The Focke-Wulf Fw190D-9 was arguably the best piston-engine fighter the Luftwaffe fielded during World War II. It was originally intended as an interim solution to obtain a high-altitude fighter. The first squadrons received their 190 “Doras” in October 1944.

Despite looking like a radial-engine fighter, the Doras had Junkers Jumo 213A-1 in-line engines mounted behind circular radiators (complete with cowl flaps). Designers compensated for the increased length ahead of the wing by increasing tail moment with a fuselage extension forward of the tail assembly.

Not your father’s model.
Hasegawa’s Fw 190D-9 is an all-new kit, and it has nothing in common with the company’s previous 1/32 scale “high tech” Dora. That old kit had combined a replacement Dora fuselage with an even older Fw 190A wingset.

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