1:48 scale premium diecast model from the Hobby Master Air Power Series HA7401. Focke-Wulf Fw 190A Luftwaffe JG 300, Walther Dahl, Jutebog, Germany, January 1945.

Length 7.25
Wingspan 8.5"

Features:
Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
Opening canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors.
Retractable landing gear.
Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
Authentic detachable ordinance loads complete with placards.
Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads.

The Me-109 was a very capable fighter but the Reich Air Ministry worried that future foreign designs might surpass its performance so they called for submissions of designs. Kurt Tank won the competition with his radical use of an air-cooled radial engine that he dubbed the Fw-190 W�rger (Butcher Bird). There were many skeptics who believed this new aircraft would surpass the performance of the Me-109. However when the Fw-190 entered combat in the summer of 1941 it already was Germany�s premiere piston-powered WWII fighter. Over 20,000 Fw-190s were built with 13,291 of these being �A� variants.

Major Walther Dahl initially flew with JG 3 but in June 1944 he was given command of JG 300. On September 13, 1944 Dahl is credited with bringing down a B-17 by ramming it and this earned him the nickname �Rammdahl�. This became a normal tactic for units using special variants of the FW-190 that had been reinforced to do the job. Dahl had a falling out with Hermann G�ring because he refused to have his pilots and himself fly in terrible weather conditions. The only reason he wasn�t shot was the German ace Adolf Galland came into the room and agreed with Dahl. As a result Dahl was demoted to inspector of day fighters but continued to fly sorties whenever possible. By the end of WWII Dahl had accumulated 129 victories. The Fw-190A-8 was the most produced of all the sub-variants with over 1,300 being produced. This version of Major Dahl�s Fw-190A- 8 has the red band around the fuselage that was called Reichsverteidigung. This was a quick visual method of identifying friend or foe and shows the aircraft was used in the Defense of the Reich.