Major Franz Götz was the
last commodore of the JG 26. He claimed 63 confirmed air victories.
This rare Fw-190D-13 was flown by him. The D-13 was equipped with the
Jumo 213F. This resulted in a bigger air intake known from the Tank Ta
152H. In addition it had the VS 9 propeller with broader prop blades
than the VS 111. Instead of the armament of the D-9 of two MG 131 the
D-13 had an engine mounted MG 151/20 cannon which fired through the prop
boss. Both wing mounted MG 151 where retained. The ejection
chutes for the
MG 131 and the firing channels were deleted. A single chute for the engine
mounted MG 151 was added. Further small changes are the somewhat more
deeper located filler neck for the 232 l tank. The access door moved back
as well as the first aid box. The filler neck for the starter fuel was
located a little bit higher.
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I build this
model from the Tamiy a kit.
I also used the correction kit from MDC for the
FW 190D-9. But for my model I scratchbuilt a mounting for the Mg 151 and a
new firewall without ammo boxes. The gun itself is from Aires.
Painting was
done with enamels from Xtra and Humbrol. The Decals are from Eagle Editions
and the pilot figure is from PJ Productions.
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