From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "Dave Johnson" References: <4C645C6F.8030205@wingnutfilms.co.nz> Subject: Re: HLJ - Eduard,,1/48 Fw190 D-11/D-13 Dual Combo - part 1 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:09:17 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3664 Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Johnson" To: Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 1:41 PM Subject: HLJ - Eduard,,1/48 Fw190 D-11/D-13 Dual Combo - part 1 > > Eduard > > 1/48 Fw190 D-11/D-13 Dual Combo > > Product #8185 (http://www.hlj.com/product/EDU8185) from HobbyLink Japan > (http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist.cgi?rel=nav&GenreCode=Air > ) > > Product Article by Dave Johnson on August 2010 > > > *History* > > > A total of 17 Fw 190 D-11s were known to have been manufactured. This > version was fitted with the uprated Jumo 213E series engine which was > also used in the Ta-152 H series. Changes over the D-9 were the enlarged > supercharger air-intake on the starboard side cowling and the use of a > wooden, three broader bladed VS 9 or 10 propeller. The 13 mm fuselage > guns were removed, and the cowling redesigned and by omitting the gun > troughs was changed to a flat profile. Two 30 mm MK 108 cannons were > installed in the outer wings to complement the 20 mm MG 151s in the > inboard positions. Of the 17 Dora-11s delivered, three can be accounted > for. One, the best-known, was /Rote 4/ (red 4) of JV 44's /Platzschutz/ > unit. While the D-11 was under manufacture, work started on the D-13 > models. The D-13s were based on the D-11 design, however the D-13's were > fitted with /Motorkanone/ nose cannons firing through the propeller hub. > The D-13 would be fitted with a 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon). In all, the > RLM called for 820 D-11 airframes to be built and 1,060 airframes of the > D-13, stating in early 1945. It was known that 17 D-13's were more than > likely built, but only two were known to be in service. > > > *The Kit* > > Eduard has followed up their release of the Fw190 D-9 with the release > of the D-11/D-13 Dora Dual Combo boxing. 12 Sprues contain 318 parts in > clear and Eduard olivey-tan coloured plastic, a large sheet of photo > etch, canopy masks and a large decal sheet. The kit contains parts to > complete two models, one of the D-11 and one D-13. Some of the sprues > have already been seen in the Fw190 D-9 boxing, one of the wing sprues, > canopy sprue, the sprue that contain the cockpit, and tailplanes, > movable surfaces, landing gears, wheels, gear covers, and smaller > components to name a couple. There are also two newly tooled sprues > which contain the D-11 Wings, upper cowls, VS-9 Propeller, fuselage > half's and the Supercharger intake. Sadly there is no sprue that > contains a Jumo 213E engine. > > The detail of the plastic is the same as the past Fw190 releases from > Eduard. The detail has been excellently tooled with full engraved crisp > panel lines and finely detailed rivet rows. There are no traces of sink > marks or flash on any of the parts on the sprues. It should also be > noted that there no signs of plastic injection pins locations on any of > the visible detail. As there is no engine to display, Eduard have > include the option to have the upper cowling and the wing roots > compartments open to display the machine guns. The plastic cockpit parts > offer an outstanding level of detail that can be dressed up with Photo > Etch parts. Surely there will be boxings of Weekend Editions of these > two variants sometime . > > Eduard has nicely added a feature in their D-9 release that has carried > over into this release that past Manufactures have missed. This is the > open wheel well area where you can see the lower parts of the engine > bay. Unforturenaly they have one small error that has got the modeling > talking, which is the empty shells discard chutes opening on the lower > wing. Eduard have tooled it as two separate chutes. From my > references that I have read, the D-11 and D-13 had the same exhaust > canal as the Fw190 A Series, which only had one chute. This is a very > easy fix, if you wish to correct it. Again you will need to check > references. > > As mention before, a sheet of Photo Etch has been supplied in the kit > for the cockpit area. The sheet features pre-printed enhancement detail > for cockpit instruments bezels, instrument faces and Seatbelt harnesses. > Other items that are included are rudder control pedals, Cockpit knobs > and levers. Pre cut canopy masks will make the masking and painting > process a lot easier, there are also masks for the wheel hubs. There is > enough supplied for both kits. The A4 sized instruction booklet is > printed on 16 pages that contain the History, build process and the > colourful profile art for the schemes that are supplied in this kit. The > assembly sequence is easy to follow with clearly illustrated pictures, > with clear callout for re-movement of detail and placement of Photo Etch > parts. The paint callouts are in Gunze acrylic and lacquer ranges, but > these would be easy for you to convert over to you favorite brand of > paint. > > The large decal sheet is excellently printed by the best decal printer > in my book, Cartograf in Italy. The colours are bold and crisp without > any misprints. The sheet carries marking options for a total of 5 > airframes, 3xD11's and 2x D-13's. > > The schemes offer some interesting German camo/mottling finishes, aswell > as a captured airframe and one markings of the most famous German units, > the D-11 of Lt. Karl-Heinz Hofmann, Sachsenberg Schwarm of JV 44 > > Markings are - > > Fw 190D-11, WrNr 2200xx, Red 4, JV 44, Sachsenberg Schwarm, > München-Riem, May 1945, flown by Lt. Karl-Heinz Hofmann > Fw 190D-11, WrNr 2200xx, White 58, Bad Wörishofen, March 1945 > Fw 190D-11, WrNr 220014, White 61, Bad Wörishofen, April 1945 > Fw 190D-13, WrNr 836016, V./EJG 2, Pilsen-Bory, Czechoslovakia, May 1945 > Fw 190D-13, WrNr 836017, Yellow 10, Stab./JG 26, Flensburg-Weiche, > Germany, May 1945 > Again its clear that Eduard have produced another winner for the > Luftwaffe fantanictics. The D-11 and D-13 kits will surely be an nice > addition to any ones collection of Fw190's or late war aircraft. > I would like to thank HobbyLink Japan (www.hlj.com ) > for this review sample. >