Silver Wings High quality resin model kit Wojciech Kułakowski 30-680 Kraków ul.Serbska 2/15 Heinkel He-51 B-2 Poland Kat.No 32-002 www.silverwings.pl [email protected] Heinkel He 51 B-2 Heinkel He-51 was development of the earlier He-49. It was produced in three main versions: fighter, ground attack and seaplane. The He-51 was a convetional biplane fighter, with all-metal construction and fabric covering. First prototype, the He-49a, flew in November 1932. With longer fuselage and better engine it was ordered into production as the Heinkel He-51 for Luftwaffe in May 1933. It was first used during Spanish Civil War in 1936. It was successful during operations against older biplane designs such as: Nieuport 52, Breguet 19, Potez 54. This time of superiority was short lived, with the arrival of large numbers of modern aircraft from the Soviet Union, including Polikarpov I-15 and I-16. After that the He-51 was withdrawn from fighter duty and relegated to the ground attack role by both the Legion Condor and the Spanish Nationalists. The He-51 B-2 (38 were built) was a float-plane fighter version equipped for catapult lauching, but sometimes had racks for up to six 10kg bombs. TECHNICAL DATA Length -10,45 m , Span - 11,00 m Power plant - BMW VI 7.3Z V12 engine, 560 kW (750 hp) Armament - 2x M.G17 7,9 mm Max speed - 318 km/h , Range - 500 km Silver Wings He-51 B-2 Silver Wings Film 4 3 III 18 mm 17,5 mm IV 20 mm 4 I 18 mm II Fuel tank C Silver Wings 2009 2 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 1 Film Instrumentation on right port, 1:32 Cement and adjust detail number 1 after 1 fixing rudder puchers Cement after 2 adjusting seat 3 4 5 3 4 5 Instrumentation on left port, 1:32 C Silver Wings 2009 3 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 C Silver Wings 2009 4 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 C Silver Wings 2009 5 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 C Silver Wings 2009 6 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 C Silver Wings 2009 7 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 Film Nr 3 compass C Silver Wings 2009 8 Silver Wings He-51 B-2 A A A B A B Upper wing dihedrall 10 mm A Do not fill B Prepare on your own 4,5 mm Lower wing dihedrall C Silver Wings 2009 9 He-51 B-2 60+B 41 of 1/Kustenjagdegeschwader 136 (1./Ku.J.Gr 136) Cruiser Leipzig , late 1936 All aircraft RLM 02 - Grau, bottom floats - flat black C Silver Wings 2009.