116 RLM 66 X4 BLACK GRAY H47 C41 RED BROWN

X17

X27

7 X12 H70 X30 C60 X16 RLM02 GRAY

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY SM04 STAINLESS

X7 H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

X15 H77 C137 TIRE BLACK H2 C2 BLACK

H77 H70 C137 X6 X12 C60 TIRE BLACK RLM02 GRAY H2 H70 C2 C60 BLACK RLM02 GRAY

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY X1 SM04 STAINLESS X6 X45 X8 o H70 8 C60 H70 RLM02 GRAY C60 RLM02 GRAY X42

X13 X13 X20

H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY X7

H70 C60 PE36 RLM02 GRAY X8 X20

8 Y13 MC214 DARK IRON Y1 Y31 R3

MC214 Y34 DARK IRON

H70 C60 H70 RLM02 GRAY H70 C60 W18 C60 RLM02 GRAY RLM02 GRAY Y21 W19 Y19 W24

FOR OPEN H70 Y30 C60 HATCH ONLY RLM02 GRAY Y16

Y20

H8 R4 C8 SILVER H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

X40

PE10 R7 4 pcs.

H80 C54 KHAKI GREEN X44 X39

X34 H417 C117 Y11 RLM 76 LIGHT BLUE X43

H417 C117 RLM 76 Y14 - MARKINGS LIGHT BLUE A ; B ; C ; D ; F ONLY Y14 Y10 Y15

F H417 C117 RLM 76 LIGHT BLUE

F MARKINGS A ; B ; D ;F

H11 H414 C62 C114 Y15 WHITE RLM 23 Y36 RED ? MARKINGS C ; E

H11 H417 C62 ? C117 WHITE RLM 76 LIGHT BLUE

9 MARKINGS A ; B ; F MARKINGS C ; D ; E H416 Y12 Y12 C116 H416 RLM 66 C116 BLACK GRAY RLM 66 BLACK GRAY H416 H416 C116 X41 C116 RLM 66 RLM 66 BLACK GRAY BLACK GRAY W10 X37 X37

H416 H416 H47 C116 H47 C116 RLM 66 C41 RLM 66 C41 BLACK GRAY BLACK GRAY DECAL RED BROWN N2 N8 DECAL RED BROWN N1 N7 AA PE33 AA PE33

N2 - OPEN CANOPY N8 - CLOSED CANOPY N1 - OPEN CANOPY N7 - CLOSED CANOPY

MARKING A MARKINGS B ; F CLOSED HOOD ADD PANEL LINE ON BOTH SIDES Y22 R8 R8 MC214 DARK IRON

C D E R8 MARKING MARKINGS ; CLOSED X36 R8 R8 N5

R8+ Y22

CLOSED HATCH ONLY

CLOSED X35 PE35

eduard N5

X18 N2

N8 R8 OPEN H70 C60 RLM02 GRAY

H70 N1 C60 X36 RLM02 GRAY X35 OPEN N7 OPEN

METAL COLOR

CAMOUFLAGE COLOR

10 A W. Nr. 500408, 5./JG 301, Bad Langensalza, Germany, May 1945

This Dora, W.Nr. 500408, was discovered by U.S. forces at the airport near Bad Langensalza. She was one of seventy aircraft of Mimetall´s second production batch, produced between December 1944 and January 1945. The yellow-red tail band indicates that this aircraft belonged to JG 301, the red horizontal bar denotes use by II. Gruppe, and the white individual numbers denote 5. Staffel aircraft. The fuselage was camouflaged in an RLM 81 and 82 pattern. Wing upper surfaces were in RLM 81 and 82. The forward part of the wing under surfaces were RLM 81. Note two variations of the RLM 76 color. The camouflage of the aileron uppersurfaces indicate field replacement.

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H12 H422 H421 H422 C33 C122 C121 10 2 C122 22 6 24 46 ? 40+41 H414 C114

H413 H414 H417 17 C113 C114 C117 ? ?

H414 H414 C114 C114 H421 H422 1 H421 H422 H421 H422 H421 1 H422 C121 C122 C121 C122 C121 C122 C121 C122

H417 H417 C117 C117

H414 H414 H414 H414 C114 C114 H417 C114 C114 SM01 SM01 C117

H417 C117

SM01

H422 H422 C122 C122

H421 H421 H421 H421 8 C121 C121 8 C121 C121

H414 H414 C114 C114

23 H422 2 11 H421 H422 H12 C122 C121 C122 C33

6 46 ? 40+41 H414 C114

H417 H414 H413 C117 C114 C113 H417 C117 H413 H414 RLM 04 RLM 23 ALUMINIUM SM01 C113 C114

H417 H421 H422 H12 RLM 76 RLM 81 RLM 82 BLACK eduard C117 C121 C122 C33 11 B W. Nr. 210003, Oblt. H. Dortenmann, IV./JG 26, Germany, 1945

Oblt. Hans Dortenmann, a 38 kill fighter ace and Knight's Cross holder, noted in his memoirs that he used Dora W.Nr. 210003 as a personal mount from September 1944 to the end of hostilities. He personally destroyed her at the end of hostilities to avoid falling into enemy hands. At first, during Dortenmann´s service with III./JG 54, the airplane was marked 'Red 1'. In late February III./JG 54 was redesignated IV./JG 26, and Dortenmann was appointed Staffelkapitän of 12./JG 26. His Dora became 'Black 1'. The White-Black band appeared on the tail as well as IV. Gruppe‘s wave. According to Dortenmann´s memoirs, the original RLM 74/75 camouflage scheme was changed to RLM 81/82, but the reason for re-painting remains unknown. A new-style blown canopy was installed instead of the original flat one. The vertical part of the tail unit was painted yellow from JG 54 days.

ČESKOU VERZI TEXTU NALEZNETE NA www.eduard.cz BLACK POD KATALOGOVÝM ČÍSLEM 8184

H12 H422 H421 H422 H421 C33 C122 C121 C122 37 3 C121 18 44 ? 38+39 H414 C114

H413 C113

15 H417 H12 26 H11 H417 C117 C33 C62 C117

H414 H414 C114 C114 H421 H422 1 H421 H422 H421 1 H422 C121 C122 C121 C122 C121 C122

H417 C117

H414 H414 H414 H414 C114 C114 C114 C114

H422 H422 C122 C122 H413 C113 H421 H421 20 20 C121 C121

H414 H414 C114 C114

26 H421 3 37 H422 H421 H422 H12 C121 C122 C121 C122 C33

18 44 ? 38+39 H414 C114

H413 C113

H417 H11 H12 C117 C62 C33 H413 H417 C113 C117 H413 H414 H11 RLM 04 RLM 23 WHITE C113 C114 C62

H417 H421 H422 H12 RLM 76 RLM 81 RLM 82 BLACK eduard 12 C117 C121 C122 C33 C W. Nr. 600150, Stab/JG 4, Frankfurt am Rhein-Main, Germany, April 1945

Dora W.Nr. 600150 was built by Gerhard Fieseler Werke (first production batch). It is the only recently discovered JG 4 Dora that sports the unit´s badge. U.S. forces found her at Frankfurt am Rhein-Main airfield in April, 1945. Camouflage consisted of RLM 74/75 on the upper surfaces, and blue-green RLM 76 on the lower. The RLM 74 and 75 were applied to the fuselage, and the tail unit wore mottling of the same colours. The engine section showed original Junkers paint of RLM 74 and a whitish RLM 76. The RLM 75 spots were added to the upper cowling by GFW. The forward part of the wing under surfaces, ailerons and landing flaps were blue-green RLM 76. The Werk Nummer is present on the port side of the fin only. There is no pulley system on the early-style canopy. The Black-White-Black band on the tail identifies this as a JG 4 aircraft.

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H69 24 4 33 30 9 C37 36 36 7

H414 C114

16 29

H414 H414 C114 C114 1 1

H417 C117

H414 H414 H417 H414 H414 H417 C114 C114 C117 C114 C114 C117

H417 8 C117 8

H414 H414 C114 C114

29 H69 9 30 34 C37

H417 H12 H11 H12 C117 C33 C62 C33 H417 C117 H414 H11 RLM 23 WHITE ALUMINIUM SM01 C114 C62

H417 H69 H12 RLM 76 RLM 75 BLACK eduard C117 C37 C33 13 D W. Nr. 211115, I./EKG(J) or V./EJG 2, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, May 1945

Dora captured by U.S. forces at Pilsen airfield in May, 1945, formerly belonged to I./EKG(J) – I. Gruppe of Ergänzungskampfgeschwader (Jagd). This supplementary unit was redesignated as V. /EJG 2 on March 29th, 1945, and was located in Pilsen by the end of hostilities. Unusual style of Gruppe wave in red indicates that this Dora belonged to V./EJG 2 rather than to I./EKG(J) as this Gruppe marking wasn´t used by I. Gruppe. The upper surfaces were camouflaged in RLM 81/82, and the under surfaces in RLM 76. The forward part of wing under surfaces were RLM 81, while the remainder of the wing bottoms were left unpainted except for the RLM 76 ailerons. The small black circle with a stylized number 17 under the cockpit appeared on the aircraft after capture and its exact meaning is unknown.

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H12 H421 H422 H421 H422 C33 C121 C122 ? 12 C121 21 2 C122 25 35 46 ? 4040+41

H414 C114

H417 H421 SM01 H413 H417 C117 C121 C113 C117

H414 H414 C114 C114 H421 H422 1 H421 H422 H421 H422 H421 1 H422 C121 C122 C121 C122 C121 C122 C121 C122

H417 C117

H414 H414 H414 H414 H417 C114 C114 C114 SM01 SM01 C114 C117

H417 C117

SM01

H422 H422 C122 C122

H421 H421 H421 H421 5 C121 C121 5 C121 C121

H414 H414 C114 C114

H422 H413 2 21 H421 ?14 H422 H421 H12 C122 C113 C121 C122 C121 C33

35 46 ? 4040+41 H414 C114

H417 C117 25 H417 C117 H413 H414 RLM 04 RLM 23 ALUMINIUM SM01 C113 C114

H417 H421 H422 H12 RLM 76 RLM 81 RLM 82 BLACK eduard 14 C117 C121 C122 C33 E W. Nr. 211164, Stab/JG 6, Prag – Rusin, Czechoslovakia, May 1945

Dora W.Nr. 211164 found at Prague-Rusin airfield after WWII, in all probability belonged to Stab/JG 6. The upper cowling was painted in RLM 81 as well as the rest of the fuselage except for the rear, which was sprayed RLM 82. The tail section had previously been painted with a light colored tailband, which was oversprayed with RLM 81. The same colour was used for spots sprayed on the vertical tail surface. Wing upper surfaces were in RLM 81/ 82 too. The forward part of the wing undersides were painted RLM 81. Note the lack of a white spiral on the propeller spinner that was prescribed for all fighter aircraft engaged in the Western theatre of operations from July 1944 onwards. Fw 190D-9 STENCILING POSITIONS

HH I LL1 AA1 ? AA2 FF ?

LL ?

Nicht V

erstellen

Hier aufholen

GG1 ? GG2 S T

DD1 ? DD2 EE1 ? EE2 CC1 ? CC2

JJ1 ? JJ2

Z1 U1 Y1 ? ? ? Z2 U2 Y2

Y1 ? Y2

X1 V ? ? F X2 KK ?

erstellen

Nicht V

Hier aufholen