| 04696 Heinkel He 111P-1
At the start of the
Second World War the Heinkel 111 was the most powerful medium range
bomber in the world. With a maximum speed of 410 km/h (255 mph) it was
faster than most fighters of the period. After the Ju 88 of which a
total 6200 were built, the He 111P was the Luftwaffe's most prolific
bomber during the Second World War. Even though it was inferior when
compared to all of the allied bombers, it was still in production until
the Autumn of 1944. The concept of the He 111 was based on a fast
passenger aircraft for the Lufthansa. It could carry ten passengers and
completed its maiden flight in February 1935. The urgent requirement
for a medium bomber finally led to the He 111 being modified and
introduced as the standard Luftwaffe bomber. The He 111 had its first
taste of action during the Spanish Civil War. Out of the initial
stepped nose with limited forward visibility now evolved a bomber with
a fully glazed asymmetric glass nose section that was later to become
the trademark of the He 111. This version received the designation He
111P and went into mass production in 1938 as the P-1. Experience with
this model led to the more powerful P-2 which in the summer of 1939
gradually replaced the P-1 within the Luftwaffe. A particular
characteristic of the P-Series was the housing for eight ESAC vertical
bomb magazines in the bomb-bay. For propulsion, the P-2 received two
Daimler-Benz DB 601A engines each developing 110 Bhp. The He 111 bore
the brunt of the attacks during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
Model-details:
- New Mould
- Detailed Surfaces with engraved Panel Joints
- Detailed Cockpit and Instrument Panel
- Control Column and Bomb-aiming Unit
- Pilots Seat with extensive control mechanisms on the Cockpit Floor
- Structured side walls
- Nose Machine-Gun and detailed Bomb-aimers compartment
- Bomb-bay with vertical Magazines
- 8 SC 250 Bombs
- Navigators Station with Equipment Table
- MG15 in a Ventral Bay
- Tail-wheel with detailed linkage
- Detailed Cowling's
- Separate Radiators and Inlets
- Moveable Propellers
- Detailed Undercarriage Bays
- Separate Ailerons and Landing Flaps
- Detailed Tailplane with separate Rudder Surfaces
- Detailed Undercarriage
- Upper Machine-Gun Position
- Decal Sets for three Luftwaffe versions, 5./KG 54, III./KG 27, II./KG
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Suggested Colours (Not Included) : 36 39 40 45 49 77 83
Model details
Scale 1:32
Release date 07/2011
No. of parts 433
Length 511 mm
Wingspan 709 mm
Skill Level 5
Original details
Type description Bomber
Year/Period 1939
Origin D
Engine capacity 2 x 865 kW
Speed 365 km/h
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